Testing offers 25% of our revenues

Can you brief us about the MindTree testing portfolio?



MindTrees independent testing unit has more than a decade old test practice,
with 2,000 test experts. At present, the independent testing business

constitutes around 25% of the companys employee strength, contributing to

roughly 25% of MindTrees revenues.

How do you see the testing market growing?



There is a good demand for testing, especially offshoring. According to a

2008 report, the market for software testing stands at $13 bn, of which about $6

bn is being outsourced to offshore locations, including India. The market is

expected to touch $20 bn by 2011, of which the share of Indian testing market

will be close to $10 bn.

A lot of talks are going around cloud computing and

on-demand testing? How is cloud engagement in test practices?



Cloud takes various roles in testing practices, be it testing the cloud

platform, cloud-based applications, or testing applications through cloud, and

many more. At this point, less than 10% of the testing revolves around the cloud

platform. Though the volume is not high, moving forward it will play a big role.

As regards on-demand testing, our test automation and test strategy are well

defined areas, where we have on-demand offerings. We also have an on-demand test

automation framework, which can be accessed online. We are in the process of

piloting it internally in a SaaS-model.

What are the challenges in the testing domain, and how

does MindTree tackle them?



One of the biggest challenges in this industry is the availability of the

right skill set. If a company wants to go deep in testing capabilities, it needs

to have the core skills in all areas. Other challenge is the domain expertise.

We have a strong focus on domain-based testing solutions, covering domains such

as communication, travel and transportation, BFSI, manufacturing, and so on. For

example, for travel and transportation we have verified and validated

applications, including portals for vehicle rental, cargo handling, airline

accounting, billing, and hotel reservations.

Also, working on mission-critical applications becomes a

challenge. The testing companies need to be ready with solutions real-time. They

need to work on a propagation to serve the customers on bothonshore and

offshore model. Like, we have our testers working in the customers environment.

Akanksha Prasad/CIOL



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