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— Anand Parthasarathy

Mr Michel Guez (left), Managing Director, Smartesting, and Dr Sashi Reddi, Chairman, AppLabs Technologies, at the International Software Testing Conference in Bangalore.

Anand Parthasarathy

Bangalore, Nov. 26 Short-term pain notwithstanding, India is positioned to come out stronger from current global recessionary pressures because of its professional edge in areas such as software and product testing, delegates at an International Software Testing Conference were told.

Dr Sashi Reddi, Founder-Chairman of AppLabs Technologies, one of the largest software testing providers, quoted analysts like Gartner to suggest that Indian players could generate over 70 per cent of the outsourced testing business that was poised to grow to $16 billion in three years.

The competition would be very strong in areas like product testing – so Indian players should nurture verticals like security or compliance testing, he added.

When corporates worldwide faced a crunch, it pays to automate as much as possible of the testing process, felt keynote speaker Mr Michel Guez, Managing Director, Smartesting India, the Indian operation of the France-based leader in automated testing. Techniques like model-based testing could lift the degree of automation from around 25 per cent to 80-90 per cent, he suggested: “Add technology, not people”.

Organised by global consulting organisation QAI and the Edista Testing Institute, the conference , which concluded on Tuesday, attracted over 500 testing professionals.

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