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MARKHAM MEETING - There is currently no meeting scheduled.
TORONTO MEETING - Date: 28/02/2012 (dd/mm/yyyy)

Optimize Service Lifecycle Using Virtualization

Sergey Sadovnichiy, President & CEO, Crosscheck Networks Canada

Sergey Sadovnichiy is the President and CEO of Crosscheck Networks Canada Inc. Mr. Sadovnichiy started his carrier in IT industry in the early 90s as a Software Developer. Moving up the ladder and gaining tremendous experience he worked for companies such as Toronto Stock Exchange, KPMG Consulting and BearingPoint. In 2005 he founded SeLeneium Consulting Inc., a consulting firm that specialized in managing multimillion dollars initiatives for large corporations in Toronto Financial Sector. As a managing Director of Selenium Consulting Inc. he provided Project and Program Management services for companies such as Scotiabank, Royal Bank of Canada and TD Securities. In addition to leadership services Selenium Consulting Inc. provides QA services for companies such as Bank of Montreal and Scotia iTrade.

 

Deemed by Gartner in 2011 a "Visionary Leader" in Integrated Software Quality Suites.
Crosscheck Networks technology runs in over 50,000+ deployments worldwide.
The industry's only combined technology offering that includes: Testing automation,
performance, compliance and security testing with patented dynamic mutation
technology. Service virtualization with environment behavior modeling, traffic
simulation responses, latency and performance profiling. Agentless Monitoring and
transaction correlation, XML Gateway, WAF Firewall, STS Identity Broker.
 
Crosscheck Networks security gateway, testing and simulation solutions ensure that
developers, testers, support engineers, compliance officers, and business owners are
successful in optimizing service deployments.
 
The enterprise-class Crosscheck Networks XML gateway products enable preemptive risk
mitigation of business transactions exposed via REST, XML, SOAP, and HTTP services.
Our patented technology has been developed over the last 8 years and is the industry
standard for SOA governance, security, and identity. Real world solutions, global
production deployments, and our relentless pursuit of customer satisfaction has
built our team's expertise to be unmatched in the industry.

The Albany Club, 91 King Street East (King & Church)

 

 
The intent of this presentation is to share with you how buzz words such as ‘Virtualization’ could be used to solve real challenges faced by many IT organizations. Today’s business environments are competitive, ever more demanding and dynamic. Consequently, they are forcing organizations to be as cost effective and efficient as possible.
 
The bottom line is simple - deliver faster, at a lower cost and with better quality.
Invest your time to attend our presentation and we guarantee you will benefit from your investment.
 
We will show you how Virtualization can solve the following challenges:
·         Increased Human Resource Costs and Project Delivery Times
·         Increase in System Resources Costs and Supporting Back-End Systems
·         Multi Component/Environment Complexity
·         Hard to test “what if” failure scenarios such as network issues, latency, and service errors
 
Virtualization will enable organizations to minimize or even eliminate many of the constraints faced today related to interdependencies between testing environments and application availability, hence allowing to complete testing more efficiently and effectively. Virtualization will also allow organization to concentrate on the operational expenses rather than capital expenses and as a result save millions of dollars.
 
Join us on February 28th to learn more on Virtualization and how it can help you achieve ultimate quality and deliver great results.
 
Registration at 5:30 pm
Dinner at 6 pm
Presentation from 7 pm to 8 pm, followed by Q & A

PAST TOPICS

Past dinner meeting topics and recent announcements (PDF) are below.

