Here are some of our Press Clippings.

Expertise

We can assist with manual or automated testing for a wide variety of projects :

• Web site testing
• Java testing
• CORBA testing
• GUI testing
• Performance testing
• Compatibility testing
• Functional testing
• Testing web browsers, servers and other WWW middleware
• Test Management
• Test harnesses and frameworks
• Automated test generation

We can also assist with establishing and operating certification programs for software interoperability and conformance based on testing.

Why Outsource?

The skill set needed for software testing is comparable to that of an engineer in any other sophisticated development activity. Using ApTest's staff allows you to keep your engineers and their management deployed on your development programs, while ensuring high quality testing for your products.

This is particularly true for automated software testing. Automated test development has become a discipline unto itself, requiring experience and training to maximize the benefit of an investment in this sort of technology. ApTest's trained staff saves you dollars and schedule time that would otherwise be spent on recruiting and training in-house test automation specialists.

Why ApTest?

• Our extensive experience allows us to efficiently evaluate an application or Web site and objectively define and implement the most effective solutions for testing it.
• We bring to bear expertise with system software and middleware as well as application software environments including Windows, UNIX, WWW, XML, Java, and CORBA. This allows us to design the right tests for your product and also assist with identifying fixes for functional problems, performance bottlenecks, etc.
• We implement production-quality test campaigns, with quality, reliability, and productivity of the first order.
• We are organized to provide quick turnarounds on proposals and rapid engagements on projects, allowing you maximum flexibility in your development schedule.

Test Automation

• REDUCED TESTING TIME. A typical automated test suite will run in less than 24 hours, without any human intervention required. For a sophisticated product, manual testing may require dozens of staff months to perform the same testing.
• CONSISTENT TEST PROCEDURES. With a complex testing process manual testing often yields inconsistent coverage and results depending on the staff and schedule employed. An automated test suite ensures the same scope and process is used repeatably each time testing is performed.
• REDUCED QA COSTS. Automated testing has an upfront cost to develop, but over the lifetime of a product it will offer substantial net savings. An average automated test suite development is 3-5 times the cost of a complete manual test cycle. Over multiple product releases with multiple cycles per release, this cost is quickly recouped.
• IMPROVED TESTING PRODUCTIVITY. With its much shorter execution time an automated test suite can be run multiple times over the course of a product development cycle. By testing earlier and more often bugs are detected and corrected earlier and at much reduced expense.
• IMPROVED PRODUCT QUALITY. The sum of improved test procedures and testing productivity is a substantial improvement in product quality. Automated testing detects functional and performance issues more efficiently, allowing test staff to focus on quality in areas such as documentation, installation, hardware compatibility, etc.