With Perfecto, we are trying to automate our mobile test cases. These are test cases that run on mobile devices including Android and iOS phones, as well as Android tablets and iPads.
We are a financial institution and we rely on dedicated devices within a private cloud. Due to the sensitivity of our data, it is mandated that we use a private cloud.
I am the director of automation and analytics within our digital portfolio. We use Perfecto for the visualization and reporting of test results, including the relevant numbers.
We leverage Perfecto for reporting and analytics, and in that regard, it provides good reporting features. In terms of analytics, Perfecto still doesn't have predictive modeling or similar analytics features in the tool. In terms of the features that it does have, we use them to the fullest.
We make use of the Perfecto Reports dashboard. Within the framework, we use the Allure reports for automation execution.
We are using the Perfecto cloud for both real and virtual devices. For example, we have some cradles for real devices that we have licenses for, we have virtual devices by means of emulators and simulators, and we have browsers. These are the three types of licenses that we have.
The physical devices are sitting in the Perfecto device lab. The emulators and simulators work to simulate Android and iOS devices, and the browsers are separate again. As the main testing platform for our operations, the device lab is very important to us. We used to do everything in-house, which required on-premises infrastructure to do so. We got rid of the VMs and our physical machines, including our Macs. This is, in fact, one of the reasons that we chose Perfecto.
The fact that the device lab provides same-day access to new devices is a good thing for us. We have an SLA for procurement and if we need a new device, our SLA stipulates that Perfecto has a certain number of days to procure it. We are happy because when a new device becomes available, we get instant access.
Another example of how Perfecto has helped to improve our organization happened during COVID. Sometimes during the pandemic, when we were working away from the office but still had the on-premises infrastructure, somebody would have to travel to the office only to restart a mobile device or a Mac machine. We no longer have to do that and that's a big relief for us.
When it comes to procurement, when Apple or Samsung launches a new device, all we have to do is pass the request to Perfecto. This is an example of where we save on infrastructure but it's not the only advantage. We are able to execute all of our tests in parallel on different cloud devices. Previously, we were challenged in terms of scalability with local infrastructure. Now, scalability is not a challenge and we can add as many virtual devices, running in parallel, as we need. Previously, we were limited to running a few devices in-house and using a few different browsers.
Perfecto has helped to speed up our testing effort. This is true both in terms of time to market and in terms of execution time.