VanQ: Rethinking Testing – Moving to the Cloud

BuildDirect Technologies 401 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada

As the summer comes to an end we thought a fitting topic for September's Meetup would be the Cloud! Sean Wilson will be taking us on a journey of moving testing to the cloud. The widespread cry of; “To the cloud!” is on the lips of many software companies. “Cloud” has become the latest in […]

Mobile Future Forward Conference

The Golf Club at Newcastle 15500 Six Penny Lane, Newcastle, WA, United States

Optimus will be attending this year's Mobile Future Forward Conference in Newcastle, WA on September 29th, 2015. We look forward to connecting with senior level IT executives to discuss, debate and decide the future of mobile. Event Overview: The next 10 years will generate almost 1000 Trillion dollars in global GDP, which is 60% more than the last […]

AWS re:Invent 2015

The Venetian 3355 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV, United States

Optimus will be attending Amazon Web Services' third annual global customer and partner conference, AWS re:Invent 2015, at The Venetian in Las Vegas from October 6 - 9. Event Overview: AWS re:Invent is the Amazon Web Services annual user conference. The event features keynote announcements, training and certification opportunities, over 250 technical sessions, a partner expo, […]

VanQ: Pushing to Production 10 Times a Day

Hootsuite Headquarters 5 East 8th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada

At Hootsuite we ship code to production multiple times a day; deployment is automated and kicked off and monitored by developers.  In this environment how does QA help contribute to safe deployments with high quality and minimal bugs?  In this talk Mike will discuss what Hootsuite's process is, what is working and some things that […]

Optimus Breakfast Event – Software Outsourcing: The Do’s and Don’ts

Hyatt Regency - English Bay Room, 34th floor 655 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Join us on November 17th, 2015 to learn the Do’s and Don’ts of Software Outsourcing from a panel of technology executives. This breakfast event will bring together local high-level IT professionals and provide attendees valuable insights on working with an outsourcing partner. After breakfast and a chance to network with your peers, Pankaj Agarwal, Founder […]

VanQ: How to make Selenium WebDriver scripts faster?

TriNimbus HQ Suite 280 - 1401 West 8th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Selenium WebDriver scripts are slow. It is common to have even simple scripts running in 10 seconds or more. The execution time gets longer and longer when adding more automation scripts. What can be done for making the Selenium scripts faster? The presentation will look into different things that, when used together, reduce the automation […]