InfoStretch to present at STARWEST 2005 Conference on Sarbanes Oxley Compliance and Mobile Applications Testing.

Santa Clara , CA - November 2, 2005. Today, InfoStretch Corporation (www.infostretch.com) , the leader in software QA, Test Automation and Process Optimization, announced presentations by its Founders Rutesh Shah and Manish Mathuria on “Sarbanes Oxley(SOX) Compliance: Burden or Opportunity for QA? ” and “Test Strategies for Mobile Applications“ respectively at prestigious testing conference – STARTWEST 2005. InfoStretch has been very active in Software QA community to share the knowledge about new challenges faced by QA groups of product development or IT organizations. These topics will share the knowledge on how InfoStretch has helped its clients with today's most hot topic of SOX compliance testing as well as Mobile Application Testing.

Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance: Burden or Opportunity for QA?
Rutesh Shah, InfoStretch Corporation

Did they have to create more work for IT? There is no doubt that Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and similar compliance regulations have created a significant new workload for IT departments, including many QA/Test groups. Companies that have gone through initial compliance of SOX now must deal with the new challenge of its ongoing maintenance. For QA groups, SOX compliance can be an opportunity to increase their business value in the IT department by leveraging automation tools, new technologies, and improving the processes that support
compliance. Rutesh Shah offers observations on how QA/Test teams can help ensure SOX compliance and optimize efforts toward complex compliance procedures. Come and review sample test reports, audit trails, and quality metrics for SOX compliance.

• Overview of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance requirements
• Impact of SOX and other compliance regulations on software quality assurance and testing
• Use of test management and automation to help optimize SOX compliance testing

Going Wireless—Test Strategies for Mobile Applications
Manish Mathuria, Infostretch

Testers face unique challenges with mobile applications. Not only do the testers have to test the software for functional and performance correctness, they have to consider compatibility with innumerable combinations of devices and networks. Manish Mathuria discusses how test automation can be leveraged to tame this complex testing challenge in a highly competitive market. He offers a comprehensive perspective on the challenges, justifications, and requirements of doing test automation in the dynamic world of mobile applications. With specific
examples from Brew and J2ME technologies, Manish demonstrates the essential components of a test automation framework using a real mobile application. See how test automation speeds the process leading to the certification that provider's mandate.

• Testing technologies and challenges for mobile applications\
• Critical success factors in designing an effective framework for automation
• Test automation requirements and challenges in mobile testing

About InfoStretch Corporation

IInfoStretch is an emerging leader in outsourced Software Quality and Assurance and Software Process Optimization services. As a dynamic and innovative organization InfoStretch delivers high-quality, reliable, and cost effective services to clients throughout the US and Asia. InfoStretch specializes in delivering outsourced business solutions that command deep technology knowledge, process proficiency, and domain expertise.

InfoStretch is well positioned to help customers protect their brand by leveraging technology and higher quality work. With the increased complexity of software-based applications, testing has become very complex and specialized. InfoStretch provides unbiased solutions using objective quality metrics as an independent (third-party) Validation & Verification (IV&V) company, achieving unprecedented levels of quality for outsourced projects.

About SSAU 2005 User Conference - The 2005 SSAU Conference is the premier training and peer networking event for users of SSA Global solutions. The conference encompasses the latest in development news and new product information through a variety of channels. Through keynotes and educational sessions, representatives of SSA Global and other leading providers explain what’s available and what’s on the horizon for product functionality.

For further details contact:
Marketing and PR Officer, Tel: 408-727-1100, Fax: 408-716-2461, email: marketing@infostretch.com