This CSC Trusted Cloud Services white paper explores the opportunities now presented to independent software vendors and developers thanks to cloud computing solutions. CSC is enabling ISVs to deliver Software-as-a-Service, creating new value and transforming business models.

1. A MODEL TRANSFORMED
SOFTWARE
BY CLOUD
THE ISV OPPORTUNITY
SOFTWARE- Clo ud c o mp uting is enab ling c o mp anies to d ramatic ally red uc e
AS-A-SERVICE their IT c ap ital ex p end iture b y o utso urc ing their IT infrastruc tures
The days of installing software to c lo ud servic e p ro vid ers. T his has p ro mp ted several ind ustry
via CD-ROMs and paying
license fees for every copy of lead ers to ag g ressively p ursue d evelo p ment o f c lo ud
a business application are infrastruc ture p latfo rms. W hile these lead ers are b uild ing the
numbered, as a result of cloud
computing technology. infrastruc ture layer o f the c lo ud , smaller b usinesses and start-up s
For developers and vendors of are fo c using their energ ies in b uild ing ap p lic atio ns that run as
applications, the cloud
servic es, c o mp atib le with and running o n to p o f the Clo ud
presents a new opportunity
and economic benefit — but it p latfo rms b uilt b y the infrastruc ture p ro vid ers.
requires a transformation of
technology, process and
business model.
W hile there are ec o no mic b enefits to c lo ud c o mp uting so lutio ns
that are attrac tive to larg e o rg aniz atio ns, fac to rs suc h as d ata
This paper, by Praveen
Yalavarty and Debbrata Das sec urity, reg ulato ry c o mp lianc e, servic e availab ility and vend o r
of CSC’s Trusted Cloud
Services, explores those lo c k -in are mak ing the d ec isio n to mo ve enterp rise infrastruc ture
challenges and the rewards and b usiness ap p lic atio ns to a vend o r-sp ec ific c lo ud .
for Independent Software
Vendors (ISVs) that take
advantage of the cloud. T he ind ustry’s stand ard s o rg aniz atio ns are wo rk ing to ward
estab lishing c o re stand ard s to ad d ress these fac to rs, b ut it mig ht
tak e so me time fo r the d ust to settle. U ntil then, so me enterp rises
will wait to mo ve to the c lo ud . But there remains o p p o rtunity
to d ay.
T he p ro mise o f c lo ud c o mp uting c an still b e leverag ed fo r lo w-
risk ac tivities that usually tak e p lac e in a so ftware d evelo p ment
life-c yc le, suc h as so ftware arc hitec ture p ro o f o f c o nc ep t,
ap p lic atio n d evelo p ment, q uality assuranc e and training . Clo ud
c o mp uting c an red uc e the c ap ital ex p end iture in so ftware
d evelo p ment and , p erhap s mo st imp o rtantly fo r b usiness, c an
d rastic ally red uc e the time-to -mark et. W hat fo llo ws is an
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THE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LIFE-CYCLE
PROOF OF CONCEPT ACTIVITIES
A typ ic al enterp rise so ftware p ro g ram g o es thro ug h several
p hases in the so ftware d evelo p ment life-c yc le. M any p ro g rams
start o ut with an arc hitec tural p ro o f o f c o nc ep t to mitig ate the
risk o f feasib ility o f the p ro g ram itself.
A typ ic al p ro o f o f c o nc ep t ( P OC) mig ht aim at realiz ing the mo st
c o mp lex asp ec t o f the ap p lic atio n b y b uild ing the c o re
c o mp o nents p resc rib ed b y the arc hitec ture. A small team o f
d evelo p ers c o mes to g ether to b uild these c o re c o mp o nents.
U sually, p ro g ram manag ement p ro c ures the nec essary
infrastruc ture, so ftware p ac k ag es and the so ftware lic enses that
are req uired to b uild the p ro o f o f c o nc ep t. T hese are c ap ital
ex p enses inc urred whether o r no t the ap p lic atio n p ro jec t p ro ves
its feasib ility.
