Skytap provides development and test environments as a service, enabling organizations to enhance their software development lifecycle by delivering better software faster. The solution integrates with existing tools and processes to create flexible, collaborative environments that are cost-effective and easy to manage. Service virtualization further streamlines the testing process by offering simulated environments, reducing costs, and improving efficiency.

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2014-10-09
Creating Complete Test Environments
in the Cloud
Mark Lambert, Parasoft
Jonathan Van Meter, Skytap

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About Skytap
Our Company:
 Focus on building better
software faster
 20,000 users
 Founded in 2006
Our Technology:
 Skytap provides environments-
as-a-service for development
and test
 5 patents, 9 pending

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Parasoft: Take Control of the SDLC
Mission Statement: Assist organizations to define and
deliver defect-free software efficiently

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Take Control of SDLC - Shift Left
Mission Statement: Assist organizations to define and
deliver defect-free software efficiently

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Take Control of SDLC - Push Down
Mission Statement: Assist organizations to define and
deliver defect-free software efficiently

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Skytap provides development and
test environments-as-a-service that
remove the inefficiencies and
constraints that companies have
with their SDLC. As a result, our
customers release better software
faster.
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The Skytap Solution
Integrated with tools and human processes
Collaborate on dev/test while maintaining control
Production-equivalent lab environments in SaaS
Utilizes your choice of infrastructure

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What is an “environment”?

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Skytap Cloud Environments
• Multi-VM environments with software defined
networking
• Spin up test environments on demand and in under a
minute
• Create environments only when needed, pay
for what you use
Create Custom Environments
• Create golden templates of build & test environments
• Create fresh instances of environments
from golden templates
• Create multiple copies of the environment in parallel
Repeatability
Reproduce Defects
• Save failures frozen in time templates for further
investigation
Flexibility
• Run application components in Skytap Cloud or
on premise
• Connect components together using self-service
VPN connections
• Use projects to enable teams to work together
• Use one-click publish URLs to share resource outside
your organization
Collaboration
IT Visibility and Control
• Automate lab provisioning and shutdown of
idle resources
• Set permissions, quotas and policies by user,
department, or project
• Strong IT governance and robust audit logs

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Storefront 2.0 Application
Web/Application
Server 1
(WebSphere)
Web/Application
Server 2
(WebSphere)
Load Balancer
(F5 Big IP VE)
External
OpenFiler
(Virtual SAN)
Oracle RAC
Database Server
(Linux)
Oracle RAC
Database Server
(Linux)
Domain Controller
(Windows)
Reporting Server
(Windows)
DMZ
RAC
Private
Internal
Internet
Corporate
Headquarters
Core Services via
Service Virtualization
Reporting SQL
Server
(Windows)
RAC
Public
On-Premise
Datacenter

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Skytap Environment Demo

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Service Virtualization delivers a
simulated dev / test environment
allowing an organization to test
anytime or anywhere
Service Virtualization

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When to use SV? Access vs. Configuration
 Access
 Dependent applications difficult
 Scheduling conflicts
 High access fees
 Geo-political boundaries
 3rd party or partner applications
 Configuration
 Complex to configure
 No control
 Limited variability
 Consumes test time
Test Access
Simple Difficult
Configuration
Complex
Internal
Service
Internal
Application 3rd Party
Service
ERP
Mainframe
External
Application
External
Database
Internal
Database
Cloud
App
Message
Queue
ESB
Web
Server

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When to use SV? Access vs Configuration
 Access
 Dependent applications difficult
 Scheduling conflicts
 High access fees
 Geo-political boundaries
 3rd party or partner applications
 Configuration
 Complex to configure
 No control
 Limited variability
 Consumes test time
Test Access
Simple Difficult
Configuration
Complex
Internal
Service
Internal
Application 3rd Party
Service
ERP
Mainframe
External
Application
External
Database
Internal
Database
Cloud
App
Message
Queue
ESB
Web
Server
Service Virtualization
Virtual Lab / Server
Virtualization

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The Total Cost of System Access
Service Virtualization dramatically reduces the cost of delivering
a dev / test environment
Hardware Savings
Access EfficiencyStaged w/ Virtual Test Lab
Staged Application Instance
System Behavior
Cost
 Only manage the functionality
you need
 Only manage data you need
 Low-Risk “disposable instance”
that can be accessed at anytime
 Dramatically reduce test
environment setup and
management
Service Virtualization

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Parasoft Virtualize: Testing the AUT
QA and Test
Service
Test
Application
Under Test
Application
Database
Service
Mainframe

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Parasoft Virtualize: Managing the Environment
QA and Test
Environment Manager
Service
Test
Application
Under Test
Application
Database
Service
Mainframe

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Parasoft Virtualize: Hosting and Creating the Assets
QA and Test
Environment Manager
Service
Test
Application
Under Test

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Parasoft Virtualize: Capturing current behavior
Application
Under Test
2 Capture
4 Deploy
3 Create
Application
Database
Service
QA and Test
Performance Test
Engineer
Mainframe
Define Monitors1
Development
Service
Test
LoadRunner

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Parasoft Virtualize: Capturing current behavior
Application
Under Test
Application
Database
Service
Mainframe
Environment
Manager
5 Manage
6 Consume
QA and Test
Performance Test
Engineer
Development
QC/ALM
Rational

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Simplify managing the System Under Test
 Environment manager empowers QA and Dev teams
to effectively management combinations of Server
and Service Virtualization

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Service Virtualization Demo

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Test Environments in the Cloud
 Reconfigure Test Environments to
meet different testing criteria
within seconds
 Remove the constraints of sub-
systems and focus on the System
Under Test
 Efficiently leverage Environments
as a Service with on-demand
preconfigured cloud resources