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Software companies DVT, S1 bring renowned testing authority to SA

Johannesburg, 31 Oct 2011

Over 135 people attended a presentation given by James Bach, one of the world's leading authorities on software testing and quality assurance (QA), at the BMW Pavilion, in Cape Town. Bach was speaking as a guest of S1 and DVT, two of Cape Town's leading software development houses.

“S1 has a sizable development shop in Cape Town, building mission-critical payments software products for an international customer base that includes banks, retailers, and processors in over 75 countries,” says Craig Saks, Divisional SVP Shared Services, of Nasdaq-listed S1.

“S1 is committed to building great, high-quality software and to giving our people every opportunity to develop their skills as software engineers. As part of that commitment, we like to bring top practitioners to engage with our staff in a debate on best practice and to give them advanced training whenever possible. Bringing James Bach to Cape Town is part of this, given his reputation in this field, and we used the opportunity to put on this event so that Cape Town's wider software community could also benefit from his visit. This was done in collaboration with DVT,” adds Saks.

Prior to the event, Bach trained 25 of S1's QA staff.

James Bach comments: “What I talk about is skills. What I do is help people develop testing skills, and those skills are essentially the same skills as scientists have. Scientists question nature; testers question products. Otherwise, the fundamental thought processes are identical. To develop such skills is a struggle. There is no formula for designing excellent experiments, so testing is both a creative and a critical thinking process.” Bach adds: “I set myself apart by challenging the prevailing practices in the testing industry.”

Bach has also written a book about self-education, and takes a "liberationist" approach to teaching. He says: “My goal is to facilitate the self-development of each tester.”

“DVT is renowned for the percentage of successful projects it delivers,” says CEO Chris Wilkins. “This made it a pleasure and a privilege to be aligned with Bach and S1, which are equally committed to the notion of software quality and proper testing.”

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S1

Leading banks, credit unions, retailers, and processors need technology that adapts to the complex and challenging needs of their businesses. These organisations want solutions that can respond quickly to changes in the marketplace and help grow their businesses. For more than 20 years, S1 Corporation (Nasdaq:SONE) has been a leader in developing software products that offer flexibility and reliability. Over 3 000 organisations worldwide depend on S1 for payments, online banking, mobile banking, voice banking, and branch banking solutions that deliver a competitive advantage. More information is available at www.s1.com.

DVT

DVT provides tailor-made and packaged software solutions, and related services, to clients throughout South Africa. DVT's practical business offerings include .Net and Java software development, Scrum and Agile teams, Mendix software solutions, enterprise mobile solutions, business analysis, project management, business process analysis, quality assurance and testing, systems integration and data management, integrated Internet solutions, practice management products, contractual resourcing and provisioning and professional services consulting. www.dvt.co.za.

Editorial contacts

Karen Heydenrych
Predictive Communications
(011) 452 2923
karen@predictive.co.za