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Blizzard Entertainment's track record of back-to-back #1-selling games spans more than a decade, and with blockbuster hits such as World of Warcraft®, Warcraft® III: Reign of Chaos®, Diablo® II, and StarCraft®, the company has earned several consecutive Game of the Year awards. In addition, Blizzard Entertainment’s online-game service, Battle.net®, is one of the largest in the world, with millions of active players. Recent projects include expansions for Diablo® III: Reaper of Souls™, StarCraft® II: Heart of the Swarm™, World of Warcraft®: Warlords of Draenor™, and well as the release of Hearthstone®: Heroes of Warcraft™, a free-to-play digital strategy card game. blizzard.com

With more than 130,000 people in over 40 countries, Capgemini is one of the world's foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services. The Group reported 2013 global revenues of EUR 10.1 billion. Together with its clients, Capgemini creates and delivers business and technology solutions that fit their needs and drive the results they want. A deeply multicultural organization, Capgemini has developed its own way of working, the Collaborative Business Experience™, and draws on Rightshore®, its worldwide delivery model. capgemini.com

Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) is a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services, dedicated to helping the world’s leading companies build stronger businesses. Headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey (U.S.), Cognizant combines a passion for client satisfaction, technology innovation, deep industry and business process expertise, and a global, collaborative workforce that embodies the future of work. With over 50 delivery centers worldwide and approximately 166,400 employees as of September 30, 2013, Cognizant is a member of the NASDAQ-100, the S&P 500, the Forbes Global 2000, and the Fortune 500 and is ranked among the top performing and fastest growing companies in the world. Visit us online at www.cognizant.com or follow us on Twitter: Cognizant.

HP, the leading provider of ALM, Software Quality, Functional, Performance, Mobile and Security testing solutions for over a decade, provides the management, automation and virtualization capabilities needed to deliver today's modern, user-centric applications with velocity and quality. HP software solutions combine visibility and analytics across the application lifecycle, fostering better collaboration between the business, development and testing to simplify and speed the adoption of automation, service virtualization and continuous integration to keep pace with agile delivery. With HP Software solutions, it becomes easier to rapidly deliver new and enhanced applications that drive innovation—without sacrificing quality. Learn more at hp.com/go/alm.

IBM Rational quality management and testing solutions enable companies to continuously test and validate quality throughout the product and application lifecycle. By bringing together functional, performance, integration testing, and service virtualization into a comprehensive offering, organizations are able to deliver higher quality products and services to market rapidly with greater efficiency, higher predictability, and reduced cost. ibm.com/ibm/devops/us/en/build/

Keynote is the global leader in cloud-based testing, monitoring and analytics for mobile and web, optimizing the value of every digital interaction, enhancing user experience and driving business value through online performance. The company runs the world's largest cloud testing, monitoring and analytics network in the world and collects over 700 million mobile and website performance measurements daily. In 2012 Keynote, a Thoma Bravo portfolio company, was recognized by Forbes Magazine as "One of the Best 100 Companies in America."

Mindtree [NSE: MINDTREE] delivers technology services and accelerates growth for Global 1000 companies by solving complex business challenges with breakthrough technical innovations. Mindtree specializes in e-commerce, mobility, cloud enablement, digital transformation, business intelligence, data analytics, testing, infrastructure, EAI and ERP solutions. We are among the fastest growing technology firms globally with more than 200 clients and offices in 14 countries. We deliver amazing results: Helping 100 million passengers fly safely. Improving security and performance for one of the world’s largest e-commerce stores. Unifying brand messaging and improving engagement for one billion consumers. For Mindtree, “Welcome to possible” is more than a slogan - it reflects our approach to every engagement. mindtree.com

Tata Consultancy Services is an IT services, consulting and business solutions organization that delivers real results to global business, ensuring a level of certainty no other firm can match. TCS offers a consulting-led, integrated portfolio of IT, BPO, infrastructure, engineering and assurance services. This is delivered through its unique Global Network Delivery Model™, recognized as the benchmark of excellence in software development. A part of the Tata group, India’s largest industrial conglomerate, TCS has over 263,000 of the world’s best-trained consultants in 44 countries. For more information, visit us at www.tcs.com.

