LONDON, January 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Specsavers, the
world's largest privately owned optical group, has selected SQS
(http://www.sqs-uk.com/) Software Quality Systems (AIM:SQS.L),
Europe's largest provider of
independent software testing and quality management services, to
provide on- and offshore testing in a three year managed testing
services contract worth in excess of GBP5
million.
The SQS team will deliver end-to-end testing of Specsavers
business applications, from performance through to automated
regression testing, with focus on raising quality, reducing risk
and increasing the throughput of change.
John Lister, Chief Information
Officer Specsavers, commented: "With over 1,500 stores and 26,000
staff, Specsavers is a fast growing business that is dependent on
robust and effective technology to enable us to provide great
service to our customers. It's therefore critical that we have a
software testing and QA process that helps us to deliver quality
software solutions that are great value for money, quickly and
efficiently.
"We decided that we needed a testing partner with the focus and
offshore capability to match our growth plans, which can provide us
with innovative solutions through the lifecycle of the contract and
can help us ensure effective governance and independence of
testing. SQS meets all those requirements and we're very pleased to
have them onboard."
David Cotterell, SQS Executive
Main Board Director, added: "We're delighted that when selecting a
partner with proven offshore and onshore presence, Specsavers put
so much value on exceeding customer expectations and pure-play
testing independence. It's fair to say that this is probably one of
the largest pure-play managed testing service contracts to be
awarded in the retail sector, and the service will be provided from
SQS' state-of-the-art offshore facility in Pune, India, ably supported by our onshore
consultancy presence."
About SQS Software Quality Systems
SQS is the largest independent provider of software quality
management, quality assurance and testing services in Europe. Founded in Cologne in 1982, SQS employs 1,800 staff.
Along with a strong presence in Germany and the UK, SQS has further
subsidiaries in Egypt,
Finland, India, Ireland, the
Netherlands, Norway,
Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, South
Africa and the US. In addition, SQS maintains a minority
stake in a company in Portugal and
a cooperative venture in Spain. In
2009, SQS generated sales of 134.3 million
Euros.
SQS is the first German company to have a primary listing on the
AIM (Alternative Investment Market) in London. In addition, SQS has a dual listing on
the open market of the German Stock Exchange in Frankfurt am Main.
With over 5,000 completed projects under its belt, SQS has a
strong client base, including half of the DAX 30, nearly a third of
the STOXX 50 and 20 of the FTSE 100 companies. These include, among
others, Allianz, Beazley, BP, Centrica, Daimler, Deutsche Post,
Generali, JP Morgan, Meteor, Reuters and Volkswagen as well as
companies from every other conceivable sector.
For more information, see: http://www.sqs-uk.com and
http://www.sqs-group.com