January 13, 2010

The Number of ISTQB® Certified Testers at SaM Solutions has grown

The Number of ISTQB® Certified Testers at SaM Solutions has grown

Summing up the results the year 2009 some employees of the SaM Solutions’ QA department became certified testing specialists in compliance with the standard ISTQB® (Certified Tester Foundation Level), that ones again speaks in favour of their high level qualification. The certification was for SaM experts a good way of sorting their knowledge and skills as well as increase the level of their professionalism; and for the company this was the way of raising the level of its competitiveness in the international market.

The ISTQB® testing program is used by many national boards in the whole world, which provides single international standards and acceptance aside from the borders. Qualified testing according to the tailored processes allows achieving the highest software product quality as a result. In SaM Solutions these processes are based on the modern efficient methodologies, models and standards of software development.

”ISTQB® is a well-known European certificate, which is accepted by our clients. Certifying our staff in compliance with the ISTQB® standard, we confirm once again our willingness and ability to render software development services according to acknowledged world standards,” says Anton Dechko, Director of Business Development, SaM Solutions GmbH.

About International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB®)

The ISTQB® was officially founded as the International Software Testing Qualifications Board in Edinburgh in November 2002. Аt the moment 24 national boards affiliate ISTQB® from all corners of the world. The ISTQB® is responsible for the “ISTQB® Certified Tester”, which is an international qualification scheme. Qualifications in the scheme are based on a syllabus, and there shall be a hierarchy of qualifications and guidelines for accreditation, training and examination. It is the ISTQB®’s and all national boards’ role to support a single, universally accepted, international qualification scheme, aimed at software and system testing professionals.

About SaM Solutions

SaM Solutions is a leading software outsourcing company focusing primarily on IT consulting and offshore programming services for both US and European marketplaces. Founded back in 1993 by a 10-person team of alumni of the Belarusian State University of Computer Science, today SaM Solutions has a staff of over 600 employees globally. 16-year business history in the international market, compliance of the company’s QMS with the DIN EN ISO 9000:2001 standards and broad services palette allow SaM Solutions to handle projects of any complexity, using state-of-the-art technologies. Among the customers of SaM Solutions are such world concerns as Siemens and SAP, public enterprises as European Patent Office and middle-sized companies as Lexware and azh. SaM operates a number of global offices in countries including Germany (Corporate Headquarters), the USA, the UK, the Netherlands, Belarus and Ukraine.