Service providers and network equipment manufacturers are adding automation to their pre-production testing process for a combination of reasons: improved test coverage, accelerated time-to-market for products or services, reduced capital and operational expense, optimized equipment use, reduced training time, greater test collaboration, reduced test backlog, and reuse. All of these automation drivers are intertwined and focus on delivering better quality to the customer.

This Market Snapshot will focus on the need for test automation of networks and connected devices, identify a path to automation adoption and provide an overview of where the market is with respect to the right processes, technical skills and technology. This Market Snapshot™ provides an in depth analysis of key findings that show automated testing for network and connected devices:

• Delivers results that impact the bottom line
• Reduces or eliminates manual and error prone tasks
• Reduces complexity
• Lowers CAPEX and OPEX
• Reduces test cycle times and enables reuse of test cases
• Redirects valuable resources to more strategic activities
• Enables organizations to identify more defects prior to production