企业测试实验室转型的典范

A Model forEnterprise Test LabTransformation An Automation Journey Roadmap What’s inside. The Evolving Technology Landscape3Traditional Enterprise Test Lab Challenges4The Impact of Modernization6The Path to Modernization7Test Lab Transformation Case Studies9Lab Transformation Value and Benefits11Choosing the Right Lab Transformation Solution14How Spirent Can Help15 The Evolving Technology Landscape In a years-long process managing the challenges of digital transformation, a wide rangeof enterprise organizations have assessed and adopted an array of disruptive technologies. These technologies include software-defined networks (SDN), SD-WAN, Zero Trust (ZT), Secure Web Gateways, Secure AccessService Edge (SASE), private networks for enterprise environments (and more), to provide the leading edge of enhancement andinnovation. A commensurate ripple effect has been witnessed with enterprises. This has resulted in notable developments. Compounding Complexity. The latestsoftware-based architectures embracedisaggregated, multi-vendor openenvironments and infrastructure cloudification.Dynamic, real-time, scalable operationshave become essential. Regulatory Compliance.Failing to actively monitorand enforce compliance can cause severe businessimpacts, including the risk of fines and mandatoryremediation processes. This can lead to damagingan organization’s reputation and erosion of trust.Lapses in compliance also threatens the integrityand security of the network. Surging Costs.Increased complexity often leadsto increased costs. Too often, underutilizedequipment is owned by individual teams in rigid,siloed lab environments that don’t scale. Manualtest setup and execution can take weeks to setup,execute, and tear down lab environments. A range of enterprises are facing the waves of this technology disruption and are looking to build intelligent strategies to remaincompetitive, including modernizing and automating lab and test infrastructures and processes. A growing number of enterprises recognize they need to test, want to minimize the costs, maximize productivity, and are lookingfor ways to dramatically reduce Capex and Opex by modernizing their lab and test infrastructures. The transformation of testlabs is in its early stages, with financial institutions among the early adopters. These institutions, where high-speed, reliablenetworks are crucial for delivering immediate service to clients, have the budgets and competitive pressures to automateprocesses early. These investments give them a distinct competitive advantage bringing services to market early, and offeringstrategies that other large organizations can emulate. Highlighting the financial enterprise journey, this eBook presents the challenges IT enterprise test labs face as they evolve tosupport sweeping technology changes, the value of lab and test automation and modernization, and proven strategies forsuccess – regardless of where adopters may be in the test lab transformation journey. Traditional Enterprise Test Lab Challenges This testing model lacks scalability and doesn’t address the growingcomplexity, rising costs, and need for rapid issue resolution tomaintain customer satisfaction. In engagements with enterprise customersglobally, Spirent has observed a range of recurringchallenges traditional test labs face in a newtechnology landscape: •Duplicated efforts. Siloed teams, labs, and processes, hamperedby test tool redundancy or usage conflicts and unsynchronizedtesting cases lead to lower productivity as test teams fail tocommunicate effectively and may lack intrinsic value. Increasedcosts and overbudgeting for test gear are a result of redundanttesting processes and unused equipment inventories. •Too many silos. Traditional test labs have supported a hardware-oriented, single-vendor, physical network. The labs tend to comprisesilos segregated by geographical location, dedicated test teams, orboth, and are focused narrowly on specific capabilities. As enterprise stakeholders come to terms with these limitations, theyare rethinking lab and test infrastructures and processes, recognizingthe need for transformation. However, goals must be clearly definedand aligned with business requirements before new strategies can bedeveloped and executed. •Narrow testing scope. Since interoperability and integration testingare not performed across siloed teams and labs, or environments,issues are too often found only once they have propagated intodeployment in the live network. Lack of integration testing increasesincident risk and impacts customer satisfaction. AMPLIFY AUTOMATION •Testing processes take too long. Setting up labs for tests is amanual process often requiring six weeks, or more. Each lab testcampaign may require months to build test plans and execute tests. Identifying the range of critical challenges organizations face with their testlabs is the foundational step to developing a comprehensive test labtransformation solution. EN