Monday, March 22, 2010
Time Magazine's quote on Sachin
When Sachin Tendulkar travelled to Pakistan to face one of the finest bowling attacks ever assembled in cricket, Michael Schumacher was yet to race a F1 car, Lance Armstrong had never been to the Tour de France, Diego Maradona was still the captain of a world champion Argentina team, Pete Sampras had never won a Grand Slam.When Tendulkar embarked on a glorious career taming Imran and company, Roger Federer was a name unheard of; Lionel Messi was in his nappies, Usain Bolt was an unknown kid in the Jamaican backwaters. The Berlin Wall was still intact, USSR was one big, big country, Dr Manmohan Singh was yet to "open" the Nehruvian economy.It seems while Time was having his toll on every individual on the face of this planet, he excused one man. Time stands frozen in front of Sachin Tendulkar. We have had champions, we have had legends, but we have never had another Sachin Tendulkar and we never will.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
YouTube Comprises 10% Of All Internet Traffic
YouTube Comprises 10% Of All Internet Traffic
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2007/06/19/youtube-comprises-10-of-all-internet-traffic
For the first time in four years, HTTP (Web) traffic has overtaken peer-to-peer (P2P) applications in bandwidth consumption, according to data released by Ellacoya Networks. YouTube takes the biggest chunk of all of them.
Based on usage data from about a million North American broadband subscribers, the study showed that streaming video and audio downloads have spiked HTTP bandwidth usage to 46 percent of all traffic on the network.
P2P applications now amount for 37 percent of the total traffic.
“The popularity of browser-based video such as YouTube is having a significant impact not only on overall bandwidth consumption but also on the distribution of application traffic on the network,” said Fred Sammartino, vice president of marketing and product management at Ellacoya.
“The way people use the Internet is changing rapidly - from browsing to real-time streaming. We expect to see new applications over the next year that will accelerate this trend.”
Within HTTP, traditional webpage downloads like text and images represent 45 percent of all Web traffic. Streaming videos pulls in 36 percent and audio just 5 percent.
All by itself, YouTube comprises 20 percent of all HTTP traffic, or nearly 10 percent of all traffic on the Net. Let's repeat that: one site takes up 10 percent of the bandwidth on the entire Net.
As for other types, Newsgroups take up nine percent; non-HTTP video streaming grabs 3 percent; gaming 2 percent; and VoIP 1 percent.
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2007/06/19/youtube-comprises-10-of-all-internet-traffic
For the first time in four years, HTTP (Web) traffic has overtaken peer-to-peer (P2P) applications in bandwidth consumption, according to data released by Ellacoya Networks. YouTube takes the biggest chunk of all of them.
Based on usage data from about a million North American broadband subscribers, the study showed that streaming video and audio downloads have spiked HTTP bandwidth usage to 46 percent of all traffic on the network.
P2P applications now amount for 37 percent of the total traffic.
“The popularity of browser-based video such as YouTube is having a significant impact not only on overall bandwidth consumption but also on the distribution of application traffic on the network,” said Fred Sammartino, vice president of marketing and product management at Ellacoya.
“The way people use the Internet is changing rapidly - from browsing to real-time streaming. We expect to see new applications over the next year that will accelerate this trend.”
Within HTTP, traditional webpage downloads like text and images represent 45 percent of all Web traffic. Streaming videos pulls in 36 percent and audio just 5 percent.
All by itself, YouTube comprises 20 percent of all HTTP traffic, or nearly 10 percent of all traffic on the Net. Let's repeat that: one site takes up 10 percent of the bandwidth on the entire Net.
As for other types, Newsgroups take up nine percent; non-HTTP video streaming grabs 3 percent; gaming 2 percent; and VoIP 1 percent.
Controlling streaming video traffic on a network
Controlling streaming video traffic on a network
http://searchnetworkingchannel.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid100_gci1269980_mem1,00.html
Streaming video traffic from sites such as YouTube is flash-flooding bandwidth pipelines throughout the Internet. A recent report by deep packet inspection equipment provider Ellacoya suggests that P2P traffic is no longer the Internet's largest consumer of bandwidth. Instead, video-streaming formats that utilize the Internet as a transport mechanism have taken the top spot, accounting for 46% of all Internet traffic. In fact, streaming video represents 36% of all HTTP traffic. And of that 36%, YouTube represents 20% – equating to 10% of all traffic.
Why is this situation important to VARs and service providers? The simple fact is that the explosion of real-time bandwidth-intensive applications such as streaming video can put a substantial dent in the performance of your customer's key business applications. Estimates regarding YouTube's total daily bandwidth usage (through its content delivery partner, Limelight Networks) vary between 25 and 200 terabytes. The trick to delivering prerecorded video content is to rapidly transfer it to the client's machine and then have the client play it from a local hard drive, instead of directly from the site. Most video sites deliver files to the client faster than real time, so a two- to three-minute video is received in as little as 20 seconds, thereby giving the best local playback experience.
The problem with streaming video is not the file size (usually four to 10 megabytes, although it can be as much as 100 megabytes); rather, it's the rate of delivery. The content distribution network's sole purpose is to get that file down your customer's Internet connection to the client as quickly as possible, using as much bandwidth as possible. Even companies with substantial bandwidth can experience backups and clogged network traffic. No matter how much bandwidth your customer might have, the content distribution network on the other end has even more. Thus, every click on a YouTube video unleashes a tsunami of data that floods your customer's connection. These factors can pose a real problem for businesses that rely on Internet-based service providers for business-critical applications, such as payroll or CRM systems, and those businesses that host customer-facing services on their office's Internet connection. Service degradation and brief outages can occur if the connection becomes saturated with bursts of streaming HTTP traffic.
http://searchnetworkingchannel.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid100_gci1269980_mem1,00.html
Streaming video traffic from sites such as YouTube is flash-flooding bandwidth pipelines throughout the Internet. A recent report by deep packet inspection equipment provider Ellacoya suggests that P2P traffic is no longer the Internet's largest consumer of bandwidth. Instead, video-streaming formats that utilize the Internet as a transport mechanism have taken the top spot, accounting for 46% of all Internet traffic. In fact, streaming video represents 36% of all HTTP traffic. And of that 36%, YouTube represents 20% – equating to 10% of all traffic.
Why is this situation important to VARs and service providers? The simple fact is that the explosion of real-time bandwidth-intensive applications such as streaming video can put a substantial dent in the performance of your customer's key business applications. Estimates regarding YouTube's total daily bandwidth usage (through its content delivery partner, Limelight Networks) vary between 25 and 200 terabytes. The trick to delivering prerecorded video content is to rapidly transfer it to the client's machine and then have the client play it from a local hard drive, instead of directly from the site. Most video sites deliver files to the client faster than real time, so a two- to three-minute video is received in as little as 20 seconds, thereby giving the best local playback experience.
The problem with streaming video is not the file size (usually four to 10 megabytes, although it can be as much as 100 megabytes); rather, it's the rate of delivery. The content distribution network's sole purpose is to get that file down your customer's Internet connection to the client as quickly as possible, using as much bandwidth as possible. Even companies with substantial bandwidth can experience backups and clogged network traffic. No matter how much bandwidth your customer might have, the content distribution network on the other end has even more. Thus, every click on a YouTube video unleashes a tsunami of data that floods your customer's connection. These factors can pose a real problem for businesses that rely on Internet-based service providers for business-critical applications, such as payroll or CRM systems, and those businesses that host customer-facing services on their office's Internet connection. Service degradation and brief outages can occur if the connection becomes saturated with bursts of streaming HTTP traffic.
essential books on QA/testing
Many thanks to Tony Davis for compiling this list.
http://www.sqaforums.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=0&Number=430242&page=0&vc=1
The following list of books has been compiled through discussion threads on the SQA Forums site. Criteria for entry on this list were decided on the following factors:
1. Cost – Less than $75 USD. This did exclude some excellent materials, but when it is usually the individual purchasing the books to further their knowledge, a limit was set.
2. Generality – Must be a general knowledge area and not a specific area of testing. Items like "Testing SAP Solutions" would be to constrained in the information provided to cross technical areas of testing.
3. Level if Interest – Items are from an entry/fresher level of perspective on the areas of involvement. This means that anyone who has no prior knowledge can learn something from the list of books in this document. It doesn’t mean that people who have been in the field for years won’t gain anything from reading the books listed, but it is not the primary focus.
General Testing:
* Software Testing Techniques - Beizer
* Testing Computer Software - Kaner/Falk/Nguyen
* How to Break Software - Whittaker
* How to Break Software Security - Whittaker/Thompson
* How to Break Web Software - Andrews/Whittaker
* The Web Testing Handbook - Splaine/Jaskiel
* Software Testing in The Real World - Kit
* Testing Client/Server Systems - Bourne
* Systematic Software Testing - Craig/Jaskiel
* Effective Software Testing:50 Specific Ways to Improve Your Testing - Dustin
* Software Testing and Continuous Quality Improvement - Lewis
* Quality Web Systems: Performance, Security, and Usability - Dustin/Rashka/McDiarmid/Nielson
Case Studies:
* Lessons Learned in Software Testing: Kaner/Bach/Pettichord
* Dare to be Excellent - Jarvis/Hayes
Requirements:
* Software Requirements - Wiegers
* More About Software Requirements: Thorny Issues and Practical Advice - Wiegers
Automated Testing:
* Automated Software Testing: Introduction, Management, and Performance - Dustin/Rashka/Paul
* Just Enough Software Test Automation - Mosley/Posey
Metrics:
* Metrics and Models in Software Quality Engineering - Kan
* Software Metrics: Establishing a Company-wide Program - Grady/Caswell
Test Management:
* Managing the Testing Process - Black
* Bad Software:What to Do When Software Fails - Kaner/Pels
Logic:
* The Philosophy Gym: 25 Short Adventures in Thinking - Law
* The Craft of Research, 2nd edition (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)- Booth/Williams/Colomb.
* Crimes Against Logic - Whyte
Programming/Technical:
* Code Complete - McConnell
* Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days - Liberty/Jones
* Learning PERL - Schwartz/Phoenix
* Core PYTHON Programming - Chun
* Microsoft VBScript Step by Step - Wilson
* Webmaster in a Nutshell
Security Testing:
* The Art of Software Security Testing
http://www.sqaforums.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=0&Number=430242&page=0&vc=1
The following list of books has been compiled through discussion threads on the SQA Forums site. Criteria for entry on this list were decided on the following factors:
1. Cost – Less than $75 USD. This did exclude some excellent materials, but when it is usually the individual purchasing the books to further their knowledge, a limit was set.
2. Generality – Must be a general knowledge area and not a specific area of testing. Items like "Testing SAP Solutions" would be to constrained in the information provided to cross technical areas of testing.
3. Level if Interest – Items are from an entry/fresher level of perspective on the areas of involvement. This means that anyone who has no prior knowledge can learn something from the list of books in this document. It doesn’t mean that people who have been in the field for years won’t gain anything from reading the books listed, but it is not the primary focus.
