PHILADELPHIA, LONDON and HYDERABAD, India, September 28, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- AppLabs (http://applabs.com) today announced that NelsonHall (http://www.nelson-hall.com) , the leading analyst and advisory firm, in its report - Software Testing Assessment and Forecast, 2010-11, named AppLabs as the largest Software Testing Services ( http://applabs.com/html/test-center-of-excellence.html) (STS) pure-play globally.

Dominique Raviart, Analyst with NelsonHall and the author of this report said The true differentiating factor of AppLabs is its scale: AppLabs is the largest (by headcount) software testing pure-play globally. Currently, 25% of clients deliberately award their application development/systems integration and software testing to two different parties. The approach is in particular in use by organizations that want to control the software development activities of their (internal or external) developing organization, want an objective and external view of the quality of the software developed, or prefer using a software testing pure-play with a focused approach. For this client segment, AppLabs, with its positioning as multi-sector specialist, is a strong option.

The report highlights AppLabs' scale and multi-sector specialist tag, more focused and deeper offering around key client verticals such as stock exchanges, ecommerce web sites, Siebel application testing in the insurance sector in addition to considerable investment in software testing automation through development tools and reusable artifacts. In the client engagement section of the report AppLabs' Test Center of Excellence and proprietary SCORE (standardization-centralization-optimization-review and expand) methodology has received considerable attention.

We are delighted to be recognized as the largest Software Testing Services company by NelsonHall, said Sashi Reddi, Founder, Chairman and CEO of AppLabs. We will continue to invest in innovation so that our customers can benefit from productivity enhancing tools and methodologies that AppLabs has pioneered. Our mission remains driving quality in our customer's IT applications using global best practices.

Please click on the link to read the report: http://applabs.com/html/nelsonhall-report-september-2010.html

About AppLabs: http://www.applabs.com

Press Contacts: Vijayalakshmi K AppLabs Mobile: +91-98490-83391 vijaya.lakshmi@applabs.com Priyangshu Dutta Adfactors PR Pvt Ltd Mob: +91-97175387878 priyangshu.dutta@adfactorspr.com

SOURCE: AppLabs

CONTACT: Press Contacts: Vijayalakshmi K, AppLabs, Mobile:+91-98490-83391, vijaya.lakshmi@applabs.com; Priyangshu Dutta, Adfactors PRPvt Ltd, Mob: +91-97175387878, priyangshu.dutta@adfactorspr.com