How does an app survive in a complicated ecosystem? How does an enterprise leverage the ecosystem and tap into the infinite potential of the World Wide Web and the information age? Well, by ensuring smooth interface with the existing components and emerging components in the IT ecosystem.
Compatibility happens to be the core strength of some of the most successful and widely used applications and IT systems in the world. It is the crucial link that connects the enterprise to the globe and reaches out to each user.
But the challenge is to identify the technology, device, deployment, adoption and usage patterns. To achieve coherence among the diverse elements which fall within the test scope and product lifecycle, applications need to be empowered with flexibility right from the intrinsic parts to the external interface.
Just imagine data as a string of dots that is travelling across the IT landscape. An enterprise with its IT system is connected to the system as well as the users in this amorphous network. Effective compatibility helps these dots flow into the enterprise from as many versions, configurations and operating systems.
Quality Assurance with compatibility assessments go a long way in aligning the IT system, business objectives and ensure the IT systems bridges the enterprise with the external environment. Compatibility testing demands real devices of different varieties and usage patterns, especially when it comes to the mobile arena.
Unique SOAs, APIs and calibrations of the enterprises need to blend with the widely used or projected Operating Systems, Devices, Infrastructure and across User experience requirements.
While it is essential to ensure compatibility across carriers, bandwidth, hardware and database, it is more important to achieve the right balance between the external interface and the system/application configurations. Moreover, success depends on dedicated test infrastructure, cloud capabilities and expertise over compatibility assessments.
It takes considerable skill and experience to capture the essence of requirements and define a test strategy and reports that spot, track and review the location, cause and impact of the defects.
Unlike the earlier scenarios, Compatibility now incorporates a whole new breed of technologies and connectivity processes. On the one hand organizations and enterprises are moving from the heavy time consuming legacy systems to the new systems which are lean, smart and well connected.
Being a recognized thought leader in Independent Software Testing Services space, Cigniti offers compatibility testing services that not only identify defects but also help stakeholders strengthen the applicationâEUR(TM)s position in the IT ecosystem.