STAREAST 2018 - Sponsors & Exhibitors

Premier Sponsors

CA Technologies makes software for businesses that are development-driven, because we believe those who build the apps will own the future. We help our customers succeed in a future where every business—from apparel to energy—is being rewritten by software. From planning to development to management to security, at CA we create software that fuels transformation for companies in the application economy. With CA software at the center of their IT strategy, organizations can leverage the technology that changes the way we live—from the data center to the mobile device. Our software and solutions help our customers thrive in the new application economy by delivering the means to deploy, monitor and secure their applications and infrastructure. Our goal is to help organizations develop applications and experiences that excite, engage and open up money- making opportunities for their businesses. CA solutions power innovation by helping organizations to understand, plan, manage and control infrastructure to ensure the best possible business outcomes. ca.com/us.html

Platinum Sponsors

AutonomIQ is the leading cloud platform enabling product, QA, DevOps and IT teams to autonomously test, release and deploy software, thereby increasing velocity of software releases without compromising quality. With pre-built integrations to common web applications and SaaS providers, customers can instantly create test cases, generate test scripts and test data, and execute tests. Using deep-learning and AI algorithms, AutonomIQ detects changes, enables self-healing for test assets and provides advanced diagnostics. In real world situations, AutonomIQ has been shown to provide over ~50% improvement in speed and quality compared to existing tools and techniques. For more information, please visit autonomiq.io

Eggplant helps organizations put users at the center of software testing to create amazing digital experiences that drive user adoption, conversion, and retention. Our Digital Automation Intelligence Suite interacts with software exactly like a real user to test the true user experience, and auto-generates tests at the UI and API level for greater productivity. Eggplant solutions enable customers to test the full user experience, including performance and usability, managing the test environment and orchestrating large-scale test execution, and generating predictive analytics to understand the impact of a change on users across a wide range of operating systems and platforms. eggplant.io/

Micro Focus believes businesses don’t need to eliminate the past to make way for the future. Everything we do is based on a simple idea: the fastest way to get results from new technology investments is to build on what you have–in essence, bridging the old and the new. We promise our customers that they will be in the best position to navigate the challenges of business and IT change. From cloud to mobile, from the datacenter to the Internet of Things, Micro Focus solutions enable them to innovate faster with less risk, embrace new business models, seize market opportunities, and derive competitive advantage. microfocus.com

Parasoft’s software testing solutions support the entire software development process, from when the developer writes the first line of code all the way through unit and functional testing, to performance and security testing, leveraging service virtualization along the way. Parasoft's unique analytics platform aggregates data from across all testing practices, providing insights up and down the testing pyramid to enable organizations to succeed in today's most strategic development initiatives, including Agile/DevOps, Continuous Testing, and the complexities of IoT. Parasoft’s automated software testing innovations fuel software development organizations, helping teams reduce the time, cost, and effort of delivering high-quality software to the market. parasoft.com

Enterprises across the globe rely on Perforce to build and deliver quality products faster. Perforce offers solutions for complete developer collaboration and Agile project management. Our customers get visibility over the development lifecycle with ALM solutions and easily trace requirements, track bugs, and manage tests. And our customers trust version control solutions to securely manage change across all digital content — source code, art files, video files, images, libraries. These solutions support developers and help teams be more productive. With Perforce, it's easy to accelerate delivery cycles and enhance collaboration, control, speed, scale, and freedom. To learn more, visit perforce.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

Applitools is on a mission to help test automation, DevOps and development teams release and monitor mobile, web and native apps in a fully automated way that enables Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI-CD). Founded in 2013, Applitools uses sophisticated AI-powered image processing technology to ensure that an application appears correctly and functions properly on all devices, browsers, operating systems and screen sizes. Applitools has more than 300 customers from a range of verticals, including Fortune-100 companies in software, banking, online retail, insurance, pharmaceuticals, and more. Applitools is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with an R&D center in Tel Aviv, Israel. For more information, please visit applitools.com.

