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Borland Software and VMware have announced an integration arrangement that lets software development organizations perform multi-configuration and cross-platform software application testing via virtualization. Borland will deliver native support for virtual lab environments by integrating Borland SilkCentral Test Manager 2007 with VMware Lab Manager 2.5.

SilkCentral Test Manager 2007 will extend test management reach and coverage with access to virtualized test environments in VMware Lab Manager, thereby addressing the development teams need to fully test applications across multiple configurations and platforms without having to maintain multiple separate, physical test labs.

By calling VMware Lab Manager environments directly from SilkCentral Test Manager, users can create and assign individual tests to run on many different configurations or platforms without the high costs of hardware or the time needed to administer physical systems. Productivity can also be improved by optimizing the use of virtualized infrastructure, allowing pooled resources to be shared across testing and development teams.

The integration lets users provision even the most complex development and test environments in minutes, rather than days, and shave significant time off software development cycles through rapid, automated setup and teardown. Once a test run is started, the integration works seamlessly with VMware Lab Manager to deploy the requested virtual environments, run all tests, collect data from the systems, and shut them down again when completed.

"Virtualization is one of the hottest, game-changing trends in the IT industry today and offers an attractive value proposition for organizations challenged with complex testing environments," said Brad Johnson, director of product marketing, Lifecycle Quality Management, Borland Software. "Borland is embracing the rapid adoption of virtualization technologies not with a 'plug-in' approach, but with the only tightly integrated solution developed in collaboration with the virtualization market leader. We expect this first-of-its-kind, UI-level integration to allow customers to raise the bar on software quality and accelerate the delivery lifecycle."

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