Application virtualisation can be a tremendous aid to the production, testing and implementation of modern IT systems. Andres Thompson, managing director of Parasoft explains. Modern IT systems have long since ceased to be one big monolithic application. They are a complex conglomerate of traditional applications such as CRM or ERP; smaller and dedicated to the [...]

The idea that a practice which has been part of the IT industry for decades could now be seen as one of its most important new growth areas may raise a few eyebrows. Yet the growing importance of the software testing market has not gone unnoticed among executives and investors alike. Chris Livesey presents his [...]

Lewis Gee and Colin Gray discuss how companies can combine application asset management, testing and automation to manage and accelerate the successful deployment of new software from development through to production. Big application deployments, virtualisation and Windows 7 roll-outs are likely to be on most IT agendas this year. Whenever you are making a change [...]