BZ Media starts "Software Test & Performance" & new conference.BZ Media (Oyster Bay Oyster Bay, uninc. area (1990 pop. 6,687) of the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau co., SE N.Y., on N Long Island, on Long Island Sound; settled 1653. It is chiefly residential. , NY), the publisher of SD (Software Developer) Times, has begun the publication of Software Test & Performance, a new quarterly magazine focusing on testing and software performance issues. It has a controlled circulation of 25,000 software development managers, project and team leaders, and Test & QA managers. BZ Media said the new title is designed to help readers measure and improve the efficency of their individual and team software QA and testing processes, as well as improve the performance of their in-house applications pre- and post-deployment. The company said the magazine assists in delivering software projects on time, on budget and to specifications. Editorial includes feature stories on such topics as performance management, requirements management The administration and control of the information needs of users. In order to achieve business objectives within an organization via information systems, user requirements must be defined in a consistent manner, prioritized and monitored. , application lifestyle management and defect management (1) The elimination of bugs in software and flaws in hardware. Defect management is part of a software or hardware development project. (2) The prevention of data errors in a storage medium by invalidating bad sectors. . It also includes information on such topics as design, coding, testing , languages, development tools and methodologies. The May issue includes: an examination of requirements through case studies; tests for development teams; testing of Web-based applications; monitoring consumption of system resources (1) In a computer system, system resources are the components that provide its inherent capabilities and contribute to its overall performance. System memory, cache memory, hard disk space, IRQs and DMA channels are examples. ; new automation tools; and, new products. Also, BZ Media will produce the first annual "Embedded Software Instructions that permanently reside in a ROM or flash memory chip. Embedded software may be immediately available to the CPU or, for faster execution, may be transferred to RAM first and then executed. Development Conference" Aug. 17-19, 2004 in San Jose (CA). The company expects to draw about 500 industry professionals. |
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