AppLabs, which claims to be the world’s largest software testing and quality management company, has published a survey of several quality assurance analysts and IT decision makers from Global 2000 companies. The study was to assess the readiness of the organisations to adopt software test automation. It was held during a recent webinar, A Structured [...]

Perfecto Mobile, provider of the MobileCloud for test automation and monitoring solutions of mobile applications and websites and an HP Software Gold Business Partner, has announced its complete native solution for automated functional and regression testing for mobile applications within HP’s QuickTest Professional (QTP) product. According to the company the groundbreaking solution will be officially [...]

TestPlant has announced the launch of eggPlant Manager, which it says is a powerful new solution for the control and management of eggPlant test environments. According to the company, power users will gain greater productivity from their existing use of eggPlant, a leading graphic user interface – or GUI – automated test tool. With its [...]

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.

SQS Software Quality Systems has announced that it’s tripling the size of its software testing facility in Belfast to meet increased demand for outsourced testing services from a ‘near-shore’ site. The expansion will mean the creation of 37 new jobs.

AppLabs, one of the world’s largest software testing and quality management companies, has announced that it has partnered with TurnKey Solutions, a leading provider of Enterprise-level, comprehensive functional testing solutions for ERP, CRM, and custom software application environments. AppLabs says the partnership will further strengthen its ERP Testing (SAP, Oracle, Siebel, PeopleSoft) and quality management [...]

Early and frequent testing plays a key role in Agile software development. Joachim Herschmann, product director for Test Automation at Micro Focus, offers tips on how software developers and testers can use Agile principles to make their test procedures more efficient. Agile methods are becoming increasingly important in software development and Agile has become one [...]

MindTree has launched MindTest, an integrated test methodology for quality management. The methodology integrates all the components of a testing engagement, manages the quality of testing, and delivers measurable and predictable software quality. According to MinTree, MindTest encompasses delivery, domain, technologies, tools, training, frameworks, quality, and knowledge management to help customers achieve a higher level [...]

AppLabs has announced that it has acquired the award-winning web-based test design tools developer ValueMinds. Commenting on the acquisition, Sashi Reddi, founder and chairman of AppLabs said, “We are delighted to make this significant acquisition at a time when our customers are looking to us to provide thought leadership in the testing space. This is [...]

Micro Focus has launched SilkTest 2010 and SilkCentral Test Manager 2010, its latest software quality products that it says are designed to proactively drive quality improvements across the entire software development life cycle. Organisations using Continuous Quality Assurance can improve software delivery time to market and eliminate defects at every stage of development, maximising the [...]