IT Departments Rely on Independent Testing Labs for Specialized Resources & Expertise

CIOUpdate.com has published a recent story about the value of outsourcing IT testing to independent test labs.  The two biggest reasons CIOs turn to outsourced labs:  expertise and resources.  “There are specialized skills, test plans, environment preparation, environment validation and a slew of other components necessary to do world-class testing that are not usually found in abundance in corporate IT departments,” said Greg Shipley, CTO of Neohapsis, who was quoted in the article.  

TechColumbus’ Platform Lab was tapped by the Ohio Secretary of State to do load/stress testing on their recently revamped infrastructure prior to the 2008 election.  After many challenges during the 2004 elections, the state’s entire infrastructure was revised and had not undergone testing.  “We lined up a consultant who helped them design a test with our hardware, software and bandwidth and found that they could handle nearly three times the load of 2004 with about the same amount of bandwidth, and they did fine on the night of the election,” said Steve Gruetter, director of Platform Lab.  

Platform Lab is located in the TechColumbus center at 1275 Kinnear Road.  It is the nation’s only non-profit IT testing lab and offers a full complement of testing and other services and facilities.  TechColumbus members qualify for discounts on services. 

For more details on outsourced IT testing, see the story in CIOUpdate:

http://www.cioupdate.com:80/features/article.php/3795976/Why-You-Need-to-Ou