IASA

Dear IASA Atlanta members and friends,

Our February meeting will take place on Wednesday, 2/10 at 6:30 pm, as usual, in the Matrix Resources' Perimeter office with pizza and soft drinks served at 6 pm. (Note: You can find the address in the "Contact Us" box to the left of this article)

This meeting will be somewhat special: we will be raffling out 10 passes to Atlanta ITARC conference (see the flyer below).

Also, we will hold a 5 minute business meeting prior to the presentation in order to ratify some changes to our chapter Bylaws that the Board of Directors has adopted. The changes are intended to streamline and improve the process of electing the new Board of DIrectors and to move the election to the second quarter so they don't interfere with ITARC activities. If you are a member, we need you to show up to vote on ratifying these changes at the February meeting.

Finally, our featured speaker and guess will be Leonard Fingerman presenting:

Software Test Automation – Best Practices
Today we hear a lot of buzz about the latest & greatest test automation tools like Selenium, Rational Functional Tester or HP LoadRunner but to make your test automation effort successful it might take more than just having the right tool. This presentation will try to uncover major pitfalls typically involved with test automation efforts. It will provide guidance on successful strategy as well as differences among third-generation frameworks like keyword-driven, data-driven and hybrid. It will also cover various aspects of SOA and performance test automation.

SPEAKER BIO: Leonard Fingerman is working as a Test Architect at SunTrust Bank. He worked previously as Software Test Automation Engineer at AutoTrader.com, Verisign and RSA Security.

3-4 March2010 | Atlanta IASA Global and IASA Atlanta are thrilled to co-host ITARC 2010, a two day event on March 3-4, 2010. Some reasons to attend: A strong regional focus. Receive case studies, best practices and individual training from senior architects-- many from your region including: Paul Preiss, President and Founder; IASA; Kerry Holley, IBM Fellow and WWW CTO SOA Center of Excellence SOA the Nirvana of Software Engineering; Scott Ambler, Chief Methodologist/Agile; Simon Guest, Sr. Director of Technical Strategy DPE Group, Microsoft; Max Poliashenko, VP, Consumer and Small Business Portfolio Architect, Bank of America; and more... A world class agenda of presenters from the top of our industry. Proceeds from the event will help support IASA Atlanta future programs Relevant topics for IT architects of all types and all levels Two--Day Conference The IT Architect Regional Conference is the only event in Atlanta to address the pressing needs of IT architects today. There are more than 60 seminars and four tracks separated by specialty: Enterprise, Software, Enterprise and Fundamentals. Architects of all levels can take their skills to the next level. Conference Fee: IASA Members: $650 Non-IASA Members: $950 Seats are limited and already filling quickly. Early registration is encouraged.

Please contact IASA Events +1 866 399 4272 events@iasahome.org or register at http://www.iasahome.org/web/itarc/2010/atlanta/registration

 

Max Poliashenko
IASA Atlanta, President
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