Appvance PerformanceCloud is a 3rd generation platform designed to test and validate scalability and performance of internal and external facing apps. QA teams using APC show a 600% improvement in productivity versus older tools. IT managers, DevOps, and brand managers use Appvance PerformanceCloud to ensure their apps will perform as promised, to encourage usage and protect brand image. APC provides deeper diagnoses of issues compared to older tools, and offers end-to-end app performance verification, including Web apps, Ajax, Social/Mobile apps, SOA, Web services using SOAP/REST, and BPM/ESB, for organizations of all sizes. While fully compatible with industry standard functional test scripting languages, including Selenium and soapUI, Appvance's patent pending uxAvatar technology replaces scripting with recordings of user actions requiring little to no coding, simplifying the entire app testing process from functional to performance to APM. www.appvance.com

Originating in 1983, Borland Software Corporation is a world-class provider of requirements, test and change management solutions. As part of Micro Focus Ltd, Borland offers tools that are open, agile and work across the entire Application Development Lifecycle to enable customers to build better software, faster. For additional information please visit www.borland.com

Coverity, Inc., a Synopsys company (Nasdaq:SNPS), is a leading provider of software quality and security testing solutions. Coverity’s award-winning development testing platform helps developers create and deliver better software, faster, by automatically testing source code for software defects that could lead to product crashes, unexpected behavior, security breaches or catastrophic system failure. The world’s largest brands rely on Coverity to help ensure the quality, safety and security of their products and services. For more information, visit www.coverity.com, follow us on Twitter or check out our blog.

QA, software testing, and test automation are the three core service offerings of TestingWhiz, a division of Cygnet Infotech. The QA and software testing center of excellence is powered by a team of ISTQB certified test engineers having deep experience in functional and performance testing of web and mobile applications. TestingWhiz’s code less test automation software with its Enterprise and Community editions help companies automate the regression testing of their web and cloud applications. Read more at www.testing-whiz.com

InfoStretch specializes in enterprise application QA, Test Automation and Mobile Testing Services. Infostretch’s award winning test management tool - QMetry enables traceability from requirements to test case creation, execution and defect tracking. QMetry seamlessly integrates with Automation tools and provides comprehensive reporting capabilities. InfoStretch has expertise in testing Finance, Retail and Health Industry applications. infostretch.com

LogiGear is a global software testing company and developer of the TestArchitect keyword-driven test automation framework. TestArchitect helps improve Agile development by reducing the time to create and maintain reliable test automation. The tool is backed with LogiGear professional services to help you get up and running quickly.  LogiGear also offers outsourced testing services (manual and automated), as well as on-site training to help achieve the most ambitious testing goals. – LogiGear.com

Mobile Labs provides enterprise-grade, next generation testing tools for mobile app testing, mobile device testing and mobile website testing. With a focus on security, agility and affordability, Mobile Labs delivers solutions to help enterprises deploy quality mobile apps for Android, iOS and Windows platforms while also securely managing mobile devices and test device access via private cloud. Mobile Labs helps today’s enterprise IT and QA teams to improve mobile application testing management, minimize the number of devices required for testing, and strengthen mobile devices and app security. To learn more about Mobile Labs, visit www.mobilelabsinc.com.

Nous Infosystems is a CMMI Level 5 v1.3 company, providing IT services to its global customers. Nous has rich experience of over 18 years serving customers across various industries such as Banking & Financial Services, Insurance, Healthcare, Retail, Travel & Logistics. Testree, the Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) division of Nous, addresses emerging trends of the global market with its expertise in Automation, Performance and Mobility Testing and other areas like SOA, Cloud, BI and Social Media. Through its strong partnerships with best in class tool providers, Testree provides high quality services to its global customers. nousinfosystems.com

Parasoft is recognized by software development professionals as the leader in software development lifecycle automation. By integrating software development management, quality lifecycle management, and dev/test environment management, we help teams deliver better software faster. Since 1987, over 10,000 companies—including 58% of the Fortune 500—use Parasoft. Visit parasoft.com

Perfecto Mobile is the leading global provider of cloud-based testing, automation and monitoring solutions for mobile applications and websites, utilizing a wide selection of REAL mobile devices accessible via the web. Perfecto Mobile’s MobileCloud™ enables developers and testers, located anywhere in the world, to access a comprehensive range of the latest mobile handsets and tablets. Users can develop, test, deploy and monitor their mobile applications and services without having to physically obtain the handsets.

