Abstract

The aim of this study is to explore to prepare software testers for a platform shift. Doing software testing in cloud environments offers economies and scalability possibilities that are intriguing to software development companies and departments. Interest is high because purveyors of "the cloud" promise to reduce software development and testing expenditures while maintaining or increasing the Quality of Service (QoS). Do those claims hold up? That's what we'll explore in this study.

Keywords:

Cloud testing, cloud testing challenges, testing,

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