General Testing:
* Software Testing Techniques - Beizer
* Testing Computer Software - Kaner/Falk/Nguyen
* How to Break Software - Whittaker
* How to Break Software Security - Whittaker/Thompson
* How to Break Web Software - Andrews/Whittaker
* The Web Testing Handbook - Splaine/Jaskiel
* Software Testing in The Real World - Kit
* Testing Client/Server Systems - Bourne
* Systematic Software Testing - Craig/Jaskiel
* Effective Software Testing:50 Specific Ways to Improve Your Testing - Dustin
* Software Testing and Continuous Quality Improvement - Lewis
* Quality Web Systems: Performance, Security, and Usability - Dustin/Rashka/McDiarmid/Nielson
Case Studies:
* Lessons Learned in Software Testing: Kaner/Bach/Pettichord
* Dare to be Excellent - Jarvis/Hayes
Requirements:
* Software Requirements - Wiegers
* More About Software Requirements: Thorny Issues and Practical Advice - Wiegers
Automated Testing:
* Automated Software Testing: Introduction, Management, and Performance - Dustin/Rashka/Paul
* Just Enough Software Test Automation - Mosley/Posey
Metrics:
* Metrics and Models in Software Quality Engineering - Kan
* Software Metrics: Establishing a Company-wide Program - Grady/Caswell
Test Management:
* Managing the Testing Process - Black
* Bad Software:What to Do When Software Fails - Kaner/Pels
Logic:
* The Philosophy Gym: 25 Short Adventures in Thinking - Law
* The Craft of Research, 2nd edition (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)- Booth/Williams/Colomb.
* Crimes Against Logic - Whyte
Programming/Technical:
* Code Complete - McConnell
* Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days - Liberty/Jones
* Learning PERL - Schwartz/Phoenix
* Core PYTHON Programming - Chun
* Microsoft VBScript Step by Step - Wilson
* Webmaster in a Nutshell
Security Testing:
* The Art of Software Security Testing
Perf Time: Layer Wise Breakdown
On Mar 8, 2010, at 6:44 PM, Rahul Bhatt wrote:
> I have been given a task to calculate time spent in each tier of the
> application. The application is web based j2ee application which
> uses oracle in backend.
>
> I have used Fiddler, Loadrunner and HP Diagnostic to calculate these
> timings.
> Fiddler - total time (t1)
> Loadrunner - Web + App + DB (t2)
> HP Diag - App (t3) + DB (t4)
> Client time (IE rendering + network) = t1 - t2
> Web tier = t2 - t3 - t4
> Application tier = t3
> Database = t4
> I would appreciate if this can be validated by experts in the forum.
> All suggessions are very well welcome.
>
> Thanks
****************************************************************************
-----Original Message-----
From: LoadRunner@yahoogroups.com [mailto:LoadRunner@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of James Pulley
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 10:15 AM
To: LoadRunner@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [LoadRunner] Time spent in each j2ee tier
I have a far simpler proposition if you want to know how much time is spent inside the java tier (assuming that this is on a dedicated host)
(1) Grab a protocol analyzer
(2) Set your filters to include traffic to and from the Java host from the next upstream and downstream architectural components.
(3) begin recording conversations
(4) Reassemble streams into sessions using your protocol analyzers capabilities
(5) Look at timestamps (to the millisecond) from the last frame of the request to the first frame of the response. The difference is the time spent in your Java tier.
And it works in production too.
As to Fiddler? Have you considered the advantage of the Graphical Virtual User technology which will not only collect the response times inside of LoadRunner, but you can then present the data compared to API calls on the same graph, where the difference is time in client (which includes client processing plus rendering)
****************************************************************************
Alternate path. Dump your Java Server logs. Analyze the information with Microsoft LogParser for requests and responses data.
> I have been given a task to calculate time spent in each tier of the
> application. The application is web based j2ee application which
> uses oracle in backend.
>
> I have used Fiddler, Loadrunner and HP Diagnostic to calculate these
> timings.
> Fiddler - total time (t1)
> Loadrunner - Web + App + DB (t2)
> HP Diag - App (t3) + DB (t4)
> Client time (IE rendering + network) = t1 - t2
> Web tier = t2 - t3 - t4
> Application tier = t3
> Database = t4
> I would appreciate if this can be validated by experts in the forum.
> All suggessions are very well welcome.
>
> Thanks
****************************************************************************
-----Original Message-----
From: LoadRunner@yahoogroups.com [mailto:LoadRunner@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of James Pulley
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 10:15 AM
To: LoadRunner@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [LoadRunner] Time spent in each j2ee tier
I have a far simpler proposition if you want to know how much time is spent inside the java tier (assuming that this is on a dedicated host)
(1) Grab a protocol analyzer
(2) Set your filters to include traffic to and from the Java host from the next upstream and downstream architectural components.
(3) begin recording conversations
(4) Reassemble streams into sessions using your protocol analyzers capabilities
(5) Look at timestamps (to the millisecond) from the last frame of the request to the first frame of the response. The difference is the time spent in your Java tier.
And it works in production too.
As to Fiddler? Have you considered the advantage of the Graphical Virtual User technology which will not only collect the response times inside of LoadRunner, but you can then present the data compared to API calls on the same graph, where the difference is time in client (which includes client processing plus rendering)
****************************************************************************
Alternate path. Dump your Java Server logs. Analyze the information with Microsoft LogParser for requests and responses data.
Best practices for managing clustered test environments
Best practices for managing clustered test environments(Enterprise Networking).
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Best+practices+for+managing+clustered+test+environments.+(Enterprise...-a0105884208
Jim Lee is vice president of product marketing at Princeton Softech (Princeton, NJ)
www.princetonsoftech.com
Today, companies are challenged to satisfy the business needs of demanding customers by providing quality applications and high levels of performance in an increasingly complex hardware and software environment. Pressure from strong competition and flat or shrinking IT budgets are compounding the situation. IT executives are searching for the best methods and tools to help them achieve the right balance between delivering reliability and performance for applications and systems that must be available 24x7.
One common solution for achieving this balance in supporting large scale, high-volume enterprise systems is to implement various clustering configurations that manage applications, hardware and databases effectively. Clustering is simply a way to physically and logically group hardware and software resources to work together as one system, and there are a variety of clustering configurations that allow for load balancing The fine tuning of a computer system, network or disk subsystem in order to more evenly distribute the data and/or processing across available resources. For example, in clustering, load balancing might distribute the incoming transactions evenly to all servers, or it might redirect them among the hardware, software and database resources. Clustering effectively improves processing efficiency and performance, while reducing operating costs operating costs npl → gastos mpl operacionales
..... Click the link for more information., especially for large enterprise scale, mission-critical systems.
In a production environment, database and hardware clustering deliver improved availability, performance and scalability. Application clustering, also called software clustering, adds a third dimension to the configuration possibilities that is inexpensive and relatively easy to reconfigure To change the status of something. . However, how should these clustering techniques be deployed in a testing environment? Can you afford to replicate rep•li•cate
v.
1. To duplicate, copy, reproduce, or repeat.
2. To reproduce or make an exact copy or copies of genetic material, a cell, or an organism.
n.
A repetition of an experiment or a procedure.
..... Click the link for more information. a clustered production environment for development and testing environments?
Clustering in an Application Testing application testing - system testing Environment
Complete and accurate quality assurance testing is critical for meeting today's demands to deliver applications that work, not only in the initial release, but also throughout the life of the application. Finding and resolving application defects early can significantly improve application quality and reduce or eliminate the costs associated with resolving problems after an application is placed in production. Another important goal is to create a repeatable testing process that improves application quality, reduces time to market and minimizes the cost of development and testing.
Companies are striving to speed the deployment of reliable, high quality applications while staying within tight development budgets. Reducing development and testing costs without sacrificing quality requires a best practices strategy with the right tools for application testing. The fact that most applications today rely on relational database relational database
Database in which all data are represented in tabular form. The description of a particular entity is provided by the set of its attribute values, stored as one row or record of the table, called a tuple. technology further complicates the challenge for testing organizations. The application data model may contain dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of tables, and just as many relationships.
Deploying clustering in a testing environment can be beneficial when used appropriately. Managing your database, hardware and application clustering configurations effectively, as well as carefully choosing the right clustering technique for each phase of the testing process, are key to designing efficient, effective testing strategies for relational database applications.
Relational Data Testing Challenges
Designing a comprehensive strategy for clustered testing environments can be as challenging as designing and developing an application. The starting point Noun 1. starting point - earliest limiting point
terminus a quo
commencement, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, starting time, beginning, start, kickoff, first - the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the is the logical and physical clustering environment--including servers, applications and databases needed to support the application you are testing. Although testing tools are not used in the production environment, the optimal clustering configuration will enable you to determine price/performance tradeoffs for your testing strategy.
Typically, several new test databases must be created and/or refreshed re•fresh
v. re•freshed, re•fresh•ing, re•fresh•es
v.tr.
1. To revive with or as if with rest, food, or drink; give new vigor or spirit to.
2.
..... Click the link for more information. each time a new application is developed or an existing application is modified. Iterative it•er•a•tive
adj.
1. Characterized by or involving repetition, recurrence, reiteration, or repetitiousness.
2. Grammar Frequentative.
Noun 1. testing involves executing the application using the test database and verifying the results to ensure the application is working as designed (jargon) working as designed - (IBM) Conforming to a wrong or inappropriate specification; useful, but misdesigned. Frequently used as a sardonic comment on a program's utility or as a bogus reason for not accepting a criticism or suggestion. . Any problems discovered must be resolved and the test data must be refreshed before testing continues. This process is repeated throughout the various testing phases--unit, functional, integration, system, load and regression--until the application is migrated into production.
Clustering and Cloned Test Databases
Since it is ideal to use "realistic" test data, each test database is usually a clone clone, group of organisms, all of which are descended from a single individual through asexual reproduction, as in a pure cell culture of bacteria. Except for changes in the hereditary material that come about by mutation, all members of a clone are genetically of the production database, and special test cases may be added before testing begins. For example, in a clustered environment, a one-terabyte database might be cloned and deployed on a database cluster running on two servers. Load balancing can be used to enhance performance and maximize processing resources, depending on the number of test environments created.
Although clustered environments can support cloned databases, the cost and capacity issues make it impractical im•prac•ti•cal
adj.
1. Unwise to implement or maintain in practice: Refloating the sunken ship proved impractical because of the great expense.
2.
..... Click the link for more information. to clone an entire production database, unless it is absolutely necessary. Consider a typical example like testing an application with a one-terabyte database running on two servers. The same configuration is needed to support regression testing In software development, testing a program that has been modified in order to ensure that additional bugs have not been introduced. When a program is enhanced, testing is often done only on the new features. , adding two servers. If the QA functional testing (testing) functional testing - (Or "black-box testing", "closed-box testing") The application of test data derived from the specified functional requirements without regard to the final program structure. also needs to clone the database, add two more servers. Now, a total of six servers are required with four dedicated to testing. This configuration does not even include the copies of the production database needed in the development environment.
In addition, deploying cloned databases in a clustered test environment during the functional testing phase can actually increase the time required to perform the necessary testing. How can this be? In a functional testing phase, it is not necessary to use a full set of test data because the goal of that phase is to ensure that application functions work correctly. If a fully cloned one-terabyte database is used for testing instead of a smaller subset, then executing the test cases may take longer because there is a larger volume of data to process. There is also a quality issue because the production data may not contain the particular test cases required for effective functional testing, and developers may find it difficult to track and validate specific test cases.
What is important is to always assess the data requirements for a particular testing phase to determine whether cloning cloning: see clone.
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To make a product that functions like another. See clone. See also cloning software. the database in an operational clustered environment is truly needed. If not, the next question to ask is, "How can you create smaller subsets of the database to perform testing efficiently and still have complete confidence that the applications are being tested with the realistic test data?"
