Kiwi TCMS for the First Time at OpenFest

For the first year Kiwi TCMS is taking part at OpenFest – the biggest open-source conference in Bulgaria. Here is some more information from the Kiwi TCMS team and what you can expect from them.

We are very happy to be part of OpenFest! For us this is the perfect way to celebrate the past one year during which we were able to resolve lots of technical challenges, to visit several conferences abroad and grow our team. We are also proud to share the fact that several of our existing users and contributors will be speakers at OpenFest! Our team will be waiting for all IT enthusiasts to come and say hi, talk about software testing, bugs and open-source.

About Kiwi TCMS

Kiwi TCMS is an open-source test case management system with ambition to become the leading one in this field. This is a project that is almost 10 years old. It was created by Red Hat, under a different name, to replace TestLink and Testopia which have been popular at the time.

The original source code has been published to GitHub and subsequently abandoned. During the last couple of years Kiwi TCMS has been revitalized by a Bulgarian team and is steadily growing. In reality this is pretty much the only one open-source test case management system that is still actively developed and has a thriving community.

Kiwi TCMS is used during software testing and quality assurance to collect information about what and when has been tested, which versions of the product have been tested and in what environment. This information is helpful when making a go/no-go decision before a release, monitoring and planning the workload of the QA team and various reports.

When doing manual testing Kiwi TCMS is a life-saver with its easy to use web interface. Each engineer on the team can easily find the tasks assigned to them and all instructions necessary to execute the tests. The system currently supports working with test plans, test cases and test runs (aka test executions) & easy bug reporting in Bugzilla, GitHub and JIRA.

In automation testing scenarios TCMS systems are useful to collect test execution information and later analyze it. This is especially important when you don’t execute all of the tests all of the time! With the API interface that Kiwi TCMS provides it can be easily integrated with any test runner or arbitrary other systems.

Kiwi TCMS at OpenFest 2018

At the booth you will have to opportunity to meet the team behind Kiwi TCMS, learn more about the history of the project and try a demo version of course.
Beginner open-source contributors will learn what technical skills are required to work on Kiwi TCMS and get to know the training program which every team member must cover before sending pull requests.

Help a Paw

Help a Paw is a mobile app allowing signals for stray animals needing help to be registered. As a result, all volunteers who have installed the application and are nearby receive a notification and, if possible, respond. The purpose of the app is to provide a more reliable and quick way to inform about emergencies regarding stray animals and thus help save more lives. At the moment, Help a Paw has over 1,000 users and is actively being used by some of the major organizations protecting animals.

During Open Fest you will have the opportunity to learn more about the application, the upcoming updates and the ideas of the Help a Paw team. Also, Help a Paw actively recruits volunteers to help with the development and testing of the application – if you are interested, do not miss your chance to stop by and meet them.

Help a Paw can be downloaded from the App Store and Google Play.

openSUSE

The third project with a booth in the Expo Zone is openSUSE. Stop by to meet their team and to learn more about them.

VMware, a global leader in cloud infrastructure and digital workspace technology, accelerates digital transformation by enabling unprecedented freedom and flexibility in how our customers build and evolve IT environments. With VMware solutions, organizations are improving business agility by modernizing data centers and integrating public clouds, driving innovation with modern apps, creating exceptional experiences by empowering the digital workspace, and safeguarding customer trust by transforming security. VMware is a member of the Dell Technologies family of businesses.

About VMware Bulgaria

VMware established its R&D representative office in Bulgaria in 2007 and has since then become one of the largest IT investors in the country employing 700 world class professionals from more than ten nationalities. Over the years VMware Bulgaria has transformed from a purely R&D facility to a multifunctional hub with product, revenue generating professional services and business operations teams and is now one of the three core strategic sites for VMware globally.

The team has in-depth expertise in core virtualization, management and automation, availability, disaster recovery and analytics. Major milestones of the site’s development are the creation of a Professional Services Center of Excellence and an Innovation lab focused on projects in the fields of Open source, Internet of things and Machine learning.

A dedicated equal opportunity Bulgarian employer, VMware attracts talent globally with its work on cutting edge technologies and projects with global impact, as well as multiple programs for personal and professional development, community service and sustainability. Professionals here find career opportunities in the fields of IT, software development, product management, quality engineering and technical publications finance, business analytics and business intelligence.

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The first eight years of BULPROS look like an airplane take-off. Since its foundation in April 2010, the company has undergone a rapid and dynamic growth becoming the biggest technology company based in Bulgaria and one of the fastest growing IT companies in Central Europe. BULPROS started its business with five employees and one office in Sofia, and today, only eight years later, it has more than 1,200 employees and 18 offices in Europe and North America.

BULPROS offers innovative solutions in the sphere of Industry Digitalization, Cyber Security, Collaboration, Application Modernization, Infrastructure Transformation, Technology Services and Sales and Customer Services.

BULPROS is one of the very few Bulgarian companies that own foreign enterprises. In 2015, it acquires a minority share in the German firm innotec, and in 2016 BULPROS also acquires the German company Cyber Security Group Business Software (GBS). These and some other deals open up many business opportunities, new interesting projects and new work places within the company.

In connection with this, BULPROS is now looking for active and positive people to join their growing team.

You can learn more details about the open positions from their representatives at OpenFest 2018. At the BULPROS booth, you will also have the chance to take part in a challenging game and win great prizes. You are welcome!

