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iBeta Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary
July 14, 2009
iBeta Quality Assurance celebrates its tenth anniversary this year. Festivities kicked off as the company gathered for a luncheon marking the occasion and offering thanks to the dedicated employees who have helped make iBeta a success.

With its roots in entertainment software testing iBeta has grown from a small group of testers into a multi-tiered software and hardware testing firm capable of meeting its clients' stringent needs. Today iBeta is reaching for new heights and rising to the challenges set forth by technology's ever changing demands with the outlook of providing quality assurance services for many more years to come.

EAC certifies first voting system under 2005 Voluntary Voting System Guidelines
February 6, 2009
The U.S. Election Assistance Commission announced today that it has approved MicroVote General Corporation's Election Management System V.4.0 as the first voting system to be certified under the 2005 Voluntary Voting System Guidelines. iBeta Quality Assurance was the Voting System Test Lab that performed the testing of MicroVote's system. To read the entire letter from the EAC, please click on the following link:

http://www.eac.gov/program-areas/voting-systems/docs/2009-02-06-decision-authority-grant-of-certification.pdf

iBeta promotes Joe Williams to QA Manager for Interactive Entertainment
April 17, 2008
iBeta has promoted Joe Williams to QA Manager for their Interactive Entertainment division. Joe will oversee a rigorous methodology of quality assurance. He will manage the Quality Management Systems, ISO and IEEE methodologies and the training and education of video games testers.

iBeta Quality Assurance Named EAC Voting System Test Lab
February 21, 2007
The U.S. Election Assistance Commission voted today to name iBeta Quality Assurance of Aurora, Colorado one of the first two EAC accredited full voting system test labs. Full voting system test labs are sanctioned to test voting systems against both the federal 2002 Voting System Standards and the 2005 Voluntary Voting System Guidelines. Prior to receiving accreditation by the EAC, iBeta Quality Assurance was recommended by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) following an audit confirming iBeta Quality Assurance's compliance with the international standard for the competence of testing laboratories (ISO/IEC 17025) and NIST Voting System Testing standards.

QA Director - Voting, Carolyn Coggins stated: "I'm proud that we are one of the first labs to achieve this distinction, as iBeta Quality Assurance was one of the last labs to apply. I believe this success demonstrates the level of knowledge and competence of our staff in the testing of voting systems."

iBeta Quality Assurance Recommended as Voting Systems Test Lab
January 19, 2007
iBeta Quality Assurance of Aurora, Colorado received notification of accreditation as a Voting System Test Lab after an extensive audit by the National Voluntary Lab Accreditation Program (NVLAP) and has been recommended by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to test voting systems against both the 2002 Voting System Standards and the 2005 Voluntary Voting System Guidelines. The audit confirmed iBeta Quality Assurance's compliance with the international standard for the competence of testing laboratories (ISO/IEC 17025). iBeta Quality Assurance's next step is to apply to the EAC for full accreditation. The EAC announced they would conduct a "review of the recommended labs to address non-technical issues such as conflict of interest policies, organizational structure, and recordkeeping protocols. After the EAC review, the Commission will vote regarding full accreditation."

Vice President Earl Wing stated "We are particularly pleased that we succeeded in being one of the first labs to be recommended by NIST. We credit the achievement of being one of only two labs accredited to test to the 2005 Voluntary Voting System Guidelines to the tremendous efforts of our dedicated staff including Carolyn Coggins (QA Director – Voting) and Gail Audette (Quality Manager)."

Both Ms. Coggins and Ms. Audette have extensive backgrounds in the testing of voting systems to the 1990 and 2002 Voting System Standards. As former Director of ITA Services and President of Engineering, respectively, they previously oversaw voting system qualification testing for a National Association of State Election Directors' (NASED) Hardware and Software Independent Test Authority. Both were ex-official members of the NASED Voting System Technical Committee and provided testimony to the House Subcommittee on Environment, Technology and Standards on the subject of improvements in the testing and certification of voting equipment.

In addition to authoring an article for the October 2004 special voting edition of the Communications of the ACM on testing of voting systems, Ms. Coggins has participated as a panel member on the same subject for both NIST and the EAC public meetings. In 2003 and 2004 she was asked to lead the Special Task Group for the Technical Data Package of the IEEE Voting Equipment Standards Project.

Localization Testing
March 6, 2006
Driven by our customers' requests, iBeta has increased the capacity if its Localization and Globalization Lab to cover almost any language testing needs. While our most common localization testing requests are FIGS (French, Italian, German, and Spanish), more and more languages, such as Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese, and Russian, have become mainstream in our industry. Our localization services include, but are not limited to the following: text translation, text verification, voice translation, voice verification, local naming conventions, and user documentation verification. All of iBeta's localization testing is conducted using native speakers.

iBeta is Certified as a Minority Owned Business
January 1, 2006
iBeta Quality Assurance has met the requirements established by the National Minority Supplier Development Council and is now a Certified Minority Business Enterprise. This designation will allow iBeta to pursue government contracts that mandate that a portion of business be directed to minority owned firms. It will also allow iBeta access to large corporations' supplier diversity programs. Since its inception in 1999, iBeta has met the requirements to become certified, but only recently put forth the effort to obtain the certification at the request of a large client.

Xbox 360 Testing Lab
October 31, 2005
iBeta is proud to announce that its Xbox 360 testing lab is up and running after receiving its first shipment of Xbox 360 test and development kits last week. The addition of the Xbox 360s expands the list of platforms that iBeta currently tests, which includes: Microsoft Xbox 360, and Xbox, Sony PS2 and PSP, and Nintendo Game Cube, DS, and GBA. In addition, iBeta offers both functional and hardware compatibility testing on PC and Mac platforms.

iBeta Quality Assurance Acquires 20/20 Labs
September 1, 2005
iBeta Quality Assurance, leading provider of software quality assurance and software testing services, announced today that it has acquired 20/20 Labs - an independent QA lab based in Culver City, CA.

"The synergy and similarities between the two companies is ideal for this type of acquisition" said Earl Wing, iBeta CFO. "We have followed similar paths in the development of our companies and have many loyal and satisfied customers to show for it."

Both companies were founded in 1999 during the height of the dot-com boom and offer services to business clients as well as clients in the entertainment business. iBeta and 20/20 Labs have very similar customer bases and even share some clients. In addition, both iBeta and 20/20 Labs have established independent relationships with the leading tool providers in the QA industry. "We want to use the tool that fits best with the application being tested, and maintaining these relationships allows us to offer choices and cost savings to our clients" said Mike Stark, iBeta Director of Sales and Marketing.

Another similarity is that iBeta and 20/20 Labs have each established a name for themselves in testing applications for the electronic entertainment business. This includes separately forming relationships with Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo to test applications on the game platforms that they offer.

The combined companies will operate under the iBeta name and will strive to continue to provide the highest quality services possible to their clients and all work will be qualified by iBeta's 100% satisfaction guarantee.

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