S o me P OCs are o ften req uired to p ro ve the sc alab ility o f the c o re
ap p lic atio n c o mp o nents b efo re the c o mp any will invest
sig nific ant amo unts o f mo ney o n the ac tual p ro jec t d evelo p ment.
T hese typ es o f P OCs req uire p erfo rmanc e testing the c o re
c o mp o nents b y simulating a larg e user lo ad . In these sc enario s, in
ad d itio n to the infrastruc ture, so ftware and lic ensing c o sts, the
p ro jec t manag ement team must also b ud g et fo r testing and lo ad
simulatio n so ftware to o ls, whic h are usually very ex p ensive and
o ften req uire hig hly p aid testing p erso nnel with sp ec ific sk ills to
sc rip t and ex ec ute the test sc enario s.
T o ad d to the mix , so me o f these so ftware to o ls have limitatio ns
o n the numb er o f virtual users that they c an simulate, p ushing
manag ement to tak e the risk o f mathematic ally ex trap o lating the
ac tual results fo r hig h user-lo ad s, instead o f ac tually testing with
the d esired lo ad . In so me c ases, the manag ement mig ht have to
hire a testing lab to c arry o ut the lo ad tests, whic h c an b e
ex tremely ex p ensive.
A typ ic al P OC c o uld last fo r as lo ng as 4 to 6 week s, and the
infrastruc ture and so ftware p ac k ag es mig ht either b e rep urp o sed
o r k ep t o n shelf, d ep end ing o n the P OC results, resulting in a lo w
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return o n investment fo r the c ap ital ex p end iture, o r even a d ead -
end investment.
Currently availab le c lo ud c o mp uting so lutio ns ex ist to red uc e —
if no t eliminate, in so me c ases — the ex p enses and effic ienc y in
this stag e o f so ftware d evelo p ment.
ENVIRONMENT USAGE PATTERNS
D uring the d evelo p ment p hase o f the S D LC, mo st o f the
d evelo p ment ac tivities tak e p lac e o n the d evelo p er wo rk statio ns
with sup p o rted ID E s ( integ rated d evelo p ment enviro nments)
installed o n the wo rk statio n fo r any tec hno lo g y p latfo rm stac k ,
b e it J ava o r .N et o r any Op en S o urc e stac k .
A n integ rated enviro nment with all so ftware c o mp o nents is
req uired fo r ensuring all p ro jec t-related so ftware artifac ts wo rk
to g ether. P ro jec t manag ement has to p ro c ure the req uired
infrastruc ture, so ftware p ro d uc ts and lic enses fo r c reating the
tec hno lo g y p latfo rm stac k o n the d evelo p ment and test
enviro nments, in ad d itio n to the ac tual p ro d uc tio n enviro nment.
T hese enviro nments have b ec o me stand ard fo r any d evelo p ment
p ro jec t, b ut they mig ht o nly b e used to 20% to 30% o f c ap ac ity,
d ep end ing o n the siz e o f the d evelo p ment team.
T yp ic ally, p ro jec t teams have a sc hed uled b uild p ro c ess that
p ushes p ro jec t so ftware c o mp o nents into the d evelo p ment
enviro nment, where the d evelo p ment teams verify whether the
ind ivid ual c o mp o nents c an wo rk to g ether with o ther
c o mp o nents. T ho ug h this p ro c ess has to o c c ur reg ularly, it o nly
c o nstitutes 20% to 25% o f the effo rt p er week — leaving the
enviro nment id le fo r the rest o f 75% to 80% o f the time.
T his is simp ly a waste o f reso urc es that c an b e avo id ed with
c lo ud c o mp uting features suc h as p ro visio ning , p ay-as-yo u-g o
and multi-tenanc y.
