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ALSO CALLED: Scenario Testing, Tests DEFINITION: In general, testing is finding out how well something works. In terms of human beings, testing tells what level of knowledge or skill has been acquired. In computer hardware and software development, testing is used at key checkpoints in the overall process to determine whether objectives are being met. For example, in software development, product objectives are sometimes tested by product user … Definition continues below.
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Virtualization For Better, Faster, More Cost-Effective Quality Assurance sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how adding Surgient VQMS to HP Quality Center helps you centrally manage and allocate test lab resources from HP Quality Center across multiple and distributed teams according to business policies and quotas, and more. Posted: 12 Nov 2009 \| Published: 12 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Application Development \| Enterprise Resource Management \| Quality Control \| Server Virtualization Software \| Software Development Life-Cycles \| Software Quality Assurance \| Software Testing \| Testing

Spanning Tree Protocol Essentials for the CCNA Exam sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: The Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) was developed to solve the problems caused by loops in a bridged, or switched, topology. Read this paper for useful knowledge of the Spanning Tree Protocol - knowledge that will be useful for the CCNA exam. Posted: 06 Nov 2009 \| Published: 06 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Management \| Business Process Management \| Certificate in Computer Programming \| Certification Programs \| Testing

Virtualizing Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 on Dell™ Systems Running Microsoft Windows Server® 2008 Hyper-V™ sponsored by Dell and Microsoft WHITE PAPER: In this paper, various configurations of Exchange Server 2007 are tested in physical and virtual environments to evaluate the performance scalability and to understand the sizing requirements for Exchange Server 2007 in a virtualized environment. Posted: 28 Oct 2009 \| Published: 28 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Microsoft Exchange \| Microsoft Hyper-V \| Server Consolidation \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Testing \| Virtual Machine \| Windows Server 2003

Research Report on Virtualization and Cloud Computing in Test/Dev Environments sponsored by Platform Computing Corporation WHITE PAPER: Read this report to learn the research findings of this study, which examined the challenges of managing Test/Dev environments and the opportunity for server virtualization and cloud computing to address them. This paper includes several graphs and an in-depth discussion of the advantages of private cloud computing. Posted: 26 Oct 2009 \| Published: 26 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Cloud Computing \| Developer 2000 \| Governments \| Health Care Applications Software \| Manufacturing \| Software \| Telecommuting \| Testing \| Virtualization Security

Enterprise Cloud Computing: Transforming IT sponsored by Platform Computing Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines the evolution of private clouds and discusses how many organizations that have implemented grid or virtual machines are moving towards private clouds. It also describes how organizations can successfully implement this new IT delivery model using a phased approach that starts with cloud management software. Posted: 26 Oct 2009 \| Published: 26 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| Developer 2000 \| Enterprise \| Infrastructure Management \| Integration Server Software \| Integration Testing \| Testing

Enterprise, Back-Office Applications Propel our Business: An order management system, payroll and customer call center that connects your organization with customers and employees sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: With Oracle Applications Extension for Rational Performance you no longer have to jeopardize your business engine during an upgrade. You’ll eliminate risk, increase testing productivity, speedy delivery, and ensure the quality and scalability of your business systems. Posted: 01 Oct 2009 \| Published: 01 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Customer Data Integration \| Customer Data Management \| IT Best Practices \| IT Management \| Order Management Systems \| Systems Management \| Systems Testing \| Testing

AppPoint’s Proxy for IBM-Rational Functional Tester to support Oracle Forms sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn about Rational® Functional Tester, an object-oriented automated testing tool that tests Windows®, .Net, Java™, HTML, Siebel and SAP applications, and lets you record reliable and robust scripts that can be played back to validate new builds of a test application. Posted: 01 Oct 2009 \| Published: 01 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Functional Testing \| Linux \| Operating Systems \| SAP (Product) \| Systems Management \| Systems Software \| Systems Testing \| Testing \| Windows

Ensuring Web Service Quality for Service-Oriented Architectures sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses the testing challenges presented by Web services, and introduces best practices to ensure SOA application quality through the use of Oracle’s award-winning Web service testing solution, Oracle Application Testing Suite. Posted: 10 Sep 2009 \| Published: 10 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Compliance (Systems Operations) \| Service Level Management \| SOA \| SOA Governance \| Testing \| Web Services \| Web Services Architecture \| Web Services Management

Separating the Hype from Reality in Comparative Anti-Virus Reviews sponsored by ESET WHITE PAPER: One of the banes of the anti-virus researcher's life is the widespread confusion about "correct" comparative testing of anti-virus and anti-malware products. Read this paper to learn one expert's opinions about anti-virus testing and test reviews. Posted: 03 Sep 2009 \| Published: 03 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Anti-Spyware Software \| Malware \| Performance Testing \| Testing \| Testing Laboratories \| Virus Detection Software \| Virus Protection

Optimize Your Software Processes with CodePro AnalytiX™ sponsored by Instantiations WHITE PAPER: CodePro AnalytiX provides you with the metrics you need to incorporate self-improvement and optimization into the software process. Thus, CodePro AnalytiX is a full set of tools to support your organization in its quest for sustainable high levels of software quality, security and productivity Posted: 04 May 2009 \| Published: 04 May 2009 TOPICS: Application Development \| Application Life-Cycle Management \| Code Management \| Integrated Development Environments \| Software Development Life-Cycles \| Software Development Methodologies \| Software Development Tools \| Software Quality Assurance \| Software Testing \| Testing

