{"id":939,"date":"2016-02-08T06:09:09","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T12:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cigniti.com\/blog\/?p=939"},"modified":"2024-05-14T11:03:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T05:33:42","slug":"why-should-an-organization-embrace-digital-assurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cigniti.com\/blog\/why-should-an-organization-embrace-digital-assurance\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Should an Organization Embrace Digital Assurance?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We have been hearing the term \u2018Digital\u2019 for ages. The concept is as old as when the Atanasoff\u2013Berry Computer (ABC), the first \u201cautomatic electronic digital computer,\u201d was invented in 1942. So when we talk \u2018Digital\u2019, some folks may tend to think that it\u2019s just repackaging the same old concept in a new envelope.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:300,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">But they are wrong! It\u2019s a bold new world out there that has brought a paradigm shift in the way we think, view, and operate our lives and businesses.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:300,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To bring more context into what has changed, glaze through the following figures:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:300,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The global IOT market is expected to touch <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">$8.9 Trillion by 2020 <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/internet-of-things-8-9-trillion-market-in-2020-212-billion-connected-things\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Source<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The worldwide big data &amp; analytics market is now more than <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">$125 billion <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/gilpress\/2014\/12\/11\/6-predictions-for-the-125-billion-big-data-analytics-market-in-2015\/#36b9e0532b20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Source<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Google processes over <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">100 billion<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> searches per month (<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.internetlivestats.com\/google-search-statistics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Source<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Worldwide Public Cloud Services market is expected to cross <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">$100 billion (<\/span><\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/cio\/2012\/09\/20\/the-morning-download-big-data-and-the-cloud-transform-hr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Source<\/span><\/a><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">)<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">There are more than <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">7 billion<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Mobile devices in the world (<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/singularityhub.com\/2014\/02\/18\/there-are-7-billion-mobile-devices-on-earth-almost-one-for-each-person\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Source<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"6\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Facebook has over <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">55 billion <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">monthly active users (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Source<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:260,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">These figures clearly drive the point that we are living in the digital era and those who will embrace this unavoidable change will survive; others should be ready to face the inevitable.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:300,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Most of us often tend to confuse \u2018Digital\u2019 with Digital Marketing, Digital Commerce, or Web &amp; Content Management Systems. It is important to understand that these are critical elements of the Digital Universe, but its boundaries extend far beyond these domains.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:300,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The critical priority for most of the organizations now is how to adapt to this digital transformation wave and add new services while ensuring their core functionalities are not adversely impacted. This has led to the emergence of the concept of Digital Assurance.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:300,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">So, what exactly is <strong>Digital Assurance<\/strong>?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cigniti.com\/services\/digital-assurance-testing\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Digital Assurance<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> is a set of quality assurance practices to ensure smooth interactions between various components of Digital Ecosystems encompassing interconnected people, processes and things cutting across the Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud stack.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:300,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Digital Assurance practices have become critical for an organization considering the complexities of the environment and the challenges which an organization faces in its journey to become a fully Digital Enterprise.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:300,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p aria-level=\"2\"><strong>Top 5 factors driving an organization to embrace Digital Assurance Services<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Digital is Complex<\/strong><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:320,&quot;335559739&quot;:260,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The most difficult challenge comes from the complexities arising from the nexus of forces \u2013 Social-Mobile-Analytics-Cloud, to ensure that they work in synchronization with organizational goals.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:260,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"4\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Digital makes an organization vulnerable to Security Threats<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:320,&quot;335559739&quot;:260,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Security is of paramount importance specifically in an interconnected world. The smart interconnected ecosystems on one side enable an unimaginable world of possibilities, but it makes the entire system highly vulnerable to security threats, if not properly configured and tested, on the flip side.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:260,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"5\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Digital needs to leverage your Legacy Infrastructure<\/strong><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:320,&quot;335559739&quot;:260,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This is again the next important challenge, specifically with those enterprises that are not born digital. They need to change their organizational DNA both from a cultural perspective and from a legacy IT infrastructure standpoint. Ensuring their core functionalities are not impacted as they chart their path toward Digital Infrastructure can be very challenging.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:260,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"6\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Digital can make or break your Customer Experience<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Delivering enhanced customer experience while leveraging a variety of components of the Digital Ecosystem becomes challenging. Ensuring each component delivers optimum performance leading to customer delight becomes difficult as an organization becomes more digitally mature.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:260,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Digital demands Agility<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Being agile through continuous quality assurance initiatives and automating processes to ensure shorter delivery cycles have become critical in a highly dynamic digital landscape.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:260,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p aria-level=\"2\"><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It is important for any organization to adopt <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cigniti.com\/services\/digital-assurance-testing\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Digital Assurance practices<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and choose a reliable service provider who can comprehensively address each dimension as captured above.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:300,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A successful Digital Assurance initiative will help an organization achieve reduced time to market, better quality while ensuring scalability. In our next blog post on Digital Assurance, we will cover in detail various testing services under Digital Assurance.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have been hearing the term \u2018Digital\u2019 for ages. The concept is as old as when the Atanasoff\u2013Berry Computer (ABC), the first \u201cautomatic electronic digital computer,\u201d was invented in 1942. So when we talk \u2018Digital\u2019, some folks may tend to think that it\u2019s just repackaging the same old concept in a new envelope.\u00a0\u00a0 But they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[193],"tags":[275,278,277,279,276],"ppma_author":[3736],"class_list":["post-939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digital-testing","tag-digital-assurance","tag-digital-assurance-testing","tag-digital-quality-assurance","tag-digital-transformation-testing","tag-transformation-testing"],"authors":[{"term_id":3736,"user_id":2,"is_guest":0,"slug":"admin","display_name":"Cigniti Technologies","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/www.cigniti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/120X120-1.png","url2x":"https:\/\/www.cigniti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/120X120-1.png"},"user_url":"http:\/\/www.cigniti.com\/","last_name":"Technologies","first_name":"Cigniti","job_title":"","description":"Cigniti is the world\u2019s leading AI &amp; IP-led Digital Assurance and Digital Engineering services company with offices in India, the USA, Canada, the UK, the UAE, Australia, South Africa, the Czech Republic, and Singapore. 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