Moolya Software Testing Private Limited co-founded by leading testers Pradeep Soundararajan & Santhosh Tuppad launched its operation in December 2010. It started off by offering a range of software testing services under what they like to call Brainual Software Testing Services. Moolya means value in Hindi. The co-founders belong to a special generation of software testers who started their career as testers and later grew to be recognized and reputed independent test consultants before co-founding Moolya Software Testing Private Limited. They intend to make every dollar, euro, or rupees to be meaningful spend for their customers. Pradeep Soundararajan, the co-founder and Director on the grand launch of the company and its services said, There has been enough demonstration of skilled software testing in the world by independent consultants and teams within large organizations, yet, there appears to be no organization that plans to scale it up. Moolya Testing is first of its kind that offers Brainual Software Testing Services with large scale in mind. Tired of seeing the industry get confused over Manual versus Automation for testing, this Bangalore based startup decided to use Brainual approach. Their focus is on doing things that would add high value to the customer than doing something just because it is called best practice. Pradeep added, With Brainual approach, testers would do what is required for extreme high value addition for our customers product and its growth. Our offerings are highly focused towards great benefits for our customers. Take Offshore testing services or Session Based Exploratory Software Testing of Moolya Testing for instance, it is focused towards rapid feedback mechanisms to help stakeholders make quick and better business decisions and truly be the small a agile. When asked Santhosh Tuppad, co-founder of Moolya Testing about the difference, customers would experience in outsourcing to Moolya Testing, he shared these thoughts, If you outsourced your testing work to company X or Y, how different would X or Y test? Both X & Y would end up writing test case document or test plan documents that they may not update on a regular basis and hence making it obsolete soon. Customers lose a lot of money around wasteful documentation. Testers at Moolya Testing would think critical. In this example: They would ask themselves if the document they are about to create would add to value for their customers. Thats an example of Brainual work. Moolya has other offerings that suit various small, medium and large businesses. They also offer boutique testing services such as testing for demo, beta testing, acceptance & rejectance testing of products before you sign the big check. About Moolya Software Testing Private Limited: Moolya Software Testing Pvt. Ltd., headquartered in Bangalore, is the new generation testing services company providing services ranging from offshore testing, on-site testing, exploratory testing & consulting to small, medium and large software organizations across the globe. Moolya Testing offerings are wide enough to be brought in at any phase of the project. Be it before going to a demo at a conference, beta testing before going live or throughout the product life cycle. Moolya Testing delivers all testing services to its customers with wider and deeper test coverage. More information about Moolya can be found at http://www.moolya.com.

SmartBear Software (SmartBear) is expanding its offering of free software quality tools for developers and testers with the release of AQtime Standard. A free version of AQtime Pro, an application runtime analysis and performance profiling tool, AQtime Standard includes the four most used profilers to give developers free access to function-level performance, memory usage, and code coverage runtime analysis. Thousands of users rely on AQtime to isolate and eliminate performance bottlenecks, memory leaks and other runtime problems. AQtime Standard works with the same languages and application types as AQtime Pro, including 32-bit and 64-bit Windows applications, Microsoft .NET, Java, COM, as well as VBScript and JScript. AQtime Standard helps developers find the root cause of performance or memory-related application bugs through the interactive use of summary overviews and detailed reports. Gottfried Sehringer, Chief Marketing Officer at SmartBear, said, We continue to invest in our freeware library to contribute valuable, free and intuitive software quality tools to the quality-conscious development community. By offering a special free version of our code profiling tool, we can help an increasing number of Windows developers who may be using manual profiling techniques reliably analyze and improve the quality of their applications. Source Link : http://finance.yahoo.com/news/SmartBear-Adds-to-Growing-bw-2451006713.html?x=0&.v=2

Security notification firm Secunia took the wraps off a new version of its patch management tool on Monday. Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI) version 2.0 is designed to simplify the process of updating software applications and comes at no charge for consumers. Click here to find out more! The previous version of the tool informed users when a particular application was out of date, providing a link to a download site that users needed to follow. As often as not, four of five applications would need updating at the same time, requiring manual intervention each time. PSI version 2 provides an option that allows users to automatically download and install updates. Secunia software inspector technology automatically detects insecure third-party programs and plug-ins – such as Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Reader, Sun Java, Skype and Firefox – before downloading the required software patches and installing them automatically. Source Link: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/21/secunia_psi_revamp/