Uber started in 2010 to solve a simple problem: how do you get a ride at the push of a button? Headquartered in San Francisco, California for 8 years only, Uber managed to grow massively to 18 000 employees, operating in over 700 cities and having accomplished 10 Billion rides earlier on this year.

And all of that success is powered by a well-established and high-quality engineering team. Interestingly, the engineering site in Bulgaria is one of Uber’s first distributed engineering sites. The team in Sofia focuses on developing systems that provide Uber services with key reporting and compliance capabilities, including generating invoices and email receipts related to trips or food deliveries, assembling periodic tax reports for their partners, and facilitating real-time tax calculation in line with local regulations.

You will have the chance to meet the team at their booth, chat about nerd stuff and get your rubber duck to ensure successful debugging when you need it. Or just a #ubercool t-shirt to show off around. More than this, you’ll be able to learn from the engineering team itself what’s on the agenda for Uber Eng Sofia, who are growing fast and expected to stay on that path for the next few years.

Open positions are available and range from Engineering Managers, through internships, Software and Sr. Software engineers. They are on the lookout for a Senior technical recruiter as well! Check the open positions out here: https://careersinfo.uber.com/sofia-engineering. But don’t miss on the chance to speak to the all-star team at their booth during the weekend.

You can find us on the 0 floor, to the right of the main entrance, between 10 am and 5 pm during the two festival days. The games are suitable for 1,5- to 12-years-olds.

The rock band “Casual Threesome“ will play during the party. The talented trio from Sofia will play its best own songs as well as worldwide rock hits.

As the tradition goes, the first few drinks will be free thanks to SiteGround.

Keep the bracelets you get at the entrance because you’ll need them to get into the party.

• The entrance to the event is free, no registration required.
• We’ll have an afterparty on 4 November. More info coming up.
• You’ll get a visitor’s bracelet at the entrance. Keep it because you’ll need it to get access to the afterparty.
• Please adhere to our code of conduct.
• If you have any questions or need help during the event look for a volunteer (wearing a T-shirt with TEAM on the back) or tweet @openfestbg.
• We encourage you to share your favorite OpenFest 2018 moments on social media. The conference’s official hashtag is #openfest2018.
• You can get an official OpenFest T-shirt or socks from the reception desks.
• For the convenience of parents we have a children’s play area. More information coming soon.
• We will have coffee, as well as water from our partners Pure Water. Please reuse your water bottles to protect the environment.
• We have provided several options for breakfast and lunch close to the event.
• If you’re taking the subway this weekend, please keep in mind that no trains will go between the Serdika and Vassil Levski National Stadium stations.

We expect you on 3 and 4 November in Sofia Tech Park, “John Atanasoff” building.

Headquartered in California, Konsulko works with customers throughout North America, Europe and Asia to develop and maintain Open Source-based solutions for products. Our European subsidiary, Konsulko Ltd is based in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Konsulko’s focus is upstream and production software design, enablement, optimization, and maintenance for customers in a wide array of embedded software markets including automotive, networking, industrial, medical devices and IoT.

Our senior leadership have been contributors in the Linux kernel and other OSS communities since the late 1990s. Konsulko engineers are involved today in many Open Source projects, including the Linux kernel, U-Boot, Yocto Project, OpenEmbedded, AGL, and GENIVI. Members of the Konsulko team have been key participants in major software projects with Google, Sony, NEC, Nokia, Nvidia, MIPS, Texas Instruments, NXP, Juniper Networks, Huawei, Robert Bosch, Groupe PSA, and Jaguar Land Rover.

If you are attending OpenFest, we’d love to talk with you about engaging Konsulko’s engineering expertise and experience on your project. Or if you’re a software developer with a passion for Linux, please contact us during or after OpenFest about joining the Konsulko team.

We are more than excited to be part of a world-class event for sharing knowledge, experience, and creativity. If you are a fan of the open-source technologies and you are interested in storage, infrastructure, system administration or building clouds, come to meet our team.

About StorPool

StorPool is a Bulgarian company, which develops data storage software. Our product is used by companies which are building Clouds (public and private clouds – enterprises, cloud, hosting, telco, etc.). StorPool is among the few Bulgarian companies which develop own product and successfully builds a brand for this product on the global market.

Started in 2011, we are now growing fast and on our way to becoming a leader in the storage industry worldwide. This is an exciting, challenging and rewarding experience and we are constantly looking for bright, creative and motivated people to work with us on building something amazing!

StorPool at OpenFest 2018

As previous years, we have prepared special surprises for all people, who will visit our booth during the event. We will reveal just a small part of them. Meet us and participate in our curious quest “a.php”.

The game will be available for all people on our booth, but you will be able to play even from your device. Of course, all people solving our quest will receive presents at our booth.

So be sure you stop by!

Become part of StorPool’s team

It is rare to find a company which is like a rocket-ship: fast-rising company, which is doing something meaningful, with a strong technology, product and team behind the controls.

If you are the kind of person who always strives for excellence and works hard to grow and develop – you’ll find joining our fast-paced and professional team a game changer for your development.

“We believe that a leading company is not a product of “average” people. That is why we are constantly looking for the brightest, most motivated and self-driven people.”, says Boyan Ivanov, CEO of StorPool Storage.

OpenFest – Share the freedom

Join StorPool in celebrating the open-source and the free art by coming to the OpenFest conference on the 3rd-4th November in Sofia TechPark. StorPool will be waiting for all the open-source enthusiasts for a weekend of great fun and creative work.