The Importance of Cloud Testing

Testing an application over cloud includes testing for availability, disaster recovery, interoperability, multi-tenancy, performance, and security

As per a recent World Quality Report published by Capgemini, HP and Sogeti, the number of organizations having a full blown Testing Center of Excellence has risen from just 4% in 2011 to a staggering 26% in 2014. Now, a significant portion of testing budgets in recent times have gone to innovative testing practices which aim to bring down testing costs considerably in the long run. Cloud based software testing automation is definitely a step in this direction. Some common examples of applications operating in a cloud-based environment are:

Accessing your bank accounts and making transactions while you travel 36 www.dqindia.com

Mailing/accessing some work documents outside your office premises

Updating your Facebook & WhatsApp status while commuting

Updating your Mobile Applications on the go No wonder, then, there’s a rising trend among organizations today for adopting digital business strategies with the focus drifting away from redundant IT systems towards a cloud-based environment. When organizations use cloud computing environment and cloud infrastructure for testing applications, it is referred to as cloud testing. Usually, such infrastructure involves hardware and other variables that are subjected to real world conditions as close to the real-time functioning of the application.

Testing an application over cloud includes testing for