Grid-Tools, the leading test data management tools and solutions vendor, is pleased to announce they will be attending the 2011 EuroSTAR software testing conference. The event is scheduled from the 21st to 24th of November. For more information please visit: www.eurostarconferences.com.

The event will be one of many internationally for Grid-Tools this year, with a significant push on events in the Americas. After investing significantly in resource in the USA, and with their Head of Marketing and PR relocating to Chicago, the company plan to expand there. Grid-Tools also attended the EuroSTAR event in 2010, which was highly successful for the company.

Suzie Adlington, a recent addition to the Grid-Tools UK team, commented on how she was looking forward to the event: “Luckily I was able to attend last year’s EuroSTAR event with Grid-Tools in Copenhagen and found it to be an excellent conference. Considering EuroSTAR will take place in Manchester this year, I imagine we’ll have an even more successful event. We’re really looking forward to it.”

Grid-Tools plan to exhibit at the event alongside their partner, Parasoft, who will have an adjoining booth. The two companies have a joint SOA testing solution and the event will help with promotion of the product.

For more information about Grid-Tools visit: www.grid-tools.com

About the EuroSTAR Software Testing Event
For nearly two decades EuroSTAR has been the leading European software testing conference, attracting delegates and speakers from around the globe with a common denominator – a passion for software, testing and improving the state of the practice.

About Grid-Tools Limited
Visionary, innovative and academic in their approach, Grid-Tools has developed test data management strategies for some of the largest and most important organizations internationally. Their experienced personnel have been writing and developing solutions for large companies in both the private and public sectors for nearly 30 years. Specializing in test data generation, data masking and test data management solutions and tools, Grid-Tools has re-defined how organizations go about provisioning secure, high quality data for testing and development.

The Grid-Tools Datamaker™ suite includes a wide range of tools and solutions for complete test data management. Their signature solution, Datamaker™, creates and publishes test data with the referential and business integrity of production environments for testing and development. Datamaker™ also offers three methods for managing and generating data in testing and development inclusive of database subsetting, data masking and synthetic data generation. The ability to use all three techniques alone or in combination offers the flexibility needed for successful test data management strategies.

The Grid-Tools methodology consists of offering a data-centric approach to test data management. Their focus is to ensure the quality of the data you are using is of the right quality for successful testing and development.

searchdisasterrecovery.com have  featured an article on Disater Recovery Testing Best Practices.  Disaster recovery testing best practices: Test thoroughly and often is written by Alan Earls

Disaster recovery testing is something everyone talks about but few actually do. But your disaster recovery plan is useless unless you know it actually works.

Disaster recovery testing best practices dictate regular, consistent and thorough testing, say practitioners. disaster recovery tools can be one part of the solution. According to Ken Cameron, managing director at the Windsor Group, an IT consulting company, disaster recovery testing tools fall into numerous categories like communications, replication, and automation and depend on your specific environment. “Some are specific to storage, some to mainframes, Unix, Linux or Windows,” he said. “Recently, some vendors are announcing tools that cross the platform boundaries, but they still have to matched to your environment,” he added.

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Disaster recovery testing best practices: Test thoroughly and often

By Alan Earls

Grid-Tools Limited, the leading vendor of data creation, data masking and test data management software is pleased to announce they are an official finalist for the “UK IT Achievement of the Year” award by the British Computer Society and the Chartered Institute for IT.

The BCS & Computing UK IT Industry Awards are a platform for the entire profession to celebrate best practice, innovation and excellence. Having tripled their revenue in one year, Grid-Tools is delighted to be nominated as a finalist.

Huw Price, Grid-Tools Managing Director, commented: “It is a real honour to be selected as a finalist for such a prestigious award. This has been an amazing year for us and proves that ingenious British companies can lead the world.”

Grid-Tools has been nominated for the “UK IT Achievement of the Year 2010” award.  The ceremony will take place November 11^th at the Battersea Park Events Arena in London where the winners will be announced.

David Clarke, Chief Executive Officer, BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, said:

“Congratulations to Grid-Tools and all of the finalists, they can be proud of their achievements. Their projects and work showcase the professionalism that exists among IT professionals and also highlights the value of IT today and the way it touches so many areas of society.”

Robin Booth, Publishing Director of Computing commented: “I would like to add my congratulations to the finalists. The UK IT Industry Awards are rigorously judged and to be announced as a finalist is a great achievement. I don’t envy the judges who now have to decide the winners; it’s going to be very tough.”

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