Parasoft Resources Center: Service Virtualization

Does Service Virtualization’s “Shift Left” Burden Developers?   by Wayne Ariola (Chief Strategy Officer), Cynthia Dunlop (Lead Technical Writer)

Service virtualization undeniably benefits the development process, but it can be both a blessing & a curse for developers. Learn how to minimize the burden on development to achieve maximum acceleration of delivery cycles.

Service Virtualization Definition   by Cynthia Dunlop (Lead Technical Writer)

Provides a service virtualization definition, presents key service virtualization benefits, and explores service virtualization ROI.

Service Virtualization ROI   by Wayne Ariola (Chief Strategy Officer), Cynthia Dunlop (Lead Technical Writer)

Learn about the business drivers behind service virtualization purchase decisions, as well as the opportunities for ROI via OpEx reduction, CapEx reduction, risk reduction, and incremental top-line revenue.

Parasoft API Testing Solution Sheet - 1,029 KB PDF

Learn how Parasoft's API Testing solution simplifies the complex testing that’s vital for secure, reliable, and compliant composite applications.

Parasoft Service Virtualization Solution Sheet - 1,602 KB PDF

Learn how Parasoft Service Virtualization delivers a simulated test environment that allows your organization to test earlier, faster and more completely.

Parasoft TV: Mobile Application Development & Testing

Learn why you shouldn't be doing mobile app development and testing without service virtualization.

Parasoft TV: Why Service Virtualization is Essential for Mobile

Learn why service virtualization is essential for ensuring that your mobile apps deliver a compelling user experience.

Service Virtualization for Mobile App Development & Testing   by Wayne Ariola (Chief Strategy Officer)

Why is service virtualization a "must have" for effective mobile app development & testing?

Parasoft and "Service Virtualization" Testing: A Good Idea , Thoughts From a Software IT Analyst

This service virtualization analysis declares the gains from Parasoft & service virtualization are clear and potentially company-reputation-saving.

Cloud/ API Testing Business Drivers   by Wayne Ariola (Chief Strategy Officer), Cynthia Dunlop (Lead Technical Writer)

Learn about the business drivers behind API testing purchase decisions, as well as the opportunities for ROI in terms of reduced costs, reduced risks, and improved efficiency.

API Testing: Challenges and Best Practices   by Wayne Ariola (Chief Strategy Officer), Cynthia Dunlop (Lead Technical Writer)

Learn about 4 unique challenges associated with API testing and 5 strategies for ensuring API reliability, security, and performance vs. the extreme conditions that API exposure brings.

SYS-CON.tv: Service Virtualization Technology

"One of the last things always addressed on every wave of technology is quality & testing. This is where service virtualization, a type of virtualization that resides in the API level, comes in really handy…"

10 Reasons to be Thankful for Service Virtualization and Simulated Test Environments   by Wayne Ariola (Chief Strategy Officer), Cynthia Dunlop (Lead Technical Writer)

10 reasons why software development teams should be thankful for service virtualization and simulated test environments.

Parasoft TV: Accelerate Testing with Service Virtualization

Learn how to 1) Capture and simulate real system behavior for 24/7 access, 2) Easily emulate performance & error conditions 3) Flexibly provision complete test environments and/or individual components

What's Frightening? Test Environment Access   by Wayne Ariola (Chief Strategy Officer), Cynthia Dunlop (Lead Technical Writer)

Test environment access access constraints can halt developers and testers in their tracks. Learn how service virtualization can help.

Service Virtualization eKit

Learn how service virtualization drives Agile enablement and reduces application risk—while lowering infrastructure costs.

Service Virtualization Maturity Model   by Wayne Ariola (Chief Strategy Officer), Cynthia Dunlop (Lead Technical Writer)

Read Parasoft's Service Virtualization Maturity Model, which helps IT organizations set realistic expectations for adopting and optimizing service virtualization.

Financial: Eliminating Third-Party Test Environment Access Fees

Learn how Parasoft Virtualize enables a brokerage firm to increase the scope & frequency of testing without incurring third-party access fees.

Communications: Cutting Database Dependencies for Performance Testing

Learn how Parasoft Virtualize enables a communications company to run earlier, more comprehensive performance testing by leveraging "virtual databases."

Hospitality: Parallel Development of Highly-Interdependent Components

Learn how Parasoft Virtualize helps a global resort group accelerate parallel development of highly-interconnected components for a complex distributed system.

Financial: Accelerating Agile Development through Rapid Prototyping

Learn how Parasoft Virtualize enables a financial organization to more rapidly prototype functionality in order to accelerate feedback cycles & reduce time to market.

