Press Release 2016

Brussels, November 29, 2016

Imbus and ISTQB® are pleased to announce that imbus has achieved Global Partner Status with ISTQB®, International Software Testing Qualifications Board (www.istqb.org).

The ISTQB® Global Partner status demonstrates imbus’ commitment to the field of software testing and the company’s willingness to contribute to the promotion of the testing profession all over the world, by means of certifying its employees in accordance to the “ISTQB® Certified Tester” career path within the ISTQB® portfolio.

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Brussels, November 8, 2016

At the ISTQB® General Assembly meeting in Seoul, Korea (October 2016), the ISTQB® Advanced Level Test Automation Engineer Certification syllabus (CTAL-TAE) was approved for general availability release.

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August, 2016

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

ISTQB® Global Partner status demonstrates an organization’s commitment to the field of Software Testing and its willingness to contribute to the promotion of the testing profession all over the world, by means of certifying people in accordance to the “ISTQB® Certified Tester” path within the ISTQB® Portfolio.

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Brussels, May 9, 2016

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.

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Brussels, May 5, 2016

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.

Training and exam providers worldwide can now start accrediting courses and releasing exams for ISTQB® CTAL-SEC.

The image below summarizes the contents of the Advanced Level Security Tester syllabus:

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Brussels, May 2, 2016

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)

The new modules fit naturally into the Specialist Stream of the recently re-defined architecture of the ISTQB® Product Portfolio.

The final review round will take place within the next months. It is expected that general availability will take place after the next ISTQB® GA, planned for October 2016.

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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).

Below are the elected members.

“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”

ISTQB® also wants to thank previous WG Chair/ Vice Chairs for their outstanding contribution to advancing the software testing profession; in particular (in alphabetic order):

• Bertrand Cornanguer (France)
• Carol Cornelius (New Zealand)
• Eric Riou du Cosquer (France)
• Kaspar Loog (Estonia)
• Mette Bruhn Pedersen (Denmark)
• Patricia Alves (Portugal)
• Thomas Mueller (Switzerland)

MediaContacts:

Gualtiero Bazzana, ISTQB® President, bazzana@istqb.org

Alon Linetzki, ISTQB® Chair of Marketing Working Group, alon.linetzki@istqb.org

About ISTQB®

The International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB®) was founded in November 2002 and is a non-profit organization, headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, whose mission is to advance the software testing profession. ISTQB® has defined the "ISTQB® Certified Tester" scheme that has become the world-wide leader in the certification of competences in software testing. It is supported in its mission by 50 member boards. Thanks also to the Global Exam Providers, it has today a world-wide coverage and has administered as of December 2015 over 600.000, issuing over 440.000 certificates. ISTQB® is an organization based on volunteer work by hundreds of software testing experts around the world.

Brussels, January 31, 2016

With the recent confirmation by the ISTQB^® General Assembly of the release of the ISTQB^® Certified Tester – Foundation Level Extension, Model Based Tester Syllabus (MBT FL), iSQI will withdraw the iSQI^® Certified Model Based Tester (CMBT) certification and will be an exam provider for the ISTQB^® MBT FL.

iSQI^® CMBT exams will remain available until 30th June 2016. The iSQI^® CMBT certificates already issued will be recognized by ISTQB^® by means of grandfathering approach.

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Brussels, January 31, 2016

The ISTQB^® General Assembly held in Shanghai in October 2015 has voted to release a new Foundation Level Extension module, the ISTQB^® Certified Tester – Foundation Level Extension, Model Based Tester| Syllabus (ISTQB^® MBT FL) and associated documents. Training and exam providers worldwide can now start accrediting courses and releasing exams for ISTQB^® MBT FL.

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Brussels, January 31, 2016

ISTQB® - International Software Testing Qualifications Board, the most popular software testing certification authority in the world, voted on several important motions on the 26th of October in the General Assembly held in Shanghai, China.

“We are witnessing several important trends in testing and there was a need to match new and existing certifications to the market demand”, commented Gualtiero Bazzana, President of ISTQB®."

“We are confident that testers and managers alike will appreciate the investments that ISTQB® is doing to evolve the scheme”, added Geoff Thompson – ISTQB® Secretary and Kari Kakkonen – ISTQB® Treasurer."

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