Hurricane Sandy will definitely be one for the books. It was a particularly brutal storm that strayed well beyond the traditional “hurricane region” of Florida, Alabama, and Louisiana. The storm also stands out because of the current election cycle in the US. For the past several months, both sides of the aisle have been waging [...]
End of 2012 is so close, it seems it always comes as a surprise. The first version of the last quarter is now out. Testuff 1.47, the new Testuff version, includes some nice new additions as the list below details. Axosoft’s OnTime users will be happy to learn about the new integration with Testuff - [...]
In previous posts, we talked extensively about some of the many benefits of SaaS software test management tools. When you subscribe to a service like ours, you don’t need an on-site server (huge money saver) have virtually no maintenance costs (no server = no maintenance) enjoy greater flexibility (you can log in remotely from anywhere) [...]
I recently had lunch with a friend who isn’t directly connected with the test management world but who knows a great deal about both business and IT. He kept pressing me on how our own software testing management tools could continue to compete with open source alternatives. “Just look at the Encyclopedia Britannica compared to [...]
Today I wanted to touch on a pretty hot topic – an issue that has become quite relevant due to the current US presidential race in which jobs and outsourcing have taken center stage. When you typically think of outsourcing, you think of manufacturing jobs sent to China and virtual assistants in India – categories [...]
If you’ve never been part of a stressful software development project, you obviously haven’t been in testing for very long. So many of the world’s most cherished software products are the result of hours and hours of pure hell. It’s true, and you know it. See if you can relate to any of the following: [...]
At Testuff, we recently decided to look again and in-depth into our customer’s experiences. We wanted to understand how our clients came to use our product. What challenges motivated them to use our software? How did they learn about us? And most importantly, what was their level of satisfaction with Testuff software? An open line [...]
We see it all the time – people going back to school for continued training, extra degrees, and new workshops. The trend has become especially pronounced in this economy. With fewer job opportunities, people must work harder to distinguish themselves in a market that’s becoming more competitive every day. Some employees take it upon themselves [...]
In the quest to create powerful software tools for the market, development firms must rely on a diverse range of different departments. Marketing, sales, accounting, programmers, graphic designers, executive management, HR, and of course, the software testers. Seamlessly weaving in all of this input is not without its challenges. The more teams (and the larger [...]
Antoine de Saint-Exupery once stated that “Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” Truer words were never spoken. Although Antoine, who died in 1944, never had to work with software application testing tools in a world of perpetual evolution and changing consumer [...]