Insurance: Reducing Infrastructure Costs for Staged Test Environments

Learn how Parasoft Virtualize cuts an insurance provider's dependency on over 11 back-end systems for each of their 7 test environments—significantly reducing costs.

Utilities: Facilitating Partner Integration & Validation

Learn how Parasoft Virtualize enables a utilities company to emulate a not-yet-implemented API for partner integration & automate the partner certification process.

Financial: Removing Test Data Management Bottlenecks for Agile

Learn how Parasoft Virtualize enables a financial organization to reduce the lengthy wait time for accessing test environments configured with the appropriate test data.

Retail: Enabling a Transition to Agile

Learn how Parasoft Virtualize streamlines a retailer's performance test configuration and parallel development efforts—facilitating their transition to Agile.

Financial: Providing Access to Environments for Partner Integration

Learn how Parasoft Virtualize provides a stable, "always-on" test environment that business partners can develop and test against in order to obtain certification.

Parasoft TV: Introducing Service Virtualization with Parasoft Virtualize

Learn how Parasoft Virtualize provides on-demand access to the exact test environments needed for Agile/parallel development, functional testing, and performance testing.

SYS-CON.tv: Building Quality Applications in the Cloud

SYS-CON's Jeremy Geelan interviews Parasoft's Wayne Ariola. "What comes first is the excitement around a new technology bursts, and what comes in next - the testing and the quality."

Parasoft Service Virtualization Wins Jolt Award   by Wayne Ariola (Chief Strategy Officer), Cynthia Dunlop (Lead Technical Writer)

Dr. Dobb's recognizes Parasoft's service virtualization as must-have technology for accelerating testing efforts and eliminating delays in the application delivery lifecycle.

Jolt Award: Parasoft Virtualize , Dr. Dobb's Journal

"In a group of intriguing candidates reviewed in this Utilities category, Virtualize stands out as truly Jolting product, raising the bar on automated testing and new quality achievement...."

Service Virtualization: The Next Frontier for Testing , Parasoft White Paper  by Wayne Ariola (Chief Strategy Officer), Cynthia Dunlop (Lead Technical Writer)

Test environment access constraints have become one of the greatest barriers to delivering quality software efficiently. Learn how service virtualization removes these constraints, enabling teams to test more efficiently & effectively.

Service Virtualization: Declare Your Independence from Testing Constraints   by Wayne Ariola (Chief Strategy Officer), Cynthia Dunlop (Lead Technical Writer)

Service virtualization can help QA and performance testers break free from testing constraints associated with testing cloud, SOA, or other composite applications.

Service Virtualization Starter Kit

This 9-page eKit explains how service virtualization helps teams create & access any environment needed to develop or test an application.

Parasoft TV: Service Virtualization and Staged Test Environments

Learn why service virtualization is the perfect complement to staged test labs—especially if the application under test needs to interact with only a limited fragment of the dependent application's overall functionality.

Parasoft TV: Service Virtualization: Test More, More Effectively

In this webinar with voke's Theresa Lanowitz, learn how service virtualization can help your organization's QA teams test more efficiently and effectively—reducing the CAPEX and OPEX associated with establishing, configuring, and maintaining test environments.

Parasoft TV: Service Virtualization and Virtual Test Labs

Learn how service virtualization complements virtual test labs—especially when you need to test against dependent applications that are difficult or costly to access. and/or difficult to configure for your testing needs.

Parasoft TV: Next Generation Test Environment Management - Service Virtualization

See how Parasoft Virtualize enables easy, rapid creation of the various test environments needed for QA and development—with dependencies eliminated.

Test Environment Access Report   by Wayne Ariola (Chief Strategy Officer), Cynthia Dunlop (Lead Technical Writer)

See the results from a recent survey about the test environment access constraints that developers, testers, and performance test engineers face—and how that impacts the risk of application failures.

The Inherent Complexities of Building Cloud Applications   by Wayne Ariola (Chief Strategy Officer), Cynthia Dunlop (Lead Technical Writer)

Learn how service virtualization addresses the inherent complexities of building cloud applications.

Database Virtualization For Development and Test , ST & QA Magazine  by Wayne Ariola (Chief Strategy Officer), Cynthia Dunlop (Lead Technical Writer)

Explains how service virtualization helps you efficiently develop and test without the constraints associated with a dependent database.

Paraosft TV: Service Virtualization for Agile Development

Learn how service virtualization removes the deadlocks and bottlenecks that occur when multiple teams are evolving system components in parallel.

