Technology

AppLabs has a strong track record in the technology sector. Over the years it has built a wealth of experience and expertise by working with both software and hardware vendors. We pride ourselves on our understanding of the issues and challenges faced by these organizations in serving the ever increasing demand of the enterprise world.

Software Vendors

Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) constantly face competitive pressure due to shorter release cycles and wider development lifecycles. However, there is constant pressure to ensure that a quality product is delivered to market by the respective organization. As such, AppLabs’ offering of CMMI Level 5 quality services is an excellent option for the ISVs who want to add value to their own proposition by using an independent specialist.

A key value we offer to our technology clients in this area is that we are continually working within larger enterprises and experiencing the “end user view”. Through our enterprise systems experience we can offer quality management and testing from a customer perspective.

AppLabs has become a key partner and trusted testing expert for many global ISVs in key domains.

Hardware Vendors

Engineering teams of Independent Hardware Vendors (IHVs) are constantly under pressure to reduce engineering time and costs while improving the quality and performance of their products. In order to achieve these dual goals, IHV's are continually looking for support from independent

quality organizations to off-set the challenges listed below:

• Ensuring products are interoperable with existing hardware, software and network components

• Confirming products do not create any security flaws in the customer’s environment
• Assuring software (drivers and other firmware) is compatible with older revisions of hardware to ensure sustainability within the customer’s environment

AppLabs is widely recognized for being the leading expert in this area and with 200+ client engagements, including providing formal certification services for:

• Cisco Systems

• Sun Microsystems

• Novell

• Real Networks

• SUSE Linux and Novell NetWare YES

Working closely with the world’s largest Hardware and Software Vendors, AppLabs has defined rigorous quality management and testing services to ensure that a quality product is continually delivered to the market.