Leveraging the cloud for QA environments can address many of the issues with traditional desktop environments. The document outlines four key problems with desktop environments: 1) initial setup is complicated without configuration management or shared tools; 2) collaboration is poor without shared access or tools; 3) accessibility and productivity are limited without remote access; and 4) costs are high to purchase and manage devices. Moving QA to the cloud can solve these problems by providing 1) easy setup without software installations; 2) powerful collaboration tools; 3) anywhere accessibility; and 4) reduced costs through a shared, scalable environment. The cloud allows teams to focus more on testing and less on environment management.

1. Leveraging Cloud for the QA environment
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2. What is the current state of QA environment ?
What's Wrong With Desktop Environment?
Complicated
configuration management
Poor
Collaboration,Tools
Limited
Accessibility,Productivity
Less Secure
ip & data

3. + Initial setup & Lack of Tools
Current QA environment setup process turns engineer into part-time system administrators.
Forced to repeat the setup on each machine. There is no way to synchronize the configurations.
Significant time and effort being spent in setting up QA environments.
Difficult to setup complex tools locally, so they are ignored.

4. + Poor Collaboration
"Two or more people working together towards shared goals" is not met.
Re-doing Same Things due to Lack of tools to share.
Poor Collaboration between the teams in setting up tools

5. + Limited accessibility
Delays due to high levels of inter dependencies and different work priorities amongst the different teams
Decreased productivity.
Devices not accessible outside the workspace

6. + High Cost
Buying and managing device.
Time wasted on re-doing things and Poor tools used.

7. Why hasn’t the testing environment moved to the cloud along with just about everything ?
No
configuration management
Super
collaboration
Anywhere
accessibility
Secure
ip & data
Into The Cloud

8. MANAGEMENT
TEST ENGINEER
UI DESIGNER
MULTISITE ENABLED
TEST, DEVELOP, MANAGE from anywhere
No software to install or special port settings.
PRIVATE CLOUD
Scalable.
Secure.
Robust.
APP DEVELOPER

9. + No setup
Environment and tools in the Cloud. Browser is the most often-used tool for end users.
Teams not to worry about devices,tools or tools maintenance. everything in the cloud.
Project lead time reduced drastically.

10. + Amazing Tools
Everything recorded and stored for future use or sharing, which is impossible to do locally.
Easy to use complex tools in cloud.
Smaller learning curve.
Collaborative Testing is at the heart of the Cloud.
Integration with other QA tools become super simple eg: Integrate with CI, Bug Tracking etc

11. + Boost productivity
Effortlessly bring in centralization of QA, thus putting an end to issues arising due to the lack of standards.
Help them focus more on their business rather than spending effort/management time over environment.
Convenience and continuous availability.
Speed to deploy new applications.
Location Independence

12. + Collaboration and Sharing
The cloud-based workspace is centralized, making it easy to share and Collaborate.
The device and tools in the Cloud is shared between teams efficiently.
No re doing , reproducing or ping-pong. use recorded session and get things done.
Backup and Recovery.

13. + Quality and Cost
Reduced cost and duration of projects.
Agility & flexibility.
Same process followed by teams. easy to manage and achieve high quality
Same device cloud can be used for multiple functions like Parallel automation, Real load generation etc.

14. QA in Cloud
A complete solution... Tools in Cloud

15. Collaborate effortlessly from any location with
all stakeholders using amazing tools
GET
DONE
Forget devices,tools or maintenance
Focus on business, stop wasting effort/management
time over environment
IP & Data security
Reduced cost and duration of projects
Optimise device sharing among stakeholders and team

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