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As new standalone cores roll out, 5G is fully embracing the cloud. Early movers have many lessons learned, but one critical takeaway is that the cloud breaks 5G testing as we know it. Traditional manual validation testing simply can't keep up with the constant stream of releases of cloud-native functions and compute and connectivity infrastructure across an expanded set of 5G vendors. Join our team of experts, Heavy Reading Principal Analyst, Ruth Brown, Spirent Head of Strategy, Steve Douglas, and Spirent VP of Global Business Solutions, Chris O'Loughlin, as they explain why 5G is disrupting traditional testing and share how 5G leaders are adopting automation and "as a service" models to reinvent testing for the 5G cloud.

The hybrid workforce – blending on-site, remote and work from home (WFH) – along with new cloud use cases are being adopted rapidly and it’s redefining traditional networking in the process. With the advent of 5G, the attack surface is growing at a rapid pace and becoming highly complex as cybersecurity attacks and attackers keep getting smarter. Staying a step ahead requires knowing your security vulnerabilities, elevating the urgency of holistic security.

The benefits of CI/CD (continuous integration and continuous delivery) through DevOps adoption have been increasingly sought in today’s fast evolving technology landscape for the agility it offers development and the stability it provides to operations through the automation of the technology lifecycle. A growing number of leaders view CI/CD as the solution to help maintain their competitive edge. Too often overlooked in the big picture, however, is the importance of continuous testing (CT) to make all that possible. The compelling business benefits that flow from getting it right are significant: heightened productivity, accelerated speed to market, improved quality and substantial cost savings. The fundamental significance of effective CT and methods of fostering its success in an organization’s overall CI/CD strategy is the focus of this white paper.

Telecommunication network carriers, services providers, equipment manufacturers, suppliers, and enterprise organizations have common areas of concern with controlling power and cooling costs in their test labs. In addition, Sustainability and minimizing impacts to the environment are in focus.

Network vendors, cloud service providers (CSPs), hyperscalers, and a majority of tech companies, seek a dramatic increase in the level of automation for their testing, while striving to implement a continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) innovation pipeline.

As budgets tighten and complexity intensifies, the new generation of 5G technology demands new investments and strategies. Companies are forced to rethink whether the traditional validation model still works for them. They ask: “Is testing a core competency?”

This white paper provides an overview of testing requirements within the 5G domain, offering insights on proven effective next-generation testing automation solutions. This paper covers the following:

The selection of the right lab and test automation strategy, addressing three key priorities, can effectively address an organization’s essential test and assurance priorities.

SPs need unbiased industry-recognized benchmarking to validate their mobile network’s performance for latency, optimal gaming experience and to identify areas for service optimization.