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August - 2010 - issue > Technology
Specialized Testing Services
Ajikumar TN
But today the scenario is very much different. We can see many changes happening in software testing area.
l Thousands of testing professionals are around today. Even campus recruits opt to join testing teams. Testing organizations are able to attract talent directly from campus competing with offers for development jobs.
l Lot of pure play Testing organizations have come up during the last 12 years. Spotting the business opportunity, these companies are thriving. Some of them have become targets of acquisition with good valuations.
l Testing moved away from ‘just testing’. It is more of a specialization now. Specialization attracts more money for the professional and also for the organization.
This article is about the third point mentioned above. Apart the good old functional testing, many specialized testing areas have emerged over the years. This was not accidental – industry was responding to the requirements from customers.
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