Solutions for Test Engineers

Simplifying feature testing requirements

As a test engineer, you must be able to perform a wide array of tests—from feature testing to system testing—while under intense deadline pressure. But verifying the features, performance, and stability of new product releases can be complicated and time-consuming. Worse, 50% of the work is often done manually:

• Creating test plans
• Configuring and setting up devices or testbeds
• Executing steps
• Analyzing responses
• Creating reports (passed or defect)

How will Fanfare solutions help me do my job better and faster?

Fanfare iTest™ Personal and iTest Team are testing tools that enable you to automate core testing activities—and improve communication with developers and automation engineers.

With Fanfare you gain a single solution for functional, performance, load, and stress testing of equipment and systems. Plus, the functionality needed to develop, document, execute, and automate sophisticated tests in a minimum amount of time.

Which Fanfare solution is right for me?

iTest Personal is an ideal solution for organizations starting on the path toward automation and seeking to increase productivity. Its powerful yet easy-to-use technology provides an automated alternative to time-consuming manual tests and scripting.

iTest Team is an enterprise-class solution and a good fit for experienced test engineers adept at using scripting, pass/fail criteria, other test equipment, and looping. It provides a proven approach to test automation and the ability to test complex equipment and systems, as well as manage third-party testing equipment.

Any tests created with these products can easily be fed into your existing automation solutions and infrastructure.

Highlights

• Quickly create tests, execute them, and report the results-without having to rely on manual testing and scripting
• Easily access historical test information (e.g., actions, commands, tests, and configurations) collected months ago-and replay with a mouse click
• Reproduce testbed and device under test (DUT) configurations in seconds and execute tests with a single mouse click
• Automatically document all testing in clear, detailed reports, enabling other teams to easily reproduce bugs and verify fixes
• Use one tool to test multiple test cases, protocols, and applications-from command line interfaces and Web applications to Tcl APIs, SNMP, and even custom scripts
• Free up time to focus on real-world use scenarios, corner cases, and overall test strategies
• Edit, execute, and debug all captured testing information
• Employ sophisticated analysis rules to easily add conditional structures and automated pass-fail criteria to test cases
• Manage and drive other test devices, such as Ixia, Spirent, and Agilent