Skytap is the leading provider of SaaS-based dev/test environments to the enterprise. Our solution removes the inefficiencies and constraints that companies have within their software development lifecycle. As a result Skytap customers release better software faster. Skytap customers can run complex enterprise applications unchanged, collaborate securely with global teams, and gain unparalleled business productivity. IT organizations maintain full visibility and control over projects, align capacity with demand, and reduce costs. skytap.com

TechExcel, Inc. is the leader in unified Application Lifecycle Management as well as Support and Service solutions that bridge the divide between product development and service/support. This unification enables enterprises to focus on the strategic goals of product design, project planning, development and testing, while enabling transparent visibility with all customer-facing initiatives. TechExcel has over 1,500 customers in more than 42 countries. techexcel.com

You asked for it; we built it. Tellurium is your complete solution for collaborative testing and test management. Create, modify, execute, and report on your tests from anywhere on any device with a web browser, easily scaling your manual and automated testing efforts by harnessing the power of the cloud. Tellurium’s “Plain English” automated scripting language goes beyond keyword and data driven testing. Easily leverage from any methodology, including Agile, TDD, and BDD. Our powerful SaaS solution is available at your fingertips as soon as you sign up — no installation required. Come join us at www.te52.com.

Tricentis provides the leading enterprise software testing solutions for Global 2000 companies to accelerate business innovation with peace of mind. The unique Tricentis approach to software testing enables enterprises to achieve unprecedented automation rates while minimizing business-related risks. The company’s more than 400 customers include global brands such as Allianz, BMW, Deutsche Bank, HBO, Orange, Siemens, Southwest, Swiss Re, and UBS. Gartner recognizes Tricentis as a visionary in the recent 2013 Magic Quadrant for Integrated Software Quality Suites. To learn more, visit www.tricentis.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, or Facebook.

TurnKey Solutions provides Scriptless automated testing tools and application frameworks for the HP ALM (formerly Mercury) family of products.  TurnKey’s industry-leading platform, cFactory™, turns QC and QTP into a fully scriptless, keyword-driven testing solution that auto-creates and auto-maintains your test automation.  cFactory™ supports all application technologies that QTP/UFT supports and much more, through its extensive add-in libraries.  cFactory™ also includes dataDriver™, a comprehensive data management platform that allows test data to determine the flow of a test vs. a traditional script.  Pre-packaged frameworks are also available for the major ERP/CRM systems including Oracle, SAP and PeopleSoft.  cFactory™ is the only Scriptless solution recommended, sold and endorsed by HP Software. turnkeysolutions.com 

Ultimate Software ranked #20 on FORTUNE’s list of the top 100 Places to Work in America in 2014, and is hiring Software Test Engineers, Software Engineers & other professionals in the area of DevOps, Security, Performance and many more in the Ft. Lauderdale/Miami area. With 100% employer-paid health benefits, stock incentives, and generous 401k matching, Ultimate Software is an employer of choice. Whether you’re currently looking or not, please stop by the Ultimate Software booth at STARWEST to network with some leaders and talent managers from our award-winning, cutting edge agile software development team..

Amazon Devices designs and engineers software for high-profile devices, customers love. We have worked to produce best-selling Kindle Fire tablets with breakthrough software technology, Kindle e-readers that have revolutionized reading, and Amazon Fire TV, a tiny yet powerful way to watch the best movies and TV shows in the comfort of your living room.

AppDynamics is the next generation application performance management solution that simplifies the management of complex, business-critical apps. No one can stand slow applications—not IT, Ops, and Dev teams, not the CIO, and definitely not end users. With AppDynamics, no one has to tolerate slow performing apps ever again. AppDynamics customers include DIRECTV, AMICA Insurance, Hotels.com, StubHub, Staples, Insight Technologies, and Cornell University. For more information, visit www.appdynamics.com.

Applause is leading the app quality revolution by enabling companies to deliver digital experiences that win - from web to mobile to wearables and beyond. By combining in-the-wild testing services, software tools and analytics, Applause helps companies achieve the 360° app quality they need to thrive in the modern apps economy. Thousands of companies – including Google, Fox, Amazon, Box, Concur and Runkeeper – choose Applause to launch apps that delight their users. Learn more at www.applause.com.