Subsetting Relational Databases
Subsetting can be used to create much smaller, yet realistic, test databases. Subsetting tools-- for example, Princeton Softech's Relational Tools-- provide the ability to extract complete subsets of related data and keep that data referentially intact. These tools can navigate all relationships in the data model, whether they are defined in the database or the application. Key features include the capability to extract test data that may reside in multiple relational databases, handling data compatibility and translation issues and providing federated Connected and treated as one. See federated database and federated directories. data access.
Working with predefined realistic subsets of data that can be refreshed easily improves testing and overall application quality. Including the metadata in extract processing ensures that you can recreate test data quickly and accurately. The ability to save and reuse reuse - Using code developed for one application program in another application. Traditionally achieved using program libraries. Object-oriented programming offers reusability of code via its techniques of inheritance and genericity. processing specifications streamlines the testing process and ensures a consistent and manageable test environment.
Subsetting and Test Phases
Subsetting is appropriate for various phases of the application development life cycle and especially when there is no requirement to test with the entire application database. The level of subsetting should be commensurate com•men•su•rate
adj.
1. Of the same size, extent, or duration as another.
2. Corresponding in size or degree; proportionate: a salary commensurate with my performance.
3. with the amount of data needed for the specific testing phase. For example, during unit testing (testing) unit testing - The type of testing where a developer (usually the one who wrote the code) proves that a code module (the "unit") meets its requirements. , when developers verify the functionality of new features or application units, such as specific modules or subsystems, a very small subset of data is appropriate and actually expedites the testing process and reduces costs.
During functional testing, quality assurance teams verify the operation of the application functions, which requires more data than the initial unit testing phase. The subsetting facilities must be "tweaked See tweak. " to extract more data. During integration testing (testing) integration testing - A type of testing in which software and/or hardware components are combined and tested to confirm that they interact according to their requirements. Integration testing can continue progressively until the entire system has been integrated. , teams verify the integration points between units or functions to identify unexpected updates and anomalies and ensure that various functions now work together. Again, this phase often involves larger volumes of data than the previous phases, and the subsetting process once again can be applied with the objective of extracting a broader set of data.
System testing (testing) system testing - (Or "application testing") A type of testing to confirm that all code modules work as specified, and that the system as a whole performs adequately on the platform on which it will be deployed. , sometimes called end-to-end testing, is designed to verify new functionality at a higher level. Quality assurance teams run an application through its paces to make sure that every feature and all functionality performs without errors. Subsetting can also be used during this phase to create yet larger, realistic subsets for test databases, thereby reducing costs and saving time. Finally, load testing Load testing is the process of creating demand on a system or device and measuring its response.
In mechanical systems it refers to the testing of a system to certify it under the appropriate regulations (LOLER in the UK - Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment benchmarks performance, response time and throughput functionality, while regression testing ensures that application problems are not introduced with newer versions of your application. Because these two final phases test the entire application, a fully cloned database is required in some cases to ensure a representation of the final operating environment In computing, an operating environment is the environment in which users run programs, whether in a command line interface, such as in MS-DOS or the Unix shell, or in a graphical user interface, such as in the Macintosh operating system. , especially for load testing.
Clustering and Subsetting Reduces Costs
Where appropriate, it is much faster and more cost-effective to test with subsets of related data that accurately reflect the production database, without adding overhead to the testing process. Let us revisit re•vis•it
tr.v. re•vis•it•ed, re•vis•it•ing, re•vis•its
To visit again.
n.
A second or repeated visit.
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re our previous example of a one-terabyte database running on two servers to see how subsetting might be applied.
Load testing would require a clone, while regression testing would require 50 percent of the production database, so the requirement would be three servers; two for the clustered load testing environment and one for the regression environment. To support functional testing, the quality assurance team could use a subsetting tool to create a realistic subset of the production database that is only 100GB. This smaller data requirement eliminates the need for at least one server to support quality assurance testing. By using subsetting effectively, four servers are needed instead of six. What's more, quality assurance testing will run faster because the test database is only 100GB instead of one terabyte One trillion bytes. Also TB, Tbyte and T-byte. See tera and space/time.
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(unit) terabyte - 2^40 = 1,099,511,627,776 bytes = 1024 gigabytes or roughly 10^12 bytes.
(Note the spelling - one 'r'). See prefix. . That is a net savings of two servers and reduced testing time.
Careful analysis of the testing requirements will help you deploy the right mix of test databases and subsetting in clustered and unclustered testing environments. You will effectively reduce the testing time and resources required, while delivering applications on time with high quality.
Testing applications in clustered environments can quickly multiply capacity requirements and delay development schedules. It is important to develop a best practices approach for each phase of the application testing process based on your company's needs.
Incorporating subsetting tools into your testing strategy delivers dramatic results including improved reliability, faster time-to-market, lower development costs and higher quality. In short, this best practices strategy helps you do more with less.
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Best+practices+for+managing+clustered+test+environments.+(Enterprise...-a0105884208
Jim Lee is vice president of product marketing at Princeton Softech (Princeton, NJ)
www.princetonsoftech.com
Today, companies are challenged to satisfy the business needs of demanding customers by providing quality applications and high levels of performance in an increasingly complex hardware and software environment. Pressure from strong competition and flat or shrinking IT budgets are compounding the situation. IT executives are searching for the best methods and tools to help them achieve the right balance between delivering reliability and performance for applications and systems that must be available 24x7.
One common solution for achieving this balance in supporting large scale, high-volume enterprise systems is to implement various clustering configurations that manage applications, hardware and databases effectively. Clustering is simply a way to physically and logically group hardware and software resources to work together as one system, and there are a variety of clustering configurations that allow for load balancing The fine tuning of a computer system, network or disk subsystem in order to more evenly distribute the data and/or processing across available resources. For example, in clustering, load balancing might distribute the incoming transactions evenly to all servers, or it might redirect them among the hardware, software and database resources. Clustering effectively improves processing efficiency and performance, while reducing operating costs operating costs npl → gastos mpl operacionales
..... Click the link for more information., especially for large enterprise scale, mission-critical systems.
In a production environment, database and hardware clustering deliver improved availability, performance and scalability. Application clustering, also called software clustering, adds a third dimension to the configuration possibilities that is inexpensive and relatively easy to reconfigure To change the status of something. . However, how should these clustering techniques be deployed in a testing environment? Can you afford to replicate rep•li•cate
v.
1. To duplicate, copy, reproduce, or repeat.
2. To reproduce or make an exact copy or copies of genetic material, a cell, or an organism.
n.
A repetition of an experiment or a procedure.
..... Click the link for more information. a clustered production environment for development and testing environments?
Clustering in an Application Testing application testing - system testing Environment
Complete and accurate quality assurance testing is critical for meeting today's demands to deliver applications that work, not only in the initial release, but also throughout the life of the application. Finding and resolving application defects early can significantly improve application quality and reduce or eliminate the costs associated with resolving problems after an application is placed in production. Another important goal is to create a repeatable testing process that improves application quality, reduces time to market and minimizes the cost of development and testing.
Companies are striving to speed the deployment of reliable, high quality applications while staying within tight development budgets. Reducing development and testing costs without sacrificing quality requires a best practices strategy with the right tools for application testing. The fact that most applications today rely on relational database relational database
Database in which all data are represented in tabular form. The description of a particular entity is provided by the set of its attribute values, stored as one row or record of the table, called a tuple. technology further complicates the challenge for testing organizations. The application data model may contain dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of tables, and just as many relationships.
Deploying clustering in a testing environment can be beneficial when used appropriately. Managing your database, hardware and application clustering configurations effectively, as well as carefully choosing the right clustering technique for each phase of the testing process, are key to designing efficient, effective testing strategies for relational database applications.
Relational Data Testing Challenges
Designing a comprehensive strategy for clustered testing environments can be as challenging as designing and developing an application. The starting point Noun 1. starting point - earliest limiting point
terminus a quo
commencement, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, starting time, beginning, start, kickoff, first - the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the is the logical and physical clustering environment--including servers, applications and databases needed to support the application you are testing. Although testing tools are not used in the production environment, the optimal clustering configuration will enable you to determine price/performance tradeoffs for your testing strategy.
Typically, several new test databases must be created and/or refreshed re•fresh
v. re•freshed, re•fresh•ing, re•fresh•es
v.tr.
1. To revive with or as if with rest, food, or drink; give new vigor or spirit to.
2.
..... Click the link for more information. each time a new application is developed or an existing application is modified. Iterative it•er•a•tive
adj.
1. Characterized by or involving repetition, recurrence, reiteration, or repetitiousness.
2. Grammar Frequentative.
Noun 1. testing involves executing the application using the test database and verifying the results to ensure the application is working as designed (jargon) working as designed - (IBM) Conforming to a wrong or inappropriate specification; useful, but misdesigned. Frequently used as a sardonic comment on a program's utility or as a bogus reason for not accepting a criticism or suggestion. . Any problems discovered must be resolved and the test data must be refreshed before testing continues. This process is repeated throughout the various testing phases--unit, functional, integration, system, load and regression--until the application is migrated into production.
Clustering and Cloned Test Databases
Since it is ideal to use "realistic" test data, each test database is usually a clone clone, group of organisms, all of which are descended from a single individual through asexual reproduction, as in a pure cell culture of bacteria. Except for changes in the hereditary material that come about by mutation, all members of a clone are genetically of the production database, and special test cases may be added before testing begins. For example, in a clustered environment, a one-terabyte database might be cloned and deployed on a database cluster running on two servers. Load balancing can be used to enhance performance and maximize processing resources, depending on the number of test environments created.
Although clustered environments can support cloned databases, the cost and capacity issues make it impractical im•prac•ti•cal
adj.
1. Unwise to implement or maintain in practice: Refloating the sunken ship proved impractical because of the great expense.
2.
..... Click the link for more information. to clone an entire production database, unless it is absolutely necessary. Consider a typical example like testing an application with a one-terabyte database running on two servers. The same configuration is needed to support regression testing In software development, testing a program that has been modified in order to ensure that additional bugs have not been introduced. When a program is enhanced, testing is often done only on the new features. , adding two servers. If the QA functional testing (testing) functional testing - (Or "black-box testing", "closed-box testing") The application of test data derived from the specified functional requirements without regard to the final program structure. also needs to clone the database, add two more servers. Now, a total of six servers are required with four dedicated to testing. This configuration does not even include the copies of the production database needed in the development environment.
In addition, deploying cloned databases in a clustered test environment during the functional testing phase can actually increase the time required to perform the necessary testing. How can this be? In a functional testing phase, it is not necessary to use a full set of test data because the goal of that phase is to ensure that application functions work correctly. If a fully cloned one-terabyte database is used for testing instead of a smaller subset, then executing the test cases may take longer because there is a larger volume of data to process. There is also a quality issue because the production data may not contain the particular test cases required for effective functional testing, and developers may find it difficult to track and validate specific test cases.
What is important is to always assess the data requirements for a particular testing phase to determine whether cloning cloning: see clone.
________________________________________
To make a product that functions like another. See clone. See also cloning software. the database in an operational clustered environment is truly needed. If not, the next question to ask is, "How can you create smaller subsets of the database to perform testing efficiently and still have complete confidence that the applications are being tested with the realistic test data?"
