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Featured case study

• Alcatel-Lucent
  Alcatel-Lucent's Access Networking Division chose Fanfare to help reduce manual intervention, increase its effectiveness reaching the required test coverage for regression, and further automate interoperability testing. Read more » 

Brochures

• Fanfare Corporate Overview
• iTest Brochure
• Virtual Testbed Datasheet

White papers

• The Business Value of Test Asset Sharing in the Communications Industry:
  Maximizing Workflow Efficiency to Deliver Higher-Quality Products/Services to Market Faster

  This white paper, a companion to the 'Best Practices for Optimizing Test Asset Sharing Throughout the Value Chain' application guide (see above) explores the fundamental processes and competitive advantages of sharing test assets between service providers and network equipment manufacturers. Read more »

• The Optimized Quality Workflow:
  Where Quality No Longer Starts or Ends with QA

  This white paper proposes a new model for the quality workflow and provides a detailed blueprint for utilizing the latest testing technologies to optimize quality processes and maximize resources, one team member at a time. Read more » 

• Deploying iTest® Across the Enterprise
  A Proven Methodology for Managing Change and Ensuring Adoption

  This white paper describes the methodology used to deploy iTest to hundreds of test engineers, in more than 80 global business units. Leveraging best practices and years of implementation experience, this methodology has proven to be an effective way to help companies manage the change process and achieve a successful enterprise deployment of iTest. Read more » 

• Quality: Where Business and Testing Intersect
  Ensure that QA delivers business results, not just testing metrics

  This white paper takes an executive-level look at quality issues, the ways that real organizations have solved these issues with Fanfare test automation software, and the impressive business results they achieved. Read more »

• How to Manage Change to Ensure a Successful Technology Adoption
   Many organizations encounter resistance when attempting to change established workflows, roles, and responsibilities. Fanfare has created a simple 10-step formula to help organizations develop an effective change management strategy. By following this strategy, organizations can tackle change and successfully adopt new technologies. Read more »

• The Innovation Barrier:
  Part 1: Has Testing Fallen Behind Development?

  This white paper explores the innovation barrier and how it has developed over the last ten years. The paper further discusses how QA organizations can break through the barrier and accelerate technology innovations for their companies. Read more »

• The Innovation Barrier:
  Part 2: Symptoms, Solutions, and the Impact on Equipment Manufacturers

  This white paper, the second in a two-part series, examines the innovation barrier’s symptoms and the potential impact on equipment manufacturers if they fail to eliminate it. This paper also looks at companies that have overcome the innovation barrier by using automated testing tools. Read more » 

• Empowering Equipment Testers:
  A Technology Breakthrough

  This white paper describes a breakthrough approach to high-tech equipment testing that empowers equipment testers to increase coverage and spend more time on creative testing. Read more »

• A New Approach to System Verification:
  Lessons Learned from Other Industries

  This white paper suggests a new approach to system verification derived from the successes of other industries facing comparable business challenges. Read more »

Application guides

• Best Practices for Optimizing Test Asset Sharing Throughout the Value Chain
  This application guide, a companion to 'The Business Value of Test Asset Sharing in the Communications Industry' white paper (see below) provides practical steps and important tips for optimizing asset sharing processes between services providers and network equipment manufacturers. Read more »

Reports

• User Expectations of Smartphone Performance

  Fanfare recently conducted research into how smartphone users perceive the performance of their handsets. This report provides detailed insight into the end-user experience, including how users are likely to respond to poor performance. Read more »

• Automated Testing of Networks and Connected Devices

  This voke Market Snapshot focuses on the need for test automation of networks and connected devices, identifies a path to automation adoption, and provides an overview of where the market is with respect to the right processes, technical skills, and technology. Read more »

• Survey of Networking Equipment Quality

  This report, based on a survey that reviewed the current state of networking equipment quality for IT and home users, examines the frequency of quality issues as well as the steps taken by users to resolve those problems. Read more »