Shipping Forecast

Facilita’s Gordon McKeown explains how his company’s Forecast performance and load testing tool is having an increasing impact on the performance testing market. Facilita has gained an impressive set of clients over the last few years. So what has attracted such technically savvy users as CMC Markets, ASOS, and EADS? We recently caught up with [...]

Six tips for Agile testing

Early and frequent testing plays a key role in Agile software development. Joachim Herschmann, product director for Test Automation at Micro Focus, offers tips on how software developers and testers can use Agile principles to make their test procedures more efficient. Agile methods are becoming increasingly important in software development and Agile has become one [...]

Targeting new technology

Although it has stiff competition from the giants of the software industry, Facilita has carved out a strong niche supplying a complete load testing solution to its customers. T.E.S.T speaks to the company’s managing director Gordon McKeown. Facilita claims to be among the few companies supplying the testing industry that is able to offer a [...]

Understanding Agile

Overwhelmed software developers stand to benefit most from Agile development methods, yet often don’t have time to explore or keep up with them according to Seapine Software. But the company says that’s about to change, thanks to the its Agile Expedition, a free web-based learning series that kicks off on June 2. At a relaxed [...]

Your most valuable software testing tool

There’s no excuse in this day and age for a nonuser-friendly interface and often the only source of reliable insight into this area is the user. Dave Tait* puts the case for the user as invaluable testing tool. Gaining maximum market share with a software product means selling to inexperienced as well as experienced users [...]