Smartesting Asserts Commitment to Indian Market

Participates in Step-in Summit as Silver Sponsor for the fourth consecutive time

Bangalore, January 20, 2010: Smartesting, a software solutions developer specializing in test industrialization, is participating as a silver sponsor in the Step–in–Summit, 2010, one of the biggest conferences on software testing established to promote the software testing practice in the Asia pacific region. The two-day conference will be held on February 11 and 12, 2010 at Hotel Taj Residency, Bangalore. The Summit is a convergence where professionals like Business Managers, Users, Test Engineers, Developers and Architects share their expertise, in-depth knowledge and industry best practices.

On this occasion, Michel Guez, Managing Director, Smartesting said, “This is the fourth time that Smartesting has been the Sponsor for Step-In Summit. This is an excellent platform for us to interact with the testing fraternity, share, learn and network. Besides Model-Based Testing is now well installed in the testing landscape worldwide; Smartesting, as leader in this technology, ought to be present in such a great gathering of the Indian testing community. Our company is committed to the Indian market, we prove it again with this participation.”

In addition to the above Mr. Frederic Oehl - Sr. Consultant, Agile Specialist, Smartesting will present a tutorial outlining ‘Model-Based Testing for Agility, Improving the Agility of your R&D’ at the pre-conference tutorial on February 6, 2010 at Hotel Sun-n-Sand, Pune.

The Summit is hosted by QSIT and will see the participation of industry leaders like Yahoo, Wipro, HP, Mahindra Satyam, Stag Software, Keane, Accenture, Deloitte Consulting, Infosys Technologies, Philips Electronics India Ltd, Adobe Systems and Borland.

About Smartesting
Founded in 2003 as a spin-off of the CNRS/INRIA Computer Science Laboratory at the University of Franche-Comté, France, Smartesting (formerly LEIRIOS) has become a worldwide reference in the market for software testing with its innovative automatic test generation tools. Over 100 man-years have gone into developing the Smartesting solution. Considered by many to be a prime example of research-based French innovation, Smartesting is an independent software developer. Today, the company’s innovative technology for optimizing Test Centers and Test Factories has positioned it alongside major international players. Smartesting’s patented solution helps reduce risks related to the quality of mission-critical applications, while optimizing the production of functional tests. This solution improves predictability and productivity within specialized test centers and covers a wide range of business requirements. The Smartesting solution is used to validate information systems for large companies in numerous sectors, such as banking, finance, transportation and telecommunications. Clients include BNP Paribas and SNCF. Smartesting has a staff of 30 people, with offices in Paris, Amsterdam and Besançon (France) and Bangalore (India). The company’s headquarters and R&D center are in Besançon. With support from OSEO, Smartesting has carried out three rounds of capital investment, in 2004 for 1 million euros, 2005 for 2 million euros and 2008 for 4.8 million euros.