Subsetting Relational Databases
Subsetting can be used to create much smaller, yet realistic, test databases. Subsetting tools-- for example, Princeton Softech's Relational Tools-- provide the ability to extract complete subsets of related data and keep that data referentially intact. These tools can navigate all relationships in the data model, whether they are defined in the database or the application. Key features include the capability to extract test data that may reside in multiple relational databases, handling data compatibility and translation issues and providing federated Connected and treated as one. See federated database and federated directories. data access.
Working with predefined realistic subsets of data that can be refreshed easily improves testing and overall application quality. Including the metadata in extract processing ensures that you can recreate test data quickly and accurately. The ability to save and reuse reuse - Using code developed for one application program in another application. Traditionally achieved using program libraries. Object-oriented programming offers reusability of code via its techniques of inheritance and genericity. processing specifications streamlines the testing process and ensures a consistent and manageable test environment.
Subsetting and Test Phases
Subsetting is appropriate for various phases of the application development life cycle and especially when there is no requirement to test with the entire application database. The level of subsetting should be commensurate com•men•su•rate
adj.
1. Of the same size, extent, or duration as another.
2. Corresponding in size or degree; proportionate: a salary commensurate with my performance.
3. with the amount of data needed for the specific testing phase. For example, during unit testing (testing) unit testing - The type of testing where a developer (usually the one who wrote the code) proves that a code module (the "unit") meets its requirements. , when developers verify the functionality of new features or application units, such as specific modules or subsystems, a very small subset of data is appropriate and actually expedites the testing process and reduces costs.
During functional testing, quality assurance teams verify the operation of the application functions, which requires more data than the initial unit testing phase. The subsetting facilities must be "tweaked See tweak. " to extract more data. During integration testing (testing) integration testing - A type of testing in which software and/or hardware components are combined and tested to confirm that they interact according to their requirements. Integration testing can continue progressively until the entire system has been integrated. , teams verify the integration points between units or functions to identify unexpected updates and anomalies and ensure that various functions now work together. Again, this phase often involves larger volumes of data than the previous phases, and the subsetting process once again can be applied with the objective of extracting a broader set of data.
System testing (testing) system testing - (Or "application testing") A type of testing to confirm that all code modules work as specified, and that the system as a whole performs adequately on the platform on which it will be deployed. , sometimes called end-to-end testing, is designed to verify new functionality at a higher level. Quality assurance teams run an application through its paces to make sure that every feature and all functionality performs without errors. Subsetting can also be used during this phase to create yet larger, realistic subsets for test databases, thereby reducing costs and saving time. Finally, load testing Load testing is the process of creating demand on a system or device and measuring its response.
In mechanical systems it refers to the testing of a system to certify it under the appropriate regulations (LOLER in the UK - Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment benchmarks performance, response time and throughput functionality, while regression testing ensures that application problems are not introduced with newer versions of your application. Because these two final phases test the entire application, a fully cloned database is required in some cases to ensure a representation of the final operating environment In computing, an operating environment is the environment in which users run programs, whether in a command line interface, such as in MS-DOS or the Unix shell, or in a graphical user interface, such as in the Macintosh operating system. , especially for load testing.
Clustering and Subsetting Reduces Costs
Where appropriate, it is much faster and more cost-effective to test with subsets of related data that accurately reflect the production database, without adding overhead to the testing process. Let us revisit re•vis•it
tr.v. re•vis•it•ed, re•vis•it•ing, re•vis•its
To visit again.
n.
A second or repeated visit.
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re our previous example of a one-terabyte database running on two servers to see how subsetting might be applied.
Load testing would require a clone, while regression testing would require 50 percent of the production database, so the requirement would be three servers; two for the clustered load testing environment and one for the regression environment. To support functional testing, the quality assurance team could use a subsetting tool to create a realistic subset of the production database that is only 100GB. This smaller data requirement eliminates the need for at least one server to support quality assurance testing. By using subsetting effectively, four servers are needed instead of six. What's more, quality assurance testing will run faster because the test database is only 100GB instead of one terabyte One trillion bytes. Also TB, Tbyte and T-byte. See tera and space/time.
________________________________________
(unit) terabyte - 2^40 = 1,099,511,627,776 bytes = 1024 gigabytes or roughly 10^12 bytes.
(Note the spelling - one 'r'). See prefix. . That is a net savings of two servers and reduced testing time.
Careful analysis of the testing requirements will help you deploy the right mix of test databases and subsetting in clustered and unclustered testing environments. You will effectively reduce the testing time and resources required, while delivering applications on time with high quality.
Testing applications in clustered environments can quickly multiply capacity requirements and delay development schedules. It is important to develop a best practices approach for each phase of the application testing process based on your company's needs.
Incorporating subsetting tools into your testing strategy delivers dramatic results including improved reliability, faster time-to-market, lower development costs and higher quality. In short, this best practices strategy helps you do more with less.
Monday, March 15, 2010
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http://www.advancedqtp.com/knowledge-base/
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Previous Year Interview Questions of Icfai Business School (IBS)
Previous Year Interview Questions of Icfai Business School (IBS)
http://suprioghatak.blogspot.com/
This has been sent to me by one of my students, Shivan Bakshi. It is an eye opener for those who are preparing for interviews at the campus and beyond.
Hi this should be the bible of evry student from 2008 batch right now .Guys interviw is an art and science - master the science atleast these questions are rfepeated evry year and are ver comon but needs lot of introspection to answer...think think and share your answers with your friends !
ICICI Securities Finance, Pay-5.5-8.5 lacs p.a.
· ·
· How would you go about checking a customer's credibility? · 2006 ·
· What does the bank statements indicative ? · ·
· How is forgery checked and identified? · ·
· What is ELSS and alpha,beta? · ·
· How does NCDEX work and how do you become a member of it? · ·
· We say that numbers and figures are important,but in practical scenario if you have to judge an organization would you refer to it's number's or no and why? · ·
· What ratios would you use if you need to undergo the financial approval of the company? · ·
· What are the term loans that bank's offer to it's corporate client base? · ·
· What is DSCR,what is the formula for the same? · ·
A What impact does negative cash flows have on the company?
A How to analyze a company?
A What are financial strategies to make a loss making company into a profit making company? Give example
A What do you think about the Indian economy in terms of its GDP growth?Comment
A Does India require technological solutions?If yes or no, then why?
A. What impact recession has on the Indian economy?
· ·
ICICI Bank Finance / Marketing , Pay-5-7 lacs p.a
· ·
· Questions were based on future deravatives and options? · 2006 ·
· Situation based questions? · ·
· Five things that you dislike about ICICI Bank? · ·
· What is the full form of IRR? · ·
· How would you do the complete analysis of a security? · ·
· What is the difference between marketing and selling? · ·
· What is the credit apprassial procedure? · ·
· What is the difference between ADR and ADS? · ·
· What is the limit of the reach in marketing terminology? · ·
· How would you go about selling fans in winters,what would be your marketing strategies? · ·
· What profile are you looking for? · ·
HDFC Finance / Marketing, Pay-5.6-7.25 lacs p.a
· ·
· There is a similarity between life and F1 racing and what do you learn from F1 racing? · 2006 ·
· What is the difference between traditional channels and multi level marketing? · ·
· What is CAPM model and what are it's assumptions? · ·
· What do you understand by flat rate and reducing rate? · ·
· What do you know about insurance premium and ROI? · ·
· How will you convince someone that you have the ability to sell a particular bank products? · · DE Shaw
· SIP
· Sensex is touching new highs what are the reasons and whats your view
· Which factor is most emphasizing in bringing FII inflows
· Which is better technical analysis or fundamental analysis
· Problem with Arvind mills
· Current market price of the script of AM
· How dollar depreciation is going to effect Indian equity market
· How much do you think the oil prices are having impact on Indian markets
Bajaj Allainz , Pay-4.5-6.25 lacs p.a
· My driving force
· Choice of position
· Application of Keynes theory
· Educational background
TCS Pay-5-6 lacs p.a
· SIP
· About yourself
· Difference b/w accounts and finance
· Basic theme of time value of money
· How does rate of interest in the economy effects growth rate
· Why TCS
· Any questions
· Capital expenditure and revenue expenditure
· Events affected you in life
· It is said that consultants create confusion? What do you want to say
· Who is better experienced guy with MBA or a fresher? How you are better than experienced person
· If as a consultant you are not allowed for implementation then are you comfortable
· 5year goals
· Values in work place
· Difference b/w smart work and hard work
· If there is a conflict b/w a corporate and a peer then what will you do
· What are 8085,8086 and fiber optics
· What is telecommunication , FM , AM
· What is international finance
· Software tools in which you are comfortable with
· Why US $ is declining
· What are the recent trends in textile industry
IndiaBulls , Pay-4.25-6.5 lacs p.a
SIP
· Family
· Why India Bulls
· Which scheme is better for investment
· What is your favorite dish
· Do you have a girl friend and how many so far
· Why we should take you
· Is background knowledge important for selling
· Make an advertisement for nokia and hutch
· Tell me something about computer science
· What are your likes and dislikes
· How adaptable are you
· Derivate and hedging risk
· Call option and put option
· What does your name means
· Would you be able to cope up with the work pressure
· Why career in management
· Given choice b/w job in educational field and india bulls
· Do u smoke or drink
· Have you ever proposed
· Derivatives
· What is better future market of cash market
· If you have an open position in reliance what would you do
· Location preference
· How many funds have you generated
· About city you belong
Aztec Exim Pvt. Ltd., Pay-5.00-7.65 lacs p.a
· Cash flow statement , income statement or balance sheet which out of three is most important for stakeholder
· Why government is promoting exports or why RBI is keen to maintain so much of $ balance
· What is good for organization +ive or –ive working capital
· Financial accounting and management enables the organization comment
· Some numerical on basic concepts of accounting and financial management
· How much are you interested in joining this organization and why
· If you are a girl after marriage will you go to the place where your husband is placed
· Difference b/w cash flow statement and funds flow statement
· Questions relating to CV domain knowledge and connecting it with economy
· Justify CGPA
· Why emphasis on ethics
· Long term aim
· Family background
EICHER GROUP Pay-4.6-5.6 lacs p.a
· FAMILY BACKGROUND?
· WHY COMBNATION OF MARKETING WHY EICHER?
· WHY NOT HAVE A CAREER IN COMPUTER FIELD?
· DID YOU SIT FOR COMPANIES WITH SYSTEM PROFILE?
· 2 QUESTONS BASED ON CUSTOMER DEALING?
· WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE PROFILE BEING OFFERED?
· CAREER OBJECTIVE?
· GENERAL TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE INDUSTRY AND THE PRODUCT LCV?
IMRS Pay-6.00-7.5 lacs p.a
· WHY MBA AFTER B.COM?
· WHAT IS YOUR SPECIALIZATION AND WHAT SUBJECTS YOU LIKED MOST?
· YOU SAID YOU LINKED MARKETING RESEARCH AS YOUR FAVOURITE SUBJECT –WHY?
· WHAT DID YOU DID IN BHARTI INFOTEL LTD?
· WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE FUNTIME?
· SUPPOSE YOU ARE GOING TO CONDUCT AN INTERVIEW WHICH WOULD BE COMPLETED IN 1.5 HOURS ATLEAST AND THE INTERVIEWEE HAS 30 MINS TO SPARE THEN HOW WILL YOU GO ABOUT IT?
