Our own Marcus Merrell, Director of Technical Services in Customer Success and Thomas Boyles, Director of Engineering in Development, will speak with Aberdeen Research Director Jim Rapoza and discuss: - How testing is evolving to better meet the demands and current trends in DevOps and application development - The challenges organizations are facing when it comes to delivering high performing and reliable applications across platforms - Strategies leading organizations are following to shift testing left and right - How continuous testing can help you become a leader

1. SAUCE LABS / ABERDEEN GROUP
INTERACTIVE WEBINAR
MAY 15, 2019

2. THE RISING IMPORTANCE OF SOFTWARE TESTING AND
THE NEW WAVE OF STRATEGIES AND SOLUTIONS FOR
DRIVING CI/CD

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Marcus Merrell
Director of Technical Services
in Customer Success
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Thomas Boyles
Director of Engineering
in Development
Jim Rapoza
Research Director
Information Technology
OUR CONVERSATIONALISTS

4. TODAY’S DISCUSSION
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• Challenges organizations are facing when it comes to delivering high
performing, reliable and CX centric applications across platforms
• Strategies for shifting testing left, right and all the ways
• How continuous testing can help you become a leader within your organization
• Quick wins for getting more out the door...better, faster, stronger!
• …and more

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RISING TRENDS IN DEVOPS & APPLICATION
TESTING
• Automation – Best-in-Class DevOps organizations are 4x more likely to
use automation
• AI and Machine learning – 42% of businesses are implementing some form
of AI/ML in DevOps
• Developers learning to test/Testers learning to code – 42% of businesses
are shifting left for application testing
• Continuous Testing – Businesses that do continuous testing are 40% more
likely to quickly resolve application issues

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When Aberdeen asked businesses what
their top performance challenges were,
48% listed lack of effective testing tools
while 29% said lack of testing
expertise.
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WHAT CHALLENGES DO MANY (OR IS IT MOST?)
ORGANIZATIONS FACE RELATIVE TO THE CURRENT
TRENDS WE JUST DISCUSSED?

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Shift Left. Bring testing and performance
optimization into development cycles much
earlier.
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WHY IS SHIFTING LEFT, RIGHT AND ALL THE WAYS
IMPORTANT?
Shift Right. Ensures testing and performance
optimization continues throughout the
application lifecycle and for live applications
and services.

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Aberdeen research has found that businesses that
are leaders in application performance and quality
are 45% more likely to do continuous
testing, from development to production,
leveraging the cloud and microservices.
IN WHAT WAYS IS TESTING EVOLVING TO
SUPPORT AND GUIDE TODAY’S DEVOPS
STRATEGIES?

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Businesses that shift left in performance testing are 40% more likely
to improve customer retention.
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HOW IS SAUCE LABS HELPING ORGANIZATIONS ON
THEIR JOURNEY TO CI/CD WITH NEW SOLUTIONS TO
GETTING MORE OUT THE DOOR...BETTER, FASTER,
STRONGER?

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Recommendations on what businesses should do to take advantage of the trends
and strategies covered in this webinar in order to develop high quality applications.
THE BENEFITS OF LEVERAGING CONTINUOUS
TESTING AND AUTOMATION IN MODERN
APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTS

11. THANK YOU