Let there be quality

News – 2004

Qentinel at Tieturi (14.12.2004)

Qentinel Oy is present at Tieturi's Testing day 2005 -event to be held on 9.2.2005. Qentinel's presentation title is "The use of Open Source software in testing". The event features 10 presentations from both technical and business perspectives to testing.
A concurrent event, Tieturi Software 2005 features Qentinel's presentation "Shift in the testing paradigm - from quality assurance to quality production".

Talouselämä lists Qentinel among interesting growth companies (18.11.2004)

Qentinel Oy was included in Talouselämä magazine's 2004 list of 50 of the most interesting growth companies. The Finnish business weekly listed independent companies which have profitably achieved growth factor of at least 2,3 since 2000. Qentinel Oy scored 9,9 on a scale of 4-10.

Qentinel at TalentIT 2004 (23.09.2004)

Qentinel Oy will again be present at the Talent IT -recruitment fair held at Dipoli on 4.11.2004. As a continuously growing company Qentinel wants to present an new type of career possibility to attendees interested in software quality assurance.

Qentinel Oy's fiscal year 1.7.2003-30.6.2004 (6.09.2004)

Qentinel Oy continued it's growth during the financial year 1.7.2003-30.6.2004. Turnover for the accounting period was 1 446 000 euros with a profit of 125 000. The number of personnel grew by 73% to 26. The company's growth was financed by cash-flow. During the financial year Qentinel has strengthened cooperation with existing customers and expanded its customer base with new customers. The average project size has grown in comparison to the first accounting period and customer satisfaction has been higher than average.
In the next financial year Qentinel's target is to increase turnover and personnel. Company management is optimistic regarding future prospects due to improvements in general market conditions and Qentinel's solidifying its position as a quality assurance service provider. 

Qentinel to participate in software testing certification scheme (17.08.2004)

Qentinel Oy will participate in the development of the Finnish national software testing certification scheme. Qentinel is also represented on the Finnish Software Testing Board, which oversees and coordinates the development of the certification and syllabus.
The International Software Testing Qualifications Board's role is to support a single, universally accepted, international qualification scheme, aimed at software and system testing professionals, by providing the core syllabi and by setting guidelines for accreditation and examination for national boards.

Qentinel at IIR Finland (2.08.2004)

Qentinel Oy will be present at IIR Finland's testing event held 27.-29.9.2004. The main theme of the event is "comprehensive testing" and will feature a presentation by Qentinel entitled "Measuring testing and its results".

Survey results (28.03.2004)

Qentinel Oy participated in a survey commissioned by the Finnish Ministry for Trade and Industry and conducted by TransControl Oy measuring the efficiency of the performance of approximately 80 Finnish ICT companies. Qentinel Oy was awarded with scores well above the industry average for employee and customer satisfaction.