| | October 20156CIOReviewCopyright © 2015 CIOReview. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.CIOReviewOCTOBER - 09 - 2015Mailing AddressCIOReview44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510.402.1463, F:510-894-8405 October - 09 - 2015, Vol 04 SE 78 Published by CIOReview To subscribe to CIOReviewVisit www.cioreview.com Software Testing SpecialCIOReviewEditorial StaffSalesT:510. 565. 7627Alex D'SouzaDaniel WestIvy MeganThomas Gate Frank CollinsJudy Christin Sonia SacharTimothy RyanParker Thomasparker@cioreview.comSandra Thomassandra@cioreview.comCaroline D'SouzaCaroline@cioreview.com Jessica Jonesjessica.jones@cioreview.comVisualizersStephen ThomasUrmi SenguptaSukirti AgnihotriManaging EditorJeevan GeorgeScores of companies around the world are awakening to the need to have a well-designed and futuristic testing process that can help them maintain an edge in the industry. Thanks to the digital transformation initiatives and the emergence of SMAC--Social, Mobile, Analytics, and Cloud--customers now demand responsive, anywhere accessible software applications that improve the areas of communication, business, and entertainment. As technological innovation continues, efficiency and effectiveness are the key factors in testing to "hook consumers on a product," and keep them happy with it. Testing automation goes a long way helping towards that. The automated testing scope has expanded multifold as the number of device, browser, and technology stack combinations has grown. Automation was once limited to regression testing, but can now be used in load and unit tests. While testing scripts let testers scale up testing methods, automated testing can never truly replace the agility and creativity of a manual tester. Nevertheless, according to the 2014-15 World Quality Report, nearly 41 percent of companies lack the right tools and methods to implement automated testing effectively. In this scenario, SMAC, coupled with the right platform and planning, can help businesses set up a mature testing strategy, both in terms of process and technology. It's obvious, therefore, to adopt a strategic and comprehensive testing approach, so that the end-to-end platform delivers higher benefits than from independent SMAC elements. For such a collective and strong testing effort throughout the entire development process, many companies today resort to Crowdsourcing, which transforms the internal testing teams into strategy units that generate test plans and automation. As Crowdsourced software testing toolsets and services are becoming a popular alternative with current testing teams, it brings down IT budgetary needs for justifying ROI or TCO business support.With testing becoming ever more business critical to drive digital transformation, a multitude of solution providers are taking advantage of the new market dynamics to deliver tangible business value in the shortest time possible. In this edition of CIO Review, we have evaluated the trends and analyzed the market forces to bring to you the 20 most promising software testing solution providers. We believe this information will help you in your software development strategies. Jeevan George Managing Editoreditor@cioreview.comEditorialBeyond a Comprehensive Testing Fold
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