Open Source and Homegrown is Not the Only Free Test Management Option

Fremont, CA., December, 2011 – Zephyr, the fastest growing provider of real-time Test Management solutions, today announced that the company has surpassed the 500 customer mark for Community Edition. Zephyr passed this milestone in four months as Community Edition was introduced to the world on September 1, 2011. This explosive growth rate shows that spreadsheets and open source tools are not cutting it for small and enterprise size testing teams, alike.

“Prior to Zephyr, we used a combination of Excel and a homegrown repository to manage our testing cycles. It was time consuming and difficult to figure out which testers were struggling and which testers were doing really well,” said Serena Boggs, Test Manager for the State of Maine. “With Zephyr, I can quickly reassign senior quality engineers to create additional test cases, manage the testing effort, or test the more complex features of the application.”

Limitations of spreadsheets

• Individuals work off their own spreadsheets
• Mornings/evenings are spent creating status reports
• Vulnerable to misinterpretations and errors
• Information is shared when requested
• Lose the sense of a central storage

Limitations of open source

• Very limited support, issues get fixed on the community’s schedule
• Performance degradations with thousands of testcases and 10-100’s of users
• Usually needs customizations to meet enterprise requirements, customizations can limit upgrade ability
• Information is shared when requested, no real-time metrics
• Minimal support for automation and defect tracking integration
• Limited out of the box reporting capability

“Zephyr was founded on a simple yet powerful premise – to make test management easier, test cycles faster and test teams more effective,” said Samir Shah, CEO, Zephyr. “Software testing is more important to companies than ever before because customers demand higher quality and want products faster. Zephyr is the only Test Management solution to offer real-time reporting and metrics, fostering better collaboration and instant insight into all aspects of the testing process. The 500 customer mark demonstrates our commitment to making our customers wildly successful.”

About Zephyr
Zephyr is a leading provider of on-demand, real-time enterprise test management solutions, offering innovative applications and unparalleled, metrics based visibility via real time dashboards into the quality and status of software projects. The feature rich solution addresses today’s dynamic and global needs across a variety of industries including finance, healthcare, mobile, IT services, and enterprise software. Zephyr’s global customers experience improved productivity, faster time to market and dramatic cost savings. For more information, please visit www.getzephyr.com