ASIA ITEX 2010, Mumbai, India

Chandra Kant , Head of Sales,Continental Europe and Emerging Markets for AppLabs is speaking at the Economic Times ‘ASIA ITEX’ 2010, the pioneer event for the Indian ICTE (Information Communication Technology & Electronics) companies, traders, importers, suppliers, and end users. Chandra Kant  will be  speaking on ‘Top Ten Software Testing Predictions for 2011 and Beyond' on 7th October in the Services, Consulting and Outsourcing session.

His talk will focus on how Testing Industry has grown exponentially in the last 5 years and how involving testing in the software development life-cycle (SDLC) helps organizations to verify and validate the product/application, mitigating the risks of failure post launch. He will explain in detail about the top 10 testing trends that would rule the IT industry in the next 5 years –

• Cloud will be the norm for performance & load testing
• Testing apps on a private cloud will present a big opportunity
• Crowdsourcing will be used increasingly for usability testing, language testing, and ad hoc testing
• Security testing will finally become a significant market opportunity
• iPad / Smartphone based business apps will create a testing opportunity comparable to today’s desktop apps
• Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) testing landscape will undergo a tectonic shift
• Independent testing becomes mainstream
• Test Centre of Excellence (TCoE), is here to stay
• Testing will have its own budget, finally
• At least 5 testing-only companies with revenues of $500+mil will emerge

The event will provide the ideal platform for upcoming players in this industry to establish their presence and spotlight their expertise. In other words, this is one of its kind expo that is a dipstick for future developments and trends in the Indian Converging Technologies market.