Ray Bryant, CEO of Idappcom explains why the News of the World voicemail hacking saga will help IT professionals in the longer term

Pratik Shah is currently working as a test location lead in one of the UK-based MNCs in India. He has been working in quality assurance and software testing for nearly seven years. Here he explains why it is important for management to have a realistic approach before it opts for Agile test automation.

Testers must take the lead in redefining testing when Agile development processes are introduced to their organisation. Seapine Software’s solutions evangelist, Peter Varhol shows how testers can redefine testing for Agile development. Enterprise application development teams are increasingly adopting Agile software development techniques. In its January 2010 report, ‘Agile Development: Mainstream Adoption Has Changed Agility’, [...]

Userlytics Corporation has unveiled its remote usability testing service which it says is the first online usability testing service that provides the rapid results, and comprehensive reporting that is required to make important development decisions in fast-paced development teams. “Userlytics combines the power of online testing with the convenience of an immediately available panel of [...]

A survey from Sogeti and Capgemini of 30,000 IT professionals has identified cloud-based and agile testing as the key trends in enterprise application quality assurance. ‘The World quality Report 2010-2011’ which surveyed more than 30,000 CxOs, IT directors and QA managers from across the globe highlights that the current focus in testing initiatives is that [...]

Overwhelmed software developers stand to benefit most from Agile development methods, yet often don’t have time to explore or keep up with them according to Seapine Software. But the company says that’s about to change, thanks to the its Agile Expedition, a free web-based learning series that kicks off on June 2. At a relaxed [...]

Seapine Software, a leading global provider of quality-centric application lifecycle management (ALM) solutions, has revealed that its upcoming TestTrack 2010.1 product release includes a number of new capabilities to support Agile development. Key features enable development teams to better collaborate, improve productivity, shorten release cycles, and deliver higher-quality software products. A recent SD Times special [...]

Micro Focus has successfully deployed its SilkTest automated functional testing software from Borland Software Corporation at financial software provider Ariel Communications, a specialist in multi-asset trading platforms (financial spread betting, foreign exchange and CFDs). By automating the functional testing process, SilkTest has enabled Ariel to cut testing time for system developments in half, helping to [...]