Annotated buzzwords and key references for software testing in the cloud

In contemporary IT and Internet society, Cloud computing brings a paradigm shift not only for successfully evolving large distributed software applications but also for delivering a number of innovative services and applications. Cloud computing is an umbrella enveloping several models of service, like SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, TaaS. In particular, software testing in/on/over cloud is the focus of this paper. We see software testing in the Cloud and TaaS as a novel domain-specific approach to software testing. However, the field is still immature and there does not yet exist a clear understanding of its concepts and constituent technologies. In this paper we provide an introductory overview of software testing in the cloud, based also on a systematic search of literature, along with its buzzwords and tools.