News Archive for 2018

Inflectra Offices Closed on January 1, 2019 - in observance of New Year's Day!

December 31, 2018 Company News

Inflectra's Offices are closed on Tuesday, January 1st, 2019 in observance of New Year’s Day.

We will reopen for business as usual on Wednesday, January 2nd, 2019.

If you have an urgent technical support issue, please submit a help desk ticket on our website.

Inflectra Offices Closed for Holiday Season - December 25-26, 2018

December 24, 2018 Company News

Inflectra's Offices will be closed on Tuesday, December 25th and Wednesday, December 26th, 2018 to celebrate the holiday season.

We will reopen for business Thursday, December 27th, 2018.

If you have an urgent technical support issue, please submit a help desk ticket on our website.

Migration Tool from TestLink Now Available

December 18, 2018 Product News

Several of our customers have been looking to migrate from some older, legacy test management systems such as TestLink that have seen a decline in active development. Thanks to the wonders of APIs, we have just released a new test management migration tool that makes it easy to migrate from TestLink to SpiraTest, our award winning test management system.

Updating our Help Desk Today

December 10, 2018 Company News

As you know, we are very proud to say that we use all of our own software ourselves. Consequently we will be updating out help desk to the latest version of KronoDesk (3.0) today (Monday, December 10th, 2018) so that we can beta test it ourselves before we release it to our customers.

Spira Cloud Price Changes Coming Soon

December 4, 2018 Product News

We are announcing a some changes to the cloud pricing for the following Inflectra products: SpiraTest, SpiraTeam, and SpiraPlan to come into effect on January 1, 2019.

Inflectra and Blended Perspectives Partner to Expand Inflectra's Presence in the Canadian Market

November 26, 2018 Company News

We are pleased to announce that Inflectra has just signed a partnership agreement with Blended Perspectives - a Canadian specialist consulting firm operating out of Toronto, Canada, to offer Inflectra's software quality assurance and test automation products to the Canadian software market.

Inflectra Offices Closed for U.S. Thanksgiving Holiday November 22nd and 23rd, 2018

November 21, 2018 Company News

Inflectra's Offices are closed on Thursday, November 22nd and Friday, November 23rd, 2017 in observance of the U.S. Thanksgiving public holiday.

We will reopen for business as usual on Monday, November 26th, 2017.

If you have an urgent technical support issue, please submit a help desk ticket on our website.

Inflectra Offices Closed for U.S. Veterans Day Holiday - November 12th, 2018

November 9, 2018 Company News

Inflectra's Offices are closed on Monday, November 12th, 2018 in observance of the U.S. Veterans Day public holiday.

We will reopen for business as usual on Tuesday, November 13th, 2018.

If you have an urgent technical support issue, please submit a help desk ticket on our website.

OAT Solutions Partners with Inflectra Focused on Agile Transformation

October 31, 2018 Press Release

OAT Solutions, a IT company specializing in process improvement for Agile Transformation, announces an agreement with Inflectra, a global provider of software testing management and automation solutions, in order to offer, exclusively in Brazil, the Inflectra's portfolio for collaboration, projects, management and testing automation software, and business applications.

Inflectra Offices Closed for U.S. Columbus Day Holiday October 8th, 2018

October 4, 2018 Company News

Inflectra's Offices will be closed on Monday, October 8th, 2018 in observance of the U.S. Columbus Day public holiday.

We will reopen for business as usual on Tuesday, October 9th, 2018.

If you have an urgent technical support issue, please submit a help desk ticket on our website.

Jira Integration with SpiraTest Now Bidirectional

September 18, 2018 Product News

We are excited to announce that our plugin for SpiraTest, our award winning test management tool, now synchronizes issues, incidents, bugs, and defects bidirectionally with Jira from Atlassian.

Inflectra Advances as Best Tech Work Culture Finalist in Washington DC’s 2018 Timmy Awards

September 17, 2018 Press Release

Media Contact:

Lindsay Lewis

lindsay.lewis@techinmotionevents.com

Tech in Motion announces top 10 local tech companies and opens public voting to determine winners

WASHINGTON, DC (September 11, 2018) – Tech in Motion Washington DC has chosen Inflectra as a finalist for this year’s Best Tech Work Culture category as it prepares for the fourth Annual Timmy Awards. The award recognizes the top workplaces for tech professionals in the Washington, DC area. Inflectra joins an elite list of this year’s finalists, including: Hustle, Mapbox, Ostendio and Securiport, which the public can vote for here.

