Software Testing Market forecast

It's always interesting to see how different news services treat the same piece of news. Take for example the report by Ovum on the future of software testing. ITWire chose to run an item on it under the headline Global growth slowdown in software & systems testing services

The heady rates of growth in outsourced and in-house software and systems testing services that characterised the market over the past four years are over, but there’s still growth, albeit at a much slower rate.

Global advisory and consulting firm, Ovum, in its latest report, says that growth in outsourced testing services is outpacing that of in-house testing due to the greater cost savings, time-to-market and quality offered by outsourcers. According to the report, outsourcing currently accounts for 53% of the total worldwide testing services market and this will reach 58% in 2013.

Whereas Redorbit run the item under the headline Software Testing Market Continues To Rise

The global market for computer software testing services appears to be the IT sector with the strongest outlook, according to an industry report.

The market for testing services is expected to become a $56 billion industry by 2013, according to software consulting firm Ovum on Wednesday. Market testing services take place in order to discover any errors or bugs that may exist on computer software after production.

"Both the outsourced and in-house testing services markets will grow over the next four years but not at the heady rates seen over the last four years," it said.

So exactly the same story but one with a headline we have come to expect in a time of recession and one with a more positive one. I know which one I prefer.