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This is the second consecutive year the firm has been named a Product Challenger in application quality assurance by ISG
Toronto, Ontario – ISG, a leading global technology research and advisory firm, recently named QA Consultants a Product Challenger in its Provider Lens™ Next-Gen ADM Services Application Quality Assurance Report for 2024. This year, QA Consultants leads all independent quality assurance firms in the category and marks the second consecutive year QA Consultants has been named a Product Challenger for application quality assurance by ISG.
ISG noted several core strengths embodied by QA Consultants, which informed its ranking in the Product Challenger quadrant. The 2024 ranking shifted QA Consultants more to the right of the quadrant, noting a competitive strength — ahead of Happiest Minds, Kyndryl, and all specialty firms, positioning QA Consultants among the greatest global technology service firms in the industry.
“Being recognized as a leader in application quality assurance by ISG is testament to QA Consultants’ dedication to the craft of quality and commitment to realize our clients’ software quality goals and objectives,” said Alex Rodov, CEO, QA Consultants.
The core strengths highlighted by ISG include:
Advisory and Consulting Expertise
The core of QA Consultants’ strategy for quality engineering (QE) transformation begins with identifying key areas of deficiency in quality management and engineering, focusing on four critical aspects: culture, operations, engineering practices, and risk management.
End-to-end Engineering
Expanding its portfolio with ALTEN’s capabilities, QA Consultants offers end-to-end quality assurance and engineering services coupled with ALTEN’s global capabilities.
Innovation and R&D
QA Consultants is focused on innovation and research and development (R&D), as demonstrated with its software testing lab at the automotive Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Oshawa, Canada, and its IoT and embedded software test automation Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Dallas, Texas. The Oshawa facility serves as an innovation hub for emerging technologies, fostering AI research, government-funded projects, and test automation solutions.
This year’s ranking marks the first time that ALTEN Group, which acquired QA Consultants in March 2023, has been ranked by ISG for application quality assurance. ISG’s inclusion of QA Consultants in the Provider Lens™ report is testament of the dedication and hard work of our consultants worldwide and the quality engineering work we perform for our clients. Quality engineering is now one of the strategic offerings provided by ALTEN Group and our talented 58,000 employees,” stated Pierre Bonhomme, Executive Vice President of ALTEN Group.
ISG Manager and Principal Analyst Akhila Harinarayan remarked about QA Consultants’ positioning in the marketplace, stating, “QA Consultants has a strong expertise in application quality assurance and offers end-to-end services. The firm has expertise in niche areas and continuously upskills resources. QA Consultants offers tools and accelerators that ensure products meet industry standards.”
Learn more about QA Consultants’ quality assurance work and the ISG Provider Lens™ Reports here. Download the ISG Provider Lens™ Report here. Download QA Consultants’ ISG Sweet Spot here.
About the ISG Provider Lens™
ISG Provider Lens™ is a practitioner-led service provider comparison, empowered by ISG’s advisory experience and data-driven research. Research reports provide independent vendor evaluations and enterprise buying behavior segmentation. Provider positioning is based on a neutral and independent research and evaluation process; participation in the study is free of charge. Service provider data, from primary and secondary research, translate into different outputs, categorized as:
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About ISG
ISG (Information Services Group) (Nasdaq: III) is a leading global technology research and advisory firm. A trusted business partner to more than 700 clients, including more than 75 of the top 100 enterprises in the world, ISG is committed to helping corporations, public sector organizations, and service and technology providers achieve operational excellence and faster growth. The firm specializes in digital transformation services, including automation, cloud and data analytics; sourcing advisory; managed governance and risk services; network carrier services; strategy and operations design; change management; market intelligence and technology research and analysis. Founded in 2006, and based in Stamford, Conn., ISG employs more than 1,300 digital-ready professionals operating in more than 20 countries – a global team known for its innovative thinking, market influence, deep industry and technology expertise, and world-class research and analytical capabilities based on the industry’s most comprehensive marketplace data. For more information, visit www.isg-one.com
About QA Consultants
QA Consultants (QAC) is North America’s largest quality engineering firm ranked by ISG as the leading independent application quality assurance provider in its 2024 Provider Lens Report™. Part of the global technology giant ALTEN Group (XPAR: ATE), QAC has successfully delivered 12,000+ mission-critical projects in the last 30 years across media, healthcare, government, insurance, energy, and other industries. The company’s award-winning services help businesses accelerate time-to-market, reduce risks of software failures, and optimize development costs. QAC utilizes the latest advancements in AI-driven test automation, continuous testing within CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native testing frameworks to ensure resilient, scalable, and efficient applications. The company integrates AI and machine learning for predictive defect detection, automates testing to support high-frequency releases, and offers performance testing for modern architectures such as microservices and serverless environments. QAC helps its clients conform with industry standards for security and privacy and comply with the latest accessibility guidelines, while utilizing cost-efficient testing methods and tools.