iLAB - Software Testing, Project Management, Quality and IT Governance

Solutions

We have structured our Testing Service offerings into solutions to meet each customer's needs. These solutions are:

Provision of test resources
Delivery of test projects (ad hoc)
Test competency development
Full outsource of the testing function
Co-sourcing of testing contingent
Off-shoring
Test process improvement

Software Failure

Military satellite

In April of 1999, a software bug caused the failure of a $1.2 billion military satellite launch, the costliest unmanned accident in the history of Cape Canaveral launches. The failure was the latest in a string of launch failures, triggering a complete military and industry review of U.S. space launch programs, including software integration and testing processes. Congressional oversight hearings were requested

Data Communication

In April of 1998 a major U.S. data communications network failed for 24 hours, crippling a large part of some U.S. credit card transaction authorisation systems as well as other large U.S. bank, retail and government data systems. The cause was eventually traced to a software bug