ASKIDA is the leading software that orchestrates your automated tests in a systematic and repeatable way. The results and status of all your applications are compiled and centralized in ASKIDA’s comprehensive and detailed dashboard, providing full control of the quality and operational compliance of your projects. ASKIDA runs your automated tests without any manual intervention, on all platforms and languages. askida.com

ASTQB is the American arm of the International Software Testing Qualifications Board  in 50+ countries with over 350,00 software testers certified worldwide. ISTQB develops the body of knowledge and glossary that a software tester should understand, and tests to it with an examination to grant the professional credential. ISTQB certification has three levels:  Foundation (CTFL), Foundation Agile Extension (CTFL-AT) containing Test Analyst, Test Manager and Technical Test Analyst, and Expert. The ISTQB body of knowledge syllabi and glossary are downloadable at no cost from our website www.ASTQB.org, where full information about the program is easily accessed. ASTQB also offers Business Analyst certification through the International Qualification Board for Business Analysis (IQBBA).

Beyondsoft is a global IT service provider with 8,000 engineers in twelve production centers throughout the US, Canada, India, Japan and China. A quality focused engineering company, Beyondsoft has helped companies from startups to Fortune 500’s around the world spanning financial services, retail/eCommerce, information security, IoT, media and professional services and technology sectors. With our flexible, cost effective, and secure service model, we provide one stop service offering for business consulting, software and hardware development and testing, mobility, cloud computing, and IT management. Beyondsoft – Beyond your expectations beyondsoft.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 HP 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, HP Fortify Software Security Center / Infrastructure - Business Class Products (Server, Storage, etc.) - Enterprise Class Mission Critical Products (Server, Storage, and Networking).

Testing Web applications doesn’t have to be a multi-tool, time consuming process. TestCafé allows testers to test and record Web applications in a 100% Web-based environment. Forget about switching browsers, firing up external code editors and trying replicate bugs. TestCafé is a feature-complete testing tool with a simple API and no plugins required. TestCafé’s built-in visual test recorder, code editor, mark up validation, traffic analysis, continuous integration capabilities and generous licensing provisions make it an extremely powerful, cost effective automated testing solution because the need to purchase multiple add-ons has been eliminated. Try TestCafé today and experience the difference yourself.

Dynatrace is the vision and innovation behind the new generation of application performance management that delivers application insights to IT and business. We are driven by a passion to create software that enables our more than 5,700 customers, large and small, around the world to optimize every digital moment for their employees and customers. The market-leading Dynatrace products allow companies to manage modern applications including mobile, cloud, big data and SOA and transform complexity into digital success.

froglogic GmbH is a software company based in Hamburg, Germany with additional offices in the USA with over 2,000 customers world-wide. froglogic is famous 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's offering includes the professional, cross-platform C and C++ Code Coverage tool Squish Coco. More about froglogic is at www.froglogic.com.

Hexaware is a leading global provider of IT and BPO services. The company has achieved leadership position in domains such as Banking, Financial Services, Insurance, Transportation, Logistics and HR-IT solutions. Hexaware focuses on delivering business results leveraging technology solutions and specializes in Business Intelligence & Analytics, Enterprise Applications, Quality Assurance and Testing Services, Remote Infrastructure Management Services  and Legacy Modernization. Hexaware has been providing business technology solutions for over 23 years and offers world class service delivery, technology leadership and skilled human capital.

Informatica Corporation (Nasdaq:INFA) is the world's number one independent provider of data integration software. Organizations around the world rely on Informatica to realize their information potential and drive top business imperatives. Informatica Vibe, the industry’s first and only embeddable virtual data machine (VDM), powers the unique “Map Once. Deploy Anywhere.” capabilities of the Informatica Platform. Worldwide, over 5,000 enterprises depend on Informatica to fully leverage their information assets from devices to mobile to social to big data residing on-premise, in the Cloud and across social networks. For more information, call +1 650-385-5000 (1-800-653-3871 in the U.S.), or visit informatica.com.