SOFTWARE LICENSING
W ith resp ec t to so ftware lic ensing , an id eal situatio n wo uld b e a
small p o o l o f so ftware lic enses o f a sp ec ific tec hno lo g y stac k
that c an b e shared b y multip le p ro jec t teams and released b ac k
to the lic ense p o o l after use. E ac h time reso urc es are rep urp o sed
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in a c lo ud enviro nment, the lic enses sho uld b e released b ac k to
the lic ense p o o l fo r o ther teams to use.
Clo ud servic e p ro vid ers have to wo rk to ward imp lementing this
c o nc ep t to p ro mo te faster c lo ud ad o p tio n rate, as it will d rive
d o wn lic ensing c o sts. T he inc entive fo r the so ftware to o l
p ro vid ers wo uld b e hig h-vo lume sales to c lo ud p ro vid ers, versus
unit sales at the o rg aniz atio nal level.
CS C and o thers are wo rk ing to stand ard iz e a mo d el analo g o us to
D V D vid eo rentals: A p ro vid er ( N etflix , fo r ex amp le) o ffers
c usto mers a p ro d uc t thro ug h a mo nthly sub sc rip tio n servic e,
while D V D vid eo manufac turers b enefit fro m hig h-vo lume
p ro d uc t unit sales to the servic e p ro vid er.
T his is where o ld mo d el meets new mo d el. Lo o k fo r this to mature
as c lo ud c o mp uting ad o p tio n inc reases.
QUALITY ASSURANCE
Quality assuranc e is a p lanned and systematic p ro c ess that
p ro vid es c o nfid enc e in a so ftware p ro d uc t's suitab ility fo r its
intend ed p urp o se. IT q uality assuranc e is a risk mitig atio n
strateg y ap p lied to red uc e und etec ted so ftware p ro b lems that
c o uld neg atively imp ac t end -user satisfac tio n.
Over several years, the c o mp lex ity o f q uality assuranc e p ro c esses
has inc reased with the inc reased c o mp lex ity o f so ftware
ap p lic atio ns. W eb -enab led so ftware ap p lic atio ns, esp ec ially,
stimulated sig nific ant imp ro vements in the q uality assuranc e
p ro c esses, as well as new typ es o f testing metho d o lo g ies.
S o ftware q uality assuranc e o n any ap p lic atio n is larg ely d ivid ed
into two majo r areas. T esting teams first c reate a test
enviro nment with the req uired so ftware and hard ware up o n whic h
the ap p lic atio n is b uilt. S ec o nd , the to o ls that auto mate several
asp ec ts o f testing ( inc lud ing func tio nal, reg ressio n, p erfo rmanc e
and lo ad testing ) are installed . Clo ud c o mp uting ad d resses b o th
o f these areas.
ENVIRONMENT CHALLENGES
In to d ay's IT p rac tic es, b uild ing the d evelo p ment and test
enviro nments fo r a typ ic al d istrib uted web ap p lic atio n invo lves a
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sig nific ant amo unt o f time and reso urc es. T his is d ue to
c o mp lex ity o f the n-tier web ap p lic atio n arc hitec tures that
req uire all tiers to b e b uilt sep arately and integ rated as an
enviro nment.
A typ ic al web ap p lic atio n wo uld req uire a d atab ase server, an
ap p lic atio n server and a web server, p lus any rep o rting so ftware,
messag ing so ftware fo r async hro no us p ro c essing and so o n. In
ad d itio n to setting up these infrastruc ture c o mp o nents, the
ap p lic atio n d ep lo yment and c o nfig uratio n also ad d c o mp lex ity
to the mix .
W ith IT b ud g ets shrink ing , p ro c uring p hysic al hard ware, sto rag e
and netwo rk d evic es may o ften b ec o me hard to justify.
A p p lic atio ns that req uire testing o n multip le p latfo rms, b ro wsers
and lang uag es have to c o mp ro mise o n test c o verag e, thus
inc reasing risk fo r IT manag ement.
