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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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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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Sep 2005
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RTTS
aligns with Shunra
Software to provide application and network
performance optimization solutions. |
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Jan 2006 |
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RTTS
marks its 10th year of excellence in the software
quality assurance arena. Plans are well underway
for the move to a new corporate headquarters, centrally
situated in midtown Manhattan. The new facility
will include an expanded education center for public
training courses. |
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May 2006 |
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Microsoft Corporation
and RTTS sign a partnership agreement. RTTS will
implement, support and provide educational services
for Microsoft’s Visual Studio Team System for
Testers 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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Today
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Today, RTTS provides quality assurance testing
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. |
