Re: Test/QA automation tools / vendors

Are you applications cross platform or multi-platform, or do they generally reside each on their own platform? 

Mostly I mean are the programs and data that make up your apps usually on one platform, or are there some programs on Windows, some on i, some on Unix, etc. all of which form one application? 

There are several test tools that I like a lot for multiple-platform apps, but they are usually overkill for single platform test driven apps. 

Also, have you looked at the Rational Test Suite? It's pretty good stuff. 

-Paul



On Nov 27, 2013, at 01:30 PM, Glenn Birnbaum <gbirnba@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi -
We have an Enterprise project underway with the following objective: Company growth and continued support of existing lines of businesses mandates the need to create more robust development and QA test environments, processes, tools, and staffing to effectively and efficiently support all testing activities. Our goal is to establish standardized and repeatable test processes in support of all test tasks.

This is not an IBM i centric project. We have the usual mix of Windows, UNIX, LINUX as well as IBM i, so we're looking for solutions that can support cross platform testing and QA. Since I'm our IBM i Systems Engineer I've been asked about solutions that include the IBM i

I'd appreciate any experiences and/or recommendations for vendors/tools that support these goals. Even if the solution is IBM i centric, I'd still be interested in your thoughts.

Thanks,
Glenn Birnbaum