A s a mitig atio n strateg y, so me IT manag ers p ush their teams to
rep urp o se ex isting infrastruc ture c o mp o nents to b uild and
reb uild test enviro nments fo r varying d ynamic s, in o rd er to
ac hieve ac c ep tab le test c o verag e and thereb y lo wer the risk . T his
req uires d evelo p ment teams to rep eated ly tear d o wn and b uild
enviro nments fo r vario us test sc enario s o n multip le p latfo rms,
c ausing p ro d uc tivity b o ttlenec k s and red uc ing the time sp ent o n
ac tual testing .
W ith the o b jec tive o f red uc ing time-to -mark et, IT d evelo p ment
p ro c esses are mo ving to ward ag ile metho d o lo g ies, c ausing
testing teams to ad o p t iterative d evelo p ment and testing . T his
limits the testing c yc les.
A no ther imp o rtant fac to r c o mp o und ing the p ro b lem is the
g ro wing trend to o utso urc e testing p ro c ess to o ffsho re teams,
c ausing test enviro nments to b e shared c o nsistently ac ro ss
g lo b al teams to fac ilitate c o llab o ratio n. T his setup inc reases the
time sp ent to rep ro d uc e a rep o rted b ug , as teams must
tho ro ug hly c o mmunic ate to rep ro d uc e the b ug .
T hese are yet mo re p ain p o ints that c lo ud c o mp uting so lutio ns
aim to red uc e o r eliminate thro ug h q uic k ly p ro visio ned ,
virtualiz ed reso urc es with c o sts that reflec t o nly what is used .
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PRODUCT CHALLENGES
W hile IT manag ement has to hand le enviro nment c halleng es to
mitig ate the risk s o utlined ab o ve, at the same time, the
manag ement also has to lo o k fo r so lutio ns that auto mate vario us
testing asp ec ts. T his lo wers staffing c o sts fo r ex ec uting
rep eatab le test sc enario s.
T here are vario us so ftware testing to o ls that ac c o mp lish this, b ut
these testing to o ls are o ften to o ex p ensive to p ro c ure and
maintain. T here is no need fo r these testing to o ls thro ug ho ut the
year. A lso , o rg aniz atio ns need to emp lo y hig hly sk illed staff that
has in-d ep th k no wled g e o f these to o ls to sc rip t the test
sc enario s; this, to o , b ec o mes very ex p ensive.
Org aniz atio ns that d o no t have a need fo r these to o ls o n an
o ng o ing b asis are fo llo wing the trad itio nal ap p ro ac h o f
emp lo ying a lo w-c o st o ffsho re team fo r manually testing the
ap p lic atio n so ftware. T his may ap p ear to b e c heap er fo r mak ing
an ap p lic atio n p ro d uc tio n-read y. But as the ap p lic atio n g o es into
enhanc ement/maintenanc e mo d e, fo r every c hang e,
o rg aniz atio ns have to ag ain emp lo y testing staff that mig ht no t
have p rio r k no wled g e o f the ap p lic atio n. T his c auses the
o rg aniz atio n to sp end mo ney and time o n the learning c urve o f
the new staff.
Businesses are c halleng ed to k eep their web sites up and running ,
to b e reliab le and hig h-p erfo rmanc e. Reliab ility and p erfo rmanc e
have b ec o me k ey fac to rs fo r running a suc c essful b usiness o nline.
Businesses have to rely o n p erfo rmanc e-testing to o ls to ensure
their web sites d o no t leave any c usto mer unsatisfied .
A g ain, there are several vend o rs that p ro mo te p erfo rmanc e and
lo ad -testing to o ls, b ut these have limitatio ns o n the numb er o f
virtual users to whic h they c an sc ale up . T his is no t an issue fo r a
serio us, c lo ud -b ased o ffering .
