Just received this email. For those of you who are interested in updating its current TestComplete version, see below:

AutomatedQA is happy to announce a TestComplete 7 maintenance release is now available for immediate download.

TestComplete 7.52 includes a few fixes and new features. For a list of fixes and features, click here:
http://www.automatedqa.com/products/testcomplete/whats-new/

This update is free for all registered users of TestComplete 7.

Enjoy!

Everybody heard about HP Quality Center and its features, but less of you know about Software Planner and what are its capabilities.

Software Planner is an award winning Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tool that helps IT departaments running through the entire SDLC with maximum effectiveness.

Here’s a brief description of what Software Planner can do best. If you want to go further into details, feel free to visit their website

• Single Tool – provides features to manage and monitor every phase of SDLC . Users can set Requierements, Create Test Cases, report Defects, save Contacts, creating Reports, etc
• Methodology Independent – suitable for Agile, Waterfall, V-model.
• Connectivity with AutomatedQA Test Complete tool – You can develop Automated Test Cases using TestComplete and run theme via Software Planner using their connectivity module
• Feature Based Pricing – Due to its modular structure you can cope for some functionality. You don’t have to pay for the entire product if you just need a part of its functionality
• Concurrent Licenses – you can purchase a license specific to the number of users you wish to simultaneously connect to the software.
• Enterprise or SaaS – you can safely choose between Enterprise mode (you host your application inside your network) or Software as a Service (they host the product and you use it via Web access)
• Outstanding Support – Software Planner enjoys a 92% customer satisfaction rating

I took advantage of the opportunity to use Software Planner as a demo user and I can tell it’s a fruitfull, easty-to-use and enjoyable experience. More to come…

Enjoy!

Source: SoftwarePlanner

Automated Testing Institute celebrated the test automation excellence in Test Automation seen from automated test tool developers, authors and more.

Here are the finalists and awardees:

Best Open Source Unit Test Tool

The Winner is: JUNIT

Finalist:

• Cfix
• JWebUnit
• Nunit
• Simple Test

Best Open Source Functional Test Tool:

The Winner is: Selenium

Finalist:

• JSystem
• AutoIT
• Funfx
• Watir

Best Open Source Performance Test Tool:

The winner is: Apache JMeter

Finalist:

• SoapUI
• openSTA
• WebLoad
• the Grinder

Best Commercial Functional Test Tool:

The Winner is: HP Quick Test Professional

Finalist:

• Certify
• TestComplete
• Rational Functional Tester

Best Commercial Performance Test Tool:

The Winner is: HP Load Runner

Finalist:

• AQ Time
• Rational Performance Tester

For the winners of Best Automated Testing Book, Best Automated Testing Blog and Best Automated Testing Forum you can find out by reading the December issue of Automated Software Testing Magazine

Enjoy!

New year will bring new testing concepts, new testing tools, new testing processes, new QAHeaven.

This is the case for me at this point. I’m on my way on writing reviews, “how to’s” and a lot of  ’user experience’ stories about Test Complete and it’s latest achievement, the integration with Software Planner.

For those who are not familiar with the integration, here’s a useful link which should give you a first impression of what it means.

Browsing through AutomationAnywhere website, I ran into their customer list which found it interesting to read. HP is one of their users….which gets me to the question if HP is not using its own QTP, who does?

Stay tuned and Happy New Year!

As usual, HP is very poor on details when you’re trying to find out the advantages and new features implemented in QTP 10.0 Here’s  a list of features and improvements in the new software version. Seems like they’re trying very hard to keep the bar high, but I’d like to remind them that the bar is already above their head

Enjoy !

New Features

• QuickTest 10.00 now offers the following new features. Click a link to view more details about the selected item.
• Centrally Manage and Share Testing Assets, Dependencies, and Versions in Quality Center 10.00
• Perform Single-User Local System Monitoring While Running Your Tests
• Improve Portability by Saving Copies of Tests Together with Their Resource Files
• Call Actions Dynamically During the Test Run
• Develop Your Own Bitmap Checkpoint Comparison Algorithm
• Centrally Manage Your Work Items and ToDo Tasks in the To Do Pane
• Improve Test Results Analysis with New Reporting Functionality
• Test Standard and Custom Delphi Objects Using the Delphi Add-in and Delphi Add-in Extensibility

Product Enhancements QuickTest now offers the following product and feature enhancements. Click a link to view more details about the selected item.

• Upgrade from QuickTest 9.5
• Improved IntelliSense Functionality
• Added Control for Editing and Managing Actions in Automation Scripts
• Improved Debugger Pane Design and Functionality
• New Object Identification Solutions in Maintenance Run Mode
• Additional Configuration Settings for Text Recognition Mechanism
• New Look for Options, Settings, and File Dialog Boxes
• QuickTest Toolbar Customization Options
• Improved Web Extensibility
• .NET Add-in and Extensibility Improvements
• New Terminal Emulator Configuration Validation

QuickTest Professional 10.00 now offers support for the operating systems, browsers, and development environments listed below.

• Microsoft Windows 2008 Server 32-bit Edition
• Microsoft Windows 2008 Server 64-bit Edition
• Microsoft Windows Vista, Service Pack 1, 32-bit Edition
• Microsoft Windows Vista, Service Pack 1, 64-bit Edition
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional 32-bit Edition—Service Pack 3
• Citrix Presentation Server 4.5
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 8, Beta 2
• Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x
• Delphi: IDE, versions 6, 7, and 2007 (for controls based on the Win32 VCL library)
• SAP: CRM 2007 (For controls that support test mode enhancements. Requires SAP notes: 1147166, 1066565, and 1002944. Later SAP notes related to test mode enhancements are not supported.)
• Java: IBM 32-bit JDK 1.5.x, SWT toolkit version 3.4
• Java Extensibility: Eclipse IDE 3.4
• .NET: .NET Framework 3.5—Service Pack 1

For details about the product support in QTP 10.0, check out Product Application Matrix