News Archive for 2022

Inflectra Offices Closed for Holiday Season - December 23-26th, 2022

December 22, 2022 Company News

Inflectra's Offices are closed on Friday, December 23rd, and Monday, December 26th, 2022, to celebrate the holiday season.

We will reopen for business Tuesday, December 27th, 2022.

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

Inflectra Launches Plug-ins for Monday.com and ClickUp, Enabling Seamless Collaboration Among Teams

December 14, 2022 Press Release

Spira v7.3 Released: New Agile Planning Board, Teams, Tracks and More

December 12, 2022 Product News

We are pleased to announce the release of the latest version (v7.3) of our award-winning test management SpiraTest system, application lifecycle management SpiraTeam platform, and enterprise agile planning platform - SpiraPlan.

SpiraCapture Revamped To Improve Spira Integration

December 12, 2022 Product News

We are excited to announce that we have released a new version of our highly acclaimed exploratory testing tool - SpiraCapture. The new version has been revamped and updated to now support deeper integration with SpiraPlan as well as provide support for the new Google Chrome manifest version 3.

Inflectra Offices Closed for U.S. Thanksgiving Holiday November 24-25, 2022

November 23, 2022 Company News

Inflectra's Offices are closed on Thursday November 24th and Friday November 25th, 2022 in observance of the U.S. Thanksgiving public holiday.

We will reopen for business as usual on Monday November 28th, 2022. 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 11th, 2022

November 10, 2022 Company News

Inflectra's Offices are closed on Friday, November 11th, 2022, in observance of the U.S. Veterans Day public holiday.

As usual, we will reopen for business on Monday, November 14th, 2022.

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

Inflectra Accelerators: The Key To Greater Customer Satisfaction and Partner Engagement

November 10, 2022 Company News

We are thrilled to announce the launch of ‘Inflectra Accelerators,’ a set of predefined professional services to help customers speed up the deployment and adoption of Inflectra’s SpiraPlan & Rapise. Inflectra’s global solution partner network will be the primary venue to deliver the new accelerators.

Inflectra’s platforms are robust and easy to use and build quality in the customers’ software development lifecycles. The accelerators will add more bespoke professional services to help customers speed up and streamline their SpiraPlan and Rapise adoption efforts. This program will also significantly benefit Inflectra's channel partners by increasing the number of projects they can access.

Learn more below.

Inflectra Joins GitLab Inc.’s Alliance Partner Program

November 9, 2022 Press Release

November 3, 2022 Washington, D.C.: Inflectra, a market leader in IT Software Lifecycle Management solutions, today announced it has joined GitLab Inc.’s Alliance Partner Program. This strategic relationship allows customers to integrate SpiraPlan, Inflectra’s flagship enterprise-level risk and project portfolio management platform, and GitLab, The One DevOps Platform, creating harmony across their clients’ software teams and ecosystems. Joint customers have access to an integrated solution that covers their entire software lifecycle needs, allowing teams to focus on business critical tasks. 

Product Changes Coming in 2023

November 8, 2022 Product News

As we enter the closing months of 2022, we'd like to let you know about some of the changes coming to our products in 2023, as well as have a brief retrospective about our accomplishments in 2022. In addition, we do have some significant changes to the pricing for some of our products in 2023.

Chrome and Edge Context Menu Extension for Spira

October 27, 2022 Product News

One of our long-standing users very kindly created a simple extension for the Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge web browsers that will scan the text of any web page and if it sees a Spira artifact token, will provide a handy shortcut to open the page in Spira. Thanks Luciano Bustos for creating this handy utility.

Rapise v7.4 Released - Support for Web Components, AgGrid, Mixed-Mode and 64-Bit Apps

October 19, 2022 Product News

We are pleased to announce the release of the latest version of our award winning automated software testing solution - Rapise. The new version (7.4) provides mixed-mode recording (Web, Managed, UIAutomation, Java), easier test set scheduling with Spira, support for the popular AgGrid web component, support for .NET Managed 64-bit desktop applications, and finally (long awaited), support for Java 64-bit desktop applications.

InflectraCON 2023 Announced: Join the Multi-Day Conference On Agile, Testing and DevOps

October 12, 2022 Press Release

Spira v7.2 Released: Product Custom Properties, Program Management & Spreadsheet Editor

October 12, 2022 Product News

We are pleased to announce the release of the latest version (v7.2) of our award-winning test management SpiraTest system, application lifecycle management SpiraTeam platform, and enterprise agile planning platform - SpiraPlan.