Criterions EHR has received the federal government s meaningful use stamp of approval by earning Complete EHR Ambulatory certification. The designation officially deems the electronic health record (EHR) software capable of enabling providers to qualify for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Tested and certified under the Drummond Group s Electronic Health Records Office of the National Coordinator Authorized Testing and Certification Body (ONC-ATCB) program, the EHR software is 2011/2012 compliant in accordance with the criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Says Raj Mathur, CTO: The certification validates that our software can help providers take part in the electronic revolution that is reverberating across the healthcare industry. Healthcare providers can now leverage our software to not only make significant care improvements but to also achieve meaningful use and qualify for incentive funds under ARRA. We are proud to offer providers the opportunity to truly improve care in their communities. Some of the highlights of the Criterions EHR are: �¢ï¿½�¢ Handwriting capture �¢ï¿½�¢ Learns how doctors think �¢ï¿½�¢ Web-based �¢ï¿½�¢ Customizable �¢ï¿½�¢ Real-time Quality Measures Dashboard for Meaningful Use �¢ï¿½�¢ Integrated Labs �¢ï¿½�¢ Multiple data views (timelines / visits) �¢ï¿½�¢ Integrated faxing �¢ï¿½�¢ Patient portal �¢ï¿½�¢ SaaS (Software as a Service). Drummond Group s ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification program tests and certifies that EHRs meet the meaningful use criteria for either eligible provider or hospital technology. In turn, healthcare providers using the EHR systems of certified vendors are qualified to receive federal stimulus monies upon demonstrating meaningful use of the technology -- a key component of the federal government s push to improve clinical care delivery through the adoption and effective use of EHRs by U.S. healthcare providers. The Criterions EHR, which met the requirements for Complete EHR Ambulatory, has been developed over the years with the knowledge that one size does not fit all. Determining what a practice s goals are allows Criterions to tailor a system to meet your needs today and grow to achieve your goals tomorrow. As a web-based product, the Criterions EHR is focused on accessibility, customization, and the flexibility to see patients your way. With integrated documents, labs, E&M coding, billing and more, the Criterions EHR has all clinical needs met. By offering more ways for practices to enter information, from dictation to handwriting to templates to transcription, Criterions has a system designed to not only meet the needs of the practice, but fit the personality of the provider. Source Link: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/criterions-ehr-receives-onc-atcb-certification-by-drummond-group-112181999.html

QAGuild were impressed with Price s ability to re-define the way organizations go about provisioning data for testing and development. They also commented on the advancements that Grid-Tools have made in the last six years with Huw at the helm. The Oxford based company also picked up QAGuild s Most Innovative Testing Tool Choice for 2011. Both awards were given in recognition of Grid-Tools success and achievement this year in the field of research and development. Grid-Tools also won the UK IT Achievement of the Year award at the UK IT Industry Awards earlier this month bringing their tally for the year to three. It was an honour to accept the award for IT Director of the Year, said Price, but it is the dedication to innovation from every member of our company that has made this a breakthrough year. About Grid-Tools Ltd Grid-Tools is known internationally as the industry leader in data creation, data masking and test data management tools and solutions. Their highly experienced personnel have been writing and developing solutions for large companies in both the private and public sectors for over 30 years. The Grid-Tools Datamaker suite includes a wide range of technologically advanced tools for test data management. Their signature solution, GT Datamaker, is a revolutionary tool that creates and publishes quality test data from scratch whilst maintaining the relationships and referential integrity of production environments. Cutting-edge and groundbreaking in nature, Datamaker offers three methods for managing and generating data for testing and development: database subsetting, data masking and data creation. Datamaker also offers end-to-end manageability and enhancement of test data in multiple formats. Source Link: http://www.pr.com/press-release/285593

