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RS Software, Paragon Application Systems aim to meet demand for next-gen testing solutions

January 13, 2017

Paragon Application Systems, a provider testing solutions, has partnered with RS Software India Ltd., a provider of digital payment technology solutions, to address a growing demand for testing solutions that provide better automation and more comprehensive code coverage.

The companies aim to help financial services providers avoid costs and risks associated with the use of legacy testing tools, according to a press release.

The Paragon testing solutions suite automates and virtualizes end-to-end testing of payment systems and ATM networks while optimizing legacy and digital testing assets and freeing staff from from manual, repetitive tasks.

RS Software expertise with high performance, high availability networks will enhance the testing solutions by adding the knowledge and support to address specific needs.

"The payments landscape has grown increasingly more complex over the past decade," Paragon CEO Jim Perry said in the release. "A steep increase in the number and variety of endpoints, an expanding number of consumer devices and payment apps, the rising expectation of 'always-on' availability and increased levels of regulatory scrutiny have all contributed to that fact."

Perry said testing methodologies used to ensure the reliability of e-payment systems simply have not kept pace with changes, a situation that the partners hope to correct.

"The majority of payments testing today involves quality assurance staff manually running isolated tests using desktop tools located in physical labs," RS Software Chairman Raj Jain said. "Because this manual method forces testers to conduct a wide array of tests in an attempt to locate critical errors — something akin to shooting in the dark at times — often only around 20 percent or less of the desired scenarios are actually tested, leaving entirely too much to chance. With our partnership with Paragon, we will strive to increase code coverage and improve the way testing is conducted for organizations across the globe."