On-Demand Test Environments   by Wayne Ariola (Chief Strategy Officer), Cynthia Dunlop (Lead Technical Writer)

Learn how service virtualization enables easy, rapid creation of the various test environments needed for QA and development—with dependencies eliminated.

Parasoft TV: Service Virtualization for Performance Testing

Learn how service virtualization helps you test more effectively by emulating the behavior of dependent applications you need to test against—and letting you easily adjust that behavior to meet different testing needs.

Parasoft TV: Service Virtualization - Gain Access to Constrained Components

Learn how service virtualization lets you break free from constraints when you need to test against dependent applications controlled by 3rd parties, other departments or partners.

Parasoft TV: Service Virtualization with Parasoft Virtualize

Learn how service virtualization helps you emulate the dependent applications connected to your AUT—enabling you to test faster, more accurately, and at significantly reduced costs.

In the News: Static Analysis, Service Virtualization, Requirements Traceability   by Cynthia Dunlop (Lead Technical Writer)

A round up of some recent articles about static analysis, service virtualization, defect prevention, and safety-critical development.

SYS-CON.tv: Managing Test Environments

SYS-CON's Jeremy Geelan interviews Wayne Ariola, Parasoft VP of of Strategy and Corporate Development . "Today things are being distributed. They're getting parsed out everywhere on the cloud, everywhere in that virtual space. You still need to test them - that's where Parasoft comes in."

Eliminate Testing Roadblocks with Service Virtualization   by Wayne Ariola (Chief Strategy Officer), Cynthia Dunlop (Lead Technical Writer)

Testing SOA and composite applications? Learn how to exercise end-to-end transactions involving system components that are unavailable, evolving, or difficult-to-access.

Performance Test Environments On Demand   by Wayne Ariola (Chief Strategy Officer), Cynthia Dunlop (Lead Technical Writer)

Learn how to rapidly access a realistic performance testing environment that enables you to run the tests you need—on your own schedule

SYS-CON.tv: Application-Behavior Virtualization

SYS-CON's Jeremy Geelan interviews Mark Lambert, Parasoft VP of Professional Services. "People who are moving to the cloud still have the challenge of quality. Any time you send a message to a system and need to get a response back - that's where Parasoft Virtualize comes in..."

voke Parasoft Virtualize Snapshot   by Theresa Lanowitz (voke Research)

This 12-page report from voke media analyzes Parasoft's position in the Service Virtualization market.

Accelerate Parallel Development with Service Virtualization   by Wayne Ariola (Chief Strategy Officer), Cynthia Dunlop (Lead Technical Writer)

This eBook introduces a new way to break through common dev & test roadblocks using a new technique that expands service virtualization.

How Service Virtualization Removes Testing Roadblocks , Automated Software Testing  by Wayne Ariola (Chief Strategy Officer), Cynthia Dunlop (Lead Technical Writer)

This article explores how Service Virtualization provides a new way for developers & testers to exercise their applications in incomplete, constantly evolving, and/or difficult-to-access environments.

The Next Generation of Test Environment Management: Service Virtualization   by Wayne Ariola (Chief Strategy Officer), Cynthia Dunlop (Lead Technical Writer)

This eBook introduces Service Virtualization, which gives teams the freedom to exercise their composite applications in incomplete, constantly evolving, and/or difficult-to-access environments.

The Next Generation of Test Environment Management , Virtualization Journal  by Wayne Ariola (Chief Strategy Officer), Cynthia Dunlop (Lead Technical Writer)

This article introduces a new breed of virtualization that radically reduces the time and cost of standing up and managing a realistic and sustainable dev/test environment.

End to End Testing & Validation , Parasoft White Paper  by Rami Jaamour (Software Engineering Manager), Wayne Ariola (Chief Strategy Officer), Cynthia Dunlop (Lead Technical Writer)

Demonstrates how to leverage automated end-to-end testing and application behavior virtualization to execute and validate all critical aspects of transactions directly from the test environment— even when some components are unavailable.

Oracle Fusion eKit

This 10-page eKit explains how to reduce the complexity of testing the complex transactions that pass through Oracle-driven enterprise environments.

Emulating Systems , SearchSOA.com

Answers the questions "What are the best ways to go about emulating a system?" and "Are there specific products that are better at this than others?"

Service Emulation Pitfalls , SearchSOA.com

Answers the question "What potential pitfalls are there in service emulation?"

Evolving Web 2.0 Apps , SearchSOA.com

Answers the question "Do you have any suggestions on how to make Web 2.0 apps more reliable?"

Functional Requirements for SOA Testing , SearchSOA.com

Answers the question "What are the newest in functional requirements for SOA testing?"