qa test scale dilemma, social it and the big shared cloud

QA Test Scale Dilemma, Social IT and the Big Shared Cloud

Will your application behave as expected even when it is

introduced with huge amount of activity?

Main App Stress Factors

• Transactions Performance– How many Per (minute, hour, day,

etc.)– How efficient are you at•Multithreading• Scaling•Memory cleanup

Main App Stress Factors

• Maintenance of all that Data– Max manageable items (products,

customers, etc.)– Architecture resilience while handling• Lots of writes and reads• Lifetime cycle maintenance

operations

Main App Stress Factors

Variety of data inputs may trigger situations your application was not set to

handle

Main App Stress Factors

• Network and Systems Load and timeouts– From the customer’s remote device– Through the WAN– Into your LAN– Relevant servers and storage systems

Main App Stress Factors

How does the 3rd party tools your application uses, perform under the load?

The QA Dilemma

• Few customers – Full Scale testing OK• Many Big Customers– Nice Income – Can’t match their size while testing– Must go for Simulation…??

The QA Dilemma

• Full Scale testing via Cloud Computing?–“Loan" resources– Amazon (EC2)– Lower price such as 1And1– Still costly over time

QA Test Scale Dilemma, Social IT and the Big Shared Cloud

New Approach: Big Shared Cloud

• So, are we destined to revert to simulation only?

• Let me share with you a new (Innovative) approach...but first...

• Click on this Poll to see how your peers deal with this dilemma and post your vote as well

New Approach: Big Shared Cloud

It is all about sharing. You give and then you receive so much more

New Approach: Big Shared Cloud

Everyone builds Hybrid Clouds anyway, but they use it for themselves.

New Approach: Big Shared Cloud

We use the same technology and solutions that comprise the Hybrid Cloud to setup a

Big Shared Cloud

New Approach: Big Shared Cloud

CA Technologies for example sets their own testing cloud, Oracle does the same

and so do other companies

New Approach: Big Shared Cloud

What happens if all those separate Hybrid Clouds are made available to all the

participant companies?

New Approach: Big Shared Cloud

Every company spends what it can, but gets access to so much more

New Approach: Big Shared Cloud

The test environment has a much wider variety as every company pre-loads its own

software.

New Approach: Big Shared Cloud

The Big Shared Cloud can be turned into a great marketing tool showing off

company's products in a helpful way.

New Approach: Big Shared Cloud

Time sharing of the resources and security management will require special attention

New Approach: Big Shared Cloud

But hey, you need to invest into stuff that matters!

New Approach: Big Shared Cloud

THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW IT RevolutionEMERGING:The Social IT

Powered by the Big Shared Cloud…

QA Test Scale Dilemma, Social IT and the Big Shared Cloud