JUMP: 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993

TOPIC SPEAKER COMPANY DATE (mm/dd/yy)
Overcoming Requirements-Based Testing's Hidden Pitfalls Robin F. Goldsmith Go Pro Management Inc. 09/29/09
The Changing Roles for QA, QC and Other IT Professionals Thomas Ticknor, CSQA, CSTE QAI Global Institute 06/30/09
A New look at an old friend - the Test Plan Raif Murray Navantis Inc. 05/26/09
Never Test Alone: the Route to Success Debra Forsyth ObjectSharp 04/28/09
Why Tests Don't Pass Doug Hoffman   03/31/09
How the government Scientific Research & Experimental Development program can bring bottom-line benefits to your I/T organization Jason Schwandt Techcentive Services Inc. 02/24/09
"I am a Bug" - Important lessons for testers and software engineers Rob Sabourin AmiBug.com Inc 01/27/09
Offshore Experience – The Real World Steve MacPherson RBCDexia-IS 11/25/08
Testing in Today’s Enterprise – What is Expected? Jamie Campbell Accenture 10/28/08
Top 10 IT Challenges for the 21st Century Thomas C. Staab Wind Ridge International 09/30/08
Man and Machine - Test Automation Jonathan Kohl   06/24/08
Six Short Talks About Software Testing Michael Bolton developSense 05/27/08
Comparing Cause-Effect Graphing Test Case Coverage to Manual Test Case Coverage Gary Mogyorodi   04/29/08
Enterprise Application Security - A Quality Perspective Dalim Khandaker, Jimmy Xu CGI 03/25/08
What Dr. Seuss taught me about software testing Robert Sabourin AmiBug.com Inc 02/26/08
VSTS Edition for Testers Presentation Barry Gervin, Debra Forsyth   01/29/08
What Haven’t You Noticed Lately: Achieving Awareness in a Complex World Mark Federman   11/27/07
Interactive Video Conference with David Platt, author of Why Software Sucks David Platt   10/30/07
Requirements Based Testing: Testing What Matters Dave Barstow Director, Consulting Services 09/25/07
Everything You Need to Know About the QA Career World Today Darla Somerville Direct IT Recruiting Inc. 06/26/07
Say Yes – or say No? What to Do When Faced With the Impossible Johanna Rothman   05/29/07
Traps in Test Estimation Shrinivas Kulkarni Principal Consultant - Testing, iGATE Global Solutions(Bangalore, India) 04/24/07
Transforming Organizations with Project Management Excellence- The Ontario Public Service (OPS) Experience Susan Ksiezopolski PMP, Ministry of Government Services (Ontario) 04/24/07
What’s in Your Toolbox? A Look at Testing Skills Paul Carvalho Covarity 03/27/07
Ask TASSQ: A Problem-Solving Workshop on Test Automation Richard Bornet   02/27/07
What Not ToTest Robert Sabourin Consultant 01/30/07
Usability Testing - The Tester's Role Jim Hobart Classic System Solutions, Inc. 11/28/06
Software Testing as a Social Science Cem Kaner Florida Institute of Technology 10/17/06
The Metrics Minefield Michael Bolton developSense 09/26/06
Software Requirements Reconsidered: Beyond Methodology Ian Hepell ProRisk Group 06/27/06
Five Trends Affecting Testing Rex Black Rex Black Consulting 05/30/06
Strategies for a Successful Systems Integration Test Fiona Charles   04/25/06
Hiring the Next Generation of Skilled Software Testers Adam White PlateSpin 03/28/06
Flirting with Disaster: True stories of software projects gone awry Shane Schick ITBusiness.ca 02/28/06
The Role of Testers (if any) in Agile Software Development Scott Ambler Ambysoft Inc. 01/31/06
Special Presentation: Skilled Testers and Their Enemies James Bach Satisfice, Inc. 11/29/05
The Tyranny of the Fifth Constraint – Is thinking on autopilot constraining your success? Bill Richardson Process Design Consultants 10/25/05
Ask TASSQ: A Problem-Solving Workshop on Project Management and Teams 09/27/05
How Can QA Help Deliver Complex Projects On-time and On-budget Alex Rodov QA Consultants Ltd. 06/28/05
Treat Your Test Tools With Respect: The case and considerations for building a robust test tools infrastructure Joe Ozorio CGI Group Inc. 05/31/05
Process Improvement Experiences: CMM Level 3 Best Practices Gordana Kis BMO Financial Group 04/26/05
Utilizing SWOT Techniques to Effectively Influence and Mature Your Test Processes: Build and reinforce your company's Value Proposition Charlene Sebastian and Marsha Quigley Bell Canada 03/29/05
Ask TASSQ: A Problem-Solving Workshop on Testing and Management 02/22/05
Consensus and Conflict on the User-Side — Building Critical Awareness of Work and Workers in the Design Community: The Case of Ontario Welfare Reform Peter H. Sawchuk University of Toronto 01/25/05
Requirements Testing for Web-based Applications – Writing Requirements in an Iterative Development Environment Steven Barry Data Kinetics Ltd. 11/30/04
The Truth about Testers and Programmers J. B. Rainsberger Diaspar Software Services 10/26/04
Ask TASSQ: A Problem-Solving Workshop on Testing and Management 09/28/04
Just Enough Precision David Gelperin ClearSpecs Enterprise 06/29/04
Test Maturity – An Incremental Approach to Improvement Barbara Lake The Lake Group Inc 05/25/04
Beating the 'Defect Trap' Van Solomonian The I.M.O. 04/20/04
Don’t Test Neil Price-Jones NVP Software Testing Inc. 03/30/04
The ROI From Software Quality Dr. Khaled El Emam   02/24/04
Beating the 'Defect Trap'
[rescheduled due to weather]		 Van Solomonian The I.M.O. 01/27/04
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery – Have We Learned Anything? Joe Ozorio, CBCP CGI Group Inc. 11/25/03
Breaking Software for Fun and Profit Michael Bolton DevelopSense 10/28/03
Managing the Test Effort Using Requirements-Based Testing Metrics Gary Mogyorodi Software Testing Services 09/30/03
Test Automation Approaches to Real Life Golam Mustofa and Yury Makedonov   06/24/03
Implementing a Bug Tracking Solution Rob MacFadyen   05/27/03

