This ebook showcases insights and trends observed in the software testing space based on individual experiences, leading analyst reports, empirical findings, and observations from independent testing services providers. It emphasizes on the top 10 testing trends that every testing organization and practitioner should watch out and align to stay ahead.

Current estimates suggest widespread adoption of open source software (OSS) in organizations worldwide. Compared to sectors such as operating systems and big data, adoption in the security and identity management sector has been low until now. While there were a number of open source projects around libraries for security and identity management-related functionalities, there were only a few projects based on an end-to-end security or identity and access management (IAM) solution.

With the fast-growing popularity of cloud computing, an increasing number of organizations are now moving towards cloud-based solutions. Gartner predicts that1, "by 2020, 90 percent of organizations will adopt hybrid infrastructure management" where some parts of a solution would be in the cloud while other parts would be in traditional on-premises data centers.

Organizations across all industries need more accurate and faster business insights, and finance teams are producing an ever-increasing volume of operational reports to meet that need.

Budgets are critically important. For the CFO's standpoint, budgets are the roadmap for an organization's future. As budgeting and planning take on more importance in the wake of financial uncertainty, the economic landscape calls for transformation and innovation.

Forecast latency, throughput and headroom before every deploy.

Identity and access management (IAM) is the efficient integration and management of identities, giving users access to the right resources at the right time. Identity is no longer a mere security project for enterprises. In the integration and API domain, as businesses continue to increase the number of internal and third-party APIs, it's more important than ever that APIs are integrated and governed securely. In the user domain, with increasing user identity spaces, company-wide policies, complex structure hierarchies and roles, regulatory pressures, and customer-facing applications, security becomes a bigger challenge each day for identity architects and administrators.

A unique combination of evolving tax regimes and regulations, disruption to global trade triggered by the pandemic, a strengthening focus on the environmental, social and governance (ESG) agenda, and increasingly powerful technologies is bringing about change for multinational companies and their tax teams. It's also creating an exciting opportunity to completely reset multinational enterprises' (MNEs) approach to tax planning and forecasting by investing in high performance software. This will enable tax teams and professionals to add significant value to their organizations.