Good October for uTesters

uTesters,

October has been a big month of growth for us here at uTest. We're now running a number of really interesting projects, and our testing community is bigger than ever. If you haven't been keeping up with uTest before, now is the time to get to know us again. Here is some of the great news we have to share:

Exciting New Projects

We've added a ton of new and exciting customers, and with new customers come great new projects. Here are some of the new customers who are testing with us: Firefox, MocoSpace, Skytap, Jnana, Chenomx, GTS, Greenweb, Aris Technologies, PCTools, American Well, MPSA, Babylon, ShareBlossom, IfByPhone, Favy, RayV, Volcanica, Words4U, OwnerIQ, Nivio, The University of Illinois, and more!

All of these customers need good uTesters, so check often to see what projects are available. We have new projects starting daily, and the only way to know what they are is to login and see.

The uTest Forum

Some great discussions are happening on the uTest Forum. If you haven’t checked it out already, make sure you take a look:

• Smoke VS Sanity – What is the real difference between smoke testing and sanity testing?
• What if the application has functionality that wasn't in the requirements? – How do you test things that weren't in the requirements?
• Example for project and product risk type? – A discussion about different kinds of project risk.

Also, congratulations to our last two forum winners! lelchuk won an iPod Nano on October 3 and Anshul Kumar won an iPod Nano on October 17. Would you like to win a prize? We’ll pick our last winner on October 31, and we're giving away another Gameboy DS. Just post before the 31st and you're entered to win!

Free Webinar: Boost your Testing Process

Managing a complex software testing process can be difficult. Even experienced software testers can get lost among the many confusing elements of a good testing process. Let us help with our latest webinar - Boost Your Testing Process.

If you wonder if you're getting the most from your software testing or if your testing is working well at all, this webinar will help!

During this webinar you will learn how to:

• Define your testing process
• Start test design during the requirements process
• Build a useful testing matrix
• Perform regression testing that is based on impact analysis
• Collect simple measurements for process improvement and reporting

Register now, as space is limited!

• October 29, 2008, 1:00 - 2:00 PM EDT. Register Now!

Check out the uTest Blog

We're always writing good stuff for our software testing blog. Check out some of our latest posts:

• Has Google Changed the Meaning of “Beta?” – With so many of their products in "Beta," has Google redefined what it means?
• What To Do When Things Go Terribly Wrong – Based on a great forum question by hasansadiq: how do you plan for unforeseen failures, or failures that reasonable and adequate testing failed to identify?
• The Testing Paradox - Bigger Companies May Not Have Better Testing – Bigger companies have more testers, but that does not mean they have better testing!

Are you interested in contributing to the uTest blog? We would love to have some of our community members contribute a guest post. Just email press@utest.com and let us know what you would like to write about.

Bug of the Month

Congratulations to our September Bug of the Month winner: Glynn Harrold! His bug was for a show stopper Internet Explorer crash - something that was highly important to the customer. Glynn worked hard to help the company understand the low level problem by providing accurate information, screenshots, and additional information that was very helpful.

Coming very soon, we'll have an exciting new contest! Watch your inboxes for the announcement - we'll be giving away big cash prizes to our best testers!

Customer Referral Program

We are always grateful when our community members refer us customers, and as a reminder we have a customer referral program just for you. If you suggest to us a possible customer who then signs up with uTest, we’ll credit your uTester account with $500! There are a few rules, so make sure you check out our Community Referral page for all of the details.

Wrap-up

That’s all for our October newsletter. Happy testing!

Best,
Roy, Stanton, Marshall, and the Rest of the uTest Team