BOSTON, USA: uTest has announced General Availability (GA) of its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) marketplace for software application testing – providing software companies with on-demand testing services by a global community of professional software testers – the "uTester Community." uTest has assembled the first, only and largest on-demand worldwide pool of professional software testers delivering a full range of testing services: functional, usability, load, and performance testing, to support the diverse and broad needs of a global clientele.

"Software application testing is an incredibly dynamic field and we are seeing significant changes and advances regularly," said Rona Shuchat, director of application outsourcing services, IDC. "uTest's model could very well be indicative of where the future of software testing services are headed. With pressures surrounding faster time-to-market, customer-control of testing environments and rapidly remediating application defects, it makes sense to provide a SaaS-based on-demand model to effectively address these concerns."

The uTest model represents an evolution in traditional software application testing. By offering virtual on-demand testing services and a Pay-for-Performance business model, uTest provides its clientele a tremendous resource, with flexibility regarding platform, environment, geographic location, and budget.

"uTest's performance has been outstanding," said Peter Clegg, director of program services, Move Networks, Inc. "The real-time, real-world reports from the uTester Community provide us with accurate and specific feedback we can turn into actionable business items. We are now able to focus on areas of the applications that need improvement, pinpoint our development efforts, and significantly improve product quality and overall customer satisfaction."

uTest is also an essential partner for Agile development. Agile's highly adaptive, continuously evolving framework requires up-to-the-minute testing. uTest's global community of testers are well-versed in Agile technologies and provide immediate feedback so you can take your software to the next level.

"As an Agile development shop, we now see a noticeable increase in our product's quality due to uTest," said James McElhiney, chief technology officer, Second Rotation, Inc. "We have a vast increase in testing volume and browser/system coverage which give us confidence when we release our systems to production. uTest has allowed us to increase our test coverage while decreasing the amount of bugs, man power, time, and money spent on testing."

Unlike traditional outsourcing companies, uTest does not require a long-term contract, is not limited to a lab environment, and delivers a greater diversity of tester skill-sets – from novice to expert – to optimize real-world testing. Customers in need of on-demand software testing can now instantly create a uTest account, testing budget, and create as well as post a release cycle for testing by the uTester Community.

"There are approximately 75,000 professional testers worldwide and we are honored that 10 percent to date have joined our community," said Doron Reuveni, chief executive officer, uTest. "We already have a healthy and growing customer roster of large and mid-tier corporations as well as innovative start-ups adopting our services. The fact that every uTest customer is available as a reference, and that we are receiving excellent feedback on the quality of our testing platform and the professionalism of our testing community, continues to validate the need and cost-effectiveness of our business value to the software development marketplace."