Inflectra Offices Closed for U.S. Indigenous Peoples' Day Holiday October 10th, 2022

October 7, 2022 Company News

Inflectra’s Offices are closed on Monday, October 10th, 2022, in observance of the U.S. Indigenous Peoples’ Day public holiday.

We will reopen for business as usual on Tuesday, October 11th, 2022.

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

Monday.com Plugin for Spira Now Available

September 22, 2022 Product News

During our InflectraCon conference this year, one of the key themes was Harmony, and how Inflectra's software and products can foster harmony in the product development lifecycle. One of the key ways we are able to do this is with our rich library of extensions and connectors for our products, available at no additional cost to our customers. We are pleased to announce that we have just released a new plugin for the popular Monday.com project management system.

Enhancements to Jira Cloud Plugin for Spira Released

September 20, 2022 Product News

As more and more teams are looking to use SpiraPlan for its powerful requirements, risk and quality management capabilities with tools like Atlassian Jira, we have been working on enhancing the integration between our SpiraTeam and SpiraPlan platforms and Jira Cloud. The new version of our integration includes some major enhancements that users have been asking for.

Cypress Reporter for SpiraTest Now Available

September 7, 2022 Product News

Cypress IO is a user-friendly test automation tool for end to end testing, UI testing, regression suites, and integration and unit testing. It's simple to install and doesn't require any changes to your code. Cypress prides itself on writing tests quickly and in real-time as you build your web application.

We have just released a new SpiraTest custom reporter extension for Cypress that lets you execute your Cypress scripts as normal and have the results automatically reported back into SpiraTest as test runs against mapped test cases. In addition to the detailed test results, the custom reporter automatically attaches any screenshots generated by Cypress to the SpiraTest test run. Of course, the reporter works with all flavors of Spira: SpiraTest, SpiraTeam and SpiraPlan.

Inflectra Offices Closed for U.S. Labor Day Holiday September 5th, 2022

September 5, 2022 Company News

Inflectra’s Offices will be closed on Monday, September 5, 2022, in observance of the U.S. Labor Day public holiday.

We will reopen for business as usual on Tuesday, September 6, 2022.

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

New Cross-Platform Microsoft Word Import Tool Available

August 22, 2022 Product News

Data migration is a pain, we all know that. However when you want to migrate from an antiquated paper-based approach to using a modern requirements and test management system like SpiraTest or ALM platform such as SpiraTeam, you have no choice, but to migrate over some of your old data. Until now, we only had a Microsoft Word import tool that ran on the Windows version of MS-Word. The big news is that we have a new importer that will work on any version of Microsoft Word 2019 or newer (Mac, PC, Linux, mobile) including the web Word365 version as well.

OctoPerf Integration Released for SpiraPlan

August 16, 2022 Press Release

August 10th, 2022, Washington DC: Inflectra and OctoPerf announced the release of a new integration between OctoPerf’s load testing tool and Inflectra’s Program, Portfolio, and Risk Management platform, SpiraPlan. This new SpiraApp allows users to kick off load testing in Octoperf directly from SpiraPlan and the results of the test get logged against each relevant test case. 

Spira v7.1 Released: More Flexible Source Code Integration & OctoPerf Integration

August 10, 2022 Product News

We are pleased to announce the release of the latest version (v7.1) of our award-winning test management SpiraTest system, application lifecycle management SpiraTeam platform, and enterprise agile planning platform - SpiraPlan. Cloud customers can now more easily and flexibly set up source code integration inside SpiraTeam and SpiraPlan. TaraVault is the default provider for Git or Subversion. Along with other quality of enhancements you can now, for each product, either user TaraVault or any other cloud based source code provider. This lets you pick the best provider for each product. Our latest SpiraApp integrates SpiraPlan and OctoPerf seamlessly. Kick off load testing in OctoPerf directly from SpiraPlan and the results of the test get logged against each relevant test case.

Inflectra Announces Partnership with Infiwave Solutions

August 5, 2022 Press Release

July 24, 2022, Washington DC: Inflectra, a market leader in IT Software Lifecycle Management solutions, announced its partnership with Infiwave Solutions. Infiwave is a software testing and quality assurance service provider based in the UK, France, India, and the US. Equipped with Inflectra’s enterprise-level portfolio management platform, SpiraPlan, and test automation tool, Rapise, Infiwave will help joint customers optimize their testing practices and transition into their digital future faster and at scale. 

