Paragon VirtualATM

VirtualATM
Comprehensive ATM Testing
at a Glance Anytime and Anywhere
Paragon VirtualATM® (VATM) After 50 years, ATMs continue to provide a high-profile, self-service
uses virtualized versions of your delivery channel for consumers around the world. Yet continually
ATM software to create a robust, advancing technology (such as the industry-wide drive toward Next
flexible and accessible Gen ATMs), evolving consumer behavior, alternative payment
extension to your test lab that
methods, competition, as well as ongoing legal and regulatory pressure
enables your local and remote
mean your ATM network operates in a state of constant change. To
teams to test your ATMs from
effectively manage this ever-increasing complexity, you need a robust
their desktops.
and flexible platform for ATM testing.
With a centralized command
Paragon VirtualATM (VATM) delivers the most complete, accurate and economical way of
and control infrastructure for
managing user access, roles organizing, managing and automating your ATM testing environment – using virtualized
and permissions, as well as test versions of your own ATMs’ applications and software stacks that are available to your testers
scripts, cards and other media, anytime, anywhere.
VATM empowers your resources
to quickly and easily VATM is built on Paragon’s Web FASTest platform, enabling you to quickly provide your test,
communicate, collaborate and development and QA teams with access to your virtualized ATM images to support complete
automate your ATM testing. functional testing, ATM fault testing, software patching, security updates, new screen groups,
marketing messages, contact and contactless EMV and more.
The VATM API enables scripted
ATM testing using your existing Working together, VATM and Web FASTest also facilitate test automation and automated
enterprise applications. regression testing, as well as end-to-end payments testing and integration with other
external systems.

Advantages VirtualATM Offers Unique Capabilities

• Improved test accuracy Scripting API
The VirtualATM Scripting API enables programmatic control of VirtualATM, without interaction
• Expanded test coverage with the product interface. The API can execute commands on a virtual ATM image such as
clicking buttons or FDKs, inserting and retrieving media, changing encryption keys, and more.
• Increased efficiency
Detached ATM Capability
• Automated testing With VATM, you can pause your testing with a virtualized ATM and leave the ATM “detached”
and running while you work on other tasks. When you are ready to resume testing, your
• Centralized control
ATM is immediately ready and in the same state you left it – with no lengthy wait for the
• Enhanced collaboration ATM to restart.

• Shared resources Intelligent Connections

The VATM Host Proxy feature gives you greater control of and visibility into the messaging
• Global access between your virtual ATMs and test host systems. You can quickly and easily connect any
ATM to your various test hosts without changing the IP address in the ATM application or
• Reduced test lab costs restarting the ATM.
Improve Test Speed, Coverage, Accuracy Prove Your ATM Processing End-to-End
Record test scripts in VATM, then clone and customize them to Virtualize any XFS-compliant ATM or kiosk and easily test them all
create new tests. using the same interface. VATM provides greater visibility into XFS
commands and messages than is available when testing with a
Quickly setup an automated testbed for regression testing.
physical ATM.
The more you use VATM, the more valuable it will become.
Test your entire ATM software stack against your test host systems.
Review reports with results for each test, as well as connection
This stack includes the ATM application, firewalls, event management
information, media/card used, preconditions, side-by-side compari-
applications, antivirus, and software distribution tools—or other
sons of expected vs. actual screens and receipt images – and more.
software installed on your ATM.

Control Access to Your Test Resources Verify transaction flows early in the development cycle to minimize
expensive defect remediation and reduce negative impacts
The Paragon command and control infrastructure gives you complete on consumers.
administrative control over user roles and permissions, as well as
access to each virtual ATM, all test data including ATM hardware Quickly test ATM faults and error conditions with no risk of damage
profiles, test cards, simulated cash, checks and test results. to expensive ATM hardware.

Centralized control also allows you to quickly and easily manage Easily switch between your test host systems and get detailed
VATM version updates or distribute new test media and scripts to all logs of communication between the ATM software and each host.
users so that you can keep your ATM testing operation running at Eliminate the overhead associated with maintaining different
peak efficiency. single-purpose and vendor-specific tools.

Use the Web FASTest platform to extend your ATM testing to

Get More Testing Done – with Fewer ATMs include end-to-end testing to external payment networks and
VATM removes testing bottlenecks by allowing you to duplicate remote authorization systems.
and distribute ATM images to your development, QA and test teams Integrate VATM with your enterprise Application Lifecycle
as required. Management (ALM) system via the Web FASTest API.
VATM is available 24x7x365 so that your resources can test
anytime from anywhere.
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Physical ATM Virtual ATM

Testers Managers

VirtualATM
Simulator
(PC or VM)

ATM
Display
Web FASTest
(Server or VM)
ATM
Application

VirtualATM
Agent

Developers System Admins

API

By virtualizing your existing ATM software stack and simulating its hardware, Paragon VirtualATM allows you to test your ATMs from anywhere.
Testers can share media, run automated regression tests and integrate with other systems to help keep your virtualized ATM lab running smoothly.

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