Gerber Technology, a business unit of Gerber Scientific, Inc, announces the results of load and scalability performance testing of its industry-leading YuniquePLM software solution. The tests were conducted by the world largest independent software testing and quality management company, AppLabs. Findings of the tests validate the capacity of the browser-based product lifecycle management application to easily scale to meet the needs of up to a 1,000 concurrent user workload - the equivalent of more than 3,300 total seats in a typical fashion industry enterprise deployment. According to AppLabs vice president of Innovation, Ashwin Palaparthi, Our testing validated that YuniquePLM can comfortably scale to satisfy the requirements of small to large enterprise client deployments. In a heavy-load environment, the system sustained a load of 1,000 concurrent users while providing consistent response times for a wide range of critical business transactions. The fact that this impressive performance was accomplished without the need for an exotic hardware or software configuration further demonstrates the capacity of YuniquePLM to deliver a winning combination of high scalability with low total cost of ownership. Conducted in August and September 2010, the tests measured scalability and performance in a realistic data environment representing 100, 250, 500, and 1,000 concurrent user loads. Testing scenarios were designed to model a true enterprise customer experience within a fashion/retail PLM application. Each test scenario included a mix of typical PLM tasks; including searching styles, images, and materials; uploading images and attaching files; and creating new materials, new styles, and tech packs. During a two hour period, YuniquePLM created 2797 new images, 3057 new materials, 2063 new styles and 742 new tech packs. We are proud to share the results of this rigorous testing with our industry, said Daniel Pak, Gerber Technology chief software architect for Software Solutions. More and more of the industry largest retailers and manufacturers are looking to YuniquePLM for its unmatched usability and performance. These companies are also increasingly interested in deploying PLM through the lower total cost of ownership platform offered by the Microsoft application platform. These independent test results clearly demonstrate that YuniquePLM offers compelling price, performance and scalability results suitable for even the largest fashion enterprise. YuniquePLM sustained a load of 1,000 concurrent users while running on a hardware configuration of two (2) load-balanced Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) web servers, one (1) Microsoft SQL Server 2008 database server, and one (1) File server; all running standard Intel Xeon processors. AppLabs utilized Microsoft Visual Studio Ultimate 2010 software to monitor the testing. The testing exercise also provided the perfect opportunity for us to refine our hardware recommendations and configuration settings for current and future YuniquePLM deployments, added Shankar Subramanian, Gerber Technology director of Global Solutions. Specifically, we came away from the testing with a better understanding of how to optimize SQL Server and IIS settings to better maximize hardware performance for a variety of implementation requirements. This knowledge will enable us to enrich the user experience for current and future clients. We expect that with additional hardware, YuniquePLM can scale to support an even higher concurrent user load. source Link: www.GerberTechnology.com

Veracode is actively recruiting channel partners for a new cloud-based platform that allows partners and users to verify application security independently in both internally developed and third-party software without requiring source code or expensive in-house tools. The launch of its Global Partner Programme will certify partners to sell its SecurityReview security verification solution delivered as software-as-a-service. Registered partners can manage the application scan process for clients without any upfront investment and receive a comprehensive report of application weaknesses in respect to compliance drivers such as PCI and OWASP. According to Matt Peachey, VP for EMEA at Veracode, the arrival of web 2.0 has moved the security perimeter with new applications on mobile devices and in browsers becoming potential security risks. It�s an increasing problem due to the nature of modern software development [Veracode] give partners the opportunity to solve many of these issues, he says. The service accepts binary files into its secure hosted environment which analyses each file for weaknesses using a combination of remote tools and technical specialists before returning a detailed report highlighting potential problems. Peachey, who joins the firm following stints at IronPort, NetApp and Sun, is leading the drive to build a credible European channel. Part of the push by Veracode is in response to its rival Fortify being purchased by HP in August. Although the firms have different technology, they both offer to help developers secure code and avoid potential security issues. For partners looking at offering the service, a typical scan can cost from several hundred to thousands of pounds depending on the complexity and size of the application. With margins of around 20 percent, the service offers a healthy profit without upfront commitment or technical training. The vendor has already signed up a number of partners including Nebulas and Pentura, and Peacheypoints out that even individual consultants can use its SaaS as a white label tool to augment code reviews or security testing services. Source Link: http://www.testertools.com/blog/

According to gcn.com, The National Institute of Standards and Technology has developed algorithms for automated testing of the multiple variables in software that can cause security faults, and has released a tutorial for using the tools. The improper or unexpected interaction of two or more parameters in a piece of software, such as inputs or configuration settings, is a significant cause of security bugs. But testing for these problems has been limited by the cost and complexity of testing the huge number of possible combinations. NIST in 2003 reported that such problems cost the U.S. economy more than $59 billion a year despite the fact that more than half of most software development budgets went toward testing. Research has shown that in many cases the large majority of such faults, from 89 to 100 percent, are caused by combinations of no more than four variables, and virtually all are caused by no more than six, NIST has reported. The Automated Combinatorial Testing for Software program is a cooperative effort by NIST, the Air Force, and various Universities have produced methods and tools to generate tests for any number of variable combinations. SP 800-142 offers instructions for their use. Source Link: www.Gcn.com

