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80% of Those Satisfied with Software Quality Participate in Tool-based Code Review Says Survey by SmartBear
Findings from 8th annual code review survey indicate teams are getting larger, remaining remote, and releasing more frequently while review has expanded beyond code

January 27, 2022

80% of Those Satisfied with Software Quality Participate in Tool-based Code Review Says Survey by SmartBear
Findings from 8th annual code review survey indicate teams are getting larger, remaining remote, and releasing more frequently while review has expanded beyond code

January 27, 2022

Buckle Beefs Up Corporate Leadership with 3 Key Appointments
Buckle adds new Chief Credit Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, and SVP of Sales and Underwriting as company elevates service to gig rideshare and delivery drivers

January 26, 2022

Massive State of Unpreparedness for CCPA Compliance Exposed in Research from CYTRIO
Only 11% of companies are fully meeting CCPA requirements, while 89% of companies are either non-compliant or somewhat compliant

January 26, 2022

SmartBear Names Maureen Plowman as New Vice President of Brand
With 2 decades of experience, Maureen Plowman to head global branding team at SmartBear

January 25, 2022

SmartBear Announces Strategic Partnership with Sweden-based Lemontree
The partnership brings decades of automation and digital transformation expertise to rapidly accelerating telecom, fintech, and life sciences markets across Sweden and Norway

January 20, 2022

SmartBear Launches Support for Unreal Engine Game Development Tool and Electron Desktop Apps in Bugsnag
Engineering teams using Unreal Engine and Electron in Bugsnag now have a comprehensive view of application stability and overall health in cutting-edge use cases

January 19, 2022

OneScreen.ai Hires HR Veteran Adam Reidel for Newly Created Head of People Operations Role
Reidel to bring over 20 years of human resources experience to support OneScreen.ai’s accelerating workforce growth

January 18, 2022

SmartBear Launches Global ESG Initiative to Foster Social Responsibility
The ESG initiative will focus on Community, Sustainability, Governance, and Diversity and be overseen by key cross-functional leaders, including SmartBear CEO Frank Roe

January 11, 2022

Buckle Extends Rideshare Insurance Coverage to Protect Gig Delivery Drivers
Buckle’s gig auto insurance is now available to drivers working for Uber, Lyft, Instacart, Amazon Flex, Favor, and others in supported US regions

December 15, 2021

OneScreen.ai Adds Rockstar Chief Product Officer to Executive Team
With a 25-year product career focused on building and growing various tech startups, Dug Nichols joins out-of-home (OOH) advertising startup, OneScreen.ai

December 14, 2021

Buckle and Amwins Specialty Auto Sign MGA Agreement in Florida
Amwins Specialty Auto to underwrite non-standard auto (NSA) insurance for Buckle as well as Buckle’s gig auto insurance for rideshare/delivery driver customers in Florida

December 7, 2021

OneScreen.ai Names Jeanne Hopkins as Chief Revenue Officer
With 30+ years of customer-centric sales and marketing expertise, Jeanne Hopkins returns to Boston tech to promote the first media market network for out-of-home (OOH) advertising

December 1, 2021

OneScreen.ai Adds $3M in Funding to Build First-of-its-kind Media Marketplace for Billboards, Buses, Blimps, and More
Investment from Asymmetric Capital Partners will help create the first centralized media platform to fix the fragmented out-of-home (OOH) advertising industry

November 10, 2021

CYTRIO Simplifies CCPA Compliance with All-in-one Data Privacy Rights Management Solution
CYTRIO answers mid-market companies’ call for simple, cost-effective, and automated data privacy rights management to address CCPA, CPRA, and growing list of privacy regulations

November 9, 2021

Buckle CEO and Co-founder to Deliver Customer Keynote at Guidewire Connections 2021
Buckle’s Marty Young to present on legitimizing the gig economy at Guidewire’s annual conference – November 1-4, 2021 – Las Vegas

