New service applies social networking to app testing
Massachusetts startup uTest is launching an on-demand service that weds application testing to social networking through a community of more than 8,000 professional testers in roughly 130 countries.
Users provide uTest with a link to their application and select a test team from the community with the appropriate skill-sets and demographics for the job. Customers communicate with testers through the uTest platform, which also integrates with in-house bug-tracking systems such as Bugzilla.
Quality Problems Cost Software Companies Up to $22 Million Annually According to New Report
A new white paper by International Data Corporation (IDC), found existing software quality approaches at most companies are inadequate to address the internal and external costs of software defects. Sponsored by Coverity, the IDC white paper “Improving Software Quality to Drive Business Agility,” found that development organizations find major problems with their software even after quality assurance and spend significant amounts of effort and time to repair those defects.
SAP lets Business One users access Crystal Reports
SAP and Business Objects this week announced their first integrated solution for SAP's Business One customers since SAP bought the business intelligence specialist last October.
Microsoft to alpha test Office 14 before end of year
Microsoft will begin alpha testing the next version of Office in November or December, according to a blog posting by a Microsoft employee.
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