ASTQB is the official U.S. board for ISTQB, the world's most popular software tester certification. If you work in the U.S. or for a U.S.-based company, you should only take the ASTQB version of the ISTQB exam. That's because U.S. employers check with ASTQB, not ISTQB, to determine if you are ISTQB certified. Moreover, the ASTQB exam is written in American English, not a translation from another language, making it understandable and fair. ASTQB also offers its global Mobile testing certification as well as IQBBA business analyst certification. Learn more about the special benefits of certification through ASTQB, ASTQB.org.

Deloitte provides industry-leading audit & assurance, consulting, tax, and risk and financial advisory services to many of the world’s most admired brands, including 80 percent of the Fortune 500 and more than 6,000 private and middle market companies. Our people work across more than 20 industry sectors with one purpose: to deliver measurable, lasting results. We help reinforce public trust in our capital markets, inspire clients to make their most challenging business decisions with confidence, and help lead the way toward a stronger economy and a healthy society. www2.deloitte.com

Deque Systems, founded in 1999, is a leading provider of digital accessibility software and services. Our product family includes the uniquely robust suite of WorldSpace accessibility testing tools, Amaze, and aXe: our open source accessibility rules library. Deque's expert team consists of mission-driven thought leaders and innovators in accessibility and software development who work alongside our clients to help make meaningful progress towards digital equality. Deque was awarded the Computerworld 21st Century Achievement Award for Innovation for the Amaze technology, and the company is frequently recognized in the Inc. 5000 List of America’s Fastest Growing Companies. Learn more at deque.com.

Go2Group, a global provider of IT delivery solutions, helps enterprises achieve business agility. Founded in 2002, the company offers enterprise-level software products and services for ALM (Application Lifecycle Management), DevOps, cloud, and agile practices. It specializes in complex integration projects involving multiple platforms and multiple teams for improved productivity, enhanced collaboration, and accelerated application delivery. Go2Group has a proven track record in DevOps leadership and implementation, providing tools and applications built on latest technology and processes, and a strong and dedicated team of trained and certified technical consultants. go2group.com

Mobile Labs provides enterprise-grade on-premises and hosted mobile device clouds that improve efficiency and raise quality for agile, cross-platform mobile app and mobile web deployments. The company’s patented open platform 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.

Perfecto is a cloud-based platform for web, mobile and IoT software testing, empowering enterprises with the tools needed to deliver better digital experiences. Perfecto’s users can automate continuous testing throughout the DevOps cycle, using a test lab comprised of real browsers, smart phones and devices under real end-user conditions. More than 2,500 customers, including the top global enterprises across the banking, retail, telecommunications, hospitality and media industries rely on Perfecto to help meet user expectations, boost brand reputations, and establish loyal customers. For more information about Perfecto, visit perfecto.io, join our community.

Quali is the leading provider of enterprise sandbox software for cloud and DevOps automation. With its flagship CloudShell platform and blueprint-based approach, Quali gives Dev/Test teams, sales and support professionals, as well as architects, access to on-demand, self-service replicas of complex production environments that work on private, public and hybrid cloud deployments. Cloud Providers, Telco, Technology Vendors and Enterprises, and several Fortune 500 and Global 100 customers use Quali software to innovate faster, increase productivity and deliver their products and services to market faster with higher quality and reduced costs. More information about Quali is available at quali.com.

Sauce Labs provides the world’s largest cloud-based platform for the automated 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 one billion tests have run on the Sauce Labs cloud. For more info or to sign up for a free trial, visit saucelabs.com.

As the leader in software quality tools for teams, SmartBear supports more than six million software professionals and over 22,000 organizations in 194 countries use its products to deliver the highest quality and best performing software possible, shipped at seemingly impossible velocities. With products for code review, API and UI testing, and monitoring across mobile, web and desktop applications, SmartBear equips every development, testing and operations team member with tools to ensure quality at every stage of the software cycle. For more information, visit: smartbear.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

Testim leverages machine learning for the authoring, execution and maintenance of automated test cases. We use dynamic locators that learn with every execution. The outcome is super fast authoring and stable tests that learn, thus eliminating the need to continually maintain tests with every code change. NetApp, Gett, Wix and others run over 300,000 tests using Testim every month. testim.io

