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May 1996
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Real-Time
Technology Solutions, Inc. (RTTS) is founded in
New York by Bill
Hayduk, a highly respected senior management
and technology consultant. RTTS began by supporting
test automation tools from SQA, Inc., a Boston-based
publicly traded firm that specialized in the relatively
new field of automated software quality (ASQ). |
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Dec 1996
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RTTS
enters a strategic alliance with SQA. Taking advantage
of SQA's alliance channel programs for software
sales and educational services, RTTS begins its
long history of successful testing engagements and
training course offerings. |
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To
provide support for its clients' escalating needs
for application software quality with full range
of testing tools, RTTS would go on to establish
a broad spectrum of superior alliance partnerships
that complement outstanding consulting, training
and support services. These relationships enable
RTTS to vertically increase the depth of service
offerings with leading-edge technology. |
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Feb 1997
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Rational
Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: RATL), a Cupertino,
CA firm specializing in products that model and
aid in software development, acquires SQA, Inc.
RTTS joins the Rational value-added reseller (VAR)
program, adding a greater breadth of products to
their own expertise. |
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Apr 1997
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Ron
Axelrod, then Regional Sales Manager for SQA,
joins RTTS as a partner with the role of Senior
Vice President/Director of Business Development
with Bill Hayduk serving as President/Director of
Professional Services. |
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Oct 1998
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RTTS
opens the Wall Street office in the heart of New
York City's Financial District. This facility serves
as the headquarters for North American operations. |
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Mar 1999
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RTTS
goes national with its proprietary, expert-level
training courses supporting Rational's performance
and functional testing tools. Eventually, RTTS will
roll out and deliver courseware supporting Mercury
Interactive, Compuware, and other ASQ products throughout
the U.S. and Canada. |
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Jun 2000
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RTTS
joins Mercury
Interactive (Nasdaq: MERQ)'s Alliance Partnership.
RTTS provides the expertise needed to implement
software testing and application performance monitoring
solutions, in addition to training classes that
support Mercury products. |
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Dec 2000
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RTTS
signs lease expansion that dramatically increased
the New York office's space. The new space incorporates
state-of-the-art
training facilities. The space is utilized by
RTTS for the conduct of open enrollment and private
courses that directly support the business lines
currently in place. |
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Mar 2001
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RTTS
completes first build of its TeamRTTS
portal, an intranet support mechanism that became
a huge differentiator for delivering services. TeamRTTS
provides a unique system to maintain communication
and collaboration with our test engineers. This
system delivers a standard framework for defining
enterprise-wide test processes and workflow. The
portal is an interactive communication system supporting
knowledge management, document management, workgroup
collaboration, project and process management and
time & expense accounting. |
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Apr 2002
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Satellite
sales offices are established in Orlando and Phoenix.
RTTS extends geographically to client sites throughout
the United States and Canada. Industry-leading companies
from California to New Jersey, and from Toronto
to Texas begin selecting RTTS as their provider
of outsourced testing, mentoring, project management
and training for their QA programs. |
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Sep 2002
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RTTS
signs a partnership alliance with Compuware
Corporation (Nasdaq: CPWR) expanding RTTS' offerings
horizontally to deliver post-deployment monitoring
and diagnostics solutions that help eliminate the
high costs and loss of productivity. This alliance
also allows RTTS to expand vertically into Compuware's
ASQ product line through its QACenter
offerings. RTTS develops and delivers open enrollment
training classes on Compuware's QACenter
products. |
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Feb 2003
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IBM
(NYSE: IBM) acquires Rational Software. This
acquisition provides RTTS with access to an alliance
with one of the technology industry's giants. RTTS
earns distinction as an IBM Premier Business Partner
- the highest alliance level. |
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Dec 2003
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RTTS enters into a strategic partnership with
Sanctum, whose AppScan product helps developers
test their applications for security defects.
Together with AppScan, RTTS' expert consultants
test applications for security vulnerabilities
and provide remediation for identified vulnerabilities.
Sanctum is acquired by Watchfire in July 2004. |
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May 2004
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RTTS
and IXIA
(Nasdaq: XXIA) work on joint projects delivering
superior IP network testing capabilities |
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Jan 2006 |
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RTTS
marks its 10th year of excellence in the software
quality assurance arena. The company moves
to a new corporate headquarters, centrally
situated in midtown Manhattan. The new facility
includes an expanded education center for public
training courses. |
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May 2006 |
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Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq: MSFT)
and RTTS sign a partnership agreement. RTTS will
implement, support and provide educational services
for Microsoft’s Visual Studio Team System suite. The partnership provides RTTS with
access to the world's most successful software
company. RTTS is the only pure-play testing firm to
support Team System. |
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June 2006
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RTTS establishes a satellite office in
Philadelphia
to service Fortune 500 clients in the Philadelphia area.
The company continues to achieve outstanding successes
in the industry, leading to significant increase in
demand for RTTS' expert quality assurance services and
continued company growth. |
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July 2006
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HP (NYSE: HPQ)
acquires Mercury Interactive. This acquisition provides
RTTS with access to an alliance with another
of the technology industry's giants. RTTS is
named HP Certified Training Partners and HP
Certified Product Specialists. Following the
acquisition, RTTS provides consulting, training
and mentoring around the HP software quality,
performance and security centers. |
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June 2007
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IBM buys Watchfire and
HP buys SPI Dynamics.
These acquisitions herald RTTS' re-entry into
web application security testing and grant RTTS'
clients access to market-leading software for
finding vulnerabilities in Web applications.
RTTS establishes
a satellite office in the thriving technology community of
Atlanta, Georgia
to better serve its customers in the southeast region of the United States.
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July 2007
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Microsoft invites RTTS to join their elite
Inner Circle partnership program. This partnership
recognizes RTTS' commitment to Microsoft's customers
and solutions and grants RTTS access to specialized
training as well as opportunities to work with the
next generation of Microsoft Visual Studio Team System
for Testers suite.
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March 2008
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RTTS expands its Philadelphia operations and moves
to larger office space at One Liberty Place, a
premier building in the heart of Philadelphia's business district.
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October 2008
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RTTS spins off sister company TOMOS Software, LLC.
TOMOS
is the light-weight, SaaS solution for Application
Lifecycle Quality Management. With modules for
requirements management, test authoring, test execution
and defect management, TOMOS helps small-to-mid sized
teams tackle communication and collaboration challenges
while enhancing application quality.
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Today
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Today, RTTS provides quality assurance
services to a wide range of vertical industries.
RTTS has worked with over 200 organizations, often
on multiple projects - the majority ranked as
Fortune 500 companies.
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The Future
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RTTS
will continue to expand its methodologies, scope
of knowledge and test tool expertise as our customers'
software applications and architecture continue
to evolve and become more complex. |