First Ever Software Testing Bowl Launches in Washington, DC this October

September 6, 2018 Press Release

Washington, DC - September 6th, 2018: Today, Inflectra, a global provider of testing software, announced the launch of the inaugural Software Testing Bowl™ 2018 to be held at STPcon in Arlington, VA on October 23rd, 2018.

Inflectra Offices Closed for U.S. Labor Day Holiday September 3rd, 2018

September 1, 2018 Company News

Inflectra's Offices will be closed on Monday, September 3rd, 2018 in observance of the U.S. Labor Day public holiday.

We will reopen for business as usual on Tuesday, September 4th, 2018.

If you have an urgent technical support issue, please submit a help desk ticket on our website.

NUnit 3.0 Plugin Released for SpiraTest

August 31, 2018 Product News

We are pleased to announce the release of the latest version of our plugin for the popular .NET unit test framework NUnit. The NUnit team completely updated the framework and plugin model in v3.0, so we have released a new version of our popular SpiraTest Add-In.

Inflectra Platform Chosen to Teach Testing Best Practices in Argentina

August 28, 2018 Company News

Inflectra is giving support to the City of Buenos Aires - Education Ministry - in helping it stand up the first official Software Testing course with formal certification in Argentina. With this program, Inflectra is looking to help nurture the next generation of software testers, engineers, and quality assurance professionals.

Rapise 5.7 Released with New Data-Driven Testing Editor

August 15, 2018 Product News

We are pleased to announce the release of Rapise 5.7, the latest version of our acclaimed test automation tool. The latest version provides a completely rewritten data-driven test editor that means that you no longer need to have Excel installed. It also provides enhancements to the Rapise Visual Language (RVL) and writing custom libraries.

Code Smarter: SpiraTeam Visual Studio 2017 Integration and More

July 13, 2018 Product News

At Inflectra, we love making tools that make developers’ lives easier. That’s why we have so many extensions for the tools developers use most. We’re really excited to announce the latest update to our integration with one the most important developer tools in the Microsoft ecosystem: Visual Studio. The latest update fixes some bugs, improves usability, adds a new task creation feature, and enables it to work with Visual Studio 2017 and newer.

Inflectra Offices Closed for U.S. Independence Day Holiday July 4th, 2018

July 4, 2018 Company News

Inflectra's Offices are closed on Wednesday, July 4th, 2018 in observance of the U.S. Independence Day public holiday.

We will reopen for business as usual on Thursday July 5th, 2018. If you have an urgent technical support issue, please submit a help desk ticket on our website.

Regards

The Inflectra Team

Rapise 6 Development Roadmap Published

June 25, 2018 Product News

We are pleased to announce that we have released the latest development roadmap for Rapise, our award winning codeless test automation platform for web, mobile, desktop and API testing.

SpiraPlan 6 Development Roadmap Published

June 18, 2018 Product News

We are pleased to announce that we have released the latest development roadmap for SpiraPlan, our award winning enterprise agile project and program management platform.

SpiraTeam 6 Development Roadmap Published

June 18, 2018 Product News

We are pleased to announce that we have released the latest development roadmap for SpiraTeam, our award winning application lifecycle management (ALM) solution.

SpiraTest 6 Development Roadmap Published

June 18, 2018 Product News

We are pleased to announce that we have released the latest development roadmap for SpiraTest, our award winning requirements, test, and defect management solution.

Updated Subversion Plugin Improves Source Code Management in SpiraTeam

June 14, 2018 Product News

We are pleased to announce the release of an updated plugin for connecting SpiraTeam and SpiraPlan to the popular Subversion source code management system. The new plugin requires SpiraTeam or SpiraPlan v5.4 or later and provides enhanced performance as well as the ability to map Subversion branch folders into the native Spira branching system (similar to what is already available for Git).

Inflectra Offices Closed for U.S. Memorial Day Holiday May 28th, 2018

May 28, 2018 Company News

Inflectra's Offices are closed on Monday, May 28th, 2018 in observance of the U.S. Memorial Day public holiday.

We will reopen for business as usual on Tuesday May 29th, 2018. If you have an urgent technical support issue, please submit a help desk ticket on our website.

