voke Market Mover Blog

voke is excited to share the results of our second and most recent research on service virtualization – the voke Market Snapshot TM  Report: Service Virtualization . The latest research was announced on January 22, 2015. This most recent data was collected from over 500 participants from August – October 2014. Survey participants told us how they are using service virtualization, why they adopted it, their general thoughts about service virtualization, the challenges they face with service virtualization, and the benefits of service virtualization.  This research shows that service virtualization is no longer a nascent technology with a practitioner following. Service virtualization is now a proven technology with visibility at all levels of the organization. Change agents, C-level executives, and practitioners alike find value in the measurable and quick ROI service virtualization brings. Full ROI details achieved by participants provided in the report include: Reduced...

The analysts at voke are embarking on a busy time of year! Join voke founder, Theresa Lanowitz, on October 28, 2014 at 8:30AM Pacific / 11:30AM Eastern to discuss “ The Hidden Cost of Rework ”. Each and every software project has defects – that is just a fact. However, the longer the defect is ignored, the more expensive it is to remediate. Join Theresa Lanowitz of voke and Jon Jarboe of Coverity to learn how to identify defects earlier and reduce the cost of rework involved with every software project. Register here to learn about “The Hidden Cost of Rework”  Next up, voke founder, Theresa Lanowitz, will be the keynote presenter at the Cognizant Quality Engineering and Assurance Summit in Sydney, Australia! The theme of the event is “The Future of Quality: Challenge the Conventional Status Quo”. The event is Thursday, November 6. If you are in the ANZ region, register here .  Theresa’s keynote will discuss “Software Quality in the Sound Bite Era”. Join T...

We are running a market survey on service virtualization and really want to know what you think of service virtualization . Are you using it, have you evaluated it, or is the technology brand new to you? We want to hear from you! Take the voke survey on service virtualization.   Service virtualization is one of those technologies that comes along once in a generation and makes a real difference on many levels. Service virtualization helps remove the constraints associated with the classic cost, quality, schedule timeline. Please let us know why you like service virtualization, what the benefits of service virtualization are, how you are using service virtualization across your software supply chain. Let us know by taking the survey.     This survey consists of a combination of multiple choice and optional short answer questions to provide you the opportunity to influence our research and the overall market based on your experiences. The areas of foc...

HP Announces Intent to Acquire Network Virtualization Business and Technology of Shunra  I s HP Getting Serious About Lifecycle Virtualization? In a quiet blog post on the evening of March 4, 2014, HP announced that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire the network virtualization business and technology of Shunra , a current HP partner. The HP blog post continues to outline the benefits the Shunra technology will bring to its mobile software testing business. The blog post ends with an almost cryptic mention of expanding the use of the Shunra technology to other HP products and services such as service virtualization . Service virtualization, indeed, is where the Shunra technology will mesh well with HP offferings. Service virtualization is defined by voke as: Enabling development and test teams to simulate and model their dependencies of unavailable or limited services. Removes constraints and wait times frequently experienced by development and test teams...

In 2012, voke published economic models to evaluate the hidden costs of software projects.  Our key findings show that since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2009, the average cost of software projects is rising dramatically, this is in spite of smaller teams working shorter durations.  At the same time, rework costs remain high or unknown and high profile software failures continue to make headlines daily. Organizations must understand how defects create a hidden cost of rework in every software project and how these costs manifest differently in Agile and Non-Agile projects. Given the impact of catastrophic software failures on the brand, we should be witnessing a movement toward increased quality, not a reactionary call for more testing after the software has shipped. Software engineering professionals are familiar with the concept of Cost of Quality , or more specifically, the cost involved with removing defects , essentially the cost of “rework .” The prem...

  Seattle , the “Emerald City” is home to such historic landmarks as the Space Needle and cultural venues such as the Chihuly Glass Garden . Seattle is known for its stunning natural beauty and innovative culture. On November 14, 2012 at 4:00PM Pacific, Seattle will add another first for the city! Seattle and its local CA Technologies LISA  team will be host to a sneak peek of voke research on service virtualization. The research comes from a recently concluded survey and soon to be published report on why service virtualization is an imperative in today’s modern software lifecycle. Just to get you ready for the event, here is a shocking statistic – remember, this is 2012 – 96% of survey participants reported waiting for access to the environments they need for development and testing! Do you fall into the 96% category? If so, this event is for you! If you are in the Seattle area join THE event of the season and see why service virtualization is a must for every mod...