Tricentis, the Continuous Testing Company, specializes in market leading agile software testing tools for enterprises. We help Global 2000 companies adopt DevOps and gain success by achieving automation rates of over 90%. Top analysts recognize Tricentis as a leader in Software Test Automation, with Model-based Test Automation and Test Case Design as standout features. Our 400+ customers include global names from the Top 500 brands such as A&E, Allianz, Deutsche Bank, HBO, JetBlue, Orange, Swiss Re, Telstra, Toyota, UBS, Vantiv, Virgin Airlines, and Zurich Insurance. Tricentis has offices in Austria, United States, Germany, Switzerland, UK, Netherlands, Poland, and Australia. tricentis.com

Zephyr provides the world’s most widely used test management software, powering more than 18,000 companies across 100 countries, and leading a global transformation to DevOps and Continuous Testing Agility. Driven by an agile company credo –to help organizations spend less time testing and more time building– Zephyr launched the first testing solution natively inside Jira nearly a decade ago. Today, product and IT teams of all sizes trust Zephyr end-to-end product solutions to keep pace with accelerating software delivery lifecycles. getzephyr.com

Silver Sponsors

Aspire Systems is a global technology services firm, with expertise around Next-Gen Testing, Software Engineering, Digital Services and Support. Aspire is a trusted testing partner for many leading organizations, including Fortune 500 companies, across industries. Aspire helps organizations set up a world class Testing CoE with its unique methodology – Hyper-

Testing, an Agile and holistic approach towards designing and executing a test strategy that covers end to end testing of all applications as well as the non-functional requirements by leveraging the best of breed tools (cloud, open source, etc.) resulting in less TCO and high ROI.” Aspire also extends its Test Automation expertise with two robust test automation frameworks- DCqaf and AFTA. aspiresys.com/independent-testing-services

Checkpoint Technologies provides expert services, such as assessments, training, staff augmentation and more, along with best-of-breed software partners with a focus in Quality Assurance and software testing. We enable organizations to deliver higher-quality applications to market faster. checkpointech.com

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

froglogic GmbH is a software company based in Hamburg, Germany with additional offices in the USA and Poland with over 3,000 customers world-wide. froglogic is well known for its automated testing suite Squish with its flagship product Squish GUI Tester, the market-leading automated testing tool for GUI applications based on Qt, Java AWT/Swing, SWT/RCP and JavaFX, Mac OS X Carbon/Cocoa, Windows MFC, .NET and WPF, iOS Cocoa Touch, Android and for HTML/Ajax/Flex-based web applications running in a variety of web browsers. In addition, froglogic offers the professional, cross-platform C, C++, C# and Tcl code analysis tool Coco Code Coverage. Find out more about us and our products at froglogic.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

Miracle’s Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Engineering (QE) Practice provides world-class verification and validation services. The service offerings include Managed Testing Services, Testing as a Service (TaaS), Specialized Automation Testing Services, Software Development Engineer in Test (SDETs), Mobility, Performance and Load Testing, QA Assessments, DevOps and Risk Based Testing. Our experts and technology professionals assure a seamless end-to-end testing experience that enables business process continuity for your applications. The QA/QE practice has developed proven accelerators/frameworks/methodologies for test automation, agile testing, DevOps, performance and mobility. Are you ready for testing in a digital world? We can help you! miraclesoft.com

Neotys is a leading innovator in load testing & performance testing for Web and Mobile applications. It has nearly 15 years of development investment into NeoLoad – the performance testing platform designed to accelerate Agile and DevOps processes. Built by engineers who recognized that to achieve their Agile adoption objective, they needed to create a product that could facilitate superior load and performance testing continuously. The result – up to 10x faster test creation and maintenance with NeoLoad! For more information about Neotys or NeoLoad, visit: neotys.com or contact [email protected].

