Testing Services

There is no question that mobile devices, social media and digital innovation are having an extraordinary impact on the way businesses interact with their employees, customers and each other. The new work environment operates as a mobile enterprise with employees expecting the ability to connect seamlessly to corporate applications and each other – no matter what device they are using. Customers are demanding the same. If the online or mobile experience falls short of their purchasing goals, they are able to quickly find one to meet their needs - anytime and anywhere. With such a wide and dynamic array of devices, digital venues, and social environments, how does a business maintain the quality and rapid enhancement of their applications that are so critical to their success?

IBM Testing Services addresses these challenges by using an approach that is linked across the application development life cycle – one that gathers and uses information to model and predict outcomes in order to guide intelligent action and achieve an organization’s unique balance of requirements. IBM Total Test Quality combines IBM Testing Services with comprehensive automation from IBM Software and leading edge innovation from IBM Research to help clients drive dramatic reductions in cost and schedule while improving overall quality and lowering business risk of their critical business applications.

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Next Generation Testing (2.05MB)

Testing services – Solutions and Capabilities

IBM Testing Services offers a comprehensive set of testing services including life cycle testing, test consulting, test automation services, the design and implementation of test centers of excellence, specialized testing including performance, SOA, data, package, product, security, and infrastructure testing. IBM Testing Services has a full set of mobile testing services and can provide end -to-end application testing, from mobile devices to Internet applications and enterprise applications. Many of the services can be delivered from the cloud including Application Virtualization.

Getting started with Testing Services

Clients today are still understandably cautious in their investments and maniacally focused on tangible business outcomes. IBM provides our clients with creative Testing solutions that clearly identify areas for improved business value, quantify the expected returns, and accelerate results.

Application Quality Analysis (PDF, 506KB) – Do you know whether you are getting your money’s worth out of testing? Are you able to  determine the quality of applications based on your testing effort? Do you know whether you are doing too much/too little testing? Experience the power of Next Generation Testing with the Application Quality Analysis. Application Quality Analysis leverages IBM’s proprietary IBM Defect Reduction Method, together with IBM Test Planning and Optimization Workbench, to produce an initial test strategy that optimizes for your specific quality, schedule and budget goals.

Application Testing Assessment and Strategy (PDF, 423KB) –  If you are concerned about testing effectiveness or looking to improve time to market and quality through testing, the Application Testing Strategy and Assessment is a quick way to identify initiatives that enhance quality, improve cycle time, and reduce costs. It will enable you to quickly produce tangible business results and help uncover significant cost savings potential.

Application Code Analysis – The Application Code Analysis applies a unique combination of IBM testing innovations to run code through a combination of code checks to identify errors, vulnerabilities and compliance issues prior to system wide integration testing - helping to reduce project costs by 25 percent or higher while improving overall quality of applications. It identifies areas of potential errors related to poor coding practices and actual errors related to nonconformance to standards.

Cloud Application Virtualization (PDF, 515KB) – Are your test cycle times hindering your ability to deliver releases on a timely basis? Are there concerns about operational costs, specifically in IT area? Are you encountering significantly higher defect rates than projected in a late activity or phase of testing and/or production? Are you finding performance bottlenecks later in the life cycle? If you answer “yes” to any of these questions, then take a look at the Cloud Application Virtualization Accelerator that will demonstrate the benefits of Application Virtualization by virtualizing a set of your application services. In addition, you will get an assessment of the ability to optimize computing resources and simplify existing development and test management infrastructure.

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Testing Services Forward Thinkers

Client success

• SBI Sumishin Net Bank focuses on customers with help from IBM Application Services
• IBM Application Services gets things moving for Stockholm
• IBM Application Services delivers e-procurement solution for CSI Piemont
• International Truck drives growth and business value with an optimized IT strategy
• American medical device firm teams with IBM AMS to improve cardiac monitoring remotely

Thought leadership

• The Software Edge - How effective software development and delivery drives competitive advantage
• Small worlds: The social approach to software delivery (1.07MB)
• Working in the open: Accelerating time to value in application development and management (3.71MB)
• Next Generation Testing (2.05MB)
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Why IBM

As one of the largest providers of consulting, systems integration and application management services, IBM has unrivaled experience optimizing application investments and aligning them to business requirements.

IBM Application Management Services' industry expertise, world-renowned research capabilities, and global footprint can help increase productivity, accelerate implementation cycles, and enable growth for companies and organizations around the world.