Ask a software engineer, which is the most boring job in the software development life cycle, you will quickly get an answer- Testing. The grinding concentration and repetitive nature of the tasks serve to drive many techies around the bend. Testing has been the most over looked, underfunded, most rushed but most critical part of the software development lifecycle. But not for K.R. Jayakumar, Founder and CEO of Amity Soft. In the 1990s when the software industry was growing, none of the top IT services companies had testing as a separate division. But Jayakumar was quick to recognize that the world over, defective software systems create havoc. Thus started the journey of AmitySoft, about a decade back in 1998.

Jayakumar proved right and cashed in on the opportunity. “Testing which used to be a rushed and last minute activity but now it has evolved into a mainstream activity” says he. Jayakumar claims his company has shown resilience over the years and revenue from quality and testing services has been steadily increasing with some big names as clients in his kitty, inspite of intermittent setbacks.

Increasingly companies are coming to realize that delivering high-quality software on time and on-budget requires that they partner with the best-of-breed vendors for all aspects of the software development process. The companies want to use more than one vendor, or multi-source, allowing them to select vendors who are expert in development, as well as vendors who are expert in software testing. AmitySoft fits the bill in such cases. But competition is huge and more testing companies have sprouted in the market over the decade. However what sets Amity Soft is the engagement model which they have worked out based on their experience. The Amitysoft Architectural Approach to testing is a strategy evolved by the company. There are multiple stages under this approach. The most important being -understanding the customer requirement, especially the end users of the productand their usability. The next stage involves verification and validation. The company believes that to be a value adding outsourcing partner, they need to go that extra mile. Hence their approach also involves understanding the product and process risk factors and drawing an integrated implementation plan. This brings in significant benefits like increased accountability and control, cost and time reduction, defect reduction, increased productivity and quantitative management of software delivery.

Staying ahead of competition means staying ahead in terms of technology and delivery processes. Amitysoft, with its moto ‘ quality and technology for world class performance’ provides process engineering services for CMMI Assessments/ Re-assessments, ISO 9001:2008 migration services, Information Security Services and COSMIC based software measurement services. Incidently Amitysoft is the first and only organization in Asia Pacific providing training, consulting and implementation services for COSMIC, the better alternative to Function Point approach used by the IT industry. Amitysoft’s client include top Multinationals, Indian IT giants, Small & Medium IT houses in India and abroad. Amitysoft has again become one of the first to introduce Green IT consulting services in India.

As the old adage goes, ‘one can understand the person from the friends he keeps;’, Amitysoft’s impressive set of partners speak about its reputation. Software Measurement Services, UK is a partner in providing measurement services in onsite/ offshore model. Other partners of Amitysoft include ‘Standardisation, Testing & Quality Control’ (STQC) Directorate of Ministry of Information Technology, Govt of India and QAI Global Institute, the largest global institute for Software Quality.