This document discusses the benefits of continuous testing and service virtualization. It notes that continuous testing helps enable agile practices across the development lifecycle by allowing teams to test earlier with greater coverage at lower cost. It also discusses how service virtualization can help test integration points without requiring real services, thus speeding up testing. The document provides an example of how IBM products like Rational Integration Tester and Rational Test Virtualization Server can be used to continuously test applications and their interactions with virtualized services as part of the development and deployment process.