Paladion is a global cyber security firm providing end-to- end platform driven cyber security services and solutions in North America, EMEA and Asia. For over 15 years, Paladion has actively protected over 700 customers from cyber risks. Paladion provides a complete spectrum of information risk management comprising threat & vulnerability management, governance risk & compliance consulting for modern agile environment. Our CyberActive℠ security model provides the security conscious enterprise a superior protection with data sciences for threat hunting, faster response through orchestration and recovery with adaptive actions. Please visit paladion.net to learn more about our award winning offerings and how Paladion makes security operations and security compliance CyberActive℠.
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Parasoft researches and develops software solutions that help organizations deliver defect-free software efficiently. By integrating development testing, API testing, and service virtualization, we reduce the time, effort, and cost of delivering secure, reliable, and compliant software. Parasoft's enterprise and embedded development solutions are the industry's most comprehensive—including static analysis, unit testing, requirements traceability, coverage analysis, functional and load testing, dev/test environment management, and more. The majority of Fortune 500 companies rely on Parasoft in order to produce top-quality software consistently and efficiently as they pursue agile, lean, DevOps, compliance, and safety-critical development initiatives. parasoft.com
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ZAPTEST is a New Generation software test automation solution for testing applications Cross-Platform. ZAPTEST allows testing of any GUI based software on any modern OS, mobile or conventional including iOS; Android; WinMo; Blackberry; Windows; Mac; and Linux, and supports testing of Agile and CI (DevOps) development. ZAP’s main technologies are ZAPTEST; ZAP-fiX; ZAP MULTIRUN; ZAPDOC and ZAPFARM. ZAPTEST is optimizing enterprise testing processes that results in increased testing ROI by allowing organizations to reduce time and effort of developing and maintaining testing frameworks. ZAPTEST the ultimate solution for DevOps supporting Agile and Continuous Development processes, and the Internet of Things (IoT). zaptest.com
Gold Sponsors
Atlassian unleashes the potential in every team. Our products help teams collaborate, build software and serve their customers better. Teams at more than 54,000 large and small organizations – including BMW, Citigroup, eBay, Coca-Cola and NASA – use Atlassian’s tracking, collaboration, communication, service management and development products to work smarter and deliver quality results on time. Learn about products including JIRA, Confluence, HipChat, and Bitbucket at atlassian.com.
Equal Experts is an award-winning IT Professional Services Consultancy, with over 500 people working in the US, UK, Canada, Portugal and India. Specializing in digital transformation, we help organizations of all sizes achieve their business goals – leading by example with thoughtful, pragmatic software solutions. We believe happy teams make better software, and we take as much pride in our people, culture and work-life balance as we do in our output. equalexperts.com
Mobile Labs provides enterprise-grade mobile device clouds that improve efficiency and raise quality for agile, cross-platform mobile app and mobile web deployments. The company’s patented device cloud, deviceConnect™ is available in both public and on-premises configurations. deviceConnect provides affordable, secure access to a large inventory of mobile devices across major mobile platforms to developers, test engineers, and customer support representatives, among others. At the heart of enterprise mobile app deployment, deviceConnect enables automated continuous quality integration, DevOps processes, as well as automated and manual app/web/device testing on real managed devices. For more information please visit mobilelabsinc.com.
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ASTQB promotes professionalism in software testing in the United States, and is the U.S. arm of the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB), the world's most popular software tester certification. ISTQB certification provides a career path that helps testers and their companies to reduce defects, speed development, and reduce costs. ISTQB offers Foundation, Agile, Advanced (including Test Analyst, Test Manager and Technical Test Analyst), and Expert certifications. ASTQB also offers its mobile certification for software testers, as well as IQBBA certification for business analysts. The body of knowledge syllabi and glossaries for all of these certifications are downloadable at no cost from our website, ASTQB.org, where full information about the certifications is easily accessed.
