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BPC100NW Release Notes

Mobile app testing faces challenges including increased number of apps and devices to test, pressure for flawless user experiences, and constrained budgets. Many organizations struggle with test automation and real device testing due to lack of resources and expertise. To be successful, QA needs the ability to test on real devices and access to a testing cloud with open source integrations. Kobiton is presented as a solution that provides real device testing in the cloud at lower cost than traditional options, allowing more efficient testing that finds defects earlier.

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BPC100NW Release Notes

Mobile app testing faces challenges including increased number of apps and devices to test, pressure for flawless user experiences, and constrained budgets. Many organizations struggle with test automation and real device testing due to lack of resources and expertise. To be successful, QA needs the ability to test on real devices and access to a testing cloud with open source integrations. Kobiton is presented as a solution that provides real device testing in the cloud at lower cost than traditional options, allowing more efficient testing that finds defects earlier.

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Enterprise mobile app testing

trends and stats for 2018

Mobile app snapshot:


What’s going on?
• DevOps is accelerating the build cycle
• More apps to test, more device/OS combinations
• Near-zero tolerance for poor user experiences
• Cost is out of control
• QA is a huge enterprise bottleneck
• Test automation is cost/time-prohibitive
• Your testers need real devices, but DIY is expensive
• How do you prioritize funding for QA?

In the past year, how much did you spend


on mobile app testing?

36%
$100,000+
66%
$50,000+
6%
>$25,000

What about next year?

79% 72%
Will spend more Will increase their
tester headcount

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Will test more


82% frequently next year

How many apps did you test in the past year?

31%
More than Ten
22%
Seven to Ten
26%
Four to Six
21%
One to Three

What are your


QA Priorities?
Reasons to test
• Increase user engagement - 29% 6%
• Prevent expensive bug fixes later in the dev process - 28%
• Prevent app abandonment - 17%
• Preserve/enhance bad reputation - 14%
• Decrease threat of security-related issues - 13%

7%
Top testing activities Platforms tested most
• Performance and Load Testing - 26% • Native iOS and Android Apps - 42%
• Integration/API Testing - 20% • Hybrid, Native and Web Apps - 21%
• Unit Testing - 17% • Mobile Web Apps only - 14% 8%

What keeps you up at night?


9%

not enough time to establish a lack of budget for


6% 11%
mobile device lab - 6% real devices - 11%

7% not enough time to establish 12% Getting started with


test automation - 7% test automation - 12%

8% lack of access to the right 15% Organizational buy-in


devices - 8% for QA needs - 15%

9% limited access to the right 23% Testing is a DevOps


devices - 9% bottleneck - 23%

11%
“Enterprises struggle with test
automation and real device testing”
12%
Are challenged by getting started with, or What does your QA organization need
19%
finding time to establish, Test Automation to be successful?

15%
Can’t get access to enough (or the right)
• 84% need the ability to test on real devices
54% - real devices are very important
34%
devices, lack of budget for real-device 30% - real devices are cruicial
testing, or lack time to establish a mobile
device lab • 75% need a testing cloud with open source integrations
30% they are somewhat valuable
45% they are extremely valuable
23%

Traditional device testing clouds vs. Kobiton


Legacy Platforms Kobiton
• Use simulators/emulators • Real devices, like customers use in real life
• Limit efficiency; inability to add local devices • All test case data in one efficient cloud - public, private,
• Often do not support manual testing and local
• Have a high cost per minute and high barrier to adoption • Manual and automated test cases
• Require coding skills to set up proprietary IDE frameworks • Low cost per minute and easy sign up
• Charge for outdated or unnecessary technologies • Open source integrations; anyone can set up
• Complicate/stall enterprise transition to CI/CD/ • Pay only for what you need
Automation • Roadmap integrations for CI/CD/Test Automation

The future of mobile app testing


Kobiton is the only real-device mobile app testing platform that can effectively alleviate the QA bottlneck that holds
enterprises back from realizing the full ROI from their DevOps/Agile initiatives. Unlike traditional (and much more
expensive) mobile labs, Kobiton delivers unmatched efficiency, performance and flexibility of deployment, at 30%
below market price. With the ability to test any app/platform/device/OS combination quickly and securely, your Dev
organization will find more defects earlier in the build cycle and be able to release faster - increasing user engagement
and freeing up resources for high-level priorities.

kobiton.com

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