There is probably more trust in the world today than at any other point in history—not necessarily by choice, but because of our use of software to carry out almost every type of transaction. The use of blockchain networks brings visibility to those networks of transactions: Information about an asset that was once held by […]
Cobalt Merges Bug Bounties, Continuous Testing for Better Security
The rapid pace of application development today can be hard to keep up with, especially when it comes to security. Combining the benefits of continuous testing with the incentives of a crowdsourced bug bounty program seems like a potentially effective way to address that volatility effectively. Companies need to keep up with demand while staying […]
DevOps Chat: John Harris, LeftShift on DevOps Consulting and Continuous Testing
This episode of DevOps Chat has us speaking with John Harris of LeftShift IT. LeftShift is based in London, but has customers the world over. He speaks with us about DevOps consulting and continuous testing. John has some great insights to share that I think you will find interesting. Alan Shimel: Hi, everyone. Alan […]
xMatters Sees Value in Continuous Testing
xMatters builds an intelligent communications platform that alerts and connects company stakeholders for IT incident response and in manufacturing line workflow support and DevOps systems scenarios. Customers who count on xMatters also count on the effectiveness of the vendor’s continuous testing mechanisms: A failure of continuous testing early on at xMatters could lead to a […]
Continuous Testing: Shift Left and Find the Right Balance
You may have heard the term “continuous testing,” but are struggling to understand what it is and how to achieve it. Project teams need to improve their ability to test and perform test automation when needed, not just when possible. Service virtualization allows teams to test earlier and more often in the life cycle, or […]
LogiGear Launches Continuous Testing Solution and Service to Enable Faster High Quality Testing
New solution is an addition to the company’s evolving frameworks and technologies Foster City, CA, July 12, 2016— LogiGear, a world leader in software testing solutions, today announced the launch of its Continuous Testing (CT) solution and service to enable improvements in automated testing in DevOps environments. LogiGear’s Continuous Testing solution and its full-range of […]
Continuous Testing Live Network DevOps
My earlier blog, “From Laboratories to DevOps: Factories for Continuous Testing,” discussed the importance of and suggested practices for a fully automated, orchestrated software DevOps laboratory infrastructure, akin to a modern factory staffed by robots churning out products at a dizzy pace. The blog applies to development of software for networks, and the practices increasingly […]
Continuous Testing Improves Speed, Quality
We live in a world that expects immediacy. For a society that gets news updates from Twitter in 140-character increments as it happens while we microwave a complete meal in less than five minutes, anything that takes months—or even weeks or days—seems like an eternity. When it comes to continuous performance testing, organizations and developers […]
Evolving to Continuous Testing
As agile development practices mature and DevOps principles infiltrate our corporate cultures, organizations are realizing the distinct opportunity to accelerate software delivery. However, when you speed up any process, immature practice areas such as testing and roadblocks become much more pronounced. It’s the difference between driving over a speed bump at 5 mph vs. 50 […]
From Laboratories to DevOps Factories for Continuous Testing
The prior blog Continuous Testing and Monitoring Essentials for SDN and NFV discussed the importance and suggested practices for testing and monitoring complex systems such as software defined networks and network functions that are virtualized . Whether the product being tested is a complex network system or not, with DevOps the laboratory is no longer […]