Social Engineering Attacks – How to Mitigate the Risk

 Samantha Cirinna CertaPay Inc. 04/29/03

The Future of Testing and QA

 Richard Bornet Enterprise Software Testing Systems 03/25/03

Wide Area Networking – An Overview

 Chas Birkett International Financial Data Services 02/25/03

Lessons Learned: Establishing a Software Process Improvement Program Using CMM

 Barbara Lake The Lake Group Inc. 01/28/03

UAT for Web-Based Systems Talking to the (fire)Wall

 Steven Barry Data Kinetics Ltd. 11/26/02

Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning - What Is It About Really?

 Joe Ozorio CGI Group Inc 10/29/02

The Context of Software Development – a Vision of Quality

 Joerg Niggemann ThoughtBlade Inc. and Excelign 09/24/02

Using Testing Software: How to keep your expensive testware from becoming dust collectors

 Neil Price-Jones NVP Software Testing Inc. 06/25/02

The NEW Importance of Software Configuration Management

 Steve Knapp MKS Inc. 05/28/02

Defect Prevention and CMM Level 5

 Kaniska Rakhit Citibank Canada 04/30/02

Integrating Quality Management
into the Project Management Process

 Margery J. Cruise SPMgroup Ltd. 03/26/02

Relationships: Internet Security and Application Testing

 Peter Watson Sun Life Financial 02/26/02
Performance Testing Fundamentals Bryan Cole Compuware Corporation 01/29/02
Web Metrics: Measuring the Mountain with a Yardstick Steven Barry Data Kinetics Ltd. 11/27/01
Automated Testing: Building a Testing Team and Testing Model Joe Larizza International Financial Data Services 10/30/01
CMM: A Foundation For Successful Projects Carolyn F. Swadron CIBC 10/02/01
Test Management in a Web Year Kathy Nakeff Bell Canada 06/26/01
The Challenges of Testing E-Commerce Applications Jackie Burrus QAI Canada 05/29/01
How to Successfully Implement Automated Testing Richard Bornet IMR Global 04/24/01
Outsourcing – Opportunity or Threat Brian McConnell and Rob Spence Ajilon Software Quality Partners 03/27/01
Ensuring Quality for Web Projects Jennifer Adams NAME Inc. 02/27/01
Testing with Organizations Outside Your Corporate Boundaries Chris Nyberg Bank of Montreal 01/30/01
How to Perform a Risk Assessment Bryan Schultz QAI Canada 11/28/00
Defect Tracking – An Essential Software Quality Tool Terry MacPherson Wallbrant Associates 10/31/00
Watch My Back! Norman Humphreys Systems Xcellence 09/26/00
Initiating Software Process Improvement Carolyn Swadron CIBC 06/27/00
Risk Management for E-Commerce Applications – What's New? Angela Mazzona KPMG 05/30/00
Piloting a Peer Review Process Lynne Primrose EDS Canada 04/25/00
Do Most of Your Testing Before You Start to Code Michael Wearing Bramfield Technology 03/28/00
A Comparison of Quality and Process Improvement Models Michael Raftus GRafP Technologies 02/29/00
Testing and the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) Martin Hughes CIBC 01/25/00
Implementing a Project Office: The Merrill Lynch Canada Experience Linda Vella Merrill Lynch Canada 11/30/99
Trials and Tribulations of Automating the Testing Process Michael Bayer Client/Server Management 10/26/99
Managing Creeping Project Scope Tiiu Martin Martek Inc. 09/28/99
How to Deal with Vendors Don Magie Compuware Corporation 06/29/99
Creating a Quality Culture Arnold Wytenburg Wytenburg Management Inc. 05/25/99
Requirements Based Testing Gary Mogyorodi Bender & Associates 03/30/99
Application Service Levels: Planning, Validating and Monitoring Don Magie Compuware Corporation 02/23/99
Implementing a Global Quality Program Sara Smyth GE Capital IT Solutions 01/26/99
Project Management: Getting a Project Started the Right Way Jerrold M. (Jerry) Howard SHL Systemhouse 11/24/98
Restoring Confidence in Information Technology Steve Devinney Quality Assurance Institute 10/20/98
Year 2000 Risk Management/Contingency Planning Robert L. (Bob) Bradley IBM Global Services 09/29/98
Requirements Based Testing Jim Fitzsimmons Visual Systems 06/23/98
Tools for the Quality Framework Don Magie
 Compuware 05/25/98
Sean Chiarito Cyrano
Bill Miller McCabe
Charlie Mitchell McCabe
Michelle Guile MKS
