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Webrage has joined the program at the Platinum Partnership level. Read the http://www.webrage.jp/ and visit partner.istqb.org for more details about the Partner Program.

If you would like to provide us with feedback on how ISTQB® certification has worked for you or your staff, please complete our 10-minute survey (around 20 questions) which will be open until 15th Of December 2016.

Please see more information and answer the survey here: http://ISTQB.survey2016.sgizmo.com/s3/. Your opinion is important for us.

ISTQB® is happy to welcome Ensentia to its Partner program!

Ensentia has joined the program at the Silver Partnership level. Read the http://www.ensentia.sk/ and visit partner.istqb.org for more details about the Partner Program.

ISTQB® is happy to welcome Indra to its Partner program!

Read the http://www.indracompany.com/ and visit partner.istqb.org for more details about the Partner Program.

ISTQB® is pleased to announce that msg Life has achieved the Platinum partner status.

Read the http://www.msg-life.com and visit partner.istqb.org for more details about the Partner Program.

ISTQB® is pleased to announce that Tesena s.r.o. has achieved the Platinum partner status.

Read the http://www.tesena.com and visit partner.istqb.org for more details about the Partner Program.

ISTQB® is pleased to announce that Gestion IT has achieved the Gold partner status.

Read the http://www.gestionit.com.ar and visit partner.istqb.org for more details about the Partner Program.

BMM Testlabs and ISTQB® are pleased to announce that BMM Testlabs has achieved Global Partner status with ISTQB®, the International Software Testing Qualifications Board.

Read the Press Release and visit partner.istqb.org for more details about the Partner Program.

Revolution IT has joined the program at the Platinum Partnership level.

See http://www.revolutionit.com.au/ and visit partner.istqb.org for more details about the Partner Program.

Grupo Babel has joined the program at the Silver Partnership level.

See www.grupobabel.com and visit partner.istqb.org for more details about the Partner Program.

BMM Testlabs USA has joined the program at the Gold Partnership level.

See www.bmm.com and visit partner.istqb.org for more details about the Partner Program.

ISTQB® is pleased to announce that Aspire Systems India has achieved the Platinum partner status.

See http://www.aspiresys.com/ and visit www.istqb.org/partner for more details about the Partner Program

In 2016 ISTQB® will be presenting the fifth International Software Testing Excellence Award. This is an annual prize that is given for outstanding contributions to the field of software quality.

Anyone can make a nomination for the Award, which recognises innovation, research and the promotion of the software testing profession. Nominate your choice for the International Software Testing Excellence Award before the 12th of August!

Please note: Nominations for the ISTQB® International Software Testing Excellence Award can be submitted by anyone (except Award Panel members). Nominees can be private individuals, institutions, companies or organizations. Nomination proposals need to be submitted through the Submission Form and need to give clear reasons for the nomination, as well as references that validate the nominee's achievements. Anonymous and self-nomination proposals will not be accepted.

Nominate your choice here http://awards.istqb.org/submission.html.

Lufthansa Systems has joined the program at the Platinum Partnership level.

See www.lhsystems.com.

Cloud Testing has joined the program at the Gold Partnership level.

See www.testuj.pl.

Dokumento has joined the program at the Silver Partnership level.

See http://www.dokumento.fr/.

ISTQB® is pleased to announce that ALP International has achieved the Platinum partner status.

See http://www.alpi.com and visit www.istqb.org/partner for more details about the Partner Program.

Byrongroup has joined the program at the Silver Partnership level.

See http://www.byrongroup.com

Aldemia has joined the program at the Gold Partnership level.

See www.aldemia.fr

ISTQB® - International Software Testing Qualifications Board, the most popular software testing certification authority in the world, released at the General Assembly held in Singapore updated info about its quantitative data as of December 31, 2015 As of December 2015 ISTQB® has:

• administered more than 600,000 exams, and
• issued more than 440,000 certificates,
• in over 100 countries worldwide.

Read more in the Press Release.

At the ISTQB® General Assembly meeting in Singapore (March 2016), the ISTQB® Advanced Level Security Certification syllabus was approved for general availability release. The new module naturally fits into the Specialist Stream of the recently re-defined architecture of the ISTQB® Product Portfolio.

Read more in the Press Release.

SQS Italia S.p.A. has joined the program at the Silver Partnership level.

See www.sqs.com

At the ISTQB® General Assembly meeting in Singapore (March 2016), ISTQB® approved for Beta Release two new modules:

• Test Automation Engineering;
• Usability Tester (developed in co-operation with the German Testing Board);

Read more in the Press Release.

An election for Chair and Vice Chair roles of all ISTQB® Working Groups was held at the ISTQB® General Assembly meeting in Singapore (March 2016). 
“ISTQB® welcomes the elected Chairs and Vice Chairs”, said Gualtiero Bazzana, ISTQB® President” thanking them for their volunteer work and wishing them success for their term”

Read more in press release

ThaiGerTec has joined the program at the Silver Partnership level.

See www.thaigertec.com

Croz has joined the program at the Silver Partnership level.

See www.croz.net

Elint System has joined the program at the Gold Partnership level.

See www.elintsystem.co.jp

Valtes has joined the program at the Platinum Partnership level.

See www.valtes.co.jp

Tesena has joined the program at the Silver Partnership level.

See www.tesena.com

“As a non-profit organization, with its mission of advancing the software testing profession, ISTQB® regularly conducts international online surveys to assess the trends in the software testing industry”, said Mr. Gualtiero Bazzana, ISTQB® President.

The survey covers several topics, ranging from organizational and budgetary aspects, to techniques/ processes/ tools, through to skills and competencies within software testing. We believe it provides useful information for all professionals involved in the testing market, as well as direction for further evolution of the ISTQB® scheme.

Some highlights of the survey are listed below:

• Budgets assigned to testing are large and keep on growing
• Agile based SDLCs are being adopted ahead of traditional ones
• Segregation of duties has become a standard practice from an organizational point of view
• Training and certification of competences are key factors in improving test skills
• Test automation has become very widespread in the market
• Performance, usability and security tests are gaining traction

Read the Press Release for more information