Shattering the delusion: Applications hosted on the cloud present a unique set of challenges that a tester needs to address. Test teams tasked with the responsibility of quality assurance must ensure that the same level of secure service is delivered by the applications with no degradation of experience to end users. To achieve this goal, testers need to understand the foundation, building blocks, and limitations of cloud architecture. This involves a radical change in the way testers think today and includes utilizing the following skills:
An ability to accept the unseen
An understanding that security is integral to testing
The acceptance of remote testing as a new norm
A willingness to equip themselves with new toolsets and skills
The cloud is here to stay, and its use will only increase over time. This is because it provides advantages far greater than its on premise counterpart. These include technologically superior hosting platforms, guaranteed cost savings, robust security...