ICSM is the premier international event in the software maintenance field for participants from academia, government, and industry to share ideas and experiences for solving critical software maintenance problems.

http://icsm2008.org/

Google's Test Automation Conference is built on our participants each bringing their experience, ideas, and insight to the discussions we host. Our participants are all experienced industry professionals working as software development engineers or software testing engineers.

http://googletesting.blogspot.com/2008/07/call-for-attendance-gtac-2008.html

Ágiles 2008 aims to be a meeting point for IT professionals in the region interested in sharing their experiences, and discussing and learning on software development-related topics using Agile methodologies.

http://agiles2008.org/en/index.php

ALAMEDA, CA – July 16, 2008 – Wind River Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: WIND), the global leader in Device Software Optimization (DSO), today announced a test automation solution, called Wind River Test Management, that is designed to help device manufacturers significantly shorten the testing process, drive down product development costs and bring devices to market more quickly. Specifically, Wind River Test Management will automate the software quality assurance process and improve overall code quality. It is expected to be available in the third quarter of 2008.

BURLINGTON, MA--(Marketwire - July 29, 2008) - Klocwork, Inc., the proven leader in automated source code analysis solutions for improving software security and quality, today announced the company's solution to enhance Agile development. Given the speed and fluidity of the Agile development process, it's critical developers are given the ability to check-in clean code that's free of bugs. To augment existing developer test tools, it's recommended that organizations also adopt source code analysis (SCA) as an automated solution to reduce the number of bugs in their code.

This project provides code coverage instrumentation, data collection and reporting tools for Adobe Flex and AIR applications.

PALO ALTO, Calif., July 22, 2008 - HP today announced new solutions that help chief information officers (CIOs) prioritize and align their IT investments to deliver better business outcomes. Part of the broader HP Business Technology Optimization (BTO) software portfolio, the new release of HP Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) Center 7.5 delivers integrated IT management capabilities that span project and portfolio management, application lifecycle management and IT service management.  

Palo Alto, Calif. — July 28, 2008 — Symphoniq Corp., a pioneer in real end user performance monitoring, today announced the immediate release of TrueView, ADC Edition. Designed for use with F5 Network, Inc's BIG-IP systems, TrueView, ADC Edition enables businesses to manage the Web application performance experienced by real users while leveraging their existing BIG-IP infrastructure. Powered by Symphoniq's TRUE (The Real User Experience) technology that uniquely addresses the performance issues associated with complex Web architectures, TrueView, ADC Edition reveals previously undetectable end user performance issues for any Web application and correlates them with BIG-IP device statistics and other infrastructure and network parameters.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — July 29, 2008 — The second release of Serena Software's on-demand Project and Portfolio Management tool is now available as Software as a Service (SaaS). Serena® Mariner® 2008 R2 gives IT and business users a way to manage their entire project portfolio quickly and easily without creating unwieldy spreadsheets in Excel. The improved interface makes common tasks more intuitive and project data more accessible and secure, helping companies (and individual departments within them) of every size – from small- and mid-size businesses to the enterprise – benefit from the SaaS advantage.

ARMONK, NY and PARIS – July 28, 2008 ILOG® (NASDAQ: ILOG; Euronext: ILO, ISIN: FR0004042364) today announced they have signed an agreement regarding a proposed acquisition by IBM of ILOG to be implemented by way of concurrent cash public tender offers in both France and the United States. Through this proposed transaction, IBM will combine its business process management (BPM), business optimization, and service oriented architecture (SOA) technologies with ILOG’s Business Rules Management Systems software. This will enable IBM to help clients deliver critical business information in real-time, allowing them to make better business decisions faster.