martBear Software today announced a major release of its peer code review tool, CodeCollaborator� 6.0 further increasing the value across development teams. Tens of thousands of software developers, systems analysts, firmware and hardware designers already use CodeCollaborator to conduct peer reviews on code, images, design documents, and schematics, and identify software defects early in the development lifecycle. With this latest release, CodeCollaborator uniquely allows peer review of Microsoft Office documents. It also adds even broader and richer support of leading development environments and includes enhanced user management and reporting features. Research shows that peer code review helps teams improve overall software quality in a very efficient and cost-effective way when it doesn t involve long meetings, conference calls and print outs of code changes, said Ian McLeod, Executive Vice President of Products at SmartBear Software. CodeCollaborator is no longer just for code review, now allowing peer review of any Windows application that can be printed. While developers traditionally dislike code reviews because they are manual and painful, our customers tell us that their teams love CodeCollaborator and can t imagine working without it. CodeCollaborator 6.0, the industry s first commercial peer code review tool, offers both enterprise functionality and customization features that no other peer code review tools have. This release includes an extensive list of key new features: Source Link: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/SmartBear-Software-Peer-Code-bw-1992474015.html?x=0&.v=1

SmartBear Software today announced TestComplete 8.10, the latest release of itsautomated testing tool. TestComplete 8.10 includes new functionality for testing Rich Internet Applications, enhanced automation for data-driven and load tests, and numerous enhancements for keyword-driven testing and checkpoints. TestComplete 8.10 improves users overall productivity and experience with a variety of features, including: Broader Rich Internet Applications Support- Test automation for Microsoft Silverlight 4 is enhanced with more accurate object recognition and simulation of user actions with Silverlight controls. TestComplete also further expands its versatility in testing Web and Rich Internet Applications with the addition of Adobe AIR support. New Built-in Data Generator Wizard - Using a new built-in data generator wizard, users are able to quickly create test data for data-driven, keyword, script and load tests and save it as a Microsoft Excel worksheet or in the internal TestComplete format. Nineteen predefined generators address common types of data, such as names, addresses, and states. Users can also combine several generators for a more complicated data field. This saves a tester time by not having to create all the data by hand. Support for More Applications, Technologies and Controls - Users can now perform automated testing on Java SE 7 applications (both 32 and 64-bit versions); software created with the latest Delphi and C++ Builder in Embarcadero RAD Studio XE; and Sybase PowerBuilder .NET 12 applications. TestComplete also supports Atlassian JIRA 4.1 to automatically create defect entries based on failed tests. Other cool enhancements include - The checkpoints for images and files now include new options, such as: sliders for specifying checkpoint parameters, automatic calculation of comparison tolerance for minor changes, and an easier way to specify masks for image comparison. Additionally, a number of enhancements have been added to the load testing engine, including server-side monitoring, data parameterization of test traffic, and real-time graphs. TestComplete 8.10 now also integrates with the latest version of SmartBear performance profiling tool, AQtime 7 Pro, so users can profile their applications during testing and perform code coverage analysis. Source Link: http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20101130006723/en/SmartBear-Software-Releases-TestComplete-8.10

Perfecto Mobile, provider of The Mobile Handset Cloud, a web-based remote access and automation solution for mobile application testing and monitoring, today announced an expansion of its handset testing platform to include Android-based tablets. Customers using the Perfecto Mobile Handset Cloud can now easily extend their mobile testing efforts to the seven-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab. Perfecto Mobile s patented technology enables immediate support and availability for new mobile devices and tablets as they are launched, meeting the testing demands of mobile developers. Perfecto Mobile also announced support for the T-Mobile G2, Motorola Charm and Mytouch 3G. Perfecto Mobile s Handset Cloud is a software-as-a-service (SaaS)-based mobile testing solution used by enterprises, carriers and developers worldwide to get full access to real mobile devices and to support their testing and quality assurance needs. The company s smart automation technology provides enterprises with the industry s most comprehensive mobile test automation solution, making complete testing coverage of complex applications easy through the use of high-level scripts and advanced OCR features. Source Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/perfecto-mobile-handset-testing-cloud-to-include-android-based-tablets-2010-11-29?reflink=MW_news_stmp

