DALLAS, TX (October 19, 2009) – Worksoft®, an innovative provider of test and lifecycle automation solutions for use with SAP® applications, today announced that Linda Hayes, Worksoft Founder, will be a featured speaker at the Software Test & Performance Conference, the premier conference for software test and QA professionals. STPCon 2009 will be held at the Hyatt Regency in Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 19-23, 2009.

Linda Hayes is the founder of Worksoft and has more than 20 years of experience in software development and enterprise test automation.  Hayes is a frequent industry speaker and award-winning author on software quality. She will be presenting “The High Cost of Manual Testing:  Why Automation is No Longer Optional”.  This session will provide attendees with the tools, metrics and corporate examples to persuade their management to abandon ineffective manual software testing approaches by building a compelling business case for modern test and lifecycle automation solutions. Hayes will also present “Agile Automation”, where attendees will learn an agile architecture that is independent of tools, applications and platforms.

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