

On July 9th, the VIII Innovalia Convention was held at the Bizkaia Technology Park. The companies from the Group presented their new products and services as well as forecasts and projects for 2011 activities.
CARSA, CBT, SQS, Nextel, Innovalia Association and the Metrological Unit, gathering the companies Trimek, Unimetrik and Datapixel, participated at the Convention, where reinforce their commitment with innovation, internationalization and new technologies.
Emilio Titos, Director of Production Centres for Mercedes Benz Spain, was the special guest of the VIII edition of Innovalia Convention. Mr. Titos gave a presentation about the relationship between Mercedes Benz and Daimler with the innovation.

The month of June, as equator of the year, is the perfect time to assess and solve the training needs of your testing team. SQS offers during this month an intensive training programme in Software Testing; starting from the basics of testing, until the most advanced level, completed with training in load and performance testing and agile methodologies.
The month of Software Testing is the ideal tool for your team to learn how to manage effectively a testing process.
Courses
21st and 22nd June: Software Testing Fundamentals
14th - 17th June: Advanced Testing
22nd - 23rd June: Performance and load testing
Quality Breakfast:
10th June: Agile Methodologies of Development.
24th June: Agile Methodologies of Development. The game of planning.
Register by email or by phone (+34 94 480 46 17)
SQS organises for the 9th time the International Conference on QA &Testing for Embedded Systems; QA&TEST. We are proud to present the first names of the 2010 Programme. As every year the Programme will be diverse and the presentations have a high quality. This year we’ll have speakers from; Sioux, Intel, Fraunhofer, Atosorigin and many more. Please see the complete list at www.qatest.org.

QA&TEST, the International Conferece on QA and Testing on Embedded Systems organized by SQS, invites the QA & testing professionals for Embedded Systems to share their knowledge and experiences in the Conference. Participate as a speaker at QA&TEST will bring you the possibility of establishing direct contact with directors and senior executives of technology companies. QA & TEST will allow you to improve your business network and build relationships with potential customers, from the vantage position of being recognized as an expert in QA & Testing for Embedded Systems.
Click here to get more information about the Call for Papers.

Nowadays, companies are aware that product quality is intertwined with product development and maintenance process quality. As a result, many companies strive for certification in industry-known models like CMMI, SCAMPI or SPICE (ISO/IEC 15504). SQS provides clients with a global view of the status of their processes, and an improvement plan identifying strong points to strengthen and weak points to address and improve.
SQS is with you throughout the entire process improvement implementation phase.
R&D is an essential and effective tool to strengthen the services we offer to our customers. It is for this reason that SQS dedicates a large amount of effort to research project leadership and participation in fields related to Software Quality and Testing on a national and European level.
SQS’s 3 key R&D fields are:
• Development methodologies
• System validation and verification in varied environments
• Hardware and software co-design