Hewlett-Packard has taken two of its application management platforms, HP Quality Center and HP Performance Center, and united them in an effort to provide organizations with a single, automated product for developing, testing, delivering and monitoring their applications. HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) 11 is designed to support those involved in the applications delivery process, such as business analysts requesting new software, developers, quality analysts and system administrators. According to HP, the product integrates with a variety of development tools and enables the automation of workflow processes within and across applications teams. It combines new versions of HP Quality Center, a suite for managing application quality and application testing, and HP Performance Center, a suite for testing and optimizing application performance. Both suites include updates and new functionality. Two years in the making, the platform was designed with the idea that building software is a team sport, not an isolated set of activities, according to Mark Sarbiewski, vice president of products with HP's software division. Each product within HP ALM 11 has a discrete function, but all the work and associated data created and managed with the products feeds into a single repository, enabling organizations to create workflow processes and best practices that can be shared across the enterprise. In addition to unveiling an overall, unified solution, HP has added updated versions of products and introduced new products. For example, there is a new version of HP's LoadRunner, an automated performance and load testing product designed to help organizations test system behavior and performance while generating actual load. HP has added TruClient to LoadRunner for streamlining the scripting process to reduce testing time and shorten release cycles, particularly for Web 2.0 apps created with AJAX. With TruClient, novice and non-technical users can participate in script creation, and when the user interacts with an application, TruClient captures every step in the form of a script. HP has added a new product call Sprinter, aimed at functional testing. Typically, when building new software, someone has to sit in front of it and start banging away, says Sarbiewski. Sprinter automatically displays steps that should be followed during that manual testing and captures all the steps taken. Sprinter includes a capability called mirror testing that enables users to test one machine and then automatically perform that same testing sequence on other machines, even those with different operating systems and browser apps. If an error occurs on any of the machines, that error is flagged and the tester will be alerted. HP ALM 11 is available now. Pricing is dependent upon configuration and number of concurrent licenses. For those HP customers that currently have the premier version of Quality Center, HP ALM 11 is an automatic upgrade when customers are ready to do so. For those that have different versions of either HP Quality Center or HP Performance Center, there is an upgrade path. In addition to purchasing HP ALM 11 as a total package, customers can purchase new, individual versions of either HP Quality Center or HP Performance Center, which are subsets of HP ALM 11. Source Link: http://www.networkcomputing.com/end-to-end-apm/new-hp-app-lifecycle-product-combines-quality-and-performance-management.php

Sqs Software Quality Systems Ag (LON:SQS) , the world s largest pure play supplier of independent software testing and quality management services, has reported a number of contract wins and contract extensions for its Managed Services division. Agreements in the year to date have pushed order intake for managed services up to €50m, including three new contracts and three contract extensions. In an interview with Stockopedia in September, SQS s chief executive, Rudolf van Megen, said that winning new managed services contracts was a top priority for the company. In the half year to June 2010 the percentage of sales from managed services rose from 3% to 7%, on orders worth €40m during the period. Over the next five years, the group want to grow that figure to 50%. The reason for this is that managed services contracts provide improved visibility of earnings and enhanced margins, compared to a traditional project, over the entire lifecycle of the engagement, although it may involve lower margins in the initial phases as the majority of work is carried out by onshore consultants during this time. Among the latest contracts, Specsavers has selected SQS to deliver a three year managed testing services contract, providing a 50 strong SQS testing team. Based mainly in India the team will deliver end-to-end testing of business applications, from performance through to automated regression test suites, with a focus on raising quality, reducing risk and increasing the throughput of change. Elsewhere, SQS has also won a three year managed services contract worth €6.5m with a European telecommunications provider. In addition, SQS has signed a contract with a German logistics company to provide a pilot managed testing services programme. Source Link: http://www.stockopedia.co.uk/content/sqs-software-quality-systems-upbeat-on-new-managed-services-contracts-51225/

