Case Study: a global network equipment manufacturer boosts release speed and cuts defects with Spirent DevOps Solution

Spirent DevOps Solution Global Network Equipment Manufacturer

A global network equipment manufacturer faced significant challenges with its waterfall quality assurance process. Their unstable, GUI-based automated tests were causing product delays, with up to 40% of development effort spent fixing defects and customers reporting failures. Spirent Communications was engaged to help implement a DevOps solution to improve test automation and coverage.

Spirent delivered a comprehensive solution integrating continuous integration and continuous test capabilities. This included a stable automation framework, Jenkins infrastructure, and extensive virtualization. The results were dramatic: major releases doubled, critical defects plummeted from 1,260 to 10 per release, and automated test coverage soared from under 5% to 85%. The proven solution was so successful that the manufacturer expanded the Spirent implementation from its US facilities to its operations in Europe and Asia Pacific.