HCL INFINET Pay-4.25-5.5 lacs p.a
· SIP BOTH ENGG AND MBA BENEFITS OF THE PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN?
· VPN & VOLP PRESENTATION?
· HOW DO YOU SEE YOURSELF 5 YRS DOWN THE LIFE IN PROFFESIONAL AND PERSONAL LIFE?
· WHAT IS VPN EXPLAIN?
· SETTING UP CONNECTION IN A REMOTE LOCATION?
· ABOUT WORK EXPERIENCE?
· WHAT CAN HCL DO IN VIEW OF PRESENT COMPETITION?
Standard Charted Bank Pay-6.00-7.5 lacs p.a
· What makes you smile? 2006
· Are you open to relocation?
· Anything about you that we are unaware of?
· What is your idea and perspective towards sales?
· Why Banking?
· What is NAV?
· What would be your reaction if HSBC offers you double the package and promtion 5yrs down the line?
· Why should we go about hiring you?
· Do you have the ability to understand our executive training program?
· If a customer is going in for a loan is it a asset or a liabilty for the bank?
·
· Are women better at sales,what is your take on it? · 2006 ·
· How would you go about managing married life and office together and balance the same? · ·
· Why was there a shortfall in the percentage scored after std 10th? · ·
GE Money Pay-4.5-800 lacs p.a · ·
· What is operations? · 2006 ·
· SIP Details? · ·
· Project oriented questions? · ·
· What is the ratio that we use to find out the financial feasebility? · ·
· What do we understand by fixed asset turnover ratio? · ·
MetLife Insurance Finance Pay-5.00-7.5 lacs p.a
· Why CFA and then going about switching over to sales? · ·
· How would you rate yourself? · ·
MetLife Insurance Marketing Pay-5.00-6.7 lacs p.a
· ·
· Why didn't you go ahead and joined your father's busisness? · 2006 ·
· What is the basic difference between advertising and sales promotion? · ·
· How can you go about helping and enhancing the companies current state? · ·
· ·
Kotak Mahindra Bank Finance Pay-6.5-8.8 lacs p.a
· ·
· Why would you want to join Kotak? · 2006 ·
· What is your take on Mutual Funds? · ·
· What are those qualities,on the basis of which you could call yourself a good leader? · ·
· A particular customer of your bank,has been charged some particular amount by mistake,would you go ahead and reverse the entry or close the account if the customer is irrate? · ·
· ·
· ·
Kotak Mahindra Bank Marketing Pay-6-8 lacs p.a
· Do you have any close friends? · ·
· What do you know about the designation of relationship officer? · ·
· Certifications,AMFI,NCFM? · ·
http://suprioghatak.blogspot.com/
This has been sent to me by one of my students, Shivan Bakshi. It is an eye opener for those who are preparing for interviews at the campus and beyond.
Hi this should be the bible of evry student from 2008 batch right now .Guys interviw is an art and science - master the science atleast these questions are rfepeated evry year and are ver comon but needs lot of introspection to answer...think think and share your answers with your friends !
ICICI Securities Finance, Pay-5.5-8.5 lacs p.a.
· ·
· How would you go about checking a customer's credibility? · 2006 ·
· What does the bank statements indicative ? · ·
· How is forgery checked and identified? · ·
· What is ELSS and alpha,beta? · ·
· How does NCDEX work and how do you become a member of it? · ·
· We say that numbers and figures are important,but in practical scenario if you have to judge an organization would you refer to it's number's or no and why? · ·
· What ratios would you use if you need to undergo the financial approval of the company? · ·
· What are the term loans that bank's offer to it's corporate client base? · ·
· What is DSCR,what is the formula for the same? · ·
A What impact does negative cash flows have on the company?
A How to analyze a company?
A What are financial strategies to make a loss making company into a profit making company? Give example
A What do you think about the Indian economy in terms of its GDP growth?Comment
A Does India require technological solutions?If yes or no, then why?
A. What impact recession has on the Indian economy?
· ·
ICICI Bank Finance / Marketing , Pay-5-7 lacs p.a
· ·
· Questions were based on future deravatives and options? · 2006 ·
· Situation based questions? · ·
· Five things that you dislike about ICICI Bank? · ·
· What is the full form of IRR? · ·
· How would you do the complete analysis of a security? · ·
· What is the difference between marketing and selling? · ·
· What is the credit apprassial procedure? · ·
· What is the difference between ADR and ADS? · ·
· What is the limit of the reach in marketing terminology? · ·
· How would you go about selling fans in winters,what would be your marketing strategies? · ·
· What profile are you looking for? · ·
HDFC Finance / Marketing, Pay-5.6-7.25 lacs p.a
· ·
· There is a similarity between life and F1 racing and what do you learn from F1 racing? · 2006 ·
· What is the difference between traditional channels and multi level marketing? · ·
· What is CAPM model and what are it's assumptions? · ·
· What do you understand by flat rate and reducing rate? · ·
· What do you know about insurance premium and ROI? · ·
· How will you convince someone that you have the ability to sell a particular bank products? · · DE Shaw
· SIP
· Sensex is touching new highs what are the reasons and whats your view
· Which factor is most emphasizing in bringing FII inflows
· Which is better technical analysis or fundamental analysis
· Problem with Arvind mills
· Current market price of the script of AM
· How dollar depreciation is going to effect Indian equity market
· How much do you think the oil prices are having impact on Indian markets
Bajaj Allainz , Pay-4.5-6.25 lacs p.a
· My driving force
· Choice of position
· Application of Keynes theory
· Educational background
TCS Pay-5-6 lacs p.a
· SIP
· About yourself
· Difference b/w accounts and finance
· Basic theme of time value of money
· How does rate of interest in the economy effects growth rate
· Why TCS
· Any questions
· Capital expenditure and revenue expenditure
· Events affected you in life
· It is said that consultants create confusion? What do you want to say
· Who is better experienced guy with MBA or a fresher? How you are better than experienced person
· If as a consultant you are not allowed for implementation then are you comfortable
· 5year goals
· Values in work place
· Difference b/w smart work and hard work
· If there is a conflict b/w a corporate and a peer then what will you do
· What are 8085,8086 and fiber optics
· What is telecommunication , FM , AM
· What is international finance
· Software tools in which you are comfortable with
· Why US $ is declining
· What are the recent trends in textile industry
IndiaBulls , Pay-4.25-6.5 lacs p.a
SIP
· Family
· Why India Bulls
· Which scheme is better for investment
· What is your favorite dish
· Do you have a girl friend and how many so far
· Why we should take you
· Is background knowledge important for selling
· Make an advertisement for nokia and hutch
· Tell me something about computer science
· What are your likes and dislikes
· How adaptable are you
· Derivate and hedging risk
· Call option and put option
· What does your name means
· Would you be able to cope up with the work pressure
· Why career in management
· Given choice b/w job in educational field and india bulls
· Do u smoke or drink
· Have you ever proposed
· Derivatives
· What is better future market of cash market
· If you have an open position in reliance what would you do
· Location preference
· How many funds have you generated
· About city you belong
Aztec Exim Pvt. Ltd., Pay-5.00-7.65 lacs p.a
· Cash flow statement , income statement or balance sheet which out of three is most important for stakeholder
· Why government is promoting exports or why RBI is keen to maintain so much of $ balance
· What is good for organization +ive or –ive working capital
· Financial accounting and management enables the organization comment
· Some numerical on basic concepts of accounting and financial management
· How much are you interested in joining this organization and why
· If you are a girl after marriage will you go to the place where your husband is placed
· Difference b/w cash flow statement and funds flow statement
· Questions relating to CV domain knowledge and connecting it with economy
· Justify CGPA
· Why emphasis on ethics
· Long term aim
· Family background
EICHER GROUP Pay-4.6-5.6 lacs p.a
· FAMILY BACKGROUND?
· WHY COMBNATION OF MARKETING WHY EICHER?
· WHY NOT HAVE A CAREER IN COMPUTER FIELD?
· DID YOU SIT FOR COMPANIES WITH SYSTEM PROFILE?
· 2 QUESTONS BASED ON CUSTOMER DEALING?
· WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE PROFILE BEING OFFERED?
· CAREER OBJECTIVE?
· GENERAL TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE INDUSTRY AND THE PRODUCT LCV?
IMRS Pay-6.00-7.5 lacs p.a
· WHY MBA AFTER B.COM?
· WHAT IS YOUR SPECIALIZATION AND WHAT SUBJECTS YOU LIKED MOST?
· YOU SAID YOU LINKED MARKETING RESEARCH AS YOUR FAVOURITE SUBJECT –WHY?
· WHAT DID YOU DID IN BHARTI INFOTEL LTD?
· WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE FUNTIME?
· SUPPOSE YOU ARE GOING TO CONDUCT AN INTERVIEW WHICH WOULD BE COMPLETED IN 1.5 HOURS ATLEAST AND THE INTERVIEWEE HAS 30 MINS TO SPARE THEN HOW WILL YOU GO ABOUT IT?
HCL INFINET Pay-4.25-5.5 lacs p.a
· SIP BOTH ENGG AND MBA BENEFITS OF THE PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN?
· VPN & VOLP PRESENTATION?
· HOW DO YOU SEE YOURSELF 5 YRS DOWN THE LIFE IN PROFFESIONAL AND PERSONAL LIFE?
· WHAT IS VPN EXPLAIN?
· SETTING UP CONNECTION IN A REMOTE LOCATION?
· ABOUT WORK EXPERIENCE?
· WHAT CAN HCL DO IN VIEW OF PRESENT COMPETITION?
Standard Charted Bank Pay-6.00-7.5 lacs p.a
· What makes you smile? 2006
· Are you open to relocation?
· Anything about you that we are unaware of?
· What is your idea and perspective towards sales?
· Why Banking?
· What is NAV?
· What would be your reaction if HSBC offers you double the package and promtion 5yrs down the line?
· Why should we go about hiring you?
· Do you have the ability to understand our executive training program?
· If a customer is going in for a loan is it a asset or a liabilty for the bank?
·
· Are women better at sales,what is your take on it? · 2006 ·
· How would you go about managing married life and office together and balance the same? · ·
· Why was there a shortfall in the percentage scored after std 10th? · ·
GE Money Pay-4.5-800 lacs p.a · ·
· What is operations? · 2006 ·
· SIP Details? · ·
· Project oriented questions? · ·
· What is the ratio that we use to find out the financial feasebility? · ·
· What do we understand by fixed asset turnover ratio? · ·
MetLife Insurance Finance Pay-5.00-7.5 lacs p.a
· Why CFA and then going about switching over to sales? · ·
· How would you rate yourself? · ·
MetLife Insurance Marketing Pay-5.00-6.7 lacs p.a
· ·
· Why didn't you go ahead and joined your father's busisness? · 2006 ·
· What is the basic difference between advertising and sales promotion? · ·
· How can you go about helping and enhancing the companies current state? · ·
· ·
Kotak Mahindra Bank Finance Pay-6.5-8.8 lacs p.a
· ·
· Why would you want to join Kotak? · 2006 ·
· What is your take on Mutual Funds? · ·
· What are those qualities,on the basis of which you could call yourself a good leader? · ·
· A particular customer of your bank,has been charged some particular amount by mistake,would you go ahead and reverse the entry or close the account if the customer is irrate? · ·
· ·
· ·
Kotak Mahindra Bank Marketing Pay-6-8 lacs p.a
· Do you have any close friends? · ·
· What do you know about the designation of relationship officer? · ·
· Certifications,AMFI,NCFM? · ·
Browser Compatibility Testing
Yes there are many. Here are few examples:
1. Adobe BrowserLab [Provide screen shots]:
URL: https://browserlab.adobe.com/
Adobe BrowserLab is an online hosted service that lets you test the pages of your web site across a variety of web browsers and operating systems. The service works by taking screen shots of your web pages in different browsers, and then displaying them in the BrowserLab application window.
