AppLabs acquires testing tools developer
AppLabs has announced that it has acquired the award-winning web-based test design tools developer ValueMinds.
Commenting on the acquisition, Sashi Reddi, founder and chairman of AppLabs said, “We are delighted to make this significant acquisition at a time when our customers are looking to us to provide thought leadership in the testing space. This is a strategic move to broaden our proprietary and open source tools so that we can provide our customers with solutions that leverage the best productivity enhancement techniques out there to drive value and quality in every project we undertake. ValueMinds would bring to the table not only some key customised tools like WS TestersDesk – a test case generator for SOA/web services and Record Generator – a test data creator for databases and performance testing, but will also demonstrate AppLabs’ thought leadership in community driven testing activities” .
With the acquisition, Ashwin Palaparthi, founder/chief architect of ValueMinds will join AppLabs as the vice president innovation and will run several key initiatives for the company such as its Centers of Excellence in test automation, performance testing, and security testing.
“With customers demanding innovation from their service providers, this is an opportune time for ValueMinds to combine its innovative tools and IP with AppLabs, the leader in testing services,” said Palaparthi. “We will continue to innovate from within AppLabs to create additional tools to enhance productivity, and provide many of these for free on TestersDesk.com to support the testing community out there.”
