Parasoft Service Virtualization Software Facilitates Test Environment Access for Dev/QA , February 2012

New Parasoft Virtualize release gives developers and testers unconstrained access to the exact test environments they need

Parasoft Enhances Automated Requirements Traceability for Regulatory Compliance , January 2012

Parasoft Concerto's requirements traceability helps organizations prove adherence to industry standards such as DO-178B, FDA/IEC 62304 and ISO 26262

Parasoft Advances Static Analysis for Security, Accelerates Desktop Analysis , January 2012

Parasoft Jtest's expanded software security assurance, paired with workflow optimization, helps developers find and fix critical defects faster.

Software Testing and Quality Trends to Watch , January 2012

Read Wayne Ariola's predictions re: switching costs, safety-critical compliance, and market-ready software.

4 Software Quality Predictions for 2012 , January 2012

Read Arthur Hicken's predictions re: SQL injection, cloud quality, component testing, Kindle Fire caching testing.

SELEX Case Study , January 2012 - 714 KB PDF

SELEX wanted to eliminate software defects early in the SDLC. Learn how Parasoft static analysis helped them increase reliability while reducing reduced development time, costs, and resources.

Thales Case Study , January 2012 - 696 KB PDF

By applying Parasoft solutions to its Integrated Tramway Management Solutions project—then later deploying it across the entire Automatic Vehicle Location System division—Thales Italia reduced its rate of defective components by 30% and significantly increased application performance.

IMA Case Study , January 2012 - 477 KB PDF

By working with Parasoft , IMA significantly increased the efficiency and auditability of the strict quality process they adopted to comply with pharmaceutical industry regulations.

Managing Test Environments , December 2011

SYS-CON's Jeremy Geelan interviews Wayne Ariola, Parasoft VP of of Strategy and Corporate Development . "Today things are being distributed. They're getting parsed out everywhere on the cloud, everywhere in that virtual space. You still need to test them - that's where Parasoft comes in."

Application-Behavior Virtualization , December 2011

SYS-CON's Jeremy Geelan interviews Mark Lambert, Parasoft VP of Professional Services. "People who are moving to the cloud still have the challenge of quality. Any time you send a message to a system and need to get a response back - that's where Parasoft Virtualize comes in..."

Eliminate Testing Roadblocks for SOA/Composite Apps , December 2011

Testing SOA and composite applications? Learn how to exercise end-to-end transactions involving system components that are unavailable, evolving, or difficult-to-access.

Performance Test Environments On Demand , December 2011

Learn how to rapidly access a realistic performance testing environment that enables you to run the tests you need—on your own schedule

Static Analysis Tool Evaluation Guide , December 2011

Follow these 6 steps to choose a static analysis tool that your team will actually use—now & in the future.

voke Parasoft Virtualize Snapshot , December 2011

This 12-page report from voke media analyzes Parasoft's emergence into the Lifecycle Virtualization market with Parasoft Virtualize.

Making Unit Testing Practical for Embedded Development , Electronic Design, November 2011

Explains how to start verifying code as soon as it is completed—even if the target hardware is not yet built or available for testing. With this strategy, the majority of the problems with the application logic are exposed early and target testing can focus on verifying the interface between the hardware and the software.

Integrating Error-Detection Techniques to Find More Bugs in Embedded C Software , Embedded Computing Design, November 2011

Demonstrates how automated techniques such as pattern-based static code analysis, runtime memory monitoring, unit testing, and flow analysis can be used together to find bugs in a sample embedded C application.

Accelerate Parallel Development , November 2011

This eBook introduces a new way to break through common dev & test roadblocks using a new technique that expands service virtualization.

Parasoft SOAtest & Load Test Data Sheet , November 2011 - 567 KB PDF

This data sheet introduces the industry's premier testing platform for service-oriented architectures and composite applications.

Parasoft Virtualize Showcases at the 9th International Cloud Expo in Santa Clara, CA , November 2011

Parasoft Virtualize allows easy and fast access to any environment needed to develop, test, or validate software or an application—on demand— at any point in the lifecycle.

Parasoft C/C++test Supports Texas Instruments Code Composer Studio™ IDE v5 , November 2011

With Parasoft's comprehensive C/C++ testing solution integrated in TI's Code Composer Studio IDE v5, developers of TI's embedded devices can efficiently create quality, leading-edge software.

Service Virtualization Starter Kit , November 2011

This 7-page eKit explains how service virtualization helps teams create & access any environment needed to develop or test an application.

Parasoft Japan Starts Selling Parasoft Virtualize , October 2011

Parasoft Japan starts selling Parasoft Virtualize and related services together with partners Hokkaido NS-SOL and Buildsystem.

Parasoft C/C++test integrates with Lauterbach TRACE32® debugger , October 2011

With C/C++test's support for the TRACE32 debugger, users can easily achieve full automation of the testing process.

.NET Static Analysis and Parasoft dotTEST , InfoQ, October 2011

Provides practical tips for using static analysis to prevent defects in .NET and other programming languages (C, C++, Java, etc.).

New Release of Parasoft SOAtest for Composite Applications , October 2011

The latest release of Parasoft SOAtest features new visual analysis capabilities for rapidly pinpointing the root cause of failures, core message testing enhancements related to JSON, WADL, REST, WS-I, EDIFACT, new HP QC integration, and more.