You can use BrowserLab as a standalone service, or integrated with Dreamweaver CS4. The standalone service lets you test pages that you've posted to a server within the context of a web browser. If you use BrowserLab as an integrated service with Dreamweaver, you can test your pages from within Dreamweaver without publishing your pages to a server.
BrowserLab supports the following browsers:
• Firefox 2.0 - Windows XP
• Firefox 3.0 - Windows XP
• Firefox 3.5 - Windows XP
• Chrome 3.0 - Windows XP
• Internet Explorer 6.0 - Windows XP
• Internet Explorer 7.0 - Windows XP
• Internet Explorer 8.0 - Windows XP
• Safari 3.0 - Macintosh OS X
• Safari 4.0 - Macintosh OS X
• Firefox 2.0 - Macintosh OS X
• Firefox 3.0 - Macintosh OS X
• Firefox 3.5 - Macintosh OS X
Source: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/BrowserLab/
2. Browser Sandbox [Run any browser from the web]
URL: http://spoon.net/browsers/
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 8
• Internet Explorer 7
• Internet Explorer 6
• Mozilla Firefox 3.5
• Firefox 3
• Firefox 2
• Apple Safari 4
• Safari 3
• Google Chrome
• Opera 10
• Opera 9
My Comments as a Tester:
a. Adobe BrowserLab will be helpful to compare the designs of multiple Browsers.
b. Browser Sandbox will be helpful to test the functionality and design on multiple Browsers.
Thanks,
Rajiv
http://puretest.blogspot.com
On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 11:50 AM, srikant singh wrote:
Folks, can any one please tell me if there is any Open Source Tool for Cross Browser and Cross Platform testing??
Thanks,
Srikant
On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 7:58 PM, Srideep Mitra, TestPlant wrote:
Hi All,
Presently one of the largest Public broadcaster in europe is using eggPlant to test 26 combinations for browser compatibility testing. See the demo : http://www.testplant.com/products/eggplant_functional_tester/movie.
Thanks,
Sri
Srideep Mitra
Marketing Consultant
TestPlant Europe Limited DDI +44 (0)20 7002 7769
6 Snow Hill M +44 (0)7914 441 685
London Fax +44 (0)20 7002 7887
EC1A 2AY srideep.mitra@testplant.com
http://www.testplant.com
Registered office address: Clearwater House, 4-7 Manchester Street, London W1U 3AE. Company registration number: 06569964
_________________________________________________________________________
This email and any attachments may contain privileged / confidential information. If you have received this email in error or believe that you are not the intended recipient, please delete all content and attached files and contact TestPlant via the switchboard on +44 (0)20 7002 7888 or via return e-mail. You should not copy, forward or use any part of the contents in any way. Any such unauthorised use or disclosure may be unlawful.
On 28/02/2010 16:33, "STRG Pune" wrote:
Hi,
Check this article- Browser compatibility testing (BCT)
Regards,
STRG
-----Original Message-----
From: softwareqa-testing@googlegroups.com [mailto:softwareqa-testing@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of VLADIMIR SOGHOYAN
Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 3:23 PM
To: softwareqa-testing@googlegroups.com
Cc: ujwalpatil@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Browser Compatibility Testing.
HI ALL,
In the effort to make your site look more credible, trustable and
"professional", you may have been asking yourself what's the best way
to do such browser compatibility testing analysis, beyond installing
multiple browsers, having multiple PCs and Macs and joggling your
monitor screen settings hundreds of times.
And, indeed, there is a better way: browser compatibility testing
tools are a set of tools and web-based services that you can leverage
to test, check and verify how any web page of your web site is going
to look when viewed on a different computer / browser / operating
system / screen resolution.
Browser compatibility testing tools generally work all in the same
way. You need to provide the URL of the web page you want to check and
then select the operating systems, web browsers, and the specific
screen resolutions you want to test your page on.
Your selected browser compatibility testing tool will generate a
screenshot of that very page from a virtual computer set up according
to your specified settings (operating system, web browser type and
version, etc.). In this way, you can immediately evaluate what are the
key layout issues to be addressed.
Here below is a comparative table and a set of individual mini reviews
to help you evaluate all of these browser compatibility testing
services. Here the selection criteria
2010/2/23, QA Engg.:
> Hi All,
>
>
> I have to start browser compatibility testing for my
> application. I have not done it before. I would like to open this
> forum for your suggestions. I would like to discuss
>
> approach
> tools available
> testing techniques involved.
>
> Thanks
> Ujwal
1. Adobe BrowserLab [Provide screen shots]:
URL: https://browserlab.adobe.com/
Adobe BrowserLab is an online hosted service that lets you test the pages of your web site across a variety of web browsers and operating systems. The service works by taking screen shots of your web pages in different browsers, and then displaying them in the BrowserLab application window.
You can use BrowserLab as a standalone service, or integrated with Dreamweaver CS4. The standalone service lets you test pages that you've posted to a server within the context of a web browser. If you use BrowserLab as an integrated service with Dreamweaver, you can test your pages from within Dreamweaver without publishing your pages to a server.
BrowserLab supports the following browsers:
• Firefox 2.0 - Windows XP
• Firefox 3.0 - Windows XP
• Firefox 3.5 - Windows XP
• Chrome 3.0 - Windows XP
• Internet Explorer 6.0 - Windows XP
• Internet Explorer 7.0 - Windows XP
• Internet Explorer 8.0 - Windows XP
• Safari 3.0 - Macintosh OS X
• Safari 4.0 - Macintosh OS X
• Firefox 2.0 - Macintosh OS X
• Firefox 3.0 - Macintosh OS X
• Firefox 3.5 - Macintosh OS X
Source: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/BrowserLab/
2. Browser Sandbox [Run any browser from the web]
URL: http://spoon.net/browsers/
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 8
• Internet Explorer 7
• Internet Explorer 6
• Mozilla Firefox 3.5
• Firefox 3
• Firefox 2
• Apple Safari 4
• Safari 3
• Google Chrome
• Opera 10
• Opera 9
My Comments as a Tester:
a. Adobe BrowserLab will be helpful to compare the designs of multiple Browsers.
b. Browser Sandbox will be helpful to test the functionality and design on multiple Browsers.
Thanks,
Rajiv
http://puretest.blogspot.com
On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 11:50 AM, srikant singh
Folks, can any one please tell me if there is any Open Source Tool for Cross Browser and Cross Platform testing??
Thanks,
Srikant
On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 7:58 PM, Srideep Mitra, TestPlant
Hi All,
Presently one of the largest Public broadcaster in europe is using eggPlant to test 26 combinations for browser compatibility testing. See the demo : http://www.testplant.com/products/eggplant_functional_tester/movie.
Thanks,
Sri
Srideep Mitra
Marketing Consultant
TestPlant Europe Limited DDI +44 (0)20 7002 7769
6 Snow Hill M +44 (0)7914 441 685
London Fax +44 (0)20 7002 7887
EC1A 2AY srideep.mitra@testplant.com
http://www.testplant.com
Registered office address: Clearwater House, 4-7 Manchester Street, London W1U 3AE. Company registration number: 06569964
_________________________________________________________________________
This email and any attachments may contain privileged / confidential information. If you have received this email in error or believe that you are not the intended recipient, please delete all content and attached files and contact TestPlant via the switchboard on +44 (0)20 7002 7888 or via return e-mail. You should not copy, forward or use any part of the contents in any way. Any such unauthorised use or disclosure may be unlawful.
On 28/02/2010 16:33, "STRG Pune"
Hi,
Check this article- Browser compatibility testing (BCT)
Regards,
STRG
-----Original Message-----
From: softwareqa-testing@googlegroups.com [mailto:softwareqa-testing@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of VLADIMIR SOGHOYAN
Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 3:23 PM
To: softwareqa-testing@googlegroups.com
Cc: ujwalpatil@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Browser Compatibility Testing.
HI ALL,
In the effort to make your site look more credible, trustable and
"professional", you may have been asking yourself what's the best way
to do such browser compatibility testing analysis, beyond installing
multiple browsers, having multiple PCs and Macs and joggling your
monitor screen settings hundreds of times.
And, indeed, there is a better way: browser compatibility testing
tools are a set of tools and web-based services that you can leverage
to test, check and verify how any web page of your web site is going
to look when viewed on a different computer / browser / operating
system / screen resolution.
Browser compatibility testing tools generally work all in the same
way. You need to provide the URL of the web page you want to check and
then select the operating systems, web browsers, and the specific
screen resolutions you want to test your page on.
Your selected browser compatibility testing tool will generate a
screenshot of that very page from a virtual computer set up according
to your specified settings (operating system, web browser type and
version, etc.). In this way, you can immediately evaluate what are the
key layout issues to be addressed.
Here below is a comparative table and a set of individual mini reviews
to help you evaluate all of these browser compatibility testing
services. Here the selection criteria
2010/2/23, QA Engg.
> Hi All,
>
>
> I have to start browser compatibility testing for my
> application. I have not done it before. I would like to open this
> forum for your suggestions. I would like to discuss
>
> approach
> tools available
> testing techniques involved.
