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"As part of the formal decision process, we considered solutions from IBM and a few other vendors, but none of them provided the capabilities or flexibility to integrate with our current workflows and development tools as well as Team Foundation Server."
Guy Eldredge, Director of Software Engineering, Dispensing Technologies, CareFusion
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Solution Provider Upgrades Platform for Efficient Application Lifecycle Management
"With Visual Studio 2010, our customers are able to identify and eliminate waste, and they can speed the delivery of real business value by 20 percent or more."
Steven Borg, Principal Consultant and Cofounder, Northwest Cadence
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New Tools Help IT Firm Visualize, Improve, and Validate Architecture in Large Projects
"Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010 closely connects our architects, developers, and testers during the entire application lifecycle management process. That is very powerful for us."
Clemens Reijnen, Management Consultant, Sogeti
3M Streamlines Development, Accelerates Product Delivery with Integrated Tools
“Visual Studio 2010 gives us more tools and tighter integration in our development environment to accelerate our development efforts and help us move projects along faster.”
Mike O’Brien, Software Engineer Specialist, SEMS Laboratory, 3M
Software Developer Uses Integrated Tool Set to Cut Costs and Streamline Development
"With IntelliTrace and the profiling tools in Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate, we are saving hours in identifying defects and performance problems."
Matt Kowalski, Manager of Database Development, Minitab
Global Software Developer Expects to Double Productivity, Cut Costs by 10 Percent
"The new testing capabilities in Visual Studio 2010 are revolutionary. Once we get more teams using the tools, I can see our productivity doubling."
Chris Elsbree, Chief Software Architect, ICONICS
IT Services Firm Helps Customers Improve Software Testing and Team Collaboration
"One of our major customers lacked the right tools to automate its testing processes. With Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate, the company can run automated UI tests … that help find and correct software bugs."
Etienne Margraff, Consultant, Access IT
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Consulting Company Uses Latest Development Tools to Improve Software Test Process
"We’re finding and fixing many more bugs than before—most being the kind that are hard to find but easy to fix."
Chris Menegay, Vice President of Consulting, Notion Solutions
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Local Marketing and Search Provider Develops Powerful Mobile App in Only Three Weeks
"Not only did we beat our deadline by delivering an app in only three weeks, but the app we delivered was richer and more compelling than we had originally planned."
Valerie Palmer, Project Manager, Mobile Applications, Yellowbook
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Defense Contractor Earns CMMI L3 Rating, Raises Productivity by Up to 25 Percent
"The collaborative space and common environment provided by Team Foundation Server were instrumental in helping us earn the CMMI L3 rating."
Jim Kilty, Director of Test, InnovaSystems International
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Move to Microsoft Programming Environment and Tools Doubles Developer Productivity
"With Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework, we’re able to deliver new functionality twice as fast as we could two years ago."
Christopher Walton, Vice President of Products and Strategy, X1 Technologies
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Software Vendor Speeds Testing, Improves Collaboration, and Wins New Business
"Before, creating a suitable build environment … took a full workday. With Visual Studio Lab Management 2010, we can be ready to go in 10 minutes or less."
"Jason Stangroome, Senior Developer, Readify"
Flextronics Improves Development Productivity, Quality, and Reporting with New Tools
"We’re seeing a 20 to 30 percent productivity gain with respect to quality assurance–related processes, such as testing and bug fixing."
Jorge Rodriguez Brizuela, Development Supervisor, IT Finance, Flextronics
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Magic Quadrant for Integrated Software Quality Suites
Gartner positions Microsoft in the Visionary Quadrant in the 2011 Magic Quadrant for Integrated Software Quality Suites.
Gartner, January 31, 2011
Market Mover Array Report: Testing Platforms
Market Mover Array Report: Testing Platforms evaluates 13 vendors across the testing market and names Microsoft “Transformational”.
voke, August 11, 2010
Insurance Company Streamlines Internal Development, Cuts Testing Time by Half
"As a result of these efficiency improvements, we spend about half the time on system testing that we would have otherwise."
Helena Vendrzyk Gordon, Director, Underwriting Initiative, Penn National Insurance
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