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Blue Agility specializes in large-scale Agile transformations leveraging the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe™) and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools. Blue Agility provides a framework of people, process and technology, enabling the enterprise with continuous delivery capabilities. Leveraging our bluejazz™ knowledge platform (2015 Beacon Award), organizations access customized role-based process and tool usage models, ensuring scalable and sustainable enterprise-wide transformations with end-to-end traceability. blue-agility.com
Checkpoint Technologies, Inc., is a solutions provider specializing in all areas of IT Performance, Quality Assurance and software testing with a focus in functional, application security, mobile, and performance testing. We provide leading-edge HPE Software solutions and expert services that optimize organizations' business technology and improve their software testing process. Our product and solutions capabilities include, but are not limited to, the following: ALM/Quality Center, UFT/Quick Test Professional, BPT, Performance Center, LoadRunner, HPE Fortify Software Security Center / Infrastructure - Business Class Products (Server, Storage, etc.) - Enterprise Class Mission Critical Products (Server, Storage, and Networking). checkpointech.com
DataVoke is a revolutionary new Platform-as-a-Service that allows the creation of enterprise-level software applications at ten times the speed of traditional methods. Create the data structure, business logic and user interface all in the same environment utilized by the end user. Implement end user feedback in near real-time. Unlike some solutions that generate code that must be maintained after the deployment of the application, with DataVoke, you never have to deal with code. Not while building, not while maintaining, not ever! datavoke.com
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Digité, Inc. is a pioneering company headquartered in the Silicon Valley that provides web-based, integrated, collaborative Lean/ Agile ALM tools and solutions for the Global Delivery Model. Its product, SwiftKanban, built with guidance from Kanban guru David J Anderson, has emerged as the leading Enterprise Kanban tool being adopted eagerly by Agile teams globally. SwiftALM and SwiftSync provide leading-edge collaborative Agile ALM and Project/ Program Management tools that enable technology and project organizations successfully manage projects and applications, and collaborate effectively with their customers. With over 700,000 users worldwide, all products are available in SaaS and On-Premise versions. To learn more, please visit digite.com
The International Software Quality Institute (iSQI), with offices in Boston, Potsdam (DE), London (UK) and Amstelveen (NL) is a leading provider of certification examinations all over the world. iSQI plays a large role in certifying the know-how of IT professionals in over 90 countries on 6 continents in 10 languages. With over 20,000 certifications per year, iSQI paves the way for successful career development. The iSQI ‘Certified’ Program includes certification examinations that set the global standards in Software Testing, Requirements Engineering, Agile, Mobile App Testing as well as Usability and User Experience etc. To find out more about iSQI visit: isqi.us
Ranorex is a software development company that provides innovative test automation software to thousands of companies in over 60 countries. Its success is based on the premise that every team member in every company can use Ranorex technology – due to simple recording functionalities, the use of RanoreXPath and an API for C# and VB.Net. One cost-effective Ranorex license includes a comprehensive test automation solution for web, mobile and desktop testing. The test automation software can seamlessly be integrated into existing testing environments and adapted with standard programming languages. Making testing effortless – with Ranorex’s award winning object recognition. ranorex.com
Sahi Pro, the flagship product of Tyto Software, is a simple yet powerful test automation tool that enables Quality Assurance and Testing teams achieve high efficiency and productivity in their test automation process. Features like multi browser support, good recorder, automatic waits, inbuilt frameworks, and automatic reporting reduce the team’s effort and technical expertise required, ensuring faster delivery cycles, especially in Agile environments. Over 400 enterprise customers across diverse industry verticals like Banking and Financial Services, Healthcare, IT Services, IT Products, Retail, Media & Entertainment, Telecom and Government are achieving high ROI with Sahi Pro. Visit sahipro.com or connect with us on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn.
Sauce Labs provides the world’s largest cloud-based platform for the automated testing of web and mobile applications. Its award-winning service eliminates the time and expense of maintaining an in-house testing infrastructure, freeing development teams of any size to innovate and release better software, faster. To learn more, and sign up for a free trial, visit https://saucelabs.com/.
Based on the principles of Scrum and the Agile Manifesto, Scrum.org provides comprehensive training, assessments and certifications to improve the profession of software delivery. Throughout the world, our solutions and community of Professional Scrum Trainers empower people and organizations to achieve agility through Scrum. Ken Schwaber, the co-creator of Scrum, founded Scrum.org in 2009 as a global organization, dedicating himself to improving the profession of software development by reducing the gaps so the work and work products are dependable. Visit Scrum.org for further information on the organization’s Professional Scrum assessments, training and global community and follow us on Twitter @scrumdotorg. Visit us at scrum.org.
As the leader in software quality tools for the connected world, SmartBear supports more than four million software professionals and over 25,000 organizations in 194 countries that use its products to build and deliver the world’s greatest applications. With today’s applications deploying on mobile, Web, desktop, Internet of Things (IoT) or even embedded computing platforms, the connected nature of these applications through public and private APIs presents a unique set of challenges for developers, testers and operations teams. SmartBear's software quality tools assist with code review, functional and load testing, API readiness as well as performance monitoring of these modern applications. For more information, visit: smartbear.com, or for the SmartBear community, go to: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or Google+.
SQE Training is one of the world's largest providers of software improvement training. We provide the industry’s best resources to help organizations meet their software testing, development, management, and requirements training needs. SQE Training provides a wide selection of specialized courses, developed and dispensed by industry experts, that deliver field-proven techniques for producing high-quality software. sqetraining.com
At tap|QA - We Test Software. tap|QA is a consulting services firm 100% focused on Quality. Our consultants’ wide range of experience includes Business Analysis, Quality Assurance & Testing within a vast array of industries. Our Quality focused solutions enable IT Organizations to meet the growing demands of their business partners. tapqa.com
Our solutions include:
- Strategic Quality - Strategic Consulting to Optimize IT Capabilities, Technology & Organizational structure.
- tap|Nearshore - cost-competitive with offshore, but embedded locally with your team, or at our site in Minneapolis.
