Autism and software testing – an insult or a nod to reality?

Aspiritech is a non-profit organization headquartered in metropolitan Chicago.  Their mission, as espoused on their website, “is to provide a path for high functioning individuals on the Autism Spectrum to realize their potential through gainful employment.  We do this by leveraging their unique talents – attention to detail, superlative technical aptitude, ability to thrive in [...]

Defining testing practices for Agile methodologies

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’, [...]

Test management software released

Gurock Software has launched TestRail 2.0, a new version of its web-based test management software. According to Gurock, TestRail helps software development teams and QA departments to efficiently manage, track and organise their software testing efforts. TestRail 2.0 introduces major new features such as full Unicode support, a test case history, Active Directory and single [...]

AppLabs acquires testing tools developer

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 [...]