Yet ano ther use c ase fo r a ad o p ting a c lo ud IT enviro nment is to
leverag e it fo r training and d emo p urp o ses. A c lo ud -b ased
d emo /training lab c an p ro vid e immense c o st effic ienc ies while
enab ling very rap id setup o f multip le training wo rk statio ns.
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CLOUD-BASED PRE-PRODUCTION
H ard ware virtualiz atio n and the ab ility to run multip le instanc es
o f o p erating systems and so ftware ap p lic atio ns have several
imp lic atio ns fo r d istrib uted systems.
Based o n the b usiness need , reso urc es c an b e p o o led and shared
d ynamic ally amo ng several ap p lic atio ns. Clo ud c o mp uting b ring s
the o p p o rtunity to effic iently utiliz e and manag e c o mp uting
reso urc es thro ug h elastic ity, to ex p and reso urc es o n-d emand and
release them when no t need ed . Clo ud c o mp uting also o ffers
p ro visio ning fo r setting up d ifferent enviro nments, to d evelo p
and test b usiness sc enario s in multip le o p erating system
p latfo rms o r multip le b ro wsers.
On the o ther hand , c lo ud -enab ling the d evelo p ment to o ls, ID E s
and auto mated testing to o ls red uc es the to tal c o st o f o wnership
fo r b usinesses and the p ay-as-yo u-g o mo d el mak es it affo rd ab le
fo r b usinesses to ensure the reliab ility and p erfo rmanc e asp ec ts
o f their web sites.
E ven small b usinesses c an leverag e these d evelo p ment and
testing to o ls o n an as-need ed b asis — whic h o therwise mig ht no t
have b een affo rd ab le. Clo ud -enab ling auto mated testing to o ls
also lo wer the limitatio n o f sc aling virtual user c ap ac ity fo r
p erfo rmanc e and lo ad -testing sc enario s.
AN EXAMPLE: SKYTAP
S k ytap is a p ro vid er o f c lo ud -b ased virtual lab s that d eliver self-
servic e p ro visio ning o f c o mp lex IT enviro nments. S k ytap 's g o al
is to mak e serving up virtual mac hines o ver the Internet as
ub iq uito us as d elivering html to a b ro wser.
V irtual Lab A uto matio n is a so ftware so lutio n to auto mate
asp ec ts o f so ftware p ro d uc tio n. Currently these so lutio ns are
availab le as o n-p remise p ac k ag ed so ftware o r as an o n-d emand
c lo ud -b ased servic e. S k ytap o ffers several features as p art o f its
virtual lab auto matio n so lutio n. S o me o f the k ey features inc lud e:
1. Creating multi-mac hine c o nfig uratio ns b y c o mb ining d ifferent
mac hines using a web user interfac e, allo wing a who le IT system
to b e d efined and iso lated in a test enviro nment. W ith virtual
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netwo rk ing , c o p ies o f the same enviro nment c an b e run in p arallel
to emulate a p ro d uc tio n enviro nment.
2. A c o nfig uratio n lib rary where the multi-mac hine c o nfig uratio ns
c an b e sto red and mad e availab le to d evelo p ment and test
teams, saving time o n enviro nment setup and c o nfig uratio n.
3. T he ab ility to susp end a c o mp lete state o f a multi-mac hine
c o nfig uratio n and tak e a snap sho t ( a c o p y at a p o int in time) .
T his is esp ec ially useful to ap p lic atio n d evelo p ment teams fo r
q uic k ly rep ro d uc ing a b ug , whic h c an save a lo t o f time.
4 . A web -b ased auto matio n A P I that enab les teams to
auto matic ally c reate test enviro nments as p art o f the b uild
p ro c ess and initiate auto mated test runs after d ep lo yment.
5. A mo nito ring mo d ule that enab les system health c hec k s,
inc lud ing CP U utiliz atio n, sto rag e, p erfo rmanc e and netwo rk
usag e.
6 . A sec urity feature with ro le-b ased autho riz atio n.
7. Remo te ac c ess and a virtual d ashb o ard fo r the lab
enviro nment.
