Test Automation Alliance

Achieving seamless, straightforward, sustainable and cost effective test automation is a significant challenge for lab managers. TAA offers a unique IP test framework called Automation Continuum™, which integrates best-in-class test lab and test management technologies to achieve seamless, sustainable and cost effective test automation.

TAA unified framework maximizes capital expenses through optimized utilization of lab resources and minimizes operational expenses to introduce or automate new technologies. The TAA members enable test labs with these financial benefits by delivering on following TAA objectives:

• Deliver a productivity leap in testing IP networks: Empower the test operator with needed applications/interfaces to automate and re-use test cases without programming skills
• Reduce cost of ownership for home grown test automated systems: Establish automation ecosystem of best-in-class tools to drive standards that promotes low cost of integrating new technology and maintaining automation
• Enable a community of supportive, test automation experts: Develop community of test operators/innovators promoting standards, test cases and sharing ‘leap’ productivity tools/ideas

TAA Members Include

Member	Competencies	Tools
	Service provider and network emulation, network test design, test case authoring & results analysis	Spirent TestCenter, Avalanche, Abacus, Landslide, AX, Smartbits
	Topology management of physical infrastructure automation, resource sharing & utilization optimization	Gale Technologies
	System test configuration, system test case authoring, test management, system reporting	Fanfare iTest Team
	Physical layer connectivity, power management & remote presence	MRV Media Cross Connect
	End-to-End Impairment Emulation	Network Impairment Emulator

 

TAA Automation Continuum delivers an integrated, modular multi-vendor, multi-layer test framework with test and lab management capabilities covering operations, test, systems and device automation. Test and lab management features include:

Test Management

• Large-scale, real-world emulation for service providers and networks
• Existing, configurable IP bench marking test packages
• Build powerful test analysis logic, pass/fail test criteria with branching, without scripting
• Establish a repeatable test case environment across teams and companies
• View test run summary and browse detail test results stored in database
• Schedule tests and archive results in central database

Lab Management

• Visual topology editor with discovery for configuring and controlling lab devices including power and connectivity
• Deterministic/queued device scheduling
• Multi-user, access privileges, and priorities
• Automate devices via command line interfaces, web interfaces, SNMP, command shells, HTTP, Tcl, and more
• Save, edit, and quickly recall device configurations
• Integrate environment with existing testing infrastructures and processes