Overview of our QA & Engineering services

1. Alpha CRC – Testing services overview
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March 8, 2010
May, 2014
Globalizing Excellence

2. Overview
Alpha CRC – Testing and Engineering division
• Established 2000, 14 years in software testing
• Core Business: Testing, Engineering, L10N, Java development
• Locations: Tallinn and Johvi, Estonia
• 120+ full time employees
• Retained annual blue chip client base
• ISO 9001:2008 certified
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3. Services
• Services:
Software and hardware testing
Localization engineering
Java Application Development & Maintenance
• Verticals:
IT Sector [Software, Hardware]
Games
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4. Our Ethos
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Quality Work
Cost
Competitive
Flexible
Delivery
Happy, Retained Clients

5. Overview
Service delivery options
Offshore (from our labs in Estonia)
Onsite
Resource based
Project based
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6. Sample Client List
• Symantec [L10N, Functional testing]
•Adobe [Functional testing, L10N]
• Autodesk [L10N testing, engineering]
•DELL [Hardware functional testing]
• McAfee [Compatibility testing]
• Sony [L10N, Functional testing]
•HP [Hardware testing]
• Skype [Regression, functional]
• BlackBerry [Localization engineering, LQA]
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7. A Global Reach
• Symantec [Ireland, Poland, US, Estonia]
•Adobe [US, India]
• Autodesk [US, Switzerland, Singapore]
•DELL [US]
• McAfee [US, Ireland, India]
• Sony [Japan]
•HP [UK]
• Skype [Estonia, UK]
• BlackBerry [Canada]
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8. Our Team
• 120+ employees
 Test team -> 100 Engineers
 Engineering Team -> 10 engineers
• 75% of employees have BsC or similar
• Average age 26 - 35
• Low staff turnover [less than 5%]
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9. Technical Capabilities - OS
Operating systems:
 Windows (universal MSDN) subscription
 Mac OS
 Solaris, HP UX
 RedHat Linux, Fedora
 iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone
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10. Test Environments
• Aim is for fast and accurate deployment
• Active use of VMWare
• At least 3 machines per test engineer
• High end test and storage servers
• Ghost for disk imaging
• Good experience with Agile
• JIRA, Bugzilla for bug logging
• Active use of test Automation tools
Mobile:
- Full coverage for iOS devices (phones and tablets)
- Good coverage for Android devices (all major resolutions, 30+
devices)
- Good coverage for Windows phone and BlackBerry devices
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11. Localization testing
• Localization testing on more than 25
languages (EMEA and Asian languages)
• Localization testing experience on Windows,
MAC, Linux and mobile (iOS, Android,
BlackBerry)
• More than 14 years of active experience in
localization testing (60% of our testing
activities)
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12. Localization engineering / DTP
• 8+ years experience in Software Localization engineering
(Windows, Mac, Mobile)
• Experienced team of more than 10 SW engineers
• L10N Tools experience:
 Alchemy Catalyst
 Adobe Robohelp
 SDL Trados
 Antenna House
 Adobe Distiller
 Adobe FrameMaker
 Idiom WorldServer
… and others
• Extensive experience in work with customers proprietary
localization tools
• Extensive experience in work with various source control
application (VSS, SVN, Perforce)
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13. Executive Summary
• Established, successful Testing and Engineering house
• Based in Europe
• Excellent client retention
• Quality-driven, scalable, cost competitive
• Flexible to client’s delivery model demands
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