8. A d ministratio n features inc lud ing user and q uo ta manag ement,
and p ro jec t c reatio n.
S o urc e: S k ytap , Inc .
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AN EXAMPLE: SOASTA
S OA S T A Clo ud T est was b uilt to sup p o rt all c o mmo n web
ap p lic atio n testing typ es — lo ad , p erfo rmanc e, func tio nal and
U I/A jax , either insid e a firewall o r insid e a c lo ud . S OA S T A c laims
to g ive users an affo rd ab le, o n-d emand testing servic e in the
c lo ud .
In ad d itio n, S OA S T A ’s Clo ud T est A p p lianc e o ffers to c usto mers
no t resid ing in a c lo ud the ab ility to test insid e their firewall, an
affo rd ab le lo ad -testing ap p lianc e that enab les faster, mo re
flex ib le, and reliab le web testing fo r the entire testing team.
S OA S T A aims to ad d ress IT manag ement’s c halleng es as
d isc ussed ab o ve. S OA S T A ’s o n-d emand Clo ud T est c an b e
utiliz ed b y any siz e o rg aniz atio n and o n a p ay-as-yo u-test b asis.
T he ap p lianc e is affo rd ab le even fo r small- and med ium-siz ed
b usinesses.
G artner rec o g niz es S OA S T A as the first c o mp any to b ring testing
to the c lo ud . G artner also end o rses S OA S T A , stating :
• “ S OA S T A ’s set o f tec hno lo g ies fits uniq uely in this emerg ing
mark et sp ac e and rad ic ally alters the c o st o f testing .”
• “ S OA S T A p ro vid es sup p o rt fo r testing web ap p lic atio ns
utiliz ing ric h Internet ap p lic atio n and servic e-o riented
arc hitec ture tec hno lo g ies.”
S OA S T A ’s Clo ud T est o ffers the fo llo wing k ey features:
1. U niq ue visual H T T P ( s) rec o rd ing c an c ap ture eac h H T T P ( S )
req uest sent to o r fro m the targ et.
2. P o werful messag e filtering b y U RL, d estinatio n IP ad d ress,
so urc e IP ad d ress, metho d , d uratio n and c o unt.
3. A llo ws testers to c reate a T est Clip fro m a H T T P ( S ) rec o rd ing .
4 . S up p o rts b ro wser rec o rd ing and W S D L rec o rd ing with many
fo rmats suc h as S OA P , RE S T , J S ON , H T T P , H T M L, XM L-RP C, etc .
5. S up p o rts visual test d esig n and ed iting where the tester c an
c o ntro l timing and seq uenc e o f events fo r a test.
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6 . S up p o rts visual test assemb ly interfac e to c reate a c o mp lex
b usiness p ro c ess b y d rag g ing and d ro p p ing multip le test c lip s
that were c ap tured thro ug h d ifferent rec o rd ing s.
7. P ro visio n fo r setting up mo nito rs o n every reso urc e ( hard ware,
netwo rk , lo ad b alanc er, firewall, ap p server, web server, etc .)
used in the system infrastruc ture.
8. P ro vid es instant ac c ess to test results with the ab ility to d rill
d o wn to the d etails o f the test c ase.
9 . A lso p ro vid es integ rated analytic s ac ro ss the test thro ug h
vario us g rap hs and c harts.
CREATING A MODEL OFFERING
U sing the S k ytap and S OA S T A mo d els d esc rib ed ab o ve,
enterp rises c an set up their p re-p ro d uc tio n enviro nment q uic k ly
and ec o no mic ally. T he d iag ram o n the fo llo wing p ag e sho ws a
hyp o thetic al sc enario wherein the d evelo p ment and test
enviro nments are set up entirely o n a c lo ud -b ased infrastruc ture
and are ac c essib le thro ug h the Internet. T his c o nc ep tual mo d el
d raws heavily o n the p ro d uc t o ffering s fro m S k ytap and
S OA S T A , and c o uld p o tentially b e integ rated fo r c usto mers b y
CS C.
