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In a first-ever event, the PyCon organizers hosted a charity auction with the proceeds benefitting PyLadies, a mentorship group to help bring more women into the Python and open source community. Held on Saturday, March 16, the evening event brou ...

Test automation accounts for more than $100,000 saved and major productivity gains within the first year

WALTHAM, MA, March 26, 2013 – Telerik, an end-to-end provider of software development, lifecycle and content management tools and solutions, today announced that customer, Scorpion Software has gained tremendous benefit from its use of Test Studio, Telerik’s award-winning software testing tool. Scorpion Software has accounted for more than $100,000 in savings and tripled the amount of code being tested – running both simple and complex tests across three product lines that serve thousands of customers worldwide.

Scorpion Software helps companies reduce business liability, gain staff accountability and increase productivity with software that monitors and strengthens access to information on-premise and in the cloud. Because of the importance behind its security solutions, Scorpion Software needed to ensure its quality is exceptional. The company’s previous testing solution was not meeting expectation and as demand grew for a more comprehensive testing solution to support testing of all sizes and scopes, Scorpion Software turned to Telerik.

“We needed a test automation solution that could handle both simple and complex testing use cases, offered simple-to-view reporting and could integrate with our existing infrastructure,” said Dana Epp, CEO and Chief Software Security Architect, Scorpion Software. “Test Studio by Telerik has met and exceeded all of our expectations. Savings and productivity are up and our system is completely automated.”

Telerik’s testing solutions help enterprises of all sizes meet their software testing needs regardless of development model. Easy to get started and use, Test Studio offers a powerful solution to complex functional web and desktop, performance, load and mobile testing scenarios. It ships with a standalone app and a Visual Studio plug-in thus introducing a common platform for testers and developers to work together.

Through the use of Test Studio by Telerik, Scorpion Software has:

• Enabled the building of tests involving dynamic content and complex data sources;
• Completed simple tests in as little as 20 minutes, completed complex setups in under an hour;
• Lessened staffing needs, saving roughly $100,000 per year;
• Increased QA productivity (tripling the amount of code being tested).

“For a company selling security, quality is not an option, it is vital to the business,” said Christopher Eyhorn, Executive Vice President, Testing Division, Telerik. “We streamlined the QA process for Scorpion Software, enabling its development team to focus on its core business – delivering exceptional security solutions to its customers to solve the obvious problems with passwords that others ignore.”

To read the full story on Scorpion Software’s success with Test Studio, please go click here.

About Telerik
Telerik is a market-leading provider of end-to-end solutions for application development, automated testing, agile project management, reporting, and content management across all major Microsoft development platforms. Telerik’s award-winning software development products enable enterprises and organizations of every size to generate tangible productivity gains, reduce time-to-market, and stay on time and under budget. With tens of thousands of users in more than 90 countries around the world, Telerik’s customers include numerous Fortune 2000 companies, academic institutions, governments, and non-profit organizations. For additional information about Telerik, please visit www.telerik.com or follow @telerik on Twitter.

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Webinar: Requirements-based Test Management

Webinar date: April 17, 2013
Time: 15:00 (CEST) / 9:00 AM (EDT)
Presenter: Falko Dautel, Intland Software

In software development of any kind, requirements management and testing are critical factors for code quality and project success. Clearly defined requirements significantly reduce the risk of unpleasant surprises later on in the project.
Test that are associated to requirements ensure, that the specifications of the requirements are met and increase the quality of the development output.

In the webinar you will learn about these topics:

• Import and define requirements
• Create test cases from requirements
• Create test sets and test configurations
• Create and execute test runs
• Create bugs and tasks from failed tests
• Report on test status using Test Coverage Browser

codeBeamer’s test management is a powerful module in the codeBeamer ALM suite. It provides 1-click test generation from requirements and convenient drag & drop associations between tests, requirements and releases. Like all artefacts in codeBeamer, tests can be baselined to ensure full traceability of your project.

Audience:
Test Engineers and Quality Assurance, Software Developers and Architects, Project Managers, Requirements Engineers.

Want to join the Webinar?

It is easy, just click on the following link to register:

Want to have a free web presentation of codeBeamer especially for you and your company?

Please contact us to set up an appointment!

Best Regards,
Your Intland Software Team

 

 

 

Webinar: Enterprise Agility through DevOps

Webinar date: April 10, 2013
Time: 15:00 (CEST) / 09:00 AM (EDT)
Presenter: Falko Dautel, Consultant, Intland Software

Medium and large organizations divide Development and Operations into separate departments.
While Development departments are driven by user needs for frequent delivery of new features, Operations departments focus more on availability, stability of IT services and IT cost efficiency.

These two contradicting goals create a “gap” between Development and IT Operations, which slows down IT’s delivery of business value. Development and Operations collaboration “DevOps” was built to fix this situation.

