Case Study: AOL achieves increased quality and productivity with Parasoft SOAtest

AOL Helps Ensure the Flexibility and Reliability of Their SOA Initiative withParasoft SOAtest

AOL, a global web‑services company undergoing a move from a subscription ISP model to a service‑oriented architecture (SOA), needed a reliable, scalable way to validate its Web services during that transformation. The challenge was to rapidly create and run comprehensive SOA tests, customize testing to specific service implementations, and scale testing across QA and development without inflating QA staffing or missing aggressive deadlines.

AOL adopted Parasoft SOAtest, which proved easy to start with (tests up and running within an hour) and automated test creation from existing WSDLs, reducing manual test setup. The tool and Parasoft’s support sped test preparation and execution, boosted individual QA productivity by an estimated 30–40%, enabled broader use across QA and development, and helped AOL maintain a 2:1 developer‑to‑QA ratio while meeting delivery targets.

AOL

Hemadri Dasari

Lead QA Engineer