SOA Testing Tools & Best Practices

SOAPSonar - EMAP Certified HP QC Native Integration

2009-10-19T13:02:00.000-07:00

According to Gartner's Hype Cycle for Application Development, 2009, SOA Testing has almost traversed the "Peak of Inflated Expectation" and is on a glide-slope towards the "Slope of Enlighment." There is of course a "Trough of Disillusionment" in the middle where most enterprise find themselves in. However, mature enterprise SOA deployments have realized that they have to look at SOA Testing

Limits of Open Source SOA Testing Tools

2009-06-24T09:09:00.000-07:00

In this article, we will discuss the limits of adopting an Open Source SOA testing tool for SOA and Web Services projects. Open Source has become an essential and popular resources for many tools and platforms used in SOA deployments. From operating systems such as Linux, to databases such as MySQL, and browsers such as Firefox, Open Source has a proven track record for cost-effective

SmartCard Testing for SOAP and Web Services

2008-08-26T08:37:00.000-07:00

A.E.T. Europe B.V. and Crosscheck Networks Partner to Deliver Industry-First SOA Testing Solution for Strong Authentication.Testing for signatures, encryption, decryption, and X.509 client authentication is now seamlessly provided within the SOAPSonar testing framework. SOAPSonar provides the ability to use keys from a SmartCard to perform digital signatures, encryption, decryption, and SSL X509

Automated SOA Regression Testing

2008-02-19T10:43:00.000-08:00

In testing SOA environments, I found it necessary to come up with a simply, automated means of creating reusable tests to quickly verify that services in a SOA deployment were still working as expected across version upgrades. I use a product from Crosscheck Networks called SOAPSonar which provides automated regression testing and automated regression baseline creation. Some key features

Intro to SOA Regression Testing: A Hands-on Approach

2008-02-17T09:18:00.000-08:00

Learn SOA Regression Testing techniques through automated data sources and recording base-line tests.

Compress SOA Lifecycle through Development & QA Collaboration

2008-02-10T10:36:00.000-08:00

Learn six effective ways of bridging the divide between SOA development and QA teams to compress the SOA Lifecycle and maximize resource utilization, improve focus, and keep projects on track.Web services, the foundation of modern SOA, are being rolled out today in ever increasing numbers across enterprises. The key benefit of web services is reusability of services across applications in a

Introduction to MTOM: Hands-on Approach

2008-01-19T11:04:00.000-08:00

Learn how to use MTOM by building a simple prototypeMTOM OVERVIEWWith web services-based SOA now being deployed across Global 2000 enterprises, transmitting attachments such as MRI Scans, X-Rays, Design Documents and Business Contracts using SOAP messages has become a common practice. SOAP Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism (MTOM), is a W3C Recommendation designed for optimizing the