Software testing company Tricentis has recently
been chosen by SAP for a strategic partnership in
the space, as Founder and Chief Strategy Officer
Wolfgang Platz explains: “This partnership goes
beyond anything that SAP has previously gone for
with a vendor, because it is not just about
reselling or sharing products. It is also about
sharing development.” SAP’s choice was informed
by Tricentis’ reputation in the field. “We are
viewed as the global leader in software testing,
with about 2000 enterprise customers,” says
Platz. “The who’s who of big industries such as
insurance, financial services, banks, etcetera are
with us, so there’s a large overlap of customers
between SAP and Tricentis.”
Tricentis has been at the forefront of changing
the software testing industry via automation. “It
has changed because of us,” says Platz. “What we
have brought to the table is the opportunity to
achieve new levels of automation. In former days,
software test automation always required
programming skills. You needed to be a developer.
But we have changed this completely by evolving
that process into a business discipline.”Tricentis is continuing to innovate, adding new
levels of automation by applying artificial
intelligence and democratising access to testing.
“It opens up a completely new category of testers
to become productive, because you don’t need
to know anything about the technology in the
background,” he says. One way that’s achieved is
using AI to create an automated sequence from a
video of a user interacting with an application.
Such innovations are lessening the burden of
software testing - especially important for
frequently updated software such as SAP’s
offering. “People dislike upgrading because they
need to test everything, so what they try to do is
stay on an old version for as long as possible -
one customer didn’t update anything for eight
years!” says Platz. “What we can do with our
software is find out what the bare minimum of
testing should be, so that you don’t face a risky
go-live. Through that, we can reduce testing
efforts by up to 85%, bringing huge benefits. This
is what we bring to the market. This is what SAP
found particularly exciting about us. And that is
why we are now shaking hands.”Tricentis
and SAP:
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Tricentis’ founder and
CSO Wolfgang Platz on
the company ’s software
testing capabilities and
its partnership with SAP