Virtualization brings testing out of lab

摘要

Testing software changes before release has long been common practice for Q&A labs and application development teams, and now it is becoming a higher priority for IT operations groups. But let's face it, IT is always inundated by a large and growing number of change requests that var y in scope and complexity. Every change needs to be implemented as soon as possible in an increasingly complex network of highly interdependent systems. A recent survey by Research Edge of more than 400 IT operations professionals revealed many testing trends, most of them ugly: Testing environments are incomplete or nonexistent; IT cannot keep up with the rapid pace of changes; and changes to some of the most important multitiered applications, such as those for e-commerce, are relatively untested.