1. What is the need for third party testing? We have a testing team that takes care of testing needs.
Ans. Independent third party testing brings a fresh perspective and an unbiased opinion on issues of software problems and risks. An independent testing company focuses on testing with well-developed processes compared to an in-house department and helps to identify defects earlier on in the development cycle and provide complete coverage to testing. Organizations having in-house testing departments are often are not able to find and train testing professionals. Involving an independent QA and testing vendor from initial stages in the software development lifecycle will not only reduce costs to the organization but also provide objective observations, which can become very powerful marketing material.


2. How does STAG provide independent and objective testing services? How does it protect its independence and objectivity?
Ans. As a nonpartisan testing service provider, we provide unbiased, uninhibited and realistic recommendations to our customers. We maintain our objectivity by not aligning ourselves with any vendor.


3. We are in the process of selecting a partner for testing services. What do I look for?
Ans. The process of evaluating a partner for testing services is a challenging task in today's environment. However, the task becomes easy when you are clear about your objectives and equipped with a list of criteria during the evaluation stage. You need to evaluate your testing partner based on parameters such as business focus, testing methodology, testing infrastructure, personnel, communications infrastructure and security procedures.


4. Is testing and certification same? How can you help us?
Ans. Certification and testing are two different services. Companies that offer Certification Programs generally certify that a vendor's software works with a particular operating system, or platform. Therefore, while certification means that an application would run smoothly in a given environment, testing aims to test the efficacy of the application itself. Testing a software application involves testing for functionality, performance, user acceptance etc. Certification is therefore not something that cannot be in lieu of testing. The framework and the tests done for certification are different from the one done for testing. As an independent software testing company, we are able to offer our customers unbiased third party evaluation. Through our highly developed processes and focused approach, we have been able to identify defects earlier in the development cycle and provide optimized test coverage.