Blueberry Software Ltd has released a major upgrade to its software testing tool for developers and testers - BB Test Assistant Version 3.0. Designed to make accurate reporting of complex defects easy, BB Test Assistant is an innovative screen-recorder-based software testing tool that puts vital information at the fingertips of developers. Key features in the new version include: Log Import - Integration Support - Real Time Operation -Notes Support -Projects Thumbnail Navigation / Activity Monitor Remove Inactive Periods Hide Other Processes - security / data protection feature which restricts BB Test Assistant to record only a specific set of processes. Add Watermark - to show copyright or movie source. Export to Word - mark important points in a movie, add notes, then produce a Word doc containing screenshots of all these points - perfect for making test scripts. Export Notes / Markers to XML / Text - allowing testers to automate connections between notes and movie data. Simple API for Upload and Publishing - making it easy for developers to integrate BB Test Assistant 3.0 with bug-tracking systems. Minimize Movie File Size - setup BB Test Assistant to make recordings at speeds as low as 1 frame per second. David Francis, Project Manager for BB Test Assistant, said: Software testing involves using a newly developed system or application under controlled conditions in an attempt to make things go wrong - in other words to see if things happen when they shouldn't or don't happen when they should. "We've worked hard to create an application that simplifies the process of reporting defects, and offers outstanding value with high-end features at a low price. Test Assistant is easy to use and flexible enough to be incorporated into existing test protocols. Testers need no special training or skills to use it. BB TestAssistant is free to download as a 30-day trial. Source Link: http://www.itnewsonline.com/news/Blueberry-Launches-Version-3.0-of-Its-Software-Testing-Tool-for-Developers/22257/8/3

Vector Software, the provider of software testing applications for embedded systems, has selected Advanced Semiconductor Technology Ltd. (AST) to be its exclusive distributor and technical representative in Israel. Advanced Semiconductor Technologies Ltd., located in Raanana, Israel, was selected because of its extensive technical knowledge and thriving track record in the electronic design automation (EDA) market. With 25 years of experience, AST has an outstanding reputation and well-established relationships with many Israeli companies, stated William McCaffrey, chief operating officer at Vector Software. With AST having become our distributor and technical representative in Israel, they will provide Vector Software an instant, reliable platform in Israel. Vector Software provides one-of-a-kind capabilities to address the challenges of testing embedded software applications, said Uri Farkash, director of EDA Operations at AST. Representing Vector Software will enable AST to increase the VectorCAST product exposure for automating embedded software testing across the development lifecycle. A special target is for aerospace and military projects where VectorCAST addresses the automation of the software verification process as defined by DO-178B, Farkash added. Source Link: http://it.tmcnet.com/topics/it/articles/124300-vector-software-selects-ast-as-vectorcast-distributor-israel.htm

HP s new TruClient and Sprinter testing technologies enable enterprises to test Web 2.0 and rich Internet application technologies and to automate manual testing, respectively. Application Lifecycle Management solution, HP has introduced its new TruClient technology, which reduces application test cycles by simplifying various time-consuming tasks, while the new Sprinter technology automates manual testing. Introduced as part of HP s new ALM 11 solution, the company s new TruClient software automates one of the most time-consuming tasks � the creation of scripts for performance testing. The HP TruClient technology is now available within HP LoadRunner and HP Performance Center. HP announced the new solutions at its HP Software Universe 2010 conference here. Although modern testing tools have simplified the process of capturing test scripts by recording a user s interaction with an application, there is still a significant amount of programming required to make scripts usable, said Jonathan Rende, vice president of product marketing for software at HP. This is especially true for modern Web 2.0 applications, where current scripting methods are often unable to accurately capture all user interactions with the application. Programming scripts is time consuming, requires skilled technical experts, and for Web 2.0 applications, it is often inaccurate. Rende said TruClient is particularly useful for testing the new front-end Web 2.0 applications that enterprises have begun to develop. He said with new applications written in Web 2.0 technologies such as JavaScript and Ajax, and protocols such as HTML5, TruClient will become ever more useful to HP s enterprise clients. Indeed, Abe Naguib, director of architecture and infrastructure engineer at AIG Chartis, said he sees TruClient as a big time saver for AIG s testers who up to now had to manually configure scripts that often took considerable effort. However, integrating the script recording and editing process enables clients to customize tests as they record interactions with the application. This streamlines the scripting process to reduce testing time and shorten release cycles. Faster, easier scripting also improves efficiency in organizations using Agile methods, Rende said. HP TruClient technology can precisely and efficiently test all types of Web 2.0 applications, regardless of the framework or toolkit. Reliable, accurate performance testing early in the application life cycle eliminates potential problems throughout the application s life. Moreover, moving the scripting process to the browser enables novice and non-technical users to participate in script creation. The user interacts with an application, and HP TruClient captures every step in the form of a script. The scripting engine eliminates the need for correlations and complex programming to make scripting easier. This enables users with limited programming skills to create scripts for testing applications and ensure the applications will meet current business needs. Leveraging non-technical resources for the scripting process also enables organizations to focus highly skilled programmers on advanced and more technically demanding tasks, HP officials said. Meanwhile, HP has moved to automate the often manual task of testing the quality of software applications with its new Sprinter technology. Source Link: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/HPs-New-TruClient-Sprinter-Simplify-Software-Testing-137748/

