| | October 20166CIOReviewYesteryears saw a paradigm shift in software development with Agile and DevOps methodologies being adopted as the de facto standard. Testing function also followed the suit, in the quest to get quality products to market in the least possible time. With shorter delivery life-cycles, and shift left testing, the testing procedures are being seamlessly integrated into the development cycle in line with today's Continuous Delivery requirements.The intricacies of software testing in terms of performance and security, however, has aggravated due to the growing complexities posed by upcoming technologies and the multitude of deployment environments. The emergence of SMAC is necessitating comprehensive testing procedures across the ecosystem, especially considering the millions of mobile app downloads predicted in the near future. Adding to this, security testing is attaining criticality and precedence over functional, compatibility and performance testing in an era plagued with security vulnerabilities. Further, with IoT and wearables rapidly proliferating the landscape, the challenges in cross-platform testing comes across as a decisive factor to be reckoned with.These requirements envisage more automated tools to raise the ante on productivity and quality. Supporting faster development lifecycles, automated testing frameworks satiate the need of the hour, with its effectiveness in quickly detecting defects and churning out bug free software. Though a plethora of open source test automation tools inundate the market place, questions still lurk on developing appropriate scripts, employing testing personnel with development skills and deciding on how much of the testing process needs to be automated.As automated and cloud-based testing services make inroads, the arena confronts numerous scenarios right from understanding the requirements and completing testing for all possible test scenarios across a combination of devices, technologies and platforms within the stipulated time-frame. On this note, we present the 20 most promising software testing solution providers that can help formulate best testing practices towards achieving the desired agile test objectives.Jeevan George Managing Editoreditor@cioreview.comEditorialTesting: The Evolutionary Approach Copyright © 2016 ValleyMedia, Inc. 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.OCTOBER - 31 - 2016Mailing AddressCIOReview44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510.402.1463, F:510-894-8405 OCTOBER - 31 - 2016, Vol 05 SE 89 Published by ValleyMedia, Inc. To subscribe to CIOReviewVisit www.cioreview.com SOFTWARE TESTING SPECIALCIOReviewEditorial StaffSalesT:510.565.7628Aaron Pierce Eileen Singh Kathy ArnoldAllwyn SilvaJudy ChristinSarah FernandezLawrence Tselawrence@cioreview.comVisualizersStephen ThomasManaging EditorJeevan GeorgeAjay K Das
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