Application Testing and Travel: My Life as an IMLP

Recently, I have had the opportunity to begin putting my technical background to work.  For my project this rotation, I am building a test environment that will eventually consist of five servers.  I have been responsible for planning the environment, ordering the components from HP and IBM, setting up the installations within the environment, and coordinating the configuration.  It has been interesting to see the progression of the testing environment from its conception to its current state, almost complete and ready for code deployment.  Once the environment is completely setup, I will run multiple rounds of testing for our web service application.  My first round of testing will culminate in a trip to Kolkata, India to analyze the testing results and perform a code review.