National Service Engineering Lab

A virtual lab for the development and test of SaaS applications and services

The SRA in short

Wordle.net

SaaS refers to a service delivery model in which remote componentised (business) services are accessible through a software interface and can be combined to create new (business) services delivered via flexible networks.

The need for a testbed ..

NSEL: the use case

• More and more distributed applications– End to end testing becomes impossible– No consistent test data

• Example: Basic services government

• Entanglement of software and services– Non-traditional suppliers of software

• Example: Vodafone with traffic info

• “Mashups” are moving into Enterprise– Networked mission critical systems

• Example: exact online and Rabobank

NSEL: the vision

• Bringing together many (basic) services in test– E.g. Billing services, DigiD, ..

• Easy acces to development and test– Default and consistent test data and interfaces

• Know how on development and test of SaaS– Technical, Judicial, Migration, Business models, …

• Not a physical environment but an explicit collaboration

Examples generic services

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New (added) services

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NSEL

Govlab

• Existing test environment for GovUnited– Front and middoffice for local government– Including basic government registrations

• Access to test versions of basic registrations– DigiD, GBA, KvK, Kadaster, billing, ..– Consistent testdata

• Growth to separate testbed– Probably together with TNO as coordinator

• Playground for projects– E.g. Sasleg

Distributed environment

GovUnitedtestomgeving

GBAdata

DigiD

DigiDtestomgeving

KadasterKvK…

Advantages GovLab

• Single entry to many services• Test interfaces for all services• Consistent data across systems• Support in accessing functionality• In-depth information available on government

systems

Open issues

• Testing tools– Regression, performance, scripts, logging, ..

• Configuration tools– Version management, workspaces, ..

• Maintenance– Service levels, diagnoses, reset of systems, clean installs, ..

• Business models– Role government, pay per use, subscription, …

Call for action

• New projects that can use the testbed• Development of tools and insight through research

with the testbed• Involvment of business (government) users