A s illustrated in the fig ure, a c lo ud infrastruc ture p ro vid es
virtualiz ed server reso urc es. A set o f virtual reso urc es c an b e
d esig nated as the D evelo p ment E nviro nment and manag ed via
the c lo ud infrastruc ture to o ls.
A n enterp rise c an d ep lo y its ap p ro ved d evelo p ment stac k
( c o nsisting o f Op erating S ystem, ap p d evelo p ment p latfo rm —
J 2E E , .N E T , Op en S o urc e, etc .) o n the d esig nated , virtualiz ed
D evelo p ment E nviro nment.
T rad itio nal d evelo p ment to o ls lik e ID E s, third -p arty so ftware o r
ap p lic atio n framewo rk s c an then b e easily installed . T his
D evelo p ment E nviro nment stac k c an then b e sto red as a V irtual
Imag e in the lib rary, thus mak ing it availab le o n-d emand fo r rap id
p ro visio ning and set-up .
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S imilarly, a virtualiz ed T esting E nviro nment c an also b e set up ,
whic h will p ro vid e the runtime enviro nment fo r an ap p lic atio n. In
o ther wo rd s, unit-tested ap p lic atio n so urc e c o d e c an b e
d ep lo yed o nto the T esting E nviro nment as runtime c o mp o nents
o n the ap p ro p riate p latfo rm and o p erating system.
T he T esting E nviro nment c an also ho st vario us testing to o ls,
system mo nito ring to o ls and third -p arty p ro d uc ts. S uc h testing
virtual imag es c an also b e sto red in the V irtual Imag e Lib rary.
T esting to o ls c an b e easily reused ac ro ss multip le ap p lic atio ns,
witho ut having to b uild the virtual test b ed all o ver ag ain.
A d d itio nal server instanc es also c an b e easily p ro visio ned using
the c lo ud infrastruc ture manag ement to o ls.
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12. SAAS ENABLEMENT
A ric h and intuitive web -b ased U ser Interfac e enab les users to
interac t and wo rk with the d evelo p ment and testing to o ls set up
in the virtual enviro nment.
A lso as sho wn in the d iag ram, the virtualiz ed d evelo p ment and
test enviro nment c an c o mmunic ate with an ap p lic atio n o n an
ex ternal c lo ud ( e.g . A maz o n E C2, G o G rid , etc .) .
S p ec ial features fro m S k ytap also allo w d evelo p ers to c ap ture a
snap sho t o f the entire system at runtime to sup p o rt testing and
d eb ug g ing ac tivities.
ONWARD AND UPWARD
Clo ud c o mp uting o p ens new avenues and vistas fo r enterp rises to
setup and o p erate d evelo p ment and testing enviro nments q uic k ly
and ec o no mic ally. T ec hno lo g y fro m c o mp anies lik e S k ytap and
S OA S T A are sp earhead ing this p heno meno n and system
integ rato rs suc h as CS C c an p lay a p ivo tal ro le in enab ling and
c usto miz ing suc h tec hno lo g ies fo r yo ur o rg aniz atio n.
A s resp o nsib le vend o rs, it is p art o f o ur resp o nsib ility to ed uc ate
o ur c usto mers ab o ut the tang ib le and intang ib le b enefits o f
leverag ing and b enefitting fro m suc h tec hno lo g ic al
ad vanc ements witho ut c o mp ro mising o n sec urity o r reg ulato ry
c o nstraints.
P lainly p ut, c lo ud c o mp uting has leveled the so ftware
d evelo p ment p laying field . By remo ving and red uc ing the g o -to -
mark et b arriers, c lo ud c o mp uting has enab led even the smallest
d evelo p ers to c o mp ete alo ng sid e so ftware titans.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? Can CS C help lift yo ur ap p lic atio n into the c lo ud s?
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