Case Study: Consul achieves compliant, high-performing TCIM migration testing with ScienceSoft

Consul boosts TCIM testing coverage and saves 25% of test time with ScienceSoft

Consul Risk Management, a policy-based security audit and compliance company, faced a complex challenge after its acquisition by IBM. Its product, the Consul InSight Suite (later renamed Tivoli Compliance Insight Manager), needed to be integrated into the IBM Tivoli environment. This required migrating from an Oracle to a DB2 database, changing the user authentication system, and complying with new IBM standards. ScienceSoft was tasked with performing all testing, including system, performance, and internationalization tests, to ensure a successful transition without any loss of functionality or performance.

ScienceSoft implemented a comprehensive testing solution that included automated, performance, manual functional, and security testing. They created a test API for automation and developed unit tests for the database migration, saving significant time for the conversion team. Their manual testing was optimized through test case reuse and collaboration, saving about 25% of test time. As a result, ScienceSoft successfully delivered the project on schedule with full transparency to IBM management, ensuring the product's performance was maintained and its security met high IBM standards.

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