October 27, 2021

SmartBear Names Dan Faulkner as New Chief Product Officer
Dan Faulkner to head global product and development teams, bringing more than 15 years of experience in strategic leadership at global technology and high-growth organizations

October 19, 2021

Swiss Re and TNEDICCA Announce Partnership to Create More Accurate Auto Risk Segmentation
TNEDICCA’s proprietary Location-Based Risk Score to power Swiss Re’s Motor Market Analyzer for improved auto insurance pricing and insurers’ profitability

October 12, 2021

CYTRIO Raises $3.5 Million to Address Mid-market Data Privacy Compliance Challenges
Leading data, privacy, and security experts launch CYTRIO to answer CISOs’ and CPOs’ urgent call for simple and automated privacy rights management solution for mid-sized enterprises

October 12, 2021

SmartBear Releases Results of 2021 State of Software Quality | API Survey
Findings show that developers continue to take on more responsibility around API testing and face increasing challenges around accelerated release cadence expectations

October 5, 2021

Buckle Named Winner in M&A Advisor’s 15th Annual Turnaround Awards
Buckle’s acquisition of Gateway Insurance Company recognized in prestigious Turnaround Awards for Financials Deal of the Year

October 4, 2021

Buckle Closes $60M in Funding to Expand Full-Stack Insurance Platform across US
Funds increase scale of the financial services innovator offering financial security for the rising middle class and gig economy

September 29, 2021

SmartBear Launches State of Software Quality | Testing Report
Nearly 3,000 respondents identify time constraints amidst rapidly increasing release cadences as the predominant challenge around building quality at scale

September 27, 2021

Buckle Appoints Cheryl Sinclair to Newly Created Position of Chief People Officer
Cheryl Sinclair’s 20 years of experience to support Buckle as it continues building team to deliver comprehensive insurance to U.S. gig economy workers

August 25, 2021

SmartBear Addresses Rapid Expansion of APAC Business and Channel Partners with New Office in Melbourne, Australia
With more than 50% growth in APAC-based business year over year, SmartBear increases headcount and support for local customers and partners with new, larger office in downtown Melbourne

July 1, 2021

HappyNest Further Expands in Central Long Island, New York
HappyNest pickup and delivery laundry service is now available for residents and businesses in Suffolk County, New York through new partner, The Laundry Closet

June 30, 2021

SmartBear Expands API Design Enabling Developers to Work in Popular Java IDE
SwaggerHub plug-in for IntelliJ IDEA extends leading API lifecycle development platform to backend Java developers

June 15, 2021

SmartBear Releases New Test Management Capabilities for Regulated and Critical Industries in Zephyr Enterprise
Zephyr Enterprise’s test management release includes specialized testing performance for complex environments, tighter integration with Atlassian Jira, and enhanced dashboard

June 14, 2021

Jahia Transforms Any CMS into a DXP with Open-source Customer Data Platform
With any existing CMS, Jahia delivers personalized, data-driven customer experiences across all digital channels

June 8, 2021

Now Available in More than Half the US, HappyNest Enters Portland, Oregon as Aggressive Expansion Continues
Now expanding to the Northwest, HappyNest pickup and delivery laundry service is available for residents and businesses in Portland, Oregon through Wash World

June 7, 2021

SmartBear Names New VP of Talent Acquisition
Mike Costello brings 13+ years of talent acquisition experience as SmartBear continues to build and support a worldwide team

May 26, 2021

SmartBear Extends Peer Code and Document Review to Support Simulink
New Collaborator Simulink add-on module allows easiest, most efficient review of Simulink models to ensure optimum workflow and quality

May 6, 2021

SmartBear Adds Testing Support for Popular Event Streaming Platform Apache Kafka
ReadyAPI now supports API testing for real-time event-driven architecture with widely used Apache Kafka event streaming services

May 4, 2021

SmartBear Adds Enterprise-grade Application Stability and Error Monitoring with Acquisition of Bugsnag
Bugsnag will join the SmartBear portfolio of quality tools including TestComplete, ReadyAPI, Zephyr, SwaggerHub, CrossBrowserTesting, and BitBar

