Cloud computing not only changes the way of
obtaining computing resources (such as computers,
infrastructures, data storage, and application services), but also
changes the way of managing and delivering computing services,
technologies, and solutions. Cloud computing leads an
opportunity in offering testing as a service (TaaS) for SaaS and
clouds. Meanwhile, it causes new issues, challenges and needs in
software testing, particular in testing clouds and cloud-based
applications. This paper provides a comprehensive tutorial on
cloud testing and cloud-based application testing. It answers the
common questions raised by engineers and managers, and it
provides clear concepts, discusses the special objectives,
features, requirements, and needs in cloud testing. It offers a
clear comparative view between web-based software testing and
cloud-based application testing. In addition, it examines the
major issues, challenges, and needs in testing cloud-based
software applications. Furthermore, it also summarizes and
compares different commercial products and solutions supporting
cloud testing as services.
Published In : IJCAT Journal Volume 1, Issue 11
Date of Publication : 31 December 2014
Pages : 577 - 581
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Publication Link :A Survey Report on Cloud Computing Testing
Environment
Tarun Kumawat : CSE, JECRC UDML College of Engg. Kukas, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Naresh Kumar Marwal : CSE, JECRC UDML College of Engg. Kukas, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Shritosh Kumar : CSE, JECRC UDML College of Engg. Kukas, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Parmeshwar Lal Bhanwariya : CSE, JECRC UDML College of Engg. Kukas, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Cloud testing
Cloud-based software testing
Testing cloud services
Performance testing and evaluation
scalability testing
Cloud testing is becoming a hot research topic in cloud
computing and software engineering community. As the
advance of cloud technology and testing as services, more
research work must be done to address the open issues and
challenges in cloud testing and TaaS. More innovative testing techniques and solutions, and QoS standards are
needed to support on-demand testing services in a scalable
cloud infrastructure. This paper provides a comprehensive
review and tutorial on cloud testing by discussing the
related concepts, issues, and challenges. The growth of
cloud computing created a demand for benchmarks that
can measure the performance characteristics of cloud
applications. Testing teams should equipment themselves
with viable strategies to mitigate the risks and issues
associated with cloud computing by covering additional
capabilities available in the cloud computing environment.
Only a few advantages and a few testing challenges of the
cloud computing solutions have been identified in this
paper. In future, as it is getting more matured architecture
for cloud computing and more and more testing on the
cloud applications there is every possibility of more testing
challenges which can be explored by researchers.
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