Automated
Software Testing just got a whole lot simpler
Released on
= August 29, 2005, 10:56 am
Press Release
Author = Acutest Ltd
Industry = Software
Press Release
Summary = Acutest, a specialist testing consultancy, and Odin Technology,
a provider of automated testing solutions, announced a strategic
agreement aimed at helping customers improve the business value
they derive from automated testing.
Press Release
Body = Acutest, a specialist testing consultancy, and Odin Technology,
a provider of automated testing solutions, announced a strategic
agreement aimed at helping customers improve the business value
they derive from automated testing. Odin Technology (http://www.odin.co.uk)
is the creator of the Axe Automated Testing Framework. Axe provides
a means to rapidly deploy automated testing systems that can be
used by non-technical staff with the minimum of training. It is
compatible with all leading automated test execution tools, including
those from Mercury – Winrunner and QTP (Quick Test Pro); Compuware
– TestPartner and QARun; and IBM Rational - Robot. Acutest
(http://www.acutest.co.uk) concentrate solely on testing IT and
technology-centred change with the goal of substantially increasing
the value their customers derive from testing. Increased value means:
• reducing the elapsed time spent testing
• reducing the risk to going live
• reducing the cost of software testing.
“There’s a close alignment of the goals of our two organisations,”
explained Barry Varley, CEO, Acutest. “We both focus on helping
businesses achieve more from testing. We both want our customer’s
to achieve more with their existing resources, such as their investment
in technology & testing tools and their people. Odin
specialises in testing products and Acutest specialises in testing
services. By combining our expertise we can offer our customer’s
significant additional benefits.” Market analysts, such as
Ovum, are predicting significant growth in the number of companies
that are trying to automate their testing activities. “There
are excellent tools available to help execute automated tests but
test automation still has a poor reputation for delivering value.”
said Duncan Brigginshaw, Director of Odin. “One problem is
that scripting for these tools
requires a lot of skill, so companies are bringing in teams of automated
testers to translate their tests into code for automated regression
testing. Our product removes this requirement and empowers the business
testers to create automated tests
themselves. This removes a whole layer of activity that adds no
benefit but adds real costs in time and money to both the creation
and maintenance of the scripts.” Removing the dependency on
automated testers provides a major boost to productivity.
Combining this with Acutest’s services amplifies it further
for automated software testing systems.. “We’ve customised
our testing services around Odin’s offering” commented
Graeme Holmes, Sales Director, Acutest. “We help organisations
create the right automation
testing strategy using our principle-centred testing approach and
risk based testing techniques. This already provides considerable
productivity improvements and with the incorporation of Axe the
business case to automate testing is compelling. ROI is increased
dramatically.” ends For further information contact;
Acutest Ltd (http://www.acutest.co.uk)
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