IBM's intended acquisition of Green Hat (announced 4 January 2012) shows
commitment to the importance of the lifecycle virtualization category by IBM.
As application complexity continues to expand lifecycle virtualization
technology is absolutely critical to delivering a faster time-to-market and
reducing both capital and operational expenditures.
Lifecycle virtualization is defined as the use of technologies such as
virtual lab management, service virtualization, defect virtualization, device
virtualization, virtualized cloud platforms, etc., to enhance the application
or product lifecycle through reducing defects, lowering costs, speeding
time-to-market, and increasing customer satisfaction.
Lifecycle virtualization is as evolutionary for testing as the advent of the
IDE (integrated development environment) was for the development
organization.
IBM has been abse... (more)
The recent activity and interest around virtualization including the VMware
IPO and Citrix acquisition of XenSource is indicative of the importance of
virtualization as the leading technology of the 21st century.
In a week where the market was headed decidedly south, the VMware IPO emerged
as a star. The timing of the Citrix acquisition of XenSource was impeccable.
XenSource is an open source company specializing in hypervisors, technology
that allows multiple operating systems to simultaneously run on a single host
computer. These two events showcase enterprise interest in virtual... (more)
Surgient Session at Cloud Expo
Surgient added to its existing suite of recognized innovations with a newly
granted patent on the, “Creation and Management of Federated Virtual Server
Clouds.” Additionally, three separate organizations honored Surgient for
being among the fastest growing and most successful technology companies.
Surgient has long been a leader in providing infrastructure-as-a-service
(IaaS) through its purpose-built, seventh-generation cloud automation
platform.
Everyone wants to lower their capital expenditures and increase operational
efficiency - it's a sign o... (more)
HP has announced its intent to acquire Fortify Software. Fortify represents
one of the last standing original independent application security software
vendors. Back in 2003, application security vendors were all the rage. The
idea that security vulnerabilities occur rather frequently at the application
level was 100% accurate. The problem with getting development and QA shops to
fully embrace the notion of application security was one of skills and
communication across organizational boundaries.
Think about developers and testing professionals, they have full time jobs
that kee... (more)
Oracle’s announcement to acquire Empirix’ e-TEST suite solutions
is a positive move for all involved.
The acquisition helps Oracle round out its Enterprise Manager offering with a
comprehensive testing component for pre-deployment applications.
The acquisition is a natural fit for the e-TEST suite products which are
architected to work with modern applications and deliver testing capabilities
to both packaged and custom applications.
The acquisition takes only a portion of the Empirix’ product lineup.
Once the acquisition is completed, Empirix will continue to o... (more)