How Service Virtualization Removes Testing Roadblocks , Automated Software Testing, September 2011

This article explores how Service Virtualization provides a new way for developers & testers to exercise their applications in incomplete, constantly evolving, and/or difficult-to-access environments.

Input Validation: Immunity Against Web Attacks , September 2011

Explains how to prevent injection attacks by using input validation and static analysis to build security into your application.

New Release of Parasoft’s Testing Solution for Embedded Development , September 2011

The latest release of Parasoft C/C++test not only delivers a broad spectrum of error prevention and error detection techniques that work in concert to eliminate an unprecedented number of defects, but also lays the foundation for the level of process visibility and control that is essential when certification and compliance must be demonstrated

dotTEST: .NET Static Analysis, Code Review, Unit Testing, Security , September 2011 - 286 KB PDF

This data sheet introduces Parasoft dotTEST, an integrated .NET language testing toolkit for static code analysis, code review, automated unit and component testing, coverage analysis, and regression testing.

Code Coverage Awareness , September 2011

Introduces steps for improving code coverage awareness: tools for measuring coverage; understanding the type of coverage provided; identifying and covering uncovered cases.

C/C++test: C/C++ Static Analysis, Code Review, Unit Testing, Security , September 2011 - 883 KB PDF

This data sheet introduces Parasoft C/C++test, an integrated C and C++ testing toolkit for static code analysis, code review, automated unit and component testing, coverage analysis, runtime error detection, and regression testing.

Code Coverage Density and Test Overlap , September 2011

Explains why test overlap is generally undesirable, introduces test overlap and the imperfection of coverage models, and explores how to achieve properly distributed test density.

Safety-Critical/Embedded Development Solution , September 2011 - 974 KB PDF

This data sheet introduces how Parasoft reduces the time, effort, and cost of satisfying strict quality demands for safety-critical/embedded development.

Towards Full Regression Test Coverage , September 2011

Explains how to achieve full regression coverage (complete entry/exit coverage) and why complete path coverage is not sufficient.

The Problem with Path Code Coverage , August 2011

Discusses why so few available code coverage analysis tools support path coverage: high number of paths, difficulty identifying and covering paths, representation challenges.

Test Code Coverage Metrics , August 2011

Explores code coverage metrics including statement coverage (block coverage), branch coverage, and path coverage.

Code Coverage Granularity , August 2011

Explains what coverage granularity means, why line-based coverage is meaningless yet popular, and granularity levels for test coverage (line, statements/expression, bytecode instruction).

Dispelling Common Code Coverage Myths and Dodging Pitfalls , August 2011

Introduces common pitfalls and misconceptions regarding code coverage granularity, coverage criteria, coverage density, and test overlap, then it explains what you need to know to choose the best coverage metric for your goals.

Requirements Traceability and Requirements-Based Testing , August 2011

Explores how to achieve requirements traceability, which has become a "must have" capability for teams who need to comply with safety-critical standards such as DO-178B, FDA, IEC 62304, IEC 61508, ISO/DIS 26262, etc.

The Next Generation of Test Environment Management: Application Behavior Virtualization , July 2011

This eBook introduces Application Behavior Virtualization, which gives teams the freedom to exercise their composite applications in incomplete, constantly evolving, and/or difficult-to-access environments.

Static Analysis for FDA Software Validation Compliance eBook , July 2011

To assist organizations that are exploring static analysis for FDA compliance, this 12-page guide describes Parasoft's static analysis capabilities in the context of FDA compliance.

What Do Developers Hate Most About Static Analysis? , July 2011

Presents results from a recent survey on what developers hate most about static analysis.

Safety-Critical & Embedded Software Development Solution , July 2011

Introduces the Safety-Critical & Embedded Software Development solution, which provides the the comprehensive process visibility & control needed to effectively satisfy quality and compliance requirements for DO-178B, JSF, MISRA, ISO 26262, etc.

Software Development Standards Compliance Solution , July 2011

Introduces the Compliance solution (for FDA, DO-178B, MISRA, JSF, PCI-DSS, ISO, IEC...), which ingrains compliance tasks across the SDLC & into the team workflow.

Runtime Error Detection , July 2011

Introduces Parasoft's runtime error detection capabilities, which expose race conditions, exceptions, resource & memory leaks, security attack vulnerabilities, and more.

Coverage Analysis , July 2011

Introduces Parasoft's coverage analysis capabilities (test coverage for unit testing, integration testing, system testing).

Code Review , July 2011

Introduces Parasoft's code review capabilities (peer review for any language & file type: preparation, notification, tracking).

Static Analysis for Secure Application Development , July 2011

Introduces Parasoft's static analysis capabilities for secure application development.

Static Analysis for Safety-Critical Development , July 2011

Introduces Parasoft's static analysis capabilties for safety-critical development (MISRA, ISO 26262, JSF, more)

Static Analysis for FDA and Medical Device Development , July 2011

Introduces Parasoft's static analysis capabilties for FDA / IEC 62304 / medical device development.

Static Analysis for .NET , July 2011

Introduces Parasoft's static analysis capabilities for .NET (C#, VB.NET, IL, etc