We did not have a previous solution.

I have used another solution with a previous employer. I switched because I moved to a new company, but when I joined, we were evaluating service virtualization solutions and i suggested that we look at Parasoft due to my previous evaluation of their product.

Regarding CI/CD, I have implemented the nightly build jobs through Jenkins, but also through Parasoft Continuous Testing Platform (CTP), where we can implement directly. We implemented the same and also integrated multiple scripts through grouping in Parasoft CTP.

Initially, we were using embedded applications using in-house built solutions. This was well-fitted for unit testing but the higher-level functional testing was difficult. The performance testing needs service providers communicating over the same protocols.

I tested tools from other vendors. We decided to use the Parasoft solution because it's more powerful and very easy to use.

No, this is the first service virtualization solution I have used. I do have previous experience using simpler stubbing solutions, but these do not provide the flexibility and ease of use that Virtualize does.

I did not previously use a different solution.