Gartner defines AI-augmented software testing tools as enablers of continuous, self-optimizing and adaptive automated testing through the use of AI technologies. The capabilities run the gamut of the testing life cycle including test scenario and test case generation, test automation generation, test suite optimization and prioritization, test analysis and defect prediction as well as test effort estimation and decision making. These tools help software engineering teams to increase test coverage, test efficacy and robustness. They assist humans in their testing efforts and reduce the need for human intervention in the different phases of testing.
“Application testing services” is a comprehensive term for the verification and validation services that support quality control and quality assurance (QA) of clients’ applications. Verification assesses whether a product/application or service complies with regulations, requirements, specifications or enforced constraints. Validation typically involves engagement with external customers to confirm suitability and acceptance. Infrastructure testing services, mobile device testing and software testing tools created for the market by independent software vendors (ISVs) are not included in this definition.
DCO/HIMS is composed of the following Data center outsourcing services: Managed services for traditional data center (DC) environments: Mainframe managed services ERP hosting managed services Managed servers and network equipment Managed services for hosted and private cloud infrastructure Managed services for public cloud and edge environments: Hybrid infrastructure managed services Data center consolidation and transformation services Cloud migration services This complex set of data center capabilities and services is increasingly based on managed virtual private cloud services plus hyperscale public cloud services. It is managed via a mix of remote infrastructure management (RIM) services leveraging traditional tools, cloud management platforms (CMPs), and intelligent automation and/or hyperautomation.
Gartner defines the student information system (SIS) as the core system of record for higher education institutions that serves as the central hub for storing, organizing and processing student academic and administrative activities. The SIS supports student, faculty and staff-facing functionality, including management of information assets, while also supporting back-end administrative functionality. Current market offerings vary in size, scope, regionalization, functional capability and delivery options. Serving the students, faculty and administrative staff, the SIS provides a chronology of individual business transactions, academic activity, advising interactions and educational outcomes. Additionally, it manages vital student assets, including course offerings, course catalogs, course registrations, financial aid, grades and transcripts throughout the student life cycle. Offerings can range from individual components to enterprise wide integrated solutions, or they may be part of a larger administrative ERP application suite.
Gartner defines public cloud IT transformation services (PCITS) as services designed to deliver transformational outcomes via the utilization of cloud-native professional and managed services. It includes migration, modernization and the building of new transformational solutions on public hyperscale cloud infrastructure and platform services. Organizations seeking to use public clouds such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and similar platforms engage with providers in this market to realize the greatest transformational benefits. PCITS transforms client applications, workloads and data to the public cloud to achieve their clients’ business outcomes. It makes primary use of cloud-native tools and manages IT operations in the public cloud. It encapsulates cloud management, optimization and modernization to continuously manage reliability, scalability, interoperability and more.