>
> Thanks
> Ujwal
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Top 40 Automated Testing Blogs
http://motevich.blogspot.com/2008/11/top-40-automated-testing-blogs.html
Top 40 Automated Testing Blogs
| # | Site / Author | PR | AR | TR | Cmts | Links |
| 1 | Google Testing Blog (various) | 5 | 219028 | 47930 | 112 | 8507 |
| 2 | Performance Tidbits Rico Mariani | 5 | 113248 | 31 | 16924 | |
| 3 | Scott Barber's blog Scott Barber | 4 | 72223 | 19683 | ||
| 4 | Collaborative Software Testing Jonathan Kohl | 5 | 404815 | 8838 | ||
| 5 | Cem Kaner's blog Cem Kaner | 5 | 5077 | |||
| 6 | Agile Testing Grig Gheorghiu | 5 | 315063 | 205275 | 56 | 4393 |
| 7 | James Bach’s blog James Bach | 4 | 164842 | 44 | 14020 | |
| 8 | Creative Chaos Matthew Heusser | 5 | 2306703 | 373134 | 54 | 7655 |
| 9 | Advanced QTP (various) | 4 | 620947 | 722230 | 79 | 8585 |
| 10 | Corey Goldberg's blog Corey Goldberg | 4 | 1282348 | 256345 | 142 | 3244 |
| 11 | The Braidy Tester Michael J Hunter | 5 | 437554 | 17 | 4692 | |
| 12 | Tester Tested! Pradeep Soundararajan | 4 | 1195245 | 770942 | 99 | 3810 |
| 13 | WilsonMar.com Wilson Mar | 4 | 164760 | 512788 | 1431 | |
| 14 | Testing Hotlist Update Bret Pettichord | 4 | 1657484 | 446540 | 11 | 7487 |
| 15 | Test Obsessed Elisabeth Hendrickson | 5 | 3148166 | 351547 | 6 | 2493 |
| 16 | My Load Test Stuart Moncrieff | 4 | 1009095 | 553587 | 921 | |
| 17 | Theo Moore's blog Theo Moore | 3 | 804025 | 32 | 9155 | |
| 18 | Thinking Tester Shrini Kulkarni | 4 | 1427381 | 1052395 | 30 | 3482 |
| 19 | Observations on software testing and quality Michael Bolton | 4 | 1038615 | 11 | 3653 | |
| 20 | Quality through Innovation Adam Goucher | 4 | 8063489 | 722230 | 11 | 3973 |
| 21 | Easy way to automate testing Dmitry Motevich | 3 | 675427 | 1038615 | 131 | 503 |
| 22 | Software Testing Zone Debasis Pradhan | 3 | 760191 | 906103 | 14 | 1461 |
| 23 | JW on Test James Whittaker | 3 | 71 | 1027 | ||
| 24 | Mike Kelly's blog Mike Kelly | 4 | 1038615 | 1 | 2757 | |
| 25 | Questioning Software Ben Simo | 5 | 4064149 | 1285236 | 4 | 1679 |
| 26 | London software testing news (various) | 4 | 2598600 | 2593630 | 3 | 1937 |
| 27 | Ankur Jain's blog Ankur Jain | 2 | 478294 | 655996 | 9 | 281 |
| 28 | Jeff Fry on Testing Jeff Fry | 4 | 11028482 | 1214675 | 7 | 1565 |
| 29 | The Software Inquisition (various) | 3 | 1449194 | 1214675 | 7 | 886 |
| 30 | 90kts Tim Koopmans | 2 | 1648922 | 600724 | 5 | 63 |
| 31 | Test this Blog Eric Jacobson | 3 | 9632080 | 3324847 | 27 | 716 |
| 32 | Stefan Thelenius about Software Testing Stefan Thelenius | 3 | 5716662 | 1867832 | 5 | 916 |
| 33 | LoadRunner Tips and Tricks Hwee Seong Tan | 0 | 2422241 | 1214675 | 24 | 478 |
| 34 | QuickTest Pro Mohan Kumar Kakarla | 3 | 1884598 | 1211403 | 1 | 91 |
| 35 | KnowledgeInbox Tarun Lalwani | 2 | 1165000 | 121 | ||
| 36 | Alexander Podelko's blog Alexander Podelko | 3 | 490 | |||
| 37 | Software Performance Engineering & Testing Charlie Weiblen | 3 | 5451220 | 4978471 | 152 | |
| 38 | Software Testing Blog Unknown | 2 | 2712832 | 2593630 | 430 | |
| 39 | Automated Chaos Bas M. Dam | 2 | 5130521 | 148 | ||
| 40 | Automated Web Test Meena | 2 | 7702460 | 4697735 | 2 | 144 |
25 Weird Interview Questions
*1. What was your best McGuyver moment? Asked at Schlumberger*
Amazon*
* 2. How many tennis balls are in this room and why? Asked at Yahoo*
*3. If you were a brick in a wall which brick would you be and why? Asked at
Nestle USA*
*4. How would you move Mount Fuji? Asked at Microsoft.*
*5. If two cars are traveling in a two lap race on a track of any length,
one going 60 mph and the other going 30mph, how fast will the slower car
have to go to finish at the same car to finish at the same time? Asked at
Morgan Stanley*
*6. Are your parents disappointed with your career aspirations? Asked at
Fisher Investments*
*7. Tell me how you would determine how many house painters there are in the
United States? Asked at Acquity Group*
*8. What should it cost to rent Central Park for commercial purposes? Asked
at Bain & Co.*
*9. If I put you in a sealed room with a phone that had no dial tone, how
would you fix it? Asked at Apple*
*10. If you could be any animal, what would you be and why? Asked at Pacific
Sunwear*
*11. How many hair salons are there in Japan? Asked at Boston Consulting*
*12. If both a taxi and a limo were priced the exact same, which one would
you choose? Asked at Best Buy*
*13. How to measure 9 minutes using only a 4 minute and 7 minute hourglass?
Asked at Bank of America*
*14. What are 5 uncommon uses of a brick, not including building, layering,
or a paper-weight? Asked at Kaplan High Education*
*15. What is the probability of throwing 11 and over with 2 dices Asked at
American Airlines*
*16. What is your favorite food? Asked at Apple Store*
*17. Say you are dead, what do you think your eulogy would say about you.
Asked at Nationwide*
*18. Given a dictionary of words, how do you calculate the anagrams for a
new word? Asked at Amazon*
*19. How many lightbulbs are in this building? Asked at Monitor Group*
*20. Given a square grid of numbers, considering all the numbers at the
boundary as one layer and numbers just inside as another layer and so on how
would you rotate each of the layers of the numbers by a given amount. Asked
at Microsoft*
*21. How would you sell me eggnog in Florida in the summer? Asked at Expedia
*
*22. Develop an algorithm for finding the shortest distance between two
words in a document. Take a few hours to develop a working example in C++
and send it to the interviewing manager. Asked at Google*
*23. Given a fleet of 50 trucks, each with a full fuel tank and a range of
100 miles, how far can you deliver a payload? You can transfer the payload
from truck to truck, and you can transfer fuel from truck to truck. Extend
your answer for n trucks. Asked at Palantir*
*24. You are in a room with 3 switches which correspond to 3 bulbs in
another room and you don’t know which switch corresponds to which bulb. You
can only enter the room with the bulbs once. You can NOT use any external
equipment (power supplies, resistors, etc.). How do you find out which bulb
corresponds to which switch? Asked at Goldman Sachs*
**
Amazon*
Monday, March 8, 2010
End User Experience, in Agile Testing?
http://blogs.qutesys.com/
End User Experience, in Agile Testing?
Posted on February 25, 2010 by Qutesys
Organizations rely on Agile Process Methodologies as their preferred way to work in development arena where agile service deliverables are considered as “silver-bullet” since they rely on a diversified and changing business needs prevailing in market on a high focused degree of success by attentive to these frequent and rapid changes.
Agile development with frequent releases in short cycles of SDLC’s are very popular among changing service oriented enterprises where speed to market is critical for business. The business need will pave a critical reason to use a dedicated Agile Testing Environment which can address the planned as well as adhoc testing requirements in priority without halting the deliverables by conducting test execution parallel.
The critical success factors to support the agile process life cycles across domains are in hands of a well defined “One-Team” concept where project management deliverables takes on the agile testing cycles as independently attached units to multiple development groups working parallel for delivering testing on time, under budget, and as specified.
Qutesys Agile Testing Centre is the trigger to rapid application testing in a unified “One-Team” concept. It is useful for organizations across varied domains.
Qutesys Agile Test Centre Critical Success Factors
• Speed to market
• Reduce time
• Immediate resource ramp-up & ramp-down
• Release based test support
• Domain centric reusable test cases
• Higher degree of test coverage
• No defects on production environment
But, usually testing will only operate on the technical aspects of client product – the code, functionality and other source, wherein Qutesys ATC have a enterprise level rapid applications testing inheriting conceptual methodology for testing the enterprises holding large & changing web services applications such that, it implies to what looks or feels good to a end user and what business users think about the feel and performance of product is as important as its functionality.
8 Shortcomings of Agile / Scrum
8 Shortcomings of Agile / Scrum
Scrum, like most things, has its short-comings (although the pros far outweigh the cons in our view). These 8 theses, according to Robert Martin, are some serious problems with Scrum out of the box:
• No Technical Practices: Scrum is a project management framework and doesn’t make any technical recommendations. Bob suggests that teams “need to borrow technical practices from some other method like XP. The suite of technical practices that should be added probably include: TDD, Continuous Integration, Acceptance Testing, Pair Programming, Refactoring.”
• 30 Day Sprints are too long – most trainers now recommend 1-2 week sprints and the majority of teams settle at 2 weeks.
• Scrum Master sometimes turns into Project Manager: Some Scrum Masters use Scrum as a form of micro management and control. “This is not a problem with Scrum out of the box so much as it is a problem with the way scrum sometimes evolves. Perhaps it is related to the unfortunate use of the word "master".”
• Certification in CSM: The Certificate that a Scrum Master, a trained CSM, holds means that on many teams only that person plays the role. Bob prefers the XP approach of rotating the Coach among members of the team.
• Insufficient Guidance Regarding the Product Backlog: “We've learned, over the years, that backlogs are hierarchical entities consisting of epics, themes, stories, etc. We've learned how to estimate them statistically. We've learned how and when to break the higher level entities down into lower level entities. Epics->Themes->Stories->Tasks.”
• Scrum carries an anti-management undercurrent: “Scrum over-emphasizes the role of the team as self-managing. Self-organizing
and self-managing teams are a good thing. But there is a limit … Scrum does not describe this with enough balance.”
• Automated Testing: without high quality automated tests it is difficult to work in short cycles and know that stories are really done.
• Multiple Teams: Scrum and generic Agile have little to say about how to scale, many practitioners have ideas but there doesn’t seem to be broad consensus yet.
Scrum, like most things, has its short-comings (although the pros far outweigh the cons in our view). These 8 theses, according to Robert Martin, are some serious problems with Scrum out of the box:
• No Technical Practices: Scrum is a project management framework and doesn’t make any technical recommendations. Bob suggests that teams “need to borrow technical practices from some other method like XP. The suite of technical practices that should be added probably include: TDD, Continuous Integration, Acceptance Testing, Pair Programming, Refactoring.”
• 30 Day Sprints are too long – most trainers now recommend 1-2 week sprints and the majority of teams settle at 2 weeks.
• Scrum Master sometimes turns into Project Manager: Some Scrum Masters use Scrum as a form of micro management and control. “This is not a problem with Scrum out of the box so much as it is a problem with the way scrum sometimes evolves. Perhaps it is related to the unfortunate use of the word "master".”
• Certification in CSM: The Certificate that a Scrum Master, a trained CSM, holds means that on many teams only that person plays the role. Bob prefers the XP approach of rotating the Coach among members of the team.
• Insufficient Guidance Regarding the Product Backlog: “We've learned, over the years, that backlogs are hierarchical entities consisting of epics, themes, stories, etc. We've learned how to estimate them statistically. We've learned how and when to break the higher level entities down into lower level entities. Epics->Themes->Stories->Tasks.”
• Scrum carries an anti-management undercurrent: “Scrum over-emphasizes the role of the team as self-managing. Self-organizing
and self-managing teams are a good thing. But there is a limit … Scrum does not describe this with enough balance.”
• Automated Testing: without high quality automated tests it is difficult to work in short cycles and know that stories are really done.
• Multiple Teams: Scrum and generic Agile have little to say about how to scale, many practitioners have ideas but there doesn’t seem to be broad consensus yet.