The world s leading workforce development and consulting firm addressing Operational Excellence in IT, BPO and knowledge intensive service organizations, announced the much awaited Software Testing Leadership Awards 2010 at the 10th Annual Software Testing Conference (STC) 2010, at a gala awards ceremony. Mr. Kumar Raman from Syntel emerged as the winner for his paper titled Healthcare Testing for the Compliance Era: The Road Less Traveled . Mr. Nikhil Chinchwade and Mr. Bidyuditya Das from MindTree were chosen as the first runners-up for their paper titled DIY: Cloud Based Low Cost, Elastic Load Generation Using Open Source Tools . The second runner-up spot was awarded to Ms. Nanda MP from Aricent Technologies for her paper titled Improving Test Effectiveness . The awards were given away on the first day of the conference at the Chancery Pavilion, Bangalore on November 22, 2010. For the awards this year, a record breaking number of 461 author intent forms from over 134 organizations are received which is the all-time highest received for any conference conducted in the past 10 years in India. After preliminary screening, a total of 190 members have been invited to present. In all 54 organizations were represented for the regional rounds, hosted in six cities in India – Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, and New Delhi. The Jury panel consisted of 22 eminent leaders from Capgemini, Cognizant, HP, Infosys, Accenture, CSS Corp, HCL, ITC Infotech, Logica, Wipro, CGI, Mastek, Barclays, AppLabs, Maveric amongst others. Mr. Kumar Raman from Syntel, on winning the award commented, I am really delighted on winning this prestigious Testing Leadership Award, this year. I strongly believe the healthcare compliance space will be a hyperactivity zone over the next three to five years. Such recognition for these kind of papers will encourage more people to look at the domain aspect of Testing and hope that it helps in some way to bridge the skill gap in these areas, that is one of the biggest challenges facing the IT sector. Mr. Nikhil Chinchwade from MindTree, on securing the second position for his paper said , QAI is becoming a platform to nurture the future of Software Testing. It has encouraged us to put forth the innovation techniques that we are building in our industry. I am sure this will motivate people to share the knowledge and innovation techniques to the industry. Commenting on the overwhelming success of STC 2010, Mr. Navyug Mohnot, CEO, QAI said, Software Testing has come a long way, from being a phase of the development life cycle to being a separate business. Today, Software Testing business is growing faster than the actual development business. However, the growth and demand for testing, fueled by the outsourcing phenomenon is a indication of the future for the business. The International Software Testing Conference was created as a unique forum for exchanging, learning and accelerating the implementation of best practices in the domain of Software Testing and with the amount of success STC has achieved this year, clearly demonstrates the growth and witnessed by the industry in the current phase. STC 2010, was organized in association with the Edista Testing Institute (ETI). Tenth in the series, STC 2010 included four specific tracks focusing on Business Leadership, Test Program Management (Test Management, Team Management, Test Estimation etc.), Techniques and Tools and Emerging Areas. Source

Recent IT outages such as the DBS ATM shutdown and United Airlines Web site erroneously selling US$20 tickets are clear evidence of the serious consequences that software failures can bring along, said Ritendra Banerjee, senior vice president of Maveric Systems, a company that performs software testing. In a phone interview with ZDNet Asia, Banerjee explained that an increasing number of companies are putting in the extra investment for such testing. Reasons range from preventing large-scale failures to meeting compliance, to simply ensuring that the large investments in technology and software can function and generate returns for the business. Lapses can have serious impact on businesses, and these are the companies that rely on thousands of applications to monetize the product for them, he said. In a recent survey commissioned by the firm, 75 percent of IT executives in Indonesia said software testing plays a very important role in their businesses, while the rest said it was important . 40 percent felt that budget-related issues were the main constraints to software testing, while 20 percent cited the inability to demonstrate return on investment (ROI). Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore are three ASEAN countries that India-based Maveric is currently focusing on, with operations started just one-and-half years ago. Banerjee observed that as more global companies look to Asia to expand their operations, there is huge potential in the region. Maveric counts banking giants like BNP Paribas, Standard Chartered and hardware vendors like HP as its clients. Source Link: http://www.zdnetasia.com/growing-focus-on-independent-software-testing-62205000.htm