We are excited to announce that SeaLights has been acquired by Tricentis, a global leader in continuous testing and quality engineering. This marks a significant step forward for us in our mission to improve software quality engineering. Joining forces will help us provide better insights into code and tests throughout the CI/CD pipeline, making our tools even more effective for our customers.
SeaLights’ Commitment to Quality at Speed
Since 2015, SeaLights has been helping large enterprises with the tools they need to meet quality standards and deliver software quickly. Our approach uses agents to map code to tests, evaluate code changes, and use machine learning to identify quality risks during software releases. This has allowed development teams to focus on the most critical tests, saving time and speeding up release cycles.
Enhancing Software Quality with AI-Driven Intelligence
In today’s fast-paced IT environment, having AI-driven quality intelligence is essential. By combining SeaLights’ capabilities with Tricentis’ continuous testing solutions, we can provide quality intelligence for every organization. This will help software development and QA teams understand the impact of code changes, evaluate risks, identify and fix code coverage gaps, and resolve bugs continuously.
Addressing Enterprise DevOps and QA Challenges
Enterprises today face significant challenges in their Dev and QA processes. One major issue is the need to release software faster. Continuously executing all end-to-end (E2E) tests, regardless of necessity, results in delayed product releases, creating a bottleneck that affects the product’s time to market. This delay impacts the brand’s competitive advantage and innovation potential. Long testing times and the redundant execution of regression tests further exacerbate the problem, leading to inefficiencies and frustration within development teams.
Another critical challenge is escaping defects. Often, teams push code changes to production without adequate testing due to a lack of visibility and control over untested code changes. This can result in high-cost defects in the production environment, undermining the software’s reliability and increasing the need to enhance quality. The absence of proper metrics and proof of testing efforts can erode confidence in the software, making it difficult for teams to validate their testing processes.
High testing costs also plague many organizations. QA and engineering teams experience prolonged wait times during comprehensive E2E and regression tests, leading to wasted engineering and QA hours. This inefficiency translates into unnecessary expenses, including elevated cloud or AWS costs due to the regular execution of tests that may not be needed. Additionally, teams spend valuable time troubleshooting irrelevant failed tests, which often are not related to recent code changes. This misallocation of resources highlights the need for more efficient test planning and productivity improvements.
Finally, there is the issue of redundancy in testing strategies. Many teams develop and maintain tests that do not correlate with actual code changes, leading to wasted resources. The lack of sufficient proof of testing and quality control metrics further complicates the situation, making it difficult for teams to demonstrate the effectiveness of their testing efforts.
A Shared Vision for Progress
This acquisition is a big milestone for us. By joining forces with Tricentis, we can expand our reach and improve our impact. Together, we will make software quality more intelligent, efficient, and reliable. Our combined expertise will set a new standard in the industry.
Customer Benefits
SeaLights customers will benefit greatly from this acquisition. With Tricentis’ resources, advanced AI solutions, and robust quality intelligence coverage for SAP environments, our customers will get better support and enhanced capabilities. The strengths of both companies will provide deeper insights, faster turnaround times, and more efficient quality engineering processes. Tricentis customers will also gain from SeaLights’ expertise in quality intelligence, ensuring both sets of customers enjoy superior software quality and faster releases.
Synergies and Integration
Integrating SeaLights into Tricentis will create significant synergies. Our combined solutions will offer enhanced test impact analysis, quality risk management, and root cause analysis across more programming languages and environments. This alignment is designed to meet the needs of modern software development teams, providing them with comprehensive tools to manage the entire quality lifecycle.
Industry Impact and Future Prospects
This acquisition further strengthens Tricentis’ position in the quality engineering market. By adding SeaLights’ technologies, Tricentis can now provide customers with AI-enabled quality intelligence beyond SAP environments and into both custom and packaged applications, including test impact analysis, quality risk management, root cause analysis, and support across all programming languages. The expanded capabilities will help organizations release software faster, reduce costs, and improve quality.
Looking Ahead
With Tricentis’ experience and global reach, serving over 3,000 customers in 19 countries, including more than half of the Fortune 500, we are well-positioned to deliver exceptional value. Our combined capabilities will support a wide range of programming languages and environments, meeting the evolving needs of software development teams.
This merger isn’t just a strategic move; it’s a commitment to our customers and the industry. By combining our strengths, we will enhance our leadership in quality intelligence.
As we move forward, we remain dedicated to helping enterprises achieve quality at speed. The acquisition by Tricentis allows us to scale our solutions and bring more innovation to our customers. We are excited about the future and the new possibilities this partnership will bring.
Thank you for being part of the SeaLights journey. We look forward to continuing this journey with Tricentis, driving the next wave of innovation in software quality engineering.
Stay tuned for more updates as we integrate our teams and technologies to bring you the best in quality intelligence solutions.