Listen again on iPlayer to George being interviewed by Debbie McGee
George Wilson, our esteemed Operations Director and Nepalese orphanage fundraiser, spent his Sunday morning, huddled up to the Debbie McGee in the studio at BBC Radio Berkshire!
George, his daughter Laura Wilson, and her friend Claire Gomer, were interviewed on Debbie’s Sunday morning show about the Nepalese orphanage and their fundraising efforts. They talked about what an important cause it was, Laura and Claire’s experiences out in Nepal, George’s Charity Golf Marathon and even our efforts here, at Original Software and our ‘Corporate Cliché Swear Jar’.
You can listen again on the BBC iPlayer here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p003hpyn/Debbie_McGee_28_06_2009/
You need to scroll forwards to 1 hour and 17 minutes in to catch the interview with George.
Thanks to everyone for their help in raising money for this cause. In total we have raised around £5000 already. If you haven’t already donated, here is the link to the Just Giving sponsorship page - http://www.justgiving.com/georgeandstuart
News: Ovum applauds Original Software’s agile compatibility
New analyst report is free to download from our website
22nd June 2009 – Original Software, the Application Quality Management (AQM) vendor, has received praise for its capabilities in enabling agile development in a recent report by independent industry analyst group, Ovum. In the report, written by Ovum analyst Paul Herzlich, the company’s solutions were applauded for being a better fit for agile processes than any competitive functional test automation suite.
“In its totality, Original’s suite is appropriate for automation specialists, non-technical testers and even business users for acceptance testing. It fits in with classic waterfall processes, and it can also be used in agile processes more easily than other functional test automation suites.” he states.
Colin Armitage, CEO of Original Software, said: The feedback from our customers has been resounding and we are pleased to see that the major analyst groups are acknowledging our leadership in this space. Customers practicing agile methodologies are finding our tools easy to implement, and the reuse and repeatability of our manual tests really pay off. Automation can be a powerful enabler in agile development and TestDrive’s self-healing technology adds value in each iteration, enabling scripts to be re-run even when the application under test has undergone tweaks and changes.
The Ovum report notes: “One area in which TestDrive-Assist can be surprisingly appropriate is in unstable, changing circumstances. The two most notable situations are the first release of an application and in agile processes.”
Herzlich continues: “By recording your manual test, you may not have the benefit of full automation, such as automatic data entry and validation. However, you do get an audit trail and clear information for reproducing bugs. The ability to automatically migrate your test to an automated one may pay off immediately, if you are lucky, but in any case, by the end of your scrum or iteration, it will form the foundation of a future automated test. “
This report has recently been published by Ovum and can be downloaded free of charge from Original Software’s website.
Linked-In User Group Launched
Just a quick post to let you know that we have just launched an Original Software User Group on Linked-In - http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1981507
Created especially for our customers, we’ve created a forum where you can chat to other users, share experiences; give us feedback on our products and access tips, tricks, inside information and support. We hope you’ll all join and make a success of it.
