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The current global economic climate is forcing businesses to manage the changes required to ensure customer acquisition, satisfaction and retention well so that it helps business growth. These changes come in many forms and almost always drive changes to the IT systems in place. As margins become increasingly tight, maximizing the investment in IT has never been as critical to success.

Business Insight will look at how business owners can align more closely with the IT function and offers advice on how to bridge the gap to ensure the benefits required from IT systems are delivered. Technical Viewpoint looks at how testing will have to adapt to meet future technologies and changes.

The featured Case Study is an example of how a well architected testing solution and rigourous test processes can deliver tangible business benefits to your organization. The example shows how AppLabs was able to reduce the cost of testing by 65% across 4 projects (over 2 years).

Our Webinar schedule continues to look at important industry topics and we have 2 specialized Webinars scheduled in July. The first is specific to the UK banking and financial industries; ‘Faster Payments Service: How to Ensure Compliance’ (register) and the second looks at the testing challenges within Stock Exchanges; ‘The Art of Testing Trading Platforms’ (register).

We hope you enjoy this edition of Perspective

Makarand Teje
President and CEO
AppLabs

Business Insight

Organizations in today’s fast paced business world demand real results from their IT applications – applications that must change as markets evolve. These changes naturally introduce additional risk into the business; risks that can be mitigated by a thorough testing approach and utilization of the right people in the right parts of the organization.

Business leaders define requirements but seldom really involve themselves in ensuring the output meets what they originally wanted. Testing has traditionally been owned by IT but it is becoming increasingly apparent that the business owners must become more accountable for the systems that affect their customers. This article highlights the benefits of the business having a greater influence on implemented IT systems more+

Technical Viewpoint

As organizations look at delivering competitive edge and business results, there is going to be increased pressure on innovation and this always means new technological channels or integration of new technology into the trusted delivery methods. Regardless of which option an organization chooses, there will inevitably be a lot of emphasis on testing.

The major trends in the software industry include greater adoption of SOA, web services, SaaS, wireless and mobile technologies. Each of these trends is further complicated by a more agile approach to software development and an increasing emphasis on the 4Rs; repeatability, reliability, re-use and robustness.

This white paper investigates how testing will need to change to accommodate these trends and become a business led activity more+

CSR Update

The AppLabs Charitable Trust (ACT) continues to continue with initiatives such as collaboration with Project 511, a Non-Governmental Organization to teach spoken English in 174 government schools. The project aims to enhance the capacity of the government schools both in terms of infrastructure to accommodate more children and improve the quality of education.

The ACT team has also visited the Sphoorthi Foundation on May 30th to make donations. Sphoorthi is a Telugu word, meaning motivation and the foundation supports children in the Hyderabad region to improve their quality of life.

Most recently, ACT has been involved in promoting road safety in collaboration with the Traffic Police Department of Hyderabad. AppLabs employees assisted in educating passing commuters on key road safety traffic rules at four major junctions of the city more+

Company News

AppLabs CEO speaks at Forbes CEO Europe Forum

Makarand Teje, President and CEO of AppLabs spoke at this event in Cannes, France 9-10 June. The theme of the conference was Reform, Renewal or Rupture? From global trade to environmental protection, from illegal migration to international security; all these were discussed and debated at the conference. Mak was a member of the panel entitled ‘Global Talent Pool’. The discussion looked at the shrinking talent pool within the EU and the likelihood of companies looking beyond their own borders to boost their workforce.

AppLabs named as one of the nation’s “50 Fastest-Growing Asian American Businesses”

AppLabs has been named by the US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation as one of its 50 Fastest-Growing Asian American Businesses. The official announcement was made during the 23rd Anniversary CelebrAsian ‘08 Annual National Business Opportunity Conference and a special presentation took place at The White House, Washington D.C. more+

AppLabs speaks at Convergence 2008: M&A Summit in the Hamptons

Carl Aloi, VP Finance for AppLabs was invited to speak at this event on 16-17 June. Carl was a member of the Panel entitled 'FINANCIAL VEHICLES: What’s Hot, What’s Not' which looked out how merger and acquisition deals are structured today and what's in store for tomorrow.

AppLabs presents at UKCMG Annual Conference 2008

Gary Wilson, Service Architect for AppLabs spoke on the first day of the conference in Northamptonshire, UK, May 19. His presentation was entitled 'Introduction to Performance Testing' which was aimed at senior testing professionals. Gary looked at why it is important to performance test, the implications of not doing and how to execute successsful performance testing.

AppLabs in the News

Telecoms Europe - VoIP Testing for Success

IT Week - Offshore code-checker passes value test

Workforce Management - Bringing Offshore Talent into the Corporate Fold

Business Standard - AppLabs high on performance testing market in India

Industry News

Outsourcing deals being re-evaluated in weak economy

IT players confident to meet growth targets

Critics Challenge Outsourcer Rankings
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Webinar Schedule

Faster Payments Service: How to Ensure Compliance, 9 July 2008

May 2008 saw the launch of a new way to transfer funds between financial institutions in a quick and cost effective manner. This is set to revolutionise the payments industry within the UK and provide customers with new value propositions. The second wave of organisations wishing to join the Faster Payment Service will have to demonstrate that their systems meet exacting levels of accuracy and demanding levels of performance by engaging in multiple rounds of testing in co-ordination with the service provider, VocaLink. To register for this Webinar sponsored by Experian Payments, click here.

The Art of Testing Trading Platforms, 23 July 2008

Stock Exchanges are getting more and more complex due to the rapid changes in the technology, new product innovations, investor trading strategies and the reduction in settlement cycles. Added to this is the fact that vast sums of money are traded every day, resulting in a highly pressurized business environment where technology is 100% business critical. The technology not working will never be accepted by the business, thus putting an enormous amount of pressure on the CTO/CIO to deliver first time. To register, click here.
Case Study

The client was a leading European life assurance organization, during its merger with an insurance organization. They were keen to achieve immediate results and set a benchmark for operations post-integration through a set of test process improvements. Read the Case Study to see how AppLabs reduced the cost of testing by 65%, improved the quality of the implemented application with 70% less defects found in production and reduced the project lifecycle more+
Employee Spotlight

I.G. Reddy, VP Solutions Engineering
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Events

Securing Applications in an SOA World, 10 July 2008, eSeminar

Rajesh Patil, AVP BFSI for AppLabs is speaking at the eSeminar organized by Ziff Davis Media. He is speaking on the panel entitled ‘Governing & Securing Your SOA‘.

ISQT’s STEP AUTO Conference on Security & Performance Testing, 23 July 2008, Bangalore, India

Rajesh Patil, AVP BFSI for AppLabs, is speaking at the Security & Performance Testing conference in Bangalore, India. The title of his presentation is ‘PDQ SOA SLA! - SOA Performance is a Critical Success Factor'.

ISQT’s STEP AUTO Conference on Test Automation & Optimization, 25 July 2008, Hyderabad, India

Sreedhar Konda, Team Lead, AppLabs, is speaking at the ISQT’s STEP AUTO Conference on Test Automation & Optimization. The title of his presentation is ‘How to optimize scenario-based test automation - it’s a different approach!’