Intelegencia is a global technology and customer experience focused service provider. Since its inception in 2008 Intelegencia has now been serving clients globally (North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia). Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across majority of industries and business functions, Intelegencia collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses. Intelegencia continues to benefit from a highly experienced leadership team that is supported by active & independent board of advisors comprising of globally renowned industry experts. intelegencia.com

Quality Assurance Practice is one of Microexcel’s major practice areas offerings innovative and cost effective solutions to clients. With a highly skilled and experience workforce, QA Practice at Microexcel provides a sense of tranquility to Clients to assure them that they're in good hands. With more than a decade long of successful history in providing full array of QA Services, Microexcel’s offerings include Software QA , Customer Acceptance Testing, Performance Testing,  Functionality Testing, Manual and Automated Testing, Usability Testing , Security Testing, Resolution and Test Process Consulting. An advocate for open source solutions for all cutting edge technologies, Microexcel developed a product – Open Action - an action based Test automation framework for mobile and web, designed for seamlessly integrating multiple open source tools to offer a complete end-to-end test automation solution. microexcel.com

RadView is a leading provider of application performance and load testing software. Since 1993, RadView has enabled over 3500 customers around the world to assure the performance, scalability and reliability of their internet applications. Leading organizations depend on RadView’s award-winning product WebLOAD to test applications for financial services, retail, media, education, manufacturing, healthcare and more. Robust and flexible, WebLOAD is both easy to use, and powerful enough to handle the most complex testing challenges. It simulates heavy load in a broad range of web, mobile, and cloud environments and provides you with the actionable intelligence you need in order to rapidly identify and resolve bottlenecks. radview.com

Ranorex offers a cost-effective and comprehensive UI test automation framework that simplifies both integration and acceptance testing for developers, and testing professionals, regardless of their programming or scripting experience. The Ranorex Automation Framework allows testing of many different application types including Web 2.0, Mobile Devices (Android, iOS), WPF, Flash/Flex, Silverlight, Qt, .NET and Java. ranorex.com

Our service, Remote TestKit, makes your apps test super easy. You can rent over 250 different types of real smartphones and tablets through the internet, and access them anytime from your PC. Also, it has a virtual adb feature which allows you to connect to your developing environment seamlessly. Remote TestKit is provided by NTT Resonant Inc., a joint venture between NTT Communications and NTT Docomo, develops top-class application services in Japan and all over the world. http://appkitbox.com/en/testkit/

Sauce’s cloud-based service allows developers to automatically or interactively test mobile and web applications on more than 350 browsers and platforms including iOS, Android & Mac OS X. With built-in video recording of every test, debugging tools and secure tunneling for local or firewalled testing, Sauce makes running, debugging and scaling test suites easier than ever. Sauce supports automated functional testing with Selenium and Javascript unit testing in all the popular programming languages, frameworks and CI systems. For more information, visit saucelabs.com.

SmartBear is the choice of more than two million software professionals and over 25,000 organizations in 90 countries that use its products to build and deliver the world’s best software applications. The company’s user centric application management solutions support the key software delivery processes of development, testing, API readiness and application performance management across desktop, Web and mobile platforms. With millions of developers, testers and operations teams already using its products, SmartBear is profitable, growing, global and poised to support the emergence of DevOps. Be a smart bear. Get started building and delivering the planet’s next great application at www.smartbear.com.

SOASTA is the leader in cloud testing. Its web and mobile test automation and monitoring solutions, CloudTest, TouchTest and mPulse, enable developers, QA professionals and IT operations teams to test and monitor users with unprecedented speed, scale, precision and visibility. The innovative product set streamlines test creation, automates provisioning and execution, and analyzes real user behavior in real-time to deliver actionable intelligence, faster. With SOASTA, companies have confidence that their applications will perform as designed, delivering quality user experiences every time. For more information about SOASTA, please visit www.soasta.com.

SQA² is a software quality assurance company that aims to promote the Information Technology industry by providing thought leadership in the practice of software quality assurance, implementing best practices and procedures of software quality assurance on client projects, and by providing training to Software Quality Assurance practitioners. SQA² helps implement a more effective quality assurance process that: lowers support and maintenance costs, shortens time-to-market, and helps exceed user expectations. SQA² subscribes to a context-driven school of testing; we apply our process, people, and tools to your unique situation in order to ensure the best possible outcomes. www.sqasquared.com

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.  Our solutions include:
     • Strategic Quality - Strategic Consulting and Business Driven Quality® to Optimize  IT Capabilities, Technology & Organizational structure. 
     • tap|Lakeshore - cost-competitive with offshore, but embedded locally with your team, or at our site in Minneapolis.
     • QA/QC/BA Project Augmentation – From well-seasoned QA experts to bright, talented, and well-trained associate consultants, with delivery oversight included.