Regards

The Inflectra Team

Inflectra Adds BugReplay to Its List of Product Integrations

May 15, 2018 Company News

BugReplay is the newest app to integrate with Inflectra's software testing and agile product management tools. The new integration makes bug reporting of web applications faster and easier.

The integration seamlessly connects Inflectra’s SpiraTeam with BugReplay’s screencast and network debugging tool, which enables users to quickly and accurately submit detailed bug reports about web applications.

Inflectra Expands Cloud Hosting to Europe and Australia

May 9, 2018 Company News

We are pleased to announce that we are now able to host our powerful suite of cloud hosted project management, testing, help desk, and application lifecycle management (ALM) tools in European and Australian datacenters as well as our existing USA based hosting.

Inflectra Named in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Agile Planning Tools in 2018

May 7, 2018 Company News

Inflectra, a provider of powerful Application Lifecycle Management Solutions is pleased to announce that it has been placed in the 2018 Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Agile Planning Tools (EAPT). Published in April 2018, the report’s authors: Keith James Mann, Thomas E. Murphy, Nathan Wilson, Mike West, placed Inflectra in the Magic Quadrant based on its Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision for its SpiraTeam Application Development Lifecycle Management (ALM) system.

Inflectra’s Hackathons Help Start-Ups in DMV Beta-Test Their Software

May 7, 2018 Press Release

Inflectra – a local software company specializing in building agile software testing tools, announced that it will hold its 2nd Hackathon: Social Testing™ competition in the metropolitan Washington, DC area.

Updates to Inflectra's Privacy Policy for GDPR

May 3, 2018 Company News

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was created to align the data privacy laws across all EU countries. The GDPR came into effect in May 25th, 2018 and replaces the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC. A major update within the GDPR is that the processing of any EU citizens’ information is now protected, regardless of whether the information processing is done within the EU or not, and regardless of where the data controller is located.
 

ZAPTEST Plug-In Released for RemoteLaunch

May 2, 2018 Product News

We have just released a free plugin for ZAPTEST. This allows SpiraTest, SpiraTeam, and SpiraPlan in conjunction with RemoteLaunch to manage the scheduling, execution and reporting of ZAPTEST automated visual UI tests.

Rapise 5.6 Released - Enhanced Automation for Dynamics NAV

April 30, 2018 Product News

Inflectra® is pleased to announce the release of Rapise 5.6, the latest version of its Rapise test automation platform. Rapise is the most comprehensive and powerful automated testing solution on the market. With its latest version, Rapise provides many fixes and enhancements that makes testing web and desktop application easier, as well as new functionality for testing the Microsoft Dynamics web successor to Dynamics NAV / Navision.

Inflectra and InterWorks Partner to Expand Inflectra's Global Footprint

April 27, 2018 Company News

We are pleased to announce that Inflectra has just signed a partnership agreement with InterWorks -  an IT outsourcing company that provides its Clients a full spectrum of software development and support services from a dedicated offshore center in Bitola, Macedonia.

SpiraTest, SpiraTeam, SpiraPlan v5.4.0.2 Now Available for Download

April 20, 2018 Product News

We are pleased to announce the latest update for SpiraTest, SpiraTeam, and SpiraPlan. The v5.4.0.2 update provides many bug-fixes and several new productivity enhancements which will further streamline the products and improve user satisfaction. The new version is available for download today; it will be deployed to our cloud customers on Saturday, April 28th.

Worksoft Certify Plug-In Released for RemoteLaunch

April 9, 2018 Product News

We have just released a free plugin for Worksoft Certify. This allows SpiraTest, SpiraTeam, and SpiraPlan in conjunction with RemoteLaunch to manage the scheduling, execution and reporting of Worksoft Certify automated business process tests.

SpiraTeam Achieves Easiest Admin in G2 Crowd’s Usability Index for ALM Suites | Spring 2018

April 4, 2018 Company News

SpiraTeam has achieved Easiest Admin Award based on the responses of real users for each of the Usability Index for ALM Suites | Spring 2018 related questions featured in the G2 Crowd review form.

SpiraTeam’s Usability Index for ALM Suites ratings were highlighted by ‘Ease of Use’, which scored 80%, and SpiraTeam’s ‘Ease of Admin’ was 89%, compared to the category average of 81%.

As one of SpiraTeam users put it in February 2018, the best aspects of this AML tool is: “It is easy to manage, track, assign, and update test cases using Spira. Being able to collaborate with IT directly using the same system and being able to manage the test cases and incidents that we submit.”

