I caught up with a very major customer last week.  They use AIT (Automated Integration Testing) and Service Virtualization (SV). Back in February, during their first major implementation, they had about 250 active stubs (a.k.a., Virtual Services) deployed.  Eventually that major effort got its real back-ends, and they un-deployed all of them! Now, they're doing a major RESTful/Mobile effort with an estimated 150 Virtual Services. So there are only 150 Virtual Services deployed and running - not 400. They have only 3-4 projects... [More]

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If you receive support subscription updates from IBM for RTW & RTVS, you might have seen this in the last day or two: 3.  Rational Performance Test Server: Downloads and drivers - TITLE: Rational Performance Test Server, Apache Commons Collections Patch - URL: http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FRational%2FRational+Performance+Test+Server&fixids=Rational-RPTS-ACCPatch&source=myna&myns=swgrat&mynp=OCSSBLUB&mync=E&cm_sp=swgrat-_-OCSSBLUB-_-E - ABSTRACT: Rational Performance Test Server... [More]

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This is a convenience post, to make it  easier to see the many resources in one place.  Posted by special request.   0. Getting started with ECMAScript or JavaScript in Rational Integration Tester http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21694213&myns=swgrat&mynp=OCSSBLQQ&mync=E&cm_sp=swgrat-_-OCSSBLQQ-_-E 1. Using ECMAScript with tags in IBM Rational Integration Tester http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21597695 * get the sample project 2. Use an ECMAScript function library in RIT... [More]

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    Software has become the invisible thread which drives an increasingly larger percentage of innovation in manufactured products and business systems. Meaning both product manufacturers and companies whose business relies on IT are becoming more and more dependent on software to help achieve their business objectives. These objectives could be externally focused toward getting to market first with innovative offerings, internally focused on process improvement and/or increased return on investment, or both!   However, the reality of our world... [More]

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For several weeks now, I'm working on a ever evolving RPE template using CLM data. You might say, weeks!?! Does it take that long. Yes and no. First the no, the technique is easy if you have some tips and tricks. Within minutes you have a basic template which you can run and use in production. But than it strikes you. What do I want to report? How do you want to do this? What a good way of representing. That's exploration, making improvements based on what you have. While I was doing this I learned a lot of RPE, RQM, traceablity and... [More]

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Just wanted to let everyone know about some new and upcoming IBM sponsored webcasts to assist development teams in their pursuit of quality. At the StarWest 2012 conference in Anaheim, Peter Cole, Director for Quality Management, IBM Rational delivered a session on " Accelerating the Software Development Lifecycle Using Service Virtualization ".   During this session Peter shared how, service virtualization can produce dramatic results including reducing cycle times, improving quality, and cutting costs. When coupled with the cloud,... [More]

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I recently had the opportunity to attend the Agile Alliance conference, for the third straight year, which was held in Nashville from August 5th to 9th. And while it is always a fabulous and worthwhile event, this year the conference just seemed to be a little different to me. Perhaps it was just my perception but last year after talking to many attendees about service virtualization and continuous testing, I left several conversations with the feeling that I missed sharing something in my message. While the person may have gained a new... [More]

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At an irregular basis I’m invited by System Integrators or consulting firms to give an update on Rational. The audience expects an update on the testing products, while they invite a Rational Testing expert. Common questions are “What are the new cool features of Robot?” or “Where is Test Manager?”. Really!! Respected firms and respected people. They are buried in their day-to-day job that little to no time is spend to educate them on what’s happening in the market! Their organization should spend serious... [More]

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  First off and as I am Canadian eh, I have to apologize for my tardiness between posts. Don't really know why I am apologizing - it is just something we Canadians seem to do. However, I know many are probably wondering what is going on at Innovate so here is a little insight  aboot  day 2 in the Quality Management and Testing track. First off, let's talk a little about Service Virtualization. For those who don't know what this means,  "Service Virtualization is the ability to simulate the behavior of select... [More]

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