Abstract: A method and apparatus for synchronizing execution of a test application is described. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving two or more commands from a test application. The method may also include distributing a first command from the received two or more commands to a plurality of client computer systems, each client computer system to issue the first command to a server computer system. Furthermore, the method may include distributing a second command from the received two or more commands to the plurality of client computer systems after receipt of a response to the first command from each of the plurality of client computer systems.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a mechanism for business process-managed testing of software applications is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for business process-managed testing of software applications includes identifying, by a server computing device, all tools and services used to test a software application deployed on the server computing device, and determining, by the server computing device, an order of execution of the identified tools and services in testing the software application. The method further includes designing, by a business process management (BPM) service of the server computing device, a testing management process that integrates the identified tools and services in the determined order of execution for testing the software application in an automated and unattended manner, and deploying, by the server computing device, the testing management process to act as a controlling layer over the identified tools and services in the testing of the software application.