STARCANADA 2018 - Sponsors & Exhibitors

Platinum Sponsors

Askida is a center of expertise in software development and software quality that aims to optimize the competitive advantages of its customers while reducing costs and risks. Askida develops customized and proven software solutions or ensures the quality of existing software using its Askida software. Distributed throughout Quebec and elsewhere in North America, Askida’s customers are innovative organizations, characterized by a unique business process and stringent requirements for software quality. askida.com

Blended Perspectives is an independent Atlassian Solutions Platinum Partner with experience across various industries and organizations in North America. For over 10 years, our certified experts have been providing a full range of services around testing specifically, Agile, Scrum and Scaled Agile solutions built on Atlassian products. Given the wide range of testing and dev ops solutions available today using Atlassian, we provide independent guidance on the right solution for you. We’re not building our own Add ons – just advising you on the best choices! We have deep technical skills in all things Atlassian and are also a certified Atlassian Training partner. blendedperspectives.com

Gold Sponsors

Adaptavist helps the world's most complex Enterprises develop, deliver and manage their software better – and keep getting better - using Atlassian tools. Over half of the Fortune 500 use our services, software and license management offerings. Our team is experienced with large-scale, business-critical Atlassian deployments. We've been working with Atlassian software since 2005 and are Atlassian Platinum Solution Partners. If your organisation needs to optimise its application lifecycle and continually improve your software, Adaptavist is the company to contact. Our holistic ‘CALM’ approach ensures that your methods, tools and processes match your business needs and drivers. adaptavist.com

Delphix’s mission is to connect people to data and accelerate innovation. Fortune 100 companies use the Delphix Dynamic Data Platform to connect, virtualize, secure and manage data in the cloud and in on-premise environments. With Delphix, companies can achieve exponential gains in application acceleration, cloud adoption, and security of sensitive data. Delphix is comprised of some of the brightest minds in tech, each of whom believe in the power of data to help accelerate the pace of discovery and better the way we live. For more information visit delphix.com.

Sauce Labs provides the world’s largest cloud-based platform for the continuous testing of web and mobile applications. Founded by the original creator of Selenium, Sauce Labs helps companies accelerate software development cycles, improve application quality, and deploy with confidence across hundreds of browser / OS platforms, including Windows, Linux, iOS, Android & Mac OS X. Optimized for Continuous integration (CI), Continuous delivery (CD), and DevOps, the Sauce Labs platform is built to handle the most secure data from its customers, who range from Fortune 500 companies to small businesses worldwide. To date, more than 1.5 billion tests have run on the Sauce Labs cloud. For more info or to sign up for a free trial, visit saucelabs.com.

tap|QA is a National Thought Leader in Quality Assurance process, Test Automation, and DevOps. We are the leading provider of Quality Assurance consulting services in the Upper Midwest, serving clients nationwide. We’re one of the fastest-growing consulting firms in the country, committed to helping our partners increase their velocity of quality while lessening their reliance on offshore testing by offering a cost-competitive domestic solution. tapqa.com

Silver Sponsors

The CSTB (Canadian Software Testing Board) is the Canadian national branch of the ISTQB (International Software Testing Qualifications Board). The CSTB is one of many national boards participating in the ISTQB, as such, it advocates education and examination as a practical means to excel in the software testing field. cstb.ca

Coveros helps organizations accelerate and improve software development and delivery through consulting, training, and coaching. Specializing in agile, DevOps, and security capabilities, Coveros leverages experience and expertise to help our clients build, test, secure, and deliver superior software. Coveros also offers open source software tools SecureCI and Selenified, which help speed up and secure the agile delivery process. Learn more at Coveros.com

Inflectra is dedicated to helping customers effectively and affordably manage their software development lifecycle. We are proud to be able to help software teams decrease their time to market and increase the return on investment. Our strong focus on providing an excellent customer experience helps us attract and retain customers of all sizes, across a broad range of industries—from large corporations to small businesses, government agencies to individual developers, and professional services firms. Headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland, Inflectra makes SpiraTest and Rapise. SpiraTest provides a complete test management solution, while Rapise is a powerful software test automation platform. inflectra.com

mabl is the ML-driven end-to-end testing service for modern software teams. While teams have increased their development velocity through continuous delivery, legacy QA tools have not kept pace. mabl enables continuous testing with a script-free test automation framework and cutting-edge cloud services. mabl uses proprietary machine learning models to automatically identify application issues, including javascript errors, visual regressions, broken links, increased latency, and more. mabl.com

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. techwell.com

Zenergy Technologies is a specialty QA & testing firm that places high value on practical solutions. With strong emphasis on strategic thought leadership in addition to tactical implementation, Zenergy’s experts advise and guide project teams in industry best practices and optimal approaches while helping them steer clear of pitfalls that typically hinder organizations. Utilizing QA, test, and automation techniques that improve the business value of software development, Zenergy tailors solutions that contribute maximum benefit with minimal disruption. And for organizations using or moving toward iterative development, Zenergy excels in helping Agile/Iterative teams develop low maintenance automation and effective continuous integration. zenergytechnologies.com

Partner Sponsors

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.

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

CIO Applications is a technology magazine published in silicon valley that creates a premiere platform for CIO's to discuss their innovative enterprise solutions and allows IT Vendors to learn about new solutions that can grow their business. We rigorously test, review and report the technologies and services of US enterprise IT vendors. With this analysis, we provide a comprehensive guide for technology leaders to make educated decisions about their IT purchasing and spending and overall gain a better understanding in how to achieve their business goals.

CIOReview is a technology magazine that talks about the enterprise solutions that can redefine the business goals of enterprises tomorrow. It is the leading source that shares innovative enterprise solutions developed by established solutions providers, upcoming hot enterprises and is a neutral source for technology decision makers. Published from Fremont, California, CIOReview is an excellent platform for the enterprise to showcase their innovative solutions.

The Consortium for IT Software Quality (CISQ) is an IT leadership group that develops standards for automating software measurement. CISQ was co-founded by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University and the Object Management Group (OMG), a technology standards consortium. CISQ has published standards for measuring software size, structural quality, and technical debt. The standards written by CISQ enable IT and business leaders to measure the risk IT applications pose to the business, as well as estimate the cost of ownership.

Founded in 2010, ICAgile is a leading global Agile accreditation and certification body that helps organizations design learning experiences that cultivate an agile mindset and enable sustainable organizational agility. ICAgile provides world-class learning tracks to guide organizations in the development of their curriculum. ICAgile’s approach is not tied to any specific Agile methodology, thus giving people the flexibility to blend flavors in a way that make sense for their reality.

StickyMinds.com 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

Tea-time with Testers is the largest circulated English language magazine for professional software testers. It's widely known in community for the quality of its content, authors and its unique way of presenting information. It's a monthly publication and it's FREE! Download your issues here and follow them on Twitter @TtimewidTesters.

TechBeacon is a digital hub for dev and tech professionals seeking guidance to real business challenges. Focusing on information that really matters for competing effectively in business without compromising on editorial integrity. Our editorial mission is simple: to connect our readers to the leading experts who understand what it takes to succeed. Staying ahead of the trends and navigating emerging technology while maintaining focus on what's needed to be successful now is not always a straightforward path. TechBeacon shines a light on those who are doing it right and those who are solving today's most challenging problems to shape the future of IT.