Eight Steps to a Virtualized Test Environment

Virtualized software test environments deliver quantifiable benefits-lower lab costs, faster test cycles, and lower IT support overhead. New capabilities in virtualization and virtual test lab solutions are being brought to market by vendors such as VMWare, Surgient, VM Logix, and illumita. These tools promise compelling productivity improvements: richer test scope, tighter lab integration with test tools and processes, and on-demand test infrastructure. John Janakiraman describes capabilities and benefits of virtual test lab environments, offers guidance in adopting a virtual test lab, and shares lessons learned from real-world implementations. John walks you through eight important steps to adopting a virtualized environment in your test lab. As John shares the lessons he's learned implementing virtual test labs, find out if a virtualized lab environment is right for your organization.