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JACKSONVILLE, FL -- (MARKET WIRE) -- STAREAST 2006 http://www.sqe.com/se6pr, The
Software Testing Analysis & Review Conference will take place May 15-19,
2006, at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, Florida. The STAR conference
provides guidance and state-of-the-art best practices, tools, and services to
software professionals faced with quality challenges. The mission of this
conference, now in its 14th year, is to help make sense of trends, technologies,
and strategies in the testing world today. The STAR conference addresses
questions about outsourcing, security, automation, and many other hot-topics in
the industry.



Testing experts share their insight at STAREAST 2006 in a
technical program that consists of 22 tutorials, 6 keynote sessions, and 43
concurrent sessions. A detailed master schedule can be found at http://www.sqe.com/stareast/glance.asp.



The Testing
EXPO on May 17-18 provides information to support software testing efforts and
allows attendees the opportunity to explore and evaluate testing resources. A
complete list of conference sponsors and exhibitors is available by visiting http://www.sqe.com/stareast/expo.asp.



A number of
Special Events are scheduled at STAREAST 2005 including a testing certification
exam, lightning talks, and the toss a tester game. For complete information on
these and other special events visit http://www.sqe.com/stareast/events.asp.



Keynote
Sessions



The keynote sessions are an opportunity to gain insight and
receive information from respected international testing experts. They will take
place Wednesday, May 17, through Friday, May 19. For additional information
regarding the keynotes, visit http://www.sqe.com/stareast/keynotes.asp.



Jon Bach
presents "Inside the Master's Mind: Describing the Tester's Art." Jon Bach
describes the new language of exploratory testing and how it may revolutionize
the way it is perceived. He is most known for being co-inventor (with brother
James) of Session-Based Test Management (a way to manage and measure exploratory
testing) and most recently the developer of Open-Book testing.



"Testing:
The Big Picture" presented by Brian Bryson, covers the critical success factors
for organizations challenged with the development and deployment of quality
software applications. He takes strategies and lessons from within and beyond
the QA industry to provide you with a new perspective on addressing the
challenges of quality assurance. At IBM Rational, Brian Bryson is a member of
the technical marketing team that plans and delivers IBM Rational's software
quality toolset.



Herbert Thompson takes you on an illustrated tour of
the top twelve security vulnerabilities in software and shows you how to find
these flaws efficiently. Each vulnerability is brought to life through a live
exploit followed by a look at the testing technique that would have exposed the
bug in The Software Vulnerability Guide: Uncut and Uncensored. Herbert is
co-author of "How to Break Software Security" and "The Software Vulnerability
Guide" and is the author of numerous papers on software security and testing.




"Testing the Flow of Value in Software Development," presented by Sam
Guckenheimer, contrasts the use of metrics to current practices, which often
only emphasize effort and bug counts. In these examples, Sam uses Microsoft
Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) to collect and report measurements and to
suggest corrective actions. Sam Guckenheimer is the Group Product Planner for
Microsoft Visual Studio Team System and Microsoft Solutions Framework. He is
responsible for the end-to-end external design of the next releases of these
products.



Erik van Veenendaal discusses a real-world method for applying
structured risk-based testing applicable in most software projects. He describes
how risk identification and analysis can be carried out in close cooperation
with stakeholders in "The Imperative of Non-Functional System Testing." Erik van
Veenendaal Founder of Improve Quality Services BV, has been working as a
practitioner and manager in the IT industry since 1987.





With Smile

Santhosh

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