SpiraTest Named a High Performer in the Grid® Report for Software Testing | Spring 2018 by Real Users on G2 Crowd

April 2, 2018 Company News

SpiraTest has been identified as one of the best Software Testing Tools, based on its high levels of customer satisfaction and likeliness to recommend ratings from real users on G2 Crowd, the world’s leading business solutions review website.

“The tool is easy to configure and comes with robust features for storing and executing test cases. The tool has helped keep the team working efficiently. The migration from HP ALM to SpiraTest was easy when using the export tool provided by Inflectra” wrote Charles T. on January 18, 2018.

SpiraTest Add-On Now Available in Atlassian Jira Marketplace

March 23, 2018 Product News

We are pleased to announce the release of our new add-on for the Atlassian Jira issue tracking system. It complements our existing, data-synchronization capabilities that let SpiraTest integrate seamlessly with Jira, to provide a native plugin for Jira that displays key test metrics within the Jira user interface.

Inflectra Offices Closed due to Winter Storm in Washington, DC Area

March 21, 2018 Company News

Due to the arrival of a severe winter storm in the Washington, DC metro area, Inflectra offices will be closed today - March 21st, 2018. All staff will be teleworking and we will be providing full email and help desk support as normal. However due to the weather event, we will not be providing phone support except for emergency cases. So if you have any questions or issues, please log a help desk ticket on our website.

Updates Released for SpiraTest, SpiraTeam, SpiraPlan, and KronoDesk

March 8, 2018 Product News

We are pleased to announce updates for our powerful enterprise ALM and software test management platform - SpiraPlan (including SpiraTeam & SpiraTest) as well as our easy to use IT help desk system - KronoDesk. Check out the new branding we have introduced as well as the fixes and enhancements.

Inflectra Offices Closed for U.S. Presidents' Day Holiday February 19th, 2018

February 16, 2018 Company News

Inflectra's Offices will be closed on Monday, February 19th, 2018 in observance of the U.S. Presidents' Day public holiday.

We will reopen for business as usual on Tuesday, February 20th, 2018.

If you have an urgent technical support issue, please submit a help desk ticket on our website.

SpiraTeam 5.4 Released, Provides New Project Management, Reporting and Performance Enhancements

February 5, 2018 Product News

We are pleased to announce the release of SpiraPlan 5.4, the latest version of our award-winning enterprise agile planning suite. This new version includes the latest SpiraTest 5.4 for quality assurance and test management as well as the latest SpiraTeam 5.4 for application lifecycle management (ALM).

Inflectra Germany & Inflectra Finland Become Reality

January 24, 2018 Company News

Silver Spring, MD, January 23, 2018 – Inflectra is pleased to announce the opening of two more offices in Europe: Inflectra Germany and Inflectra Finland. As a bulk of Inflectra's customers hail from European countries, adding the two offices further solidifies Inflectra's position as a provider of faster and more context-specific support to its users in the region.

The recent expansion grew from years' long collaboration between Inflectra and PTA GmbH in Germany and Q-Factory in Finland. 

Inflectra Offices Closed for U.S. MLK Day Holiday January 15th, 2018

January 12, 2018 Company News

Inflectra's Offices are closed on Monday, January 15th, 2018 in observance of the U.S. Martin Luther King Jr. Day public holiday.

We will reopen for business as usual on Tuesday January 16th, 2018.

If you have an urgent technical support issue, please submit a help desk ticket on our website.

Google Sheets Import Tool Now Supports Requirements, Test Cases, Test Steps, Releases, and Tasks

January 8, 2018 Product News

We announced last year that we had initial support for importing requirements from Google Sheets into Spira, as an alternative to our existing Microsoft Excel add-in. Due to the popularity of the Google Sheets add-in, we have expanded its functionality to handle additional artifact types.

Rapise 5.5 Released - Provides Enhancements for RVL and Dynamics Testing

January 2, 2018 Company News

Inflectra® is pleased to announce the release of Rapise 5.5, the latest version of its Rapise test automation platform. Rapise is the most comprehensive and powerful automated testing solution on the market. With its latest version, Rapise provides many fixes and enhancements that makes testing web and desktop application easier, as well as UI enhancements when switching between JavaScript and the RVL scriptless framework.