The webinar will show how to handle the following agile challenges:

• Insufficient visibility across development and delivery processes
• Quality issues and inefficient task workflows between departments
• Establishing traceability from requirement to test to source code to release
• Higher costs and longer time to market due to silo-like collaboration

The live presentation will use codeBeamer, the enterprise-class ALM solution.

Audience:
Software Developers, IT Operations Professionals, Project Managers.

Want to join the Webinar?

It is easy, just click on the following link to register:

Want to have a free web presentation of codeBeamer especially for you and your company?

Please contact us to set up an appointment!

Best Regards,
Your Intland Software Team

 

 

 

Seapine offers a comprehensive solution that easily competes with that of the larger vendors

CINCINNATI—March 26, 2013—Seapine Software today announced it was named as a Champion in Info Tech Research Group's Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Landscape. Info Tech Research Group identifies “Champions” as vendors that receive high scores for most evaluation criteria and offer excellent value. Champions also typically have a strong market presence and are considered industry trendsetters. Seapine was named a Champion due to its high scores for features, usability and vendor strategy.

The independent report evaluated 13 leading application ALM vendors with a strong market presence and/or reputational presence.  According to Info Tech Research Group, Seapine is an experienced player in the ALM space, specifically targeting the mid market.

“The investments we’ve made in development workflow automation, traceability and test management are helping our customers bring products to market faster—without compromising quality,” said Rick Riccetti, president and CEO of Seapine. “This recognition by Info Tech Research Group further validates the strategic direction we have charted.”

According to Info Tech Research Group, Seapine “has a customizable ALM solution that addresses each stage of the application lifecycle.” Specifically, the report highlighted Seapine’s:

 

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  • Full traceability between development artifacts, including requirements, code and test cases
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  • Successful history in the application lifecycle management space, starting in 1995
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  • Ability to integrate with existing third party solutions, or plug in at each stage of the application lifecycle

 

"Info Tech recognized that customers need a complete solution to meet their quality, regulatory and process needs. Trying to stitch those together from piecemeal solutions just can't get the job done," said Jeff Amfahr, director of product management, Seapine Software.

To request a complimentary copy of the report, visit www.seapine.com/info tech alm report.

 

About Info Tech Research Group
With a paid membership of over 30,000 members worldwide, Info Tech Research Group (www.infotech.com) is the global leader in providing tactical, practical Information Technology research and analysis. Info Tech Research Group has a fourteen year history of delivering quality research and is North America's fastest growing full service IT analyst firm.

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Intland Software’s presentation on the embedded World 2013 exhibition in Nuremberg, Germany – February 26th, 2013. Falko Dautel speaks about “From Requirements to Release with Git for Android Systems”. Topics include embedded software development with Git and Android for medical devices and the automotive industry.Learn about the advantages of Android and Git towards conventional software [...]

Intland Software’s presentation on the embedded World 2013 exhibition in Nuremberg, Germany – February 26th, 2013. Falko Dautel speaks about “From Requirements to Release with Git for Android Systems”. Topics include embedded software development with Git and Android for medical devices and the automotive industry.Learn about the advantages of Android and Git towards conventional software [...]

Earlier this year, we launched a redesigned website to celebrate our epic developers and customers, and to provide customized content for each group. Today, we are making some product changes to provide more clarity about the difference between our open source and commercial offerings.

Our commitment to Open Source

I recently returned from a three-week trip around the world to meet with you – our community and our customers. One thing that I heard over and over again in my conversations at TiConf in Valencia, Spain and TiTokyo in Japan was that many of you are building successful businesses on your Titanium apps. I was amazed by your stories about the demand for your apps from enterprises and your journey to becoming successful entrepreneurs. You truly are changing the way the world communicates, and I am honored that you have chosen to build your businesses on our solutions. 

I also heard requests for more clarity about what is open source/ free vs. what is commercial: When do you need to pay? What is the value that you get if you pay for our solutions? Are we going to make any changes to limit (or eliminate!) our open source/ free offerings? What happens if you exceed the free limits?

To be crystal clear, there will always be a free / open source version of Titanium. This is a sacred truth, it is in my heart, and you can count on me to always cherish and protect it. Open source and free are core to who we are, it is the soul of the company and we will continue to invest in it. Our goal is to democratize the mobile revolution – to enable all developers and all enterprises to create the future. To achieve this goal, we must always provide a great free product because we believe that developers are the engine that will fuel the mobile revolution. We want you to start businesses, to build transformative mobile apps, and to be successful. It is our belief that a free and open source Titanium is the key to making these things happen.

Titanium and Appcelerator Branding Changes

Starting now, we are going to start making a clearer separation between the Titanium suite of products (which will all be free) and the Appcelerator suite of products (which will all be commercial).