- tap|Automation – Continuous Integration, Automation Accelerators and Performance
- QA/QC/BA Project Augmentation – From well-seasoned QA experts to bright, talented to well-trained associate consultants
From our founding as Software Quality Engineering (SQE) to now as TechWell Corporation, the company’s focus has remained the same—helping software developers, testers, and managers improve development and delivery practices. TechWell Corp.'s hands-on experience and training expertise helps companies, large and small, to improve their processes, gain measurable control over software projects, and deliver better software. With an experienced team of associates, field-proven methodologies, an array of international conferences, training courses, consulting services, and specialized publication and research, TechWell Corp. is a trusted resource of many of the Fortune 1000.
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Acmqueue provides a critical perspective on current and emerging information technologies, highlighting the technical challenges and problems that software engineers are likely to encounter when using them. In doing so, Queue helps readers sharpen their own thinking and pursue innovative solutions in their own work. queue.acm.org
AgileConnection has today’s best agile ideas and how-to advice on the latest agile development and methodology practices. AgileConnection provides weekly articles from industry experts, as well as interviews with thought leaders, searchable tools and books guides, Q&A, the complete Better Software magazine archive, and access to past conference presentations. AgileConnection.com
Better Software magazine is the quarterly, online magazine for software professionals who care about quality. Each issue brings you relevant, timely information to help you build better software. Better Software magazine delivers in-depth articles on testing, project management, development, configuration management, DevOps, agile, mobile, and cloud technologies. In each issue you'll find solutions to common problems, coverage on emerging technologies, and more. It’s a steady stream of ideas for software professionals focused on quality. BetterSoftware.com
The Consortium for IT Software Quality (CISQ) is an IT industry leadership group comprised of IT executives from the Global 2000, system integrators, outsourced service providers, and software technology vendors committed to introducing a computable metrics standard for measuring software quality & size. CISQ is a neutral, open forum in which customers and suppliers of IT application software can develop an industry-wide agenda of actions for improving IT application quality to reduce cost and risk. Become a CISQ member, learn more: it-cisq.org.
CMCrossroads is where configuration management and development professionals go for answers on SCM, ALM, change management, DevOps, tools, and more. CMCrossroads delivers weekly articles from industry experts, as well as interviews with thought leaders, searchable tools and books guides, Q&A, the complete Better Software magazine archive, and access to past conference presentations CMCrossroads.com.
The International Function Point Users Group (IFPUG) is the recognized leader in promoting and encouraging effective management of application software development and maintenance activities through the use of Function Point Analysis and other software measurement techniques. It is the steward of the international standard of software size measurement – ISO/IEC 20926:2009 Software Engineering. ifpug.org
IT Central Station is the leading product review site for software, DevOps and other enterprise technology, revolutionizing the enterprise tech buying process through the power of crowdsourced knowledge, online product reviews and social networking. The company has been called an "innovative platform at the forefront of the new social buying process" by IDC and the "Yelp for Enterprise Tech" by the Wall Street Journal. IT Central Station reaches over 22 million tech buyers who access and share unbiased product information and tap into a community of other real users in order to make the best buying decision. For more information, visit www.ITCentralStation.com.
IT Today informs readers of best practices, as well as of research into current and upcoming issues in information and communication technology (ICT). Articles take a how-to approach to their topics. They help readers solve problems and are applicable to on-the-job situations faced everyday by IT management, staff and consultants in all areas. ittoday.info
Methods and Tools is a free e-magazine providing practical expert knowledge for software development professionals. Methods & Tools gives software development ideas more than one page to express themselves and covers all aspects of software engineering: software project planning and tracking, Agile and Lean frameworks and techniques like Scrum or Kanban, software testing and quality assurance, business analysis and requirements management, software architecture, software process improvement, user interface and UX, continuous integration and delivery, software developer psychology and management, metrics, software design, software tools presentations, etc. methodsandtools.com
ScrumExpert.com is a web site dedicated to present articles, blog posts, book reviews, tools, videos, news and other resources about agile software development project management with the Scrum approach.
Software Development Times® is the leading magazine covering the software development industry. SD Times is available in print and digitally. It may also be read at SDTimes.com. SD Times (circulation: 70,000) carries more advertising pages than any other development publication and regularly covers software QA and test, agile and ALM development, software security, mobile and cloud-based development and much more. Subscribe free at sdtimes.com.
StickyMinds, is the most comprehensive online resource for helping you produce better software. StickyMinds offers an unrivaled scope of original articles from industry experts, as well as interviews with thought leaders, searchable tools and books guides, Q&A, the complete Better Software magazine archive, and access to past conference presentations. StickyMinds.com
This Agile Life is a podcast devoted to agile and lean software development. Each week we discuss the challenges and issues that we face everyday working as developers and coaches on agile teams. The back catalog of This Agile Life has more than 100 hours of content spanning more than 110 episodes. The first episode was released in mid 2012, more than 4 years ago, and continues going strong today. The show is hosted by John Sextro, Jason Tice, Amos King, Craig Buchek, Lee McCauley, Nate McKie, and Natalie Simonsen. Find out more at http://ThisAgileLife.com