Tricentis launches engineering community ShiftSync

New community to serve as destination hub for professionals, passionate about the development of high-quality, high-performing, and highly secure software.

Tricentis, a global leader in continuous testing and quality engineering, has launched ShiftSync, a new online community dedicated to quality engineering and open to all industry professionals interested in applying quality engineering best practices throughout the software development lifecycle.

ShiftSync is designed to foster a dynamic and engaging learning space for developers, testers, executives, and industry leaders, driving collaboration and lowering the quality engineering barrier to entry for the software development community.

Members can ask questions, share ideas, learn new techniques, and connect with other quality champions and industry experts across industries and from around the world.

“At Tricentis, we know improving software quality is a growing priority for organisations,” said Darren Beck, Chief Marketing Officer, Tricentis. “We want this community to be a resource for quality champions around the globe to enhance their overall software development lifecycle, including building high-functioning development teams, optimizing code writing, improving performance, and delivering secure and high-quality software.”

Offering more than just content, the community invites members to earn points and badges by participating in challenges and missions led by industry experts to track their learning progress.

Members can connect with peers via user groups and roundtables to build personal connections and knowledge. They can also be front row to hear Tricentis experts speak on latest innovations and best practices.

Bas Dijkstra, Independent Test Automation Consultant and Trainer on OnTestAutomation, a contributor to the ShiftSync community, said, “ShiftSync is a place where quality advocates can gather and share their viewpoints and learnings on testing, automation and quality engineering in a collaborative space. I can’t wait to see what’s in store for the future for ShiftSync and will keep a close eye on the exclusive resources that will be published in time.”

Tricentis is a global leader in continuous testing and quality engineering. The Tricentis AI-based, continuous testing portfolio of products provide a new and fundamentally different way to perform software testing.

An approach that’s totally automated, fully codeless, and intelligently driven by AI. It addresses both agile development and complex enterprise apps, enabling enterprises to accelerate their digital transformation by dramatically increasing software release speed, reducing costs, and improving software quality. Widely credited for reinventing software testing for DevOps, cloud, and enterprise applications, Tricentis has been recognised as a leader by all major industry analysts, including Forrester, Gartner, and IDC. Tricentis has more than 2,500 customers, including the largest brands in the world, such as McKesson, Accenture, Allianz, Telstra, Dolby, and Vodafone.

Zenno’s fuel-free satellite pointing system surpasses $75M sales

New Zealand headquartered space-flight systems company Zenno Astronautics (Zenno) has surpassed $75M in product sales (USD 48M) for its world-first superconducting magnetorquer for spacecraft attitude control, the Z01.

Built on Zenno’s proprietary superconducting magnet technology, Z01 is a fuel-free satellite pointing system designed to significantly increases the range of capabilities for attitude control in space, including fully autonomous satellite positioning and extended satellite orbit time.

Zenno CEO and co-founder Max Arshavsky says achieving the sales milestone for Z01 in under a year demonstrates that the global space industry is embracing innovative technology that solves a real problem.

The Zenno invention enables higher performance in satellite design and function, offering benefits well beyond the constraints of existing technologies. Alarming in its simplicity, the Z01’s pointing capabilities unlock new opportunities and new services in orbit by enabling better imagery and communications and offering the benefit of more time in space.

“Z01 is the world’s most advanced spacecraft pointing technology and operates ‘like a sustainable magnetic sail or electric vehicle in space’ - addressing the challenges of moving objects in space while reducing the impact on the planet. Z01 radically enhances sustainability, reliability, and accuracy – as it is fuel-free, harnessing magnetic forces and solar for spacecraft control,” says Arshavsky.

Zenno is planning to launch its first full-scale Z01 attitude control system in late 2023. The innovation is the first of several the six-year-old company is bringing to market to support its mission to build life in space.

Pointing and turning objects in space without fuel

Getting an ever-increasing number of satellites into orbit is only one half of the equation; satellites require persistent shifts to ensure their antenna, sensors, solar panels, and more are facing the correct directions.

Zenno’s breakthrough Z01 super torquer consumes electricity only and does not require on-satellite fuel consumption for satellite control in orbit. In contrast, existing propulsion systems that enable these movements require fuel until a satellite’s mission ends.

Powered by solar panels, Zenno’s Z01 on-satellite hardware uses cryogenically cooled high-temperature superconductors to generate strong magnetic fields, which interact with the Earth’s geomagnetic field, allowing the satellite to rotate and shift.

Attitude control systems are one of the largest and heaviest subsystems on a satellite. Z01 is significantly smaller and lighter than existing attitude control technologies.

What is Industry 4.0?

Industry 4.0 refers to the fourth industrial revolution taking place right now. This revolution is driven by the convergence of digital technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), augmented and virtual reality, 3D printing and more. Adopting these technologies is enabling manufacturers to enhance their performance, output, monitoring, quality and control on a global scale.

The Industry 4.0 Demonstration Network

The challenge for New Zealand businesses starting out on their Industry 4.0 journey is knowing when, how and what technologies to adopt to improve efficiency, quality, documentation, business intelligence and sustainability.

Where do I start?

This Government initiative enables Kiwi manufacturers to experience Industry 4.0 technologies first-hand via nationwide showcase events, manufacturing site visits, interacting with and learning from industry leaders.