Inflectra Announces Partnership with Checkpoint Technologies

July 18, 2022 Press Release

May 26th, 2022, Washington DC: Inflectra, a market leader in IT Software Lifecycle Management solutions, announced its partnership with Checkpoint Technologies. Founded in 2003, Checkpoint Technologies is based in Florida, USA and reaches a global market through its expert services and best-of-breed software solutions. With Inflectra’s enterprise Program, Portfolio, and Risk Management platform, SpiraPlan, and Checkpoint’s expertise in Quality Assurance and Software Testing, the partnership seeks to optimize customers’ technologies and solve their business challenges with a commitment to software quality. 

Inflectra and Software.com.br Announce Partnership

July 15, 2022 Press Release

March 9th, 2022, Washington DC: Inflectra – a global supplier enterprise solutions for test management, test automation and lifecycle management – signed a partnership agreement with Software.com.br, Brazil’s largest enterprise software reseller. A global company, Inflectra seeks to expand its presence in LATAM, and Software.com.br will be crucial in this mission, particularly in Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. Software.com.br will now offer clients Inflectra’s solutions SpiraPlan and Rapise, alongside their expansive services.

Spira v7.0 Enables Partners and Customers to Create Native Plugins

July 12, 2022 Press Release

Spira is designed to help customers streamline their software operations, allowing developers, testers, and managers to allocate time and resources to business-critical assignments.

Eggplant Integration Released for SpiraPlan

July 11, 2022 Press Release

July 11th, 2022, Washington DC: Inflectra and Eggplant announced the release of a new integration between Eggplant’s Digital Automation Intelligence (DAI) tool and Inflectra’s Program, Portfolio, and Risk Management platform, SpiraPlan. This allows users to extend their SpiraPlan test management capabilities with even more options for automation.

Rapise v7.3 Released - Selenium based Web Recorder, Shadow DOM and Spira/Git Enhancements

July 7, 2022 Product News

We are pleased to announce the release of the latest version of our award winning automated software testing solution - Rapise. The new version (7.3) provides a new Selenium WebDriver based recording system that avoids the need for browser plugins when recording on Chrome or Microsoft Edge. In addition, it includes major enhancements for managing test cases and test sets in Spira, storing test assets in Git, and providing support for testing Shadow DOM elements.

Inflectra Offices Closed for U.S. Independence Day Holiday - July 4, 2022

July 4, 2022 Company News

Inflectra's Offices are closed on Monday, July 4th, 2022 in observance of the U.S. Independence Day public holiday.

We will reopen for business as usual on Tuesday, July 5th, 2022. If you have an urgent technical support issue, please submit a help desk ticket on our website.

Jira Migration Tool Released to Simplify Migration to Spira

June 13, 2022 Product News

At Inflectra, we have a long-term commitment to providing our Spira application lifecycle management platform both as a cloud-hosted service and as an a downloadable product that can be self-hosted on-premise. However, there has been a recent move by Atlassian, to sunset the Server edition of its popular Jira project management tool, so we have had a significant number of recent inquiries looking for alternatives to Jira. Therefore, to simplify and streamline the process, we are pleased to announce the release of a new Jira Migration Tool.

Enhancements to Inflectra's Spira Platform Give Customers Integrated Software Development, Testing and IT Project Management In the Cloud and On-Premise

June 7, 2022 Press Release

Inflectra, a leading maker of IT software lifecycle management solutions, today announced new enhancements to SpiraPlan, an integrated, turnkey platform for managing software development and testing projects. These enhancements include a new migration tool that offers an innovative alternative to companies and teams impacted by Atlassian as it sunsets its server products, including Jira.

Inflectra Partners with RBCS

May 25, 2022 Press Release

May 4th, 2022, Washington DC: Inflectra, a market leader in IT Software Lifecycle Management solutions, announced its partnership with RBCS, a Software Testing, Training, and Consulting company. Inflectra’s enterprise Program, Portfolio, and Risk Management platform, SpiraPlan and Test Automation tool Rapise will further strengthen RBCS’s mission in providing companies with quality software, testing, and QA services. 