Project Management and Quality Michael Flint GE Capital 04/28/98
Metrics and the Quantification of Software Quality Michael Smith McCabe and Associates 03/31/98
ISO 9001: Lessons Learned in the Software Arena Dexter Zenar ISG Technologies Inc. 02/24/98
The Many Sides of Testing Richard Strang Independent consultant 01/27/98
Year 2000: A Testing Approach - Leveraging Your Existing Testing Process Zale Tabakman Sector7 CANADA Inc. 11/25/97
CMM Level 2 and Beyond, Citibank Canada's Experience Alicia Klurfan Citibank Canada 10/28/97
Impementing a Successful Automated Test System Eric Rocks Financial Models 09/30/97
The Microsoft Solutions Framework Doug Laundry Microsoft Canada 06/24/97
The Politics of Quality Dexter Zenar ISG Technologies 05/27/97
Testing 2000 - a Progress Report Don Magie Compuware 04/29/97
Software is Too Important to be Left to the Programmers Leif Svalgaard TOSC International 03/25/97
Testing Legacy Software Ian Cameron Sector7 Canada Inc. 02/25/97
Data Bloody Data Ian Burrows IBM Toronto Lab 01/28/97
Object And Component Testing Dan Corcoran London Life Insurance Company 11/26/96
The 13-Step Approach to Process Improvement Peter Mokriy Molson Breweries 10/29/96
Organize or Agonize R. Andrew Sherwood Priority Management 09/24/96
Managing the Test Process and its Products Richard Reeves Change Control Ltd. 06/25/96
An Evening of Test Tool Vendors Dean Macri
 Data Kinetics 05/28/96
Vincent Ramouta Mercury Interactive
Mike Wilson SQA Inc.
Metrics and the Quantification of Software Quality Michael Smith McCabe and Associates 04/26/96
Building and Motivating Effective Teams Brad Antle IBM Canada 03/27/96
What Makes Testing Difficult Jim de Boer PRIOR Data Sciences 01/30/96
How to Reuse Your Testing Henry Kerkhoven CP Rail System 11/28/95
QAI's New Tactical Approach to Manage by Process Steve Devinney Quality Assurance Institute 10/17/95
Adapting the SEI Capability Maturity Model to a Small Development Shop, a Process Description Anthony Robinson Harris Media Systems Limited 09/26/95
Presentation of a Quality Management System Imre Savari DRT Systems International 06/27/95
Risk Management for Project Managers Iain Dewar Consultant and PMI instructor 05/30/95
The Impending Software Quality War Chuck House Veritas Inc. 04/25/95
TickIT and the Relationship to ISO 9000 Michael Giguere,
Gitte Jorgensen		 SGS International Certification Services 03/28/95
Effective Customer Satisfaction Measurement Paula Mateus Hepworth & Company 02/28/95
A Process to Develop Quality Driven Processes Peter Mokriy Molson Breweries 01/31/95
How to Build Effective Test Plans Henry Kerkhoven CP Rail Systems 11/29/94
Implementing and Maintaining Support for TQM Christine A. Boynton Bell Sygma 10/25/94
How to Sell the QA Role to Senior Management Quality Circle Group Discussion N/A 09/27/94
Business Process Re-Engineering Ingo Heel Micrografx 08/30/94
Using Quantitative Data to Manage - Concepts and Best Practices Beth Layman Quality Assurance Institute 06/14/94
Quality Systems Audit - ISO 9000 Perspective Michael Giguere SGS International Certification Services Canada 05/31/94
Testing Tools Panel Discussion N/A 04/26/94
Project Management Dhanu M. Kothari Digital Equipment of Canada 03/29/94
ISO 9000 Dexter Zenar Prior Data Sciences 02/25/94
Perspectives on Outsourcing Mike Brodie Ernst & Young 01/22/94
Independent User Acceptance Testing G. Russell McLean Bank of Nova Scotia 11/30/93
State of Software Quality Assurance Practices in Toronto Panel Discussion N/A 10/26/93
Customer Driven Testing Henry Kerkhoven CP Rail System 07/27/93
Benchmarking Quality Using the Canada Awards for Business Excellence Criteria C. Dennis Beecroft University of Waterloo 05/18/93
Starting/Implementing a QA Program Chris Prendergast Delrina Technology 05/04/93
Delivering Quality Systems Michael G. Addario Structured Solutions Inc. 03/30/93
Information Quality Metrics and Their Use Nancy Spencer ABT 02/22/93
Becoming a CQA, Route to Credibility as an IT QA Expert Ron Laurie LCBO 02/22/93

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