Sub Prime Lending
Feel that it is really a good compilation of data at this link:
http://www.wikinvest.com/concept/Subprime_lending
Subprime lending is the practice of extending credit to borrowers with certain credit characteristics -- e.g. a FICO score of less than 620 -- that disqualify them from loans at the prime rate (hence the term 'subprime'). Subprime lending covers different types of credit, including mortgages, auto loans, and credit cards. Since subprime borrowers often have poor or limited credit histories, they are typically perceived as riskier than prime borrowers. To compensate for this increased risk, lenders charge subprime borrowers a premium. For mortgages and other fixed-term loans, this is usually a higher interest rate; for credit cards, higher over-the-limit or late fees are also common. Despite the higher costs associated with subprime lending, it does give access to credit to people who might otherwise be denied. For this reason, subprime lending is a common first step toward “credit repair”; by maintaining a good payment record on their subprime loans, borrowers can establish their creditworthiness and eventually refinance their loans at lower, prime rates.
http://www.wikinvest.com/concept/Subprime_lending
Subprime lending is the practice of extending credit to borrowers with certain credit characteristics -- e.g. a FICO score of less than 620 -- that disqualify them from loans at the prime rate (hence the term 'subprime'). Subprime lending covers different types of credit, including mortgages, auto loans, and credit cards. Since subprime borrowers often have poor or limited credit histories, they are typically perceived as riskier than prime borrowers. To compensate for this increased risk, lenders charge subprime borrowers a premium. For mortgages and other fixed-term loans, this is usually a higher interest rate; for credit cards, higher over-the-limit or late fees are also common. Despite the higher costs associated with subprime lending, it does give access to credit to people who might otherwise be denied. For this reason, subprime lending is a common first step toward “credit repair”; by maintaining a good payment record on their subprime loans, borrowers can establish their creditworthiness and eventually refinance their loans at lower, prime rates.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Speech by CEO of Mind Tree
We keep getting lot of E mail forwards. Some really good, some ok and some an utter waste of time. I would like to share with you one of the best I received just a few days ago. Its a Speech delivered By Mr Subroto Baghchi, CEO Mind Tree to the class of 2006 at IIM Bangalore defining success.
Here are a few parts of the speech.
My mother used to take ash from the chullah and mix it with the earth and plant seedlings. This time when they bloomed, the neighbours asked her why she was taking so much pain to beautify a Government house? My mother replied it did not matter to her that she would not see the flowers in full bloom.She said," I have to create a bloom in a desert and whenever I am given a new place, I must leave it more beautiful than what I had inherited".
That was the first lesson in success," It is not about what you create for yourself, it is about what you leave behind that defines success".
Imagination is everything. If we can imagine a future, we can create it. If we can create it, others can live in it. This is the essence of success.
The safdurjung Hospital is a cockroach infected dirty place. The over-worked under resourced sisters are victims of de-humanized life at its worst. One morning attending to my father i realized that the blood bottle was empty. Fearing that air would get into his blood I summoned the sister to do the needful. she very rudely asked me to do it myself. In that horrible theater of death I was in pain, frustration and anger. Finally when she relented and came my father opened his eyes and murmured to her," why have you not gone home yet?" here was a man on his deathbed more concerned about the overworked nurse. I was stunned at his stoic self.
I learnt that there is no limit of how concerned you can be for another human being. Success is your ability to rise above your discomfort whatever be your current state.
Two years at the age of 82 my mother had a paralytic stroke. I flew down from US and spent two weeks with her. She was neither getting better nor moving on. I had to leave back to work. while leaving her behind I kissed her face. Int he paralytic state and garbled voice she said," why are you kissing me? Go kiss the world!"
At the confluence of life and death a woman whose life was crowned by adversity was asking her son to go and kiss the world!.
Success is about giving back to life more than you can take. It is about creating extraordinary success with ordinary lives!!
Here are a few parts of the speech.
My mother used to take ash from the chullah and mix it with the earth and plant seedlings. This time when they bloomed, the neighbours asked her why she was taking so much pain to beautify a Government house? My mother replied it did not matter to her that she would not see the flowers in full bloom.She said," I have to create a bloom in a desert and whenever I am given a new place, I must leave it more beautiful than what I had inherited".
That was the first lesson in success," It is not about what you create for yourself, it is about what you leave behind that defines success".
Imagination is everything. If we can imagine a future, we can create it. If we can create it, others can live in it. This is the essence of success.
The safdurjung Hospital is a cockroach infected dirty place. The over-worked under resourced sisters are victims of de-humanized life at its worst. One morning attending to my father i realized that the blood bottle was empty. Fearing that air would get into his blood I summoned the sister to do the needful. she very rudely asked me to do it myself. In that horrible theater of death I was in pain, frustration and anger. Finally when she relented and came my father opened his eyes and murmured to her," why have you not gone home yet?" here was a man on his deathbed more concerned about the overworked nurse. I was stunned at his stoic self.
I learnt that there is no limit of how concerned you can be for another human being. Success is your ability to rise above your discomfort whatever be your current state.
Two years at the age of 82 my mother had a paralytic stroke. I flew down from US and spent two weeks with her. She was neither getting better nor moving on. I had to leave back to work. while leaving her behind I kissed her face. Int he paralytic state and garbled voice she said," why are you kissing me? Go kiss the world!"
At the confluence of life and death a woman whose life was crowned by adversity was asking her son to go and kiss the world!.
Success is about giving back to life more than you can take. It is about creating extraordinary success with ordinary lives!!
PADMA LIST AS USUAL TAINTED
To Dear Home Minister P. Chidambaram
On the front page of HT dated 26 Jan 10, Sant Singh Chatwal,
a Hotelier, was listed among "the best and the brightest" for being
chosen for Padma Bhushan for Public Affairs. And on the very next
page the newspaper carried a news of why his name should be deleted.
Year after year, the Padma Award list is tainted. This year Chatwal
gets Padma Bhushan for being closer to Hilary and Bill Clinton inspite
of 9 million dollars SBI "gafla". Saif Ali Khan gets Padma Shri for shooting
down some endangered specie (Cinkara was it?) and now snatching
someone's girlfriend for long time.
Like Vajpayee had given Padma Bhushan to a surgeon who had replaced
his knees and 5 acres of land, etc. now Manmohan Singh has put the
name of one Dr. Panda for repairing his heart. Home Ministry it seems
prepares a list of Padma Awardees like a Home Maker rewarding the
Kamwali Bai with bonus.
Octogenarian Acharya Janki Ballabh Shastri has rightly turned down the
Padma Shri shaming the Govt. for choosing his juniors much before him.
Since 1991, I am not getting the Padma Award because I refuse to pay
to get my name enlisted. 40 books, over 10,000 lectures in 63 countries,
treated and trained thousands, and the fact that I am the senior most
Naturopath in India who has done so much for Naturopathy. But since
the PM or other leaders do not believe in Nature Cure or Ayurveda
(eventhough we have seven recognised systems of medicine) and since
I criticise the Govt. on principles and faulty policies, they will not enter
my name. Like the Health ministry will not sponsor Zinda Tilismat available
since 1922 (now priced at Rs.40) for Swine Flu, but will order Tami Flu
because the kickbacks received can be deposited directly in the Swiss bank
accounts.
I am aware of one so-called "eminent" cardiologist who was trying this year
furiously to get his name included for Bharat Ratna after getting Padma Vibhushan
last year, as many said, and I repeat, undeservingly.
I challenge you as the Home Minister incharge of preparing this list with the
PMO to prove that the Padma lists this year or last year or year before that were
prepared strictly on merit.
Shame Mr. Home Minister, shame. Atleast, this was not expected of you.
Let me see how you would justify this corruption even in Padma Awards.
Dr. Leo Rebello
28 Samata Nagar, Kandivali East, Mumbai 400101
Tel. 28872741
PADMA LIST AS USUAL TAINTED
To Dear Home Minister P. Chidambaram
On the front page of HT dated 26 Jan 10, Sant Singh Chatwal,
a Hotelier, was listed among "the best and the brightest" for being
chosen for Padma Bhushan for Public Affairs. And on the very next
page the newspaper carried a news of why his name should be deleted.
Year after year, the Padma Award list is tainted. This year Chatwal
gets Padma Bhushan for being closer to Hilary and Bill Clinton inspite
of 9 million dollars SBI "gafla". Saif Ali Khan gets Padma Shri for shooting
down some endangered specie (Cinkara was it?) and now snatching
someone's girlfriend for long time.
Like Vajpayee had given Padma Bhushan to a surgeon who had replaced
his knees and 5 acres of land, etc. now Manmohan Singh has put the
name of one Dr. Panda for repairing his heart. Home Ministry it seems
prepares a list of Padma Awardees like a Home Maker rewarding the
Kamwali Bai with bonus.
Octogenarian Acharya Janki Ballabh Shastri has rightly turned down the
Padma Shri shaming the Govt. for choosing his juniors much before him.
Since 1991, I am not getting the Padma Award because I refuse to pay
to get my name enlisted. 40 books, over 10,000 lectures in 63 countries,
treated and trained thousands, and the fact that I am the senior most
Naturopath in India who has done so much for Naturopathy. But since
the PM or other leaders do not believe in Nature Cure or Ayurveda
(eventhough we have seven recognised systems of medicine) and since
I criticise the Govt. on principles and faulty policies, they will not enter
my name. Like the Health ministry will not sponsor Zinda Tilismat available
since 1922 (now priced at Rs.40) for Swine Flu, but will order Tami Flu
because the kickbacks received can be deposited directly in the Swiss bank
accounts.
I am aware of one so-called "eminent" cardiologist who was trying this year
furiously to get his name included for Bharat Ratna after getting Padma Vibhushan
last year, as many said, and I repeat, undeservingly.
I challenge you as the Home Minister incharge of preparing this list with the
PMO to prove that the Padma lists this year or last year or year before that were
prepared strictly on merit.
Shame Mr. Home Minister, shame. Atleast, this was not expected of you.
Let me see how you would justify this corruption even in Padma Awards.
Dr. Leo Rebello
28 Samata Nagar, Kandivali East, Mumbai 400101
Tel. 28872741
Cloud shrinks IT costs by 90%
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Companies that are using cloud computing are paying as little as one-tenth for the same processing power as they would for equivalent in-house facilities.
This emerged from a floor debate at the Powered by Cloud conference in London this week.
Asked what return on investment they had achieved from their cloud experiments, representatives from mobile network operator Vodafone and TV broadcaster Channel 4 said the cost of their cloud-based processing was a tenth of traditional in-house computing. A speaker for Verizon, which offers cloud computing, said its customers were saving between 25% and 75% of the traditional costs.
Phil Dally, senior enterprise architect for mobile network operator Orange, said the firm had closed two datacentres as a result of the efficiencies achieved by consolidating some applications on cloud servers.
"But that's not the only reason to do it," he added. He said Orange was more motivated by the reduction in time needed to bring a new application or service to market that cloud computing enabled.
The benefits of doing this might justify spending more on the cloud application, he said.
Channel 4's CTO, Bob Harris, echoed this. He cited the launch of the third season of the Skins teenage drama, and the latest Big Brother series, both of which were tightly linked to corresponding websites.
"A lot of people now watch TV while using their laptops," he said. "When a presenter gave a call to action, such as 'vote now', you could see the web traffic peak. It was like a denial of service attack, but this was good traffic," he said.
Channel 4 pre-empted server busy signals by dialling up extra processing power from Amazon's EC2 service on a hour-to-hour basis, Harris said.
William O'Mullane, a scientist with the European Space Agency, said the agency was using The Server Labs processing and Amazon's S3 cloud-based data storage facility to prepare and processes the billion-star sky maps that will be generated by the Gaia project.
He said he had budgeted €1m in 2015 to buy the hardware to process and store in house the 100Tb of data Gaia would produce. He said Amazon was presently costing him €400,000 a year, but they were in talks to reduce this to €300,000 a year. "I may never have to take that [purchase] decision," he said.
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