ALM CIA enhances Quality Center, ALM and Octane features set by understanding the underlying dependencies of your application. ALM Change Impact Analysis increases the testing accuracy by identifying the impact of changes for a selected release. QA organizations can optimize their delivery cycles and provide precise planning as early as day one. ALM CIA Discovers which test matter, Reduces Test Scope & Deliver Applications faster. Pegasie has been providing niche performance & Quality Management solutions for the last 15 years and has won several Awards including the PartnerOne Award from HP (now Microfocus). pegasie.com

Progress (NASDAQ: PRGS) is a global leader in application development and deployment, empowering enterprises to build the mission-critical business applications of tomorrow to succeed in an evolving business environment. Testing is a crucial part of app development, but it can become a complicated and time-consuming process. If you need an all-in-one advanced tool for Web, Load & Performance, Mobile or API testing, take a look at Progress Test Studio. Its ease of use and powerful features for non-coded or coded test automation make it the perfect choice, suitable for anyone on the team - from the inexperienced manual QA to the advanced Automation Developer. progress.com

QASymphony accelerates digital transformation with software testing solutions that help enterprises prioritize quality, develop more reliable software and increase speed to market. The qTest Platform streamlines software testing in agile and DevOps environments and centralizes testing efforts across the enterprise. By taking a strategic approach to quality, QASymphony enables enterprises to develop higher-quality software, faster, to better support new business models and customer experiences. qasymphony.com

QMetry is a leader in test management, test automation, and test analytics products. QMetry Intelligent Digital Quality Platform is designed for Agile & DevOps teams to build, manage & deploy quality software faster & better. QMetry has the complete agile testing solution with test management, automation, & powerful quality analytics for digital enterprises. It is trusted by 700+ customers globally across Banking, Finance, Healthcare, ODMs, Hospitality, Retail, and High-tech verticals.

QMetry is designed for digital transformation and helps agile and DevOps teams to build, manage, and deploy quality software faster with confidence. qmetry.com

Remote TestKit is a mobile device cloud service offering access to hundreds of real devices to maximize your efficiency and to minimize your expenses. Now developers and testers can access all the latest and oldest popular devices at their fingertips. Remote TestKit offers seamless connection to your existing manual and automated testing tools. We offer flexible plan with Public SaaS, Enterprise On-Premise, and Hosted solutions to fit your requirements. Remote TestKit is developed and supported by NTT Resonant, a subsidiary of NTT - the world leader in telecommunication and mobile technologies. To learn more about Remote TestKit, please visit appkitbox.com/en/testkit/

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

Test.ai is the world's first AI-powered test automation solution designed for the demands of agile development environments. Our test bots have been trained on thousands of the top apps, and have learned how to recognize and execute test scenarios automatically. By using test.ai to achieve automated test coverage instantly, software teams can eliminate the mundane aspects of the release cycle and concentrate on creative problem solving. test.ai

TestExchange offers a unique platform for employers to better evaluate QA talent for effective hiring combined with development & evaluation of their existing workforce. Through sophisticated testing techniques and data analysis tools, TestExchange enables you to access a candidate’s software testing capabilities. Using real-world example tests, you can assess a tester’s ability to design test cases and find bugs in the most efficient manner. Employers looking to develop their currently employed workforce can leverage TestExchange to assess and visualize the testing strengths and weaknesses of each team member. This reduces costs by providing pinpointed training for employee growth. testexchange.io

Ultimate Software is #7 on FORTUNE’s 2017 list of 100 Best Companies to Work For, and #1 Best Place to work in Technology for 2018. At Ultimate, your voice matters – we want to hear and implement your ideas, use cutting edge technologies, and continuously improve our cloud-based application. Headquartered just outside Fort Lauderdale, FL, Ultimate Software is a leading cloud provider of people management solutions for businesses across all industries. The vision is simple: to deliver the most flexible, comprehensive solution to manage HR, payroll, benefits, time, and talent management. ultimatesoftware.com/careers-at-ultimate

ZAPTEST can automate testing against any GUI based application in any environment on Mobile; Web or Desktop. It allows you to streamline test automation by creating test scripts against live applications and mock-ups, auto-generate test documentation, and run scripts on all test environments at once; ideal for any Agile; DevOps; CI/CD development oriented testing. ZAPFARM offers Private cloud for distributed Mobile and conventional devices and workstations, where you can use it for manual or automated testing. ZAPTEST & ZAPFARM execute in parallel on any test environment at once, and therefore allow you to meet any schedule and budget resulting in increased testing ROI! zaptest.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.

CIO Application 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.

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.

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.