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It seems our recent white paperabout the CIO research has really sparked a debate. Chris Spagnuolo, a very well regarded blogger, wrote a piece about it on his siteand more than 40 people have commented and debated on the topic...

I brush three times a day. See my shiny white teeth.eeee Congratulations to Abhinav Agarwal from Adobe India who won our SQC Conference caption competition on facebookwithhis caption about our lovely colleague Maria’scheesy smile...

Maria & Ben:”Hmmm, this brown square thing - what is it again? Some kind of musical instrument...

We’ve just come back from a couple of great UK industry events – TestExpo up in Manchester and the SQS Conference in London. The response to our “Anarchy in the QA” campaign was overwhelming with hundreds of t-shirts given out at the shows and many spot prizes won...

In a recent article, Eddie Correia suggests Ten Concepts for Successful Automation Scripts It’s a nicely written article, as one would expect from a highly regarded editor, however I do think he is missing the point...

Another week and another story involving the UK Government and an embarrassing loss of confidential data. This time a memory stick containing personal details on 84,000 criminals have gone AWOL...

By Maria Martin, Marketing Communications Specialist Thank you to all those who filled out our survey on TestDrive-Assist from Original Software, we appreciate you taking the time to do this...

I’ve just finished reading a blog post by an industry analyst which I feel compelled to write about and recommend people go and read – http://www.mwdadvisors.com/blog/2008/08/dilemma-of-good-enough-in-software.html Bola Rotibi is a high-profile and highly experienced analyst focused on software...

By Maria Martin, Marketing Communications Specialist I would like to offer CONGRATULATIONS to our winner of the Pit Stop Challenge game on www.manualtesting.com...

By Stuart Bishop, Head of Development  On the 21st September 2008 I am running in my first half marathon. I have never run more than 6 miles before, so it is going to be a challenge...

There was a great story on the BBC today - Management speak - don’t you just hate it? Check it out for a good giggle – news.bbc.co.uk There does seem to have been ‘a paradigm shift’ towards corporate managers who use this type of language as a substitute for original thought...

In this weeks article, published by QAGuild.com, Martin Adcock, Managing Director of Experimentus, gives us ten top cost saving tips in dealing with tight IT budgets...

CIO prayers are answered with the first manual testing solution to support the IBM Mainframe by Kate Mackinder, Media Relations Officer We’ve just launched a new upgrade for TestDrive-Assist - see press release below...

By Maria Martin, Marketing Communications Specialist Wow. Busy, busy, show. There was a constant stream of people visiting our stand...

By Sara Ponsford, Product Manager, Original Software I read an interesting blog today, likening testing to a game of battleships (read the post here). Paul Homer raises an interesting point...

By Stuart Bishop, Development Manager, Original Software Since the first automation tools appeared on the horizon over 20 years ago, software test automation has been heralded as one of the saviours of IT and IS development teams the world over...