ValueLabs is a business technology solutions provider. Our services span consulting, software product development, application development & maintenance, QA & testing, Engineering, GIS, RIM and KPO services. With a presence across US / Canada, UK / Europe, ME, Asia Pacific and Australia, we serve over 150+ clients in multiple industries, drawing on 3200+ employees. ValueLabs QA & testing practice provides flexible services – test consulting, on-demand testing, managed testing services and building Testing Center of Excellence (TCoE) - to its clients, helping them achieve critical IT goals with greater quality, better reliability and enhanced robustness. For more information, please visit valuelabs.com.

ValueMomentum provides Software and Services to Insurance, Financial Services & Healthcare firms. Our solutions are designed to deliver business value and drive momentum of our Customers’ initiatives. We offer a set of comprehensive QA services to enable our Clients make their testing operations highly productive, while delivering a quality lift. We deliver QA Services across technologies (devices, mobile platforms, browsers, Rich Internet app formats) and development processes (Agile, Waterfall). We have developed accelerators (code, templates, methodology) that help in test automation initiatives. ValueMomentum also offers Application Development & Systems Integration services, SharePoint Services and Business Intelligence & Datawarehouse services.

Zephyr is a leading provider of on-demand, real-time enterprise test management solutions, offering innovative applications, seamless integrations and unparalleled, real-time visibility into the quality and status of software projects. Zephyr products are the fastest growing test management products in the world, with more than 2000 global customers added in the last two years. Their feature rich products address today’s dynamic and global needs across a variety of industries including finance, healthcare, media, mobile, IT services, and enterprise software. Zephyr is headquartered in Newark, CA with offices in Europe and India. For more information, please visit www.getzephyr.com. 

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

Agile TV is a leading source of the newest, most effective information and strategies for transitioning, implementing & scaling agile practices in any industry. Featuring exclusive interviews with top agile experts and thought leaders, Agile TV provides new and experienced agile practitioners with valuable tools, tips and insights for delivering projects on time, within budget and with much less risk. For more information, check out AgileTV.com

The Application Developers Alliance is an industry association dedicated to meeting the unique needs of application developers as creators, innovators, and entrepreneurs. Alliance members include more than 20,000 individual application developers and more than 100 companies, investors, and stakeholders in the apps ecosystem.  appdevelopersalliance.org

Better Software magazine delivers relevant, timely information to tackle the challenges of building better quality software, regardless of your role in the software development lifecycle. Bringing you in-depth articles on agile methods, people and teams, CMM®, software process improvement, ROI, and coverage on emerging technologies, Better Software is the only magazine for software professionals who care about 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: www.it-cisq.org.

Our Mission: To build the community of leading software practitioners. IEEE Software offers pioneering ideas, expert analyses, and thoughtful overviews for professional developers and managers who need to keep up with rapid technology change. This bimonthly technical magazine is the authority on translating software theory into practice.

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 a dynamic real-time platform that offers user information that is current, objective, and relevant. IT Central Station is revolutionizing the enterprise technology buying process through the power of crowdsourced knowledge, online product reviews and social networking. Enterprise technology professionals use IT Central Station to access and share unbiased product  information and tap into a community of other real users. The Wall Street Journal has called us “The Yelp of Enterprise Technology”.

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-newsletter providing practical expert knowledge for software development professionals. Methods and Tools gives software development ideas more than one page to express themselves and covers all aspects of software engineering: project management and planning, methodologies (UML, Agile), software quality & testing, configuration management, etc.  methodsandtools.com

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.

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

StickyMinds.com is one of the first and most popular online communities for software development professionals. StickyMinds.com is dedicated to improving software quality throughout the software development lifecycle. Written by industry experts, StickyMinds.com covers topics ranging from agile testing to mobile and cloud computing and everything in between. You’ll also find blog postings, software testing jobs, Q&A and more. Membership is free and includes a complimentary digital subscription to Better Software magazine. www.StickyMinds.com