The software company wanted to analyze and improve the performance of its browser across different devices and network scenarios. Cigniti conducted testing on 5 devices using various Android versions to benchmark page load times, data usage, CPU usage, and battery performance for several browsers and websites. The testing identified that the client browser consumed 89% less data and provided 26% more battery life than other browsers.

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CASE STUDY
Testing Web Services Helps Leading
Software Company Reduce Browser
Consumption of Data by 89%
CCS-UK002-1215
The Client is a Norwegian software company, known for its family of web browsers with over
350 million users worldwide.
About the Client

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Key Requirements
Conduct comparative analysis of performance metrics for CPU usage, battery performance, and
memory usage across multiple Android devices and different browsers in various network scenarios.
Benchmark mobile performance to capture page load times and measure data download sizes for
Google, Facebook, YouTube, Wikipedia, and Yahoo on various browsers including Opera, Opera Mini,
Firefox, Chrome, Dolphin, UC 9.8, UC Mini and Maxthon using multiple mobile devices.
Key Business Challenges
Diverse set of testing conditions involving 6 different websites for multiple devices and browsers.
Lack of a clear set of identified performance metrics or parameters in the beginning of the project
such as data usage, battery performance or the CPU usage.
Technical Challenges: Due to apps being in production, there was no control on the Test Data set, and
test scripts had to be monitored and tweaked each day. Identifying the right mobile device for benchmarking
requirements was a huge task in itself.
Continuous usage and data traffic consumption by devices under test resulted in the devices throwing
exception errors, decreased the in clock-speed, and slowed down the performance of the device. Even
the Opera Mini Browser was not able to render HTML5/Flash pages.
Types of Testing
Performed comprehensive end-to-end Mobile Battery Performance Testing, Mobile Performance
Benchmarking, and Mobile Functional Testing on 5 devices using the latest available Android OS
versions.
The Client was launching a new version of its browser and wanted to analyse and improve its browser
performance across multiple operating systems for different devices in varied sets of geographical and
network scenarios. They wanted to:
The complexity arose due to the possibility of multiple combinations of different scenarios and lack of
clearly defined set of performance metrics at the beginning of the project. Some key challenges included:
Testing Tools
The testing was executed using Watchdog Lite, Data Monitor, Memory filler, Battery monitoring and Battery
watch tool, Hyperterminal Tool, CPU utility tools, Experitest, SeeTest, TestNG framework, and System Info.

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Solutions Provided
Cigniti conducted a tool feasibility; recommended, and approved the identified mobile testing tool,
and tailored its performance test methodologies to suit the Opera context & requirements.
Cigniti reconfigured its internal Mobile Test Lab with identified devices, OS, and network carrier.
Some unique out of box things were implemented to have the optimum setup, such as the session
time was cut down from a single 3 hour session to 6 sessions of 30 minutes each to replicate the best
user behavior; best practices for mobile testing were implemented and adopted in order to avoid
device slow down, such as shutting down the device while charging.
Key Benefits
As a result of tests performed by Cigniti, it was
established that:
The rigorous development and execution of
test scripts for 20,000 iterations ensured an
ideal average page load time covering
multiple scenarios.
As a value add, Cigniti also provided
client-side front-end page recommendations
using 3rd party tools like YSlow and
Dynatrace – AJAX edition.
The client browser, on an average,
consumed 89% less data as compared to
other browsers.
The client browser provided 26% more
battery life as compared to other browsers.

4. Cigniti Technologies Limited (BSE: 534758, www.cigniti.com), Global Leaders in Independent Software Testing (IST) Services, is
headquartered at Hyderabad, India. Cigniti’s 1800+ career testers are spread across US, UK, India, Australia, and Canada. Cigniti
is the world’s first IST Services Company to be appraised at CMMI-SVC v1.3, Maturity Level 5, and is also ISO 9001:2008 & ISO
27001:2013 certified. Cigniti’s test offerings include Quality Engineering, Advisory & Transformation, Next Generation Testing,
and Core Testing. Over the last decade, Cigniti has helped Enterprises and ISVs build quality software while improving
time-to-market and reducing cost of quality. Cigniti has translated its R&D into SMART Tools™ that accelerate testing and help
improve the quality of services delivered to clients. Cigniti has India's first of its kind Robotics Test Lab, a Mobile Cloud Test Lab
with HP & Experitest, a Cloud-enabled Performance Test Lab, and an IoT & Smart Meter Lab. Gartner has positioned Cigniti as a
Challenger in its Magic Quadrant for Application Testing Services Worldwide, 2015. Forrester cites Cigniti among the 9 services
firms and systems integrators working to enable Quality at Speed. NelsonHall ranks Cigniti Technologies as a Leader in Software
Testing NEAT Charts. Everest Group recognizes Cigniti as a Major Contender with a “Best in Class” rating for Buyer satisfaction in
the PEAK Matrix™ for Independent Testing Services, while Forbes recognizes Cigniti as Asia’s 200 best under-billion companies.
Cigniti has been awarded a place on the Crown Commercial Service latest G-Cloud 6 framework for providing Lot 4: Specialist
Cloud Services that will provide public sector enterprises better access to Cigniti's expertise. Cigniti is also a recipient of the
prestigious Frost and Sullivan Customer Value Leadership Award for Global Automated Software Testing Services category
consecutively in 2014 and 2015. Cigniti’s CSR initiative, Project Cignificance, aims to impact 1 million+ lives through education as
an enabler.
About Cigniti
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