Certain products today that have a free tier, such as Appcelerator Cloud Services (ACS), will be rebranded over the next few months as Titanium Cloud. The paid offerings for ACS will now be available and branded under the Appcelerator brand.

Moving from the Titanium products into the commercial offerings will be seamless. And, you’ll already be familiar with them, given that they are built on the same foundation, but with additional capabilities more suitable for enterprises that need those features.

Of course, we wanted to “release early, release often” – so we’ll need a few months to work through all of the changes to reflect them more fully on the website, products, etc. I ask you for a little patience as we do this.

Introducing the Appcelerator Platform

Today, we are announcing the Appcelerator Platform. This offering focuses on the specific needs of mobile enterprises.

The Appcelerator Platform provides a commercial solution for the entire Mobile First lifecycle, with commercial support, SLAs and technical training. This offering includes Appcelerator Studio, Appcelerator Alloy, Appcelerator Cloud, Appcelerator Test, Appcelerator Analytics, and Appcelerator Performance Management – all under a single, newly branded SaaS offering called the Appcelerator Platform. This solution serves the specific needs of enterprises that require a comprehensive platform for the entire mobile lifecycle - from ideation and design-driven development, to continuous delivery, to experience-driven analytics. (We refer to this redefined lifecycle as Continuous Mobile Innovation.)

The Appcelerator Platform is powered by Titanium. In other words, we can’t have the Appcelerator Platform without a strong, successful Titanium product and community behind it.

Titanium will continue to include Titanium Studio, the open-source projects such as Titanium SDK, Titanium CLI, Titanium Code Processor, Alloy for Titanium, and community-driven enhancements; all coupled with flexible and non-restrictive licensing (Apache 2) to allow you to develop and sell your apps for free. Titanium will also include the free versions of our cloud offering. Titanium allows us to continue to collaborate through various pull requests, JIRA, wiki and other wonderful ways to all work together to make this an awesome product for all.

What’s coming next?

My commitment to you is to be transparent and open about our plans. Thus, let me outline the direction that we are taking:

Our website launch today features a new homepage that clearly defines the difference between what is free/open source and what is commercial: Titanium and Appcelerator Platform. We’ve launched detailed product pages for each solution, as well as online demos of the Appcelerator Platform.

In the next few days, look for another blog post where we outline the commercial pricing for the Appcelerator Platform. To be crystal clear, the free “Explore” package with the existing free usage-levels and existing licensing terms will continue unchanged.

We plan to continue to make a cleaner separation between the Titanium suite of products and the Appcelerator suite of products. In 2-3 months, we will launch a separate website for Titanium and all of the open source/free resources (forums, community, etc) associated with Titanium. At that time, Appcelerator.com will focus entirely on the Appcelerator Platform and the commercial offerings associated with it. We also plan to launch a free trial for mobile project teams that require a comprehensive enterprise-grade mobile platform.

Thank you for your support

I’m going to be completely honest with all of you right now (and please don’t take this the wrong way), but I was pleasantly surprised during my trip by the reception by the community of my discussion around commercial vs. free and the Appcelerator Platform vs. Titanium branding changes that we are making today. I received many compliments including tweets of excitement around that. Admittedly, I was a bit worried that perhaps our community would be a little skeptical – but quite the opposite, you were encouraging and thankful to see that Appcelerator has a path to commercial success, and that we were providing you with the clarity around plans that you have been seeking.

Forgive me for being sappy here, but I was truly touched by how you all want Appcelerator to do well.  I saw how you are rooting for us to grow and be commercially viable as you are staking your careers and businesses around our business. So thank you for your support.

As always, I am honored each and every day that we have the opportunity to empower you to deliver transformative mobile experiences to the world. Let me know your feedback!

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This is a recording of the webinar – Agile Requirements Management

The traditional process of requirements definition and management is difficult to get in line with the speedy and iterative development cycles of modern agile teams.
Additionally, it is also not necessary anymore to completely define requirements upfront as they are being refined during development in collaboration with the customer and stakeholders.

This leads to an agile approach to requirements management. Definition cycles are needed, but they have to be 2 steps ahead of development.

This webinar recording covers the following topics:

• Define requirements in cycles
• Assign requirements to sprints and releases
• Create backlog and stories from requirements
• Link requirements to additional documentation
• Report on coverage and implementation status

Typemock has announced the launch of Typemock Isolator V7.3 for .NET developers. Isolator V7.3 is faster and stronger with enhanced mocking capabilities, a much smaller memory footprint and the broadest abilities to integrate with other IDE tools ...

Live Demo at embedded world 2013 by Intland Software "From Requirements to Release with Git for Android System" by using codeBeamer ALM-System with Git DVCS and Eclipse components.

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