Excel Offline Test Runner for Spira Now Available

May 19, 2022 Product News

We are pleased to announce the release of our new Office365 add-in for SpiraTest, SpiraTeam and SpiraPlan that lets you download your assigned test cases and test sets to Excel, execute them offline and then upload the results back to Spira.

Spira v6.16 Released: Workspace Filtering, CI Webhook Integrations and Custom Reporting

April 11, 2022 Product News

We are pleased to announce the release of the latest version of our award-winning test management SpiraTest system, application lifecycle management SpiraTeam platform, and enterprise agile planning platform - SpiraPlan. The new version (6.16) includes enhancements to the workspace navigator, letting you filter the list of products, programs and portfolios, custom graphing dashboard enhancements, and webhook support for GitLab, GitHub and CircleCI.

Inflectra Launches Its Virtual Learning Platform

March 1, 2022 Press Release

March 1, 2022, Washington, DC, USA: Inflectra - a leading maker of IT Software Lifecycle Management Solutions announced the launch of its Virtual Learning and Certification Platform - Inflectra Campus. Inflectra Campus hosts a series of on-demand courses for its most popular platforms: SpiraPlan, KronoDesk, and Rapise. In addition, the vision for Inflectra Campus is to make it the leading training and certification hub for Quality Assurance, Test & Requirements Management, Test Automation, IT Risk management, Agile, DevOps, and Project Management.

Inflectra Offices Closed for U.S. Presidents' Day Holiday February 21, 2022

February 18, 2022 Company News

Inflectra's Offices will be closed on Monday, February 21, 2022, in observance of the U.S. Presidents' Day public holiday.

We will reopen for business as usual on Tuesday, February 22, 2022.

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

Migration Tool for IBM Rational Quality Manager (RQM) Now Available

February 14, 2022 Product News

Several of our customers have been looking to migrate from some older, legacy test management systems such as IBM Rational Quality Manager (RQM) 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 RQM to SpiraTest, our award-winning test management system.

Spira v6.15 Released: Rich Text Editor Enhancements, UI and Performance Improvements

February 11, 2022 Product News

We are pleased to announce the release of the latest version of our award-winning test management SpiraTest system, application lifecycle management SpiraTeam platform, and enterprise agile planning platform - SpiraPlan. The new version (6.15) includes major improvements the user experience, particularly for users with more limited product permissions, and well as the initial customer onboarding emails and performance / usability improvements to the rich text editor.

Rapise v7.2 Released - Parallel Execution, Enhanced Spira and Selenium Integration

February 9, 2022 Product News

We are pleased to announce the release of the latest version of our award winning automated software testing solution - Rapise. The new version (7.2) provides several new global objects to ease common tasks (for Spira integration and test data generation), enhancements to the Spira dashboard, the ability to automatically download the Selenium WebDriver libraries for specific browsers, and support for parallel execution of multiple test configurations when using RapiseLauncher.

Inflectra and Itecor Announce Partnership

February 9, 2022 Press Release

Feb 9, 2022, Washington DC: Inflectra - a market leader in IT Software Lifecycle Management solutions announced that it signed a partnership agreement with Itecor Suisse SA. Inflectra’s enterprise Program, Portfolio and Risk Management platform, SpiraPlan, will further strengthen the technical and advisory capabilities in the regulated sectors served by Itecor - an international consultancy leading the charge in digital transformation in banking and finance, governance, public sector and education in Switzerland and the EU.

Inflectra To Carry Forward the STP Community and STPcon

January 21, 2022 Company News

Inflectra is thrilled to announce that we are opening the New Year 2022 with a campaign to support and nurture the wildly diverse and resourceful Software Testing Professional's community and its affiliated conference - the one and only - STPCon. 

Rapise Floating Licenses Now Available

January 18, 2022 Product News

As we announced back in June 2021, there have been plans to provide our Rapise test automation platform with a new floating license option, in addition to the fixed licensing system that we've had since the launch of the product. Well the big day has arrived - we are pleased to announce that you can now purchase Rapise floating licenses as part of your existing Spira subscription, with both monthly and annual options.

Updated Jenkins Plugin Released for Spira

January 14, 2022 Product News

Inflectra HQ Offices Closed for U.S. MLK Day Holiday - January 17 , 2022

January 14, 2022 Company News

Inflectra's HQ Offices are closed on Monday, January 17th, 2022, in observance of the U.S. Martin Luther King Jr. Day public holiday.

We will reopen for business as usual on Tuesday, January 18th, 2022.

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