April 10, 2013

On Saturday, April 13 at 10:00 AM TeamSoft's Team Happy Feet will be participating in the 32nd Annual American Cancer Society Run/Walk. We are a sponsor again this year and have a goal of raising $1800 in donations. To help reach our goal, we are raising funds in office by permitting employees to wear slippers and jeans for donations of $5. Our team has grown to 26 members; some running the 10k and 5k and others who are walking for the cause. We hope to see you there!

To donate to American Cancer Society and to help us reach our fundraising goal:

• Click on http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/CommunityFundraisingPages/CFPFY10Midwest?team_id=1337685&pg=team&fr_id=54443

March 01, 2013

Teamsoft welcomes Desiree Pitman to the team! Desiree will work out of TeamSoft's Milwaukee office as a Technical Recruiter. She brings a great depth of experience to TeamSoft and will be a great asset to help grow our Milwaukee presence. We're very happy to have Desiree on our team!

February 07, 2013

TeamSoft celebrated our 17th anniversary in February!  A huge thank you goes out to all of our wonderful, talented consultants, clients, subcontractors, in-office staff, family and friends who have made and continue to make our success possible!

January 18, 2013

Do you like TeamSoft?  Then "like" us on Facebook!  Keep up with TeamSoft news, pictures and happenings at www.facebook.com/TeamSoftInc.

January 09, 2013

The next Madison Java User Group meeting will be held Tuesday January 15th, 2013.

The meeting location will be at American Family Insurance in Madison, WI (click here for directions and parking information)

Automated QA with the Robot Framework - by Tom Schneider
Have you ever wanted to automate your QA smoke tests? Have you ever wanted to make IE testing easier?

This talk will show you how you can use the Robot Framework with Selenium 2 to automated your browser bas...ed tests. Learn how simple and easy these tests can be. Examples of real world Robot tests will be shown and there will be a demo of these tests running against different browsers. In addition, some best practices for automated QA tests will be shared.

Bio:
Tom Schneider is currently Lead Product Architect for Connecture. Tom has been developing Java web solutions in the Milwaukee area for the last 11 years. He has deep knowledge of Java, Groovy and Javascript. Tom has contributed to many open source projects including Maven, Groovy, CXF, Struts 2 and is the original developer of QuantumDB Eclipse Plugin.

Please click here for all the details on this upcoming JUG meeting.

January 08, 2013

TeamSoft is pleased to announce the 2013 Greater Wisconsin Software Symposium returning March 1st & 2nd to Madison!

The 2013 Greater Wisconsin Software Symposium will be offered as a two day show - all day Friday/Saturday in Madison featuring fifty (50) excellent technical talks/hands on workshops covering the Java ecosystem and Agility.

**Local Venue, World Class Experience**

Event Name: 2013 Greater Wisconsin Software Symposium
Dates: March 1-2, 2013 (Two-Day Event)
Location: Madison
Venue: Sheraton Madison Hotel
URL: https://nofluffjuststuff.com/conference/madison/2013/03/home

Make sure and use your special TeamSoft discount of $50 by using the promo code nfjsusergroup50 when registering. If you are registering with a group, the highest discount will apply - group or TeamSoft discount.

REGISTRATION FEES:

Early Bird Individual: $875/person thru February 11th

Excellent Group Discounts Available - bring your entire development team to the show:

5-9 Attendees: $775/person
10-14 Attendees: $750/person
15-24 Attendees: $725/person
25-over Attendees: $700/person

Why attend?
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* Excellent Speakers: Authors and Project Leaders
* Insightful Sessions
* Network with your local developer community
* No vendor promos
* Locally Based Event
* Great Venue
* Limited Attendance
* Meaningful Keynote
* Excellent Giveaways including $250 & $500 Visa Gift Cards!

What's Included - Registration Fee:
* Two Day All Access Pass
* Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner/Breaks on Friday & Breakfast/Lunch/Breaks on Saturday
* NFJS 2013 Tour T-shirt
* NFJS Laptop Bag
* 4 Gig USB Drive
* One Year Subscription to NFJS, the Magazine (2013 Edition)
Go to https://nofluffjuststuff.com/conference/madison/2013/03/home for additional information and registration details for the 2013 Greater Wisconsin Software Symposium!

December 10, 2012

For the third year in a row, the TeamSoft Charitable Giving Committee pledged to donate up to $1,000 to the Keep WI Warm Fund (KWWF) for each strike ($10) and spare ($5) made at our December family bowling event.  The 70 people in attendance that day helped us meet that goal.  In addition, the State of Wisconsin matched that 2:1, meaning we were able to make a $3,000 impact.

We also coordinated a white elephant gift raffle to benefit the Yahara House which raised $450.  The top prize, a $150 gift card to Target, was won by Craig Wagner, a recruiter in the TeamSoft office.  Some of the auction items were silly and included a ceramic cat, a book of all things yucky, a snow globe and a really tacky Santa Claus candle holder.

November 15, 2012

Zach Ellis recently joined the TeamSoft team as a Marketing Assistant.  Zach began working for us through a temp agency part-time, mostly assisting Lisa with resume formatting.  We soon saw his potential in communication and creativity, along with our need for dedicating some resources to marketing activities and other support functions within the office.  Zach continues to help Lisa, but will also assist with our new website, marketing materials, our monthly newsletters, trade show materials, social media and more.  We are very happy to have Zach on the team!

September 16, 2012

About two years ago, the TeamSoft Charitable Giving Committee partnered with the Salvation Army's Family Stabilization Program and created Sharing Wishes.  This program was developed with the goal to make the lives of the families who are participating in the FSP a little easier.  Everyone at TeamSoft has really embraced the idea, and we have had some inspiring moments:

*We e-mailed out a special request for a family in need of a crib, mattress and shoes.  With your help, we were able to raise enough money to purchase all of these items.  Babies 'R Us even gave us a discount on the crib!

*An urgent request was sent to the TeamSoft office staff on a Friday to assist a woman who owed over $400 on her MG&E bill.  If the bill was not paid by  Tuesday, she was going to be evicted from her subsidized housing and moved back into the shelter.  The office staff raised enough money to cover the bill.  Amber, the FSP case manager, was so happy for our help that she had tears in her eyes when she picked up the donation.

*More recently, a family did not have a kitchen table, but a consultant was just getting ready to sell his on Craigslist... he instead donated it to Sharing Wishes. 

*An awesome consultant recently donated 50 family games!

Every donation makes a difference to the Sharing Wishes families.  Thank you for stepping up to help us help others.

August 20, 2012

We had a great turnout at TeamSoft's Summer Party, and everyone seemed to enjoy the carnival games, food and aerial acrobatic performance!  The World Vision fundraiser was a hit, too!  Consultants donated enough money to purchase six goats, four pairs of chickens and four units of medical aid, which will be given to families around the world to help them become more sustainable and healthy.  Our goal of purchasing three goats, three pairs of chickens and three units of medical aid was definitely surpassed, and so the TCGC gladly donated an extra of each item!  www.worldvision.org.