How to Simplify .NET Testing sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: HP QuickTest Professional software is a useful tool for regression test and function test automation. This paper will briefly review the challenges or testing Windows Forms applications and review the functionality of HP QuickTest Processional and its .NET add-in capabilities. Posted: 29 Apr 2009 \| Published: 29 Apr 2009 TOPICS: Application Monitoring \| Application Performance Management \| Software \| Software as a Service \| Software Best Practices \| Software Testing \| Testing \| Wireless Application Development

Automated testing ROI: fact or fiction? A customer's perspective: What real QA organizations have found sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: The white paper explores the fundamentals of automated software testing, explains how such an endeavor is actually an investment for a company, and details how a company can get a return on their investment. Posted: 13 Feb 2009 \| Published: 13 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Quality Control \| ROI \| Testing

Making Quality a Deliverable in Eclipse-Based Java Development sponsored by Instantiations WHITE PAPER: CodePro AnalytiX as part of a continuous or nightly-build process, seamlessly integrate it into any Eclipse-based Java development environment, or use a combination of the two implementation approaches. Posted: 04 Feb 2009 \| Published: 04 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Configuration Management \| Java \| Metrics \| Quality Control \| Testing

Performance Advantage of Dell PowerEdge R900 over HP DL585 Running Microsoft Hyper-V sponsored by Dell and Microsoft WHITE PAPER: The combination of high performance and efficiency make the PowerEdge R900 an excellent Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization server. Posted: 11 Dec 2008 \| Published: 11 Dec 2008 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Enterprise \| Processor Architectures \| Server Virtualization \| SQL \| Testing \| Virtual Machine Monitor

Dell High Availability Solutions Guide for Microsoft Hyper-V sponsored by Dell and Microsoft WHITE PAPER: This Dell High Availability Solutions Guide for Microsoft Hyper-V introduces different options to implement HA for Hyper-V environments. Posted: 11 Dec 2008 \| Published: 11 Dec 2008 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Enterprise \| High Availability \| Memory \| Operating Systems \| SAN \| SMBs \| Testing \| Virtual Machine Monitor

Windows Server 2008 and New Group Policy Settings sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: This paper takes an introductory look at the new categories of Group Policy, but anyone moving to Windows Server 2008 technologies would do well to consider the changes and additions to the existing policy categories, too. Posted: 10 Dec 2008 \| Published: 10 Dec 2008 TOPICS: DHCP \| Group Policy \| Groupware \| Groupware Applications Management \| Testing \| Troubleshooting \| Windows \| Workstations

Introduction to Requirements - The Critical Details That Make or Break a Project sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper will discuss the various kinds of information technology requirements, their importance, the different requirement types, the concept of requirements engineering and the process for gathering requirements. Posted: 10 Dec 2008 \| Published: 10 Dec 2008 TOPICS: Business Processes \| IT Departments \| ITIL \| Productivity \| Project Management \| Testing

Five Myths of Agile Development sponsored by VersionOne Inc. WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, you will gain insight into five myths commonly associated with agile development. Explore what agile development is in reality, what it is not, and the true benefits of transitioning to agile methods in your organization. Posted: 15 Oct 2008 \| Published: 15 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| Productivity \| Project Management \| Software Best Practices \| Software Development Life-Cycles \| Software Development Methodologies \| Software Development Tools \| Software Engineering Institute \| Software Quality Assurance \| Testing

Enabling Organic Growth sponsored by SAP America Inc WHITE PAPER: Discover why organic growth is the means to achieving continuous, profitable growth, and find out how your company can address some of the most common challenges in the quest to achieve it. Posted: 17 Sep 2008 \| Published: 17 Sep 2008 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Customer Service \| ERP \| Inventory Management \| Marketing \| Product Development \| Testing

Driving Business Success with Software Reuse sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains how Software Reuse and its underlying fundamentals have evolved dramatically. It also discusses the benefits of constructing critical enterprise software applications through reusable parts. Posted: 30 Jul 2008 \| Published: 30 Jul 2008 TOPICS: Application Life-Cycle Management \| Change Management \| Collaboration \| Configuration Management \| SOA \| Software \| Software Configuration Management \| Testing

Strategic QA: Steps to Effective Software Quality Assurance sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper details the challenges and solutions available for organizations wishing to improve their software development process, reduce costs, improve quality and increase reliability of planning. Posted: 10 Jul 2008 \| Published: 10 Jul 2008 TOPICS: Change Management \| Error Handling \| Quality Control \| ROI \| Software \| Software Development Life-Cycles \| Test Results \| Testing

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TESTING DEFINITION (continued): … representatives. When the design is complete, coding follows and the finished code is then tested at the unit or module level by each programmer; at the component level by the group of programmers involved; and at the system level when all components are combined together. At early or late stages, a product or service may also be tested for usability.At the system level, the manufacturer or independent reviewer may subject a product or service to one or more performance tests, possibly using one or more benchmarks. Whether viewed as a product or a service or both, a Web site can also be tested …
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