PHILADELPHIA, LONDON and HYDERABAD, India: The Webinar Will Provide Valuable Insights to CEOs, CIOs and Other Decision Makers on Test Outsourcing, Current Trends in the Outsourcing Marketplace, as Well as Best Practices for Customers Seeking to Incorporate Cloud-Based Elements Into Their Testing Practices

AppLabs (http://www.applabs.com/), the world's largest software testing and quality management company (http://www.applabs.com/), today announced that it is holding a webinar on 'Test Outsourcing and the Emergence of the Cloud' ( http://www.applabs.com/html/Test-Outsourcing-and-the-Emergence-of-the-Cloud. html), featuring a leading Independent Research Firm. Bill Martorelli, Principal Analyst of Forrester Research, Inc. is the guest speaker while Scott Andress, Vice President, Marketing and Alliances of AppLabs, is the moderator. The 45 minute webinar is scheduled for Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 11:00 AM EST / 4:00 PM BST / 9:30 PM IST.

Cloud technologies such as infrastructure-as-a-service (http://www.applabs.com/html/application-infrastructure-management.html) hold great promise for quality assurance professionals as a way to streamline provisioning of test environments and for providing a low-cost alternative for performance testing (http://www.applabs.com/html/performance-testing-services.html). Despite consensus about the promise of the cloud, commercial realization remains slowly paced.

Bill Martorelli, the guest speaker will lead a detailed discussion on test outsourcing and leveraging the cloud for testing. His presentation will provide insights for CEOs, CIOs and other decision makers on how they can focus on the opportunities of cloud technologies, the current trends in the outsourcing marketplace, as well as best practices for customers seeking to incorporate cloud-based elements into their testing practices.

Salient takeaways for CIOs and other decision makers include:

- Test outsourcing and current trends in the outsourcing marketplace

- The pace of commercial adoption for testing services in the cloud

- What offerings exist in the marketplace today and what can we expect in the future?

- How should customers approach testing in the cloud?

To register for this webinar, please visit: http://www.applabs.com/html/Test-Outsourcing-and-the-Emergence-of-the-Cloud. html

About AppLabs: Headquartered in Philadelphia, USA, AppLabs (http://www.applabs.com/html/smart-techie-changing-face-software-testing.html ) is the world's largest software testing and quality management company. With over a decade of experience behind it, AppLabs has become the trusted partner to more than 300 companies, providing both quality assurance and third-party validation through a combination of consulting, outsourcing, offshore and specialist testing services.

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