Benefits of Cloud Testing

Cloud Testing refers to the testing of resources such as hardware, software, etc. that are available on demand. Even the testing here can be viewed “as a service”. For cloud offerings, it is essential to make sure that the service (product) not only meets its functional requirements but also the non-functional requirements. With a range of applications in the cloud, it is now becoming essential to develop the Cloud Testing strategy. Cloud Testing is a Software Testing type that checks Cloud Computing services. Cloud computing is an internet-based platform that renders various computing services like hardware, software, and other computer-related services remotely.

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Benefits of Cloud Testing

The need for cloud testing is easily visible with the benefits that we derive from it, which are far too many. Below we have attempted to discuss the most apparent benefits which explain why Cloud is the need of the hour:

1.      Dynamic availability of testing environment: The normal testing approach in any organization is to invest in the hardware/software infrastructure required for testing. Almost, many of you will agree that the environment supplied to the testing teams very rarely match a customer environment on account of rapidly changing requirements, as a result of which it is very challenging for the companies to keep it up. Cloud is the only answer to this problem whereby, users can easily replicate a customer environment and find defects early in the cycle.

2.      Low cost: Another angle to the previous point is that when companies invest in the infrastructure, the usual cause of it is many of their servers are not utilized all the time. As a result, they may have to incur additional expenses on license renewal. Transitioning to the cloud helps in this scenario as well, as users can commission appliances as and when they want, thereby saving huge costs for an organization.

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3.      Easily customizable: With the use of cloud, it is an easy task for organizations to emulate an end-user centric environment by customizing it as per the usage thereby, saving cost and time. Test teams can easily perform load and performance testing scenarios in various permutations and combinations like – different OSes, browsers, configurations, etc.

4.      Scalability: This is one of the most attractive features of the cloud whereby the computing resources can be increased or decreased wherever it is necessary. This is widely used in situations where the business requirements keep altering frequently.