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BZ Media > BZ Media News > October 2, 2007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FutureTest 2008 Serves Leaders in Software Testing and Quality Assurance

Visionary technology conference to debut February 2008 in New York City

Huntington, N.Y., October 2, 2007 — BZ Media LLC today announced FutureTest™ 2008, an exciting new technology conference for senior leaders in software testing and quality assurance. The two-day conference will be held February 26-27, 2008, at the Hilton New York, in Midtown Manhattan.

FutureTest 2008 will offer a thought-provoking experience, with industry-leading visionary keynote speakers and panel discussions that will help senior leaders take advantage of the latest trends in software testing and quality assurance. Attendees will be inspired to set the direction for their testing/QA organizations, and become more effective executives and senior managers in the testing/QA industry.

Alan Zeichick, Co-Founder of BZ Media and Conference Chairman of FutureTest 2008, said, “FutureTest 2008 will expand the horizons of software testing and quality assurance. Senior managers involved in enterprise software testing and QA will be exposed to exciting new ideas that range from recruiting, motivating and retaining top testing talent, to applying lessons from successful open-source initiatives to measuring ROI on IT test/QA projects. Executives at software test tools and services companies will learn about the newest trends and best practices, to help them gear up their offerings to anticipate the next wave of test/QA requirements.”

Confirmed keynote speakers at FutureTest 2008 include Robert Martin, Object Mentor; Rex Black, RBCS; Gary McGraw, Cigital; Jeff Feldstein, Cisco Systems; Tony Wasserman, Carnegie Mellon University; Alan Page, Microsoft; and Brian Behlendorf, Apache & CollabNet. Additional speakers and panel discussions will be announced on the conference Web site, FutureTest.net.

BZ Media, producer of FutureTest 2008, is a leader in serving the software test and quality assurance industry. BZ Media publishes Software Test & Performance magazine, the leading monthly magazine for software testing professionals. BZ Media also produces the popular Software Test & Performance Conference. STPCon 2008 will be held April 15-17, 2008, in San Mateo, Calif., and Sept. 24-26, 2008, in Boston, Mass.

Sponsorships will be strictly limited to seven companies to ensure a relaxed, networking-intensive experience. Contact David Karp at +1-631-421-4158 x102, or dkarp@bzmedia.com.

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About BZ Media
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