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Matthew Heusser goes beyond trivial examples to talk about the tradeoffs and ancillary benefits of a large-scale acceptance check automation strategy.  

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Web Seminar: QA Best Practices in Large Scale Transformation Programs
Today, most organizations are rapidly considering and embarking on the transformation journey of their legacy systems to modern, superior, and more efficient systems. This transformation enables organizations to easily embrace a current and dynamic business environment, better accommodate growing business demands, and deliver better service quality. In this web seminar, speakers Beth Parrish from MetLife Insurance and Sugam Srivastava from Infosys cover details on the impact of QA effectiveness in transformational programs, key learning, and recommendations. You'll also learn how to alight testing to architecture, layered integration, effective reporting and change management, and early and progressive automation. Join us Thursday, May 24, at 2 p.m. ET. Register today.

5 Mobile Application Plans for IT Teams
The mobile device market is rapidly changing and evolving; and hundreds of new devices are introduced each year. From a testing perspective, how can an IT team keep up with the rapid releases to deliver a consistent experience? Which combinations should be tested, and how often? All these questions create a growing dilemma, especially as more mobile applications become critical to the business. Learn what should be considered when planning the development and delivery of mobile applications.
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Wherever You Go: Testing Mobile Applications, Part 1
by Joey McAllister
In this interview with mobile testing expert Jonathan Kohl, he discusses some of the finer points of exploring the software that we carry with us everywhere.

Bare Minimum Internationalization
by Rick Scott
Internationalization isn’t only about dealing with other nationalities. It’s about creating software for a multilingual, multicultural world. Even if the software you’re testing won’t be translated entirely into another language, it still should meet some basic requirements.

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STAREAST

April 15-20, 2012
Orlando, Florida

The premier software testing conference in the world, STAREAST, is a gathering place for software testers, developers, and managers to interact and learn how to improve software-testing practices.

Better Software Conference

June 10-15, 2012
Las Vegas, Nevada

Attend the Better Software Conference East to become a better, more informed software professional with an outward, customer-focused view of development.

Agile Development Conference

June 10-15, 2012
Las Vegas, Nevada

The Agile Development Conference West conference is for anyone investigating or implementing agile development practices, processes, technologies, and leadership principles.
STARWEST

September 30-October 5, 2012
Anaheim, California

The premier software testing conference in the world, STARWEST, is a gathering place for software testers, developers, and managers to interact and learn how to improve software-testing practices.

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Load Testing with HP
Modern QA organizations require solutions that allow them to test complex applications, start testing earlier, and run more tests—all while reducing costs. HP customers have turned to HP Functional Testing (Quick Test Professional), HP Service Test, and HP Sprinter to meet these challenges. The 58 customers who participated in the study, detailed in this white paper, all had different functional testing challenges to address. However, they had a common commitment to delivering high-quality applications to their businesses. This paper examines the experiences of the customers and shares their stories. Download this complimentary white paper for more information!

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Better Software Magazine
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Feature Article:
Turning Quality On Its Head

By James A. Whittaker
Arguments that moving testing forward in the software lifecycle maximizes the return on investment of testing effort have been made and widely accepted. And it is hard to argue with the results. Software is getting better. But what if a shift away from early cycle testing toward late cycle testing could improve quality even more? Read more in Turning Quality On Its Head.

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