April 28, 2021

SmartBear Renames #1 Test Management Solution in Jira to Offer Zephyr for Every Level of DevOps Maturity
Zephyr for Jira is now called Zephyr Squad, joining Zephyr Scale and Zephyr Enterprise in world-leading Zephyr product family

April 22, 2021

SmartBear Expands Support of Codeless, Automated Testing for Mobile and ERP Applications
SmartBear delivers the industry's broadest capabilities to help customers automate testing for Salesforce, Oracle EBS, and SAP with integration of TestComplete and BitBar

April 14, 2021

SmartBear Webinar Spotlights How Aras Corporation Reduced Application Testing Time from 4 Months to 1 Week
Aras’ William Turner discusses how test automation tool TestComplete enables accelerated testing cycles and continuously deliver quality on Tuesday, March 16, 2021

March 9, 2021

SmartBear Completes Investment Transaction with Vista Equity Partners and Francisco Partners
Investment will broaden and strengthen the company’s portfolio of industry-leading commercial and open source solutions

March 4, 2021

SmartBear Welcomes Vineeta Puranik as New SVP of Engineering
Vineeta Puranik brings 25 years of engineering experience to SmartBear, including specialties in CI/CD, acquisitions and integrations, and security product development

March 2, 2021

Buckle Adds Crash Risk Data from TNEDICCA to Auto Insurance Underwriting for Better, Fair Rates for TNC Drivers
Buckle continues to champion for gig drivers by utilizing non-traditional data sources from TNEDICCA to fairly underwrite comprehensive auto policies at better rates

February 24, 2021

connectRN Advocates for Nurses and Aides Overlooked in COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
connectRN works with Massachusetts Department of Health and others to provide access to COVID-19 vaccine for its community of per diem nurses and aides being missed in Phase 1

February 3, 2021

Buckle Launches Rideshare-only Auto Insurance in Tennessee
Buckle expands availability of affordable, comprehensive auto insurance that covers gig drivers both on and off the clock to Tennessee

January 28, 2021

Former Senior Marketing VP of Under Armour Joins SquadLocker’s Board of Directors
SquadLocker welcomes Jim Mollica who brings 25 years of experience in digital marketing, media, and partnerships to advance custom sports, school apparel company

January 26, 2021

SquadLocker’s New Past Our Prime Show Welcomes Winning Head Coach for Team USA’s National Junior Hockey Team, Nate Leaman
Past Our Prime lively sports podcast takes listeners into the locker room by hosts, former New England Patriot Dan Koppen and minor league pitcher Tip Fairchild

January 19, 2021

SmartBear Wins IoT Development Tool of the Year in 5th Annual IoT Breakthrough Awards
SwaggerHub enables IoT companies to improve agility with global platform to ensure API quality and standardization

January 12, 2021

Buckle Appoints Sharon Fernandez to Head of Insurance
Farmers Business Insurance and USAA veteran Sharon Fernandez brings 30 years of experience, including P&C operations, product and process improvement

January 5, 2021

SmartBear Strengthens Leadership Team with New EVP/GM of Products and Technology
Greg Nicastro, former EVP at Veracode, brings 30+ years of product strategy and development experience as SmartBear prepares for more growth in 2021

January 5, 2021

SmartBear Completes New Season of Founders Series Podcast
Founders Series features interviews with entrepreneurs of technology firms from around the world that SmartBear has acquired, spotlighting visions, innovations, and advice

December 17, 2020

Buckle Selects Sapiens Digital Financial Solutions for Gateway Insurance Company
Gateway, a licensed carrier across 47-states owned by Buckle, selects Sapiens integrated financial solutions to further streamline and automate insurance processes

December 1, 2020

SmartBear Expands API Design Options for Developers
SwaggerHub for Visual Studio Code extends best-in-class API design to popular Microsoft developer ecosystem

November 10, 2020