Global Test Environment as a Service Market 2016-2020

This market research report presents a comprehensive analysis of the key market trends, drivers, and challenges that influence the growth of global test environment as a service (TEaaS) market. It also outlines the market shares for key regions such as the Americas, APAC, and EMEA. The leading vendors in this market are CSC, HCL, IBM, Infosys, and Wipro.

Overview of the global test environment as a service (TEaaS) market

Technavio’s market research analysts predict the global test environment as a service (TEaaS) market to grow at a high CAGR of more than 23% by 2020. TEaaS is an on-demand cloud-based service to manage end-to-end software test environments. It helps software development organizations in shifting towards OPEX model by reducing the cost of software testing. TEaaS reduces the upfront cost of organizations by eliminating the IT infrastructure set-up required to create software test environments.  Moreover, TaaS provides output-based testing and covers every aspect of the software testing lifecycle requirements. The rising traction of as-a-service offerings in the IT market will increase the market demand for TEaaS solutions significantly in the coming years.

One of the latest trends in this market is the implementation of on-demand testing services in the software testing process to manage end-to-end software testing life cycle (STLC) with low-cost IT solutions. On-demand test labs are cost-effective solutions where the software testers pay for test labs on the basis of usage of test environment lab services. On-demand test labs are ideal for software testing teams to perform the software testing collaboratively in a multi-platform environment to develop high-quality software. For instance, the Google Cloud Test Lab offers a test environment for application developers to manage end-to-end application development processes.

Geographical segmentation and analysis of the TEaaS market

• Americas
• APAC
• EMEA

The Americas is the largest revenue contributing region in the TEaaS market and occupied around 42% of the total market share in 2015. Much of this region’s growth comes from the rising demand for cloud testing and automated software quality software as a service (SaaS) among organizations. Factors such as growing requirement to manage the complex sourcing environments for application development projects will boost the implementation of TEaaS solutions in the region over the next four years.

Competitive landscape and key vendors

It is an extremely competitive and fragmented market. Vendors compete to provide TEaaS solutions that have added features and flexible pricing. With the growing demand for cloud computing services, the competition in this market is expected to intensify. Moreover, vendors are making huge investments in developing cloud-based testing services to enhance their service offerings.

Leading vendors in the market are -

• CSC
• HCL
• IBM
• Infosys
• Wipro

Other prominent vendors in the market include Accenture, Atos, CA Technologies, Capgemini, Cognizant, HP, Infotree solutions, Mindtree, QA Infotech, TCS, and Tech Mahindra.

Growth drivers, challenges, and upcoming trends: SaaS-based testing services

Upcoming trends such as SaaS-based testing services are gaining popularity as organizations are shifting towards cloud-based testing services. These testing services are flexible and scalable for software testers to manage the software test environment. As these services are delivered on a subscription basis and follow the pay-per-use model, they help organizations especially SMEs, to reduce their capital investments as well as the costs associated with maintenance, security, and infrastructure.

This report provides a number of factors contributing to the adoption, limitations, and opportunities of the TEaaS market. It also offers an analysis of each factor and an estimation of the extent to which the factors are likely to impact the overall market growth.

Key questions answered in the report include

• What will the market size and the growth rate be in 2020?
• What are the key factors driving the global TEaaS market?
• What are the key market trends impacting the growth of the global TEaaS market?
• What are the challenges to market growth?
• Who are the key vendors in the global TEaaS market?
• What are the market opportunities and threats faced by the vendors in the global TEaaS market?
• Trending factors influencing the market shares of the Americas, APAC, and EMEA.
• What are the key outcomes of the five forces analysis of the global TEaaS market?

Technavio also offers customization on reports based on specific client requirement.

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Test-Environment-as-a-Service, or TEaaS, solutions are on-demand software testing solutions, which are delivered through a cloud-based platform. TEaaS solutions allow software testers to perform software testing processes in a flexible IT environment, which is offered by service providers based on requirements. TEaaS solutions help organizations to implement software testing environment to accelerate time-to-market of software products and applications. TEaaS solutions are widely gaining recognition across the software testing market as it helps to reduce software testing errors and reduce software project development costs. 

The report, global test-environment-as-a-service market, is part of Technavio’s ICT research portfolio. This portfolio provides a comprehensive market analysis along with the market share, market sizing, and market segmentations covering areas such as automatic identification system, cloud computing, data center, enterprise application, IT security, ITO and BPO, and product lifecycle management. These market research reports provide a perspective on the various market opportunities and market threats along with the key trends that would influence the market growth during the forecast period. It presents insights into the changing competitive landscape and a detailed profiling and market analysis of the vendors. Also covered in the research are the key regions or countries that would have an impact on the market during the assessment years.