FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

More Than 60 Tutorials, Classes Announced for 2005
Software Test & Performance Conference

Huntington, N.Y., June 23, 2005 - BZ Media
LLC today announced the full lineup of technical classes and in-depth
tutorials for the second annual
Software Test &
Performance Conference™, scheduled for November 1-3, 2005, at The
Roosevelt Hotel in New York City.
More than 60 classes and full-day tutorials cover software
test/QA and performance issues across the entire application life cycle,
making this event appeal to a higher-level and more diverse group of
development and test/QA professionals than traditional training programs for
test-team members.or 2005, the three-day conference will be held at the
world-famous Roosevelt Hotel, a prominent landmark situated on Madison
Avenue and 45th Street in midtown New York City.
Lindsey Vereen, Conference Chairman, said, "This
year's conference builds on the success of last year's event in Baltimore.
The Software Test & Performance Conference has enjoyed tremendous support
from test/QA managers, development managers, software architects and senior
testing professionals, as well as the industry that serves them. The 2005
conference, in New York, will be the year's best software testing
educational event."
The 2005 Software Test & Performance Conference features
popular classes repeated from the 2004 event, as well as 40 new offerings
designed to help attendees keep up with the latest techniques and
methodologies for improving software quality, such as "Performance Tuning
ASP.NET Applications," "Fundamental Rules of Security Testing," "Testing
Tools Inside Eclipse," and "Using Code Metrics for Targeted Code Refactoring."
The distinguished faculty at the Software Test &
Performance Conference includes such experts Scott Barber, the "Peak
Performance" columnist for
Software Test & Performance Magazine; Elfriede Dustin, software
quality assurance manager at Symantec; Jeff Feldstein, manager of
software development at Cisco Systems; Martin Fowler, chief scientist
for ThoughtWorks; Robert Galen, senior QA manager for
Thompson/Dialog; Elliotte Rusty Harold, professor at Polytechnic
University; Hung Q. Nguyen, founder of LogiGear; BJ Rollison,
technical trainer at Microsoft; Robert Sabourin, professor of
engineering at McGill University; Joe Toomey, senior software
engineer at IBM Rational; and Matthew Young, senior software engineer
at SAIC.
The full-day tutorials, scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 1,
are:
● Delivering Test Automation Success Through People,
Methods & Tools
● Twenty-One Ways to Spot—And Fix—Requirements Errors Early
● Testing Quasi-Agile Projects: Practical Strategies for Today's Iterative
Development Environment
● Testing Techniques: Theory and Application
● Using Metrics to Improve Software Testing
● Hands-on Testing Patterns: Best Practices From the Trenches
Registration for the Software Test & Performance
Conference is now open at www.stpcon.com,
with discounts being offered for early registrations. The conference is also
offering special discounts for development teams sending four or more
professionals to the technical classes. Contact Donna Esposito, Director of
Events, at +1-415-785-3419 or
desposito@bzmedia.com for more details.