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Market Commentary | Fortune 500 Spending Required for IT Cost Savings

Theresa Lanowitz, Lisa Dronzek | Monday, 17 November 2008

Following the economic downturn of 2000 to 2003, the Fortune 500 companies that pursued short-term cost-cutting strategies such as outsourcing and rollbacks in quality assurance found themselves ill prepared for future opportunities. New research suggests that those enterprise organizations that continue to invest in critical IT areas such as software development, virtualization, and core lifecycle solutions will be better positioned for the next cycle of growth and expansion.

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Reports

Market Snapshot | Automated Testing of Networks and Connected Devices

Theresa Lanowitz, Lisa Dronzek | Wednesday, 26 September 2007

Service providers and network equipment manufacturers are adding automation to their pre-production testing process for a combination of reasons: improved test coverage, accelerated time-to-market for products or services, reduced capital and operational expense, optimized equipment use, reduced training time, greater test collaboration, reduced test backlog, and reuse. All of these automation drivers are intertwined and focus on delivering better quality to the customer. This Market Snapshot will focus on the need for test automation of networks and connected devices, identify a path to automation adoption and provide an overview of where the market is with respect to the right processes, technical skills and technology.

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Market Snapshot | Network Equipment Testing

Theresa Lanowitz | Thursday, 07 December 2006

Every market is an ecosystem comprised of people, processes, and technology. The network equipment testing market is growing in complexity. To effectively manage this complexity, the market is focused on reducing time-to-market and testing costs while increasing efficiency and product quality. The network equipment testing market is poised to breakthrough in terms of commercially available technology to assist the people and processes. In this Market Snapshot, we examine the people, processes, and technology of the network equipment testing market.

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Presentation | Fanfare QA Insider Seminar Series

Theresa Lanowitz | Monday, 23 October 2006

Presentation slides from the Networking Equipment and QA: Breaking the Innovation Barrier keynote on October 24, 2006 in Mountain View, CA.

Fanfare's CTO, Kingston Duffie, and Theresa Lanowitz of voke for a discuss significant trends in quality assurance for networking equipment. During this presentation you will:

Get the facts about the current state of networking equipment development
Discuss current barriers to innovation and what this means to QA organizations
Gain pragmatic information that will help you tackle your real life QA challenges

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Blog

Let’s Do Something New in 2007

Theresa Lanowitz | Thursday, 11 January 2007

The week of January 9, 2007 is shaping up to be an eventful week. At voke, we announced our Market Snapshot report for the network equipment testing market. Fanfare announced their ability to deliver much needed commercial testing products to the network equipment market. And, Apple announced its iPhone...

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