Laboratory Information Management Systems

Cloud computing is the single largest trend in computing infrastructure today, although commonly misunderstood or incorrectly referred to as Grid Computing, Utility Computing or Autonomic Computing. Although a Cloud solution may make use of these types of backbone, Cloud Computing is a much more generalized term in which little or no centralized infrastructure exists. Sets of loosely coupled data centers work together achieving high utilization levels to perform a common task, presenting GUI interfaces to users through virtualization or thin clients via the ‘Cloud’.

Organizations use IT simply to meet cutomer requirements. Service Oriented Architecture is IT's response to the demands from the business that IT be more in tune with the needs of the business. Fundamentally, SOA is an IT implementation strategy that aligns the provisioning of IT services along the lines of the structure of the business to enable business function. Download this white paper to read more about how SOA can benefit your business and how your testing strategy should accommodate the complexities of SOA.