Come and watch big hitting companies take over the judging panel and collect their awards, such as: Boots, Banco Santander, Sony Computer, Third Bridge, Aviva, The Bank of America, Accenture and Shroders, Aviva, Godel Tech, Cognizant, Tata Consultancy Services, Openreach, Sogeti, Tech Mahindra, Sapient and QA Mentor.

For the opportunity to participate in the spectacular ceremony on the 21 November 2017, which will be busier than ever with a 19% increase in attendees, book your table soon, as there is LIMITED SPACES LEFT. 

Why enter?

Entering The European Software Testing Awards is an opportunity for the market to be acknowledged and praised for their on-going efforts. With such recognition comes self-belief, enhanced awareness, the breeding of success, the attraction of fresh and bright talent, as well as bringing high levels of exposure and acclaim for individuals, teams, and organisations.

Who should enter?

The European Software Testing Awards is open to all individuals and companies aligned with software testing and quality assurance, irrespective of a business or project size. However, all entries must have an affiliation to Europe – for example if you are an Indian-based business, provided your project was on behalf of a European business or was conducted in Europe, then your entry will be accepted.

Where and when?

A magnificent 19th-century market building designed by Sir Horace Jones and entirely renovated in 1988 by acclaimed architect Richard Rogers. In the heart of the City, next to the Tower of London and facing the Thames, Old Billingsgate is within easy access of London Bridge Station.

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Appian is helping to transform the way Aviva manages life and pensions, general insurance and accident and health by creating over 10 enterprise-grade applications on the Appian platform, with a focus on automating processes, streamlining back office operations and creating a single customer view.

The Appian Platform leverages low-code technology to help businesses quickly expand innovative ideas into full-scale enterprise grade applications.

Additional benefits include faster time-to-market, instant mobility, native cloud architecture, increased productivity, cost savings, incremental revenue, and improved customer engagement.

Key benefits of Aviva transformation using the Appian Low-Code Enterprise Platform include:

• Unified Legacy Systems: Appian enables Aviva to bring together data about a customer from many policies, systems and databases enabling a faster and more accurate service
• Enhanced Customer Journey: With 33 million customers in 16 countries, Aviva is focused on providing the best customer experience possible by streamlining and automating processes, as well as creating a single customer view with Appian Records

Paula Whitwell-Lumsden, UKI director at Aviva, said: “Appian was selected as our global partner to support automation as part of our digital transformation.

“We are committed to providing our customers with the best experience possible and Appian allows us to create agile and scalable business applications to better meet customer demands. Appian has helped us not only to streamline current operations but also provide seamless integration with new technologies.”

Written from press release by Leah Alger

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On the 26 – 27 September, featured speakers including Astra Zeneca, Aviva, EasyJet, the Guardian and Financial Conduct Authority are keen to broaden their guests testing knowledge, through informative content and practical presentations.

Roundtable discussion forums will include key industry figures; as well as a market-leading exhibition, enabling delegates to view useful products and services available to them.

The Principal York provides unique and stylish event space, enclosed by beautiful gardens and picturesque views, offering a magnificent contrast between historic Victorian architecture and modern luxurious furnishings to deliver a timeless, elegant event venue.

To take full advantage, Crème Conferences booking service arranges our accommodation, arranging an allocation of rooms to be held at hotels close to the venue. The booking service has negotiated reasonable special rates. Book soon to avoid disappointment: amy@cremeconferences.com or on +44 (0) 1480 479 384.

All bookings are subject to availability and will be confirmed to you via email.

Please fill out this form to register to the Software Testing Conference NORTH

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The glittering awards ceremony will take place in October, Central London.

Meet Richard Hilsley – our judge from Aviva

Richard Hilsley, Director of Platforms and Engineering at Aviva, will be one of this year’s judges at the upcoming award ceremony.

When discussing his own DevOps journey, Hilsley said, “I’ve tended to be a big advocate and sponsor for DevOps adoption, to inspire change in teams and IT organisations as a whole”.

He went on to say, “I think that’s not always easy, because companies tend to not understand it. Organisation structures and operating models can make implementing DevOps difficult, and I’ve had to face these problems previously.”

When asked what he will be looking for in entrants, Hilsley said, “new ideas and ways of working that have broken with convention in some way, particularly where teams have had to demonstrate determination and resiliency.”

12 exciting categories to enter

You will be able to enter 12 different categories at The DevOps Industry Awards 2017, ranging from Best DevOps Automation Project to the DevOps Team of the Year.

If you work in a specific sector, then there are also categories reflecting the Best Overall DevOps Project in Finance, Retail, Gaming, Public Sector or Communication.

The DevOps Industry Awards are here to stay

Being launched this year, entries for the DevOps Industry Awards, which celebrates companies, individuals and teams who have accomplished significant achievements in the DevOps space, open on 1 March 2017.

As a judge at this year’s DevOps Industry Awards, Hilsley believes that awards ceremonies such as this one “raise awareness of the topic in a positive way, and it’ll inspire teams to not give up on something, that generally, is a very good thing. It also allows the industry to connect and share ideas – you need every bit of help you can get in IT nowadays, it’s a complicated industry.”

Entries need to be submitted by the 14^th of July 2017, and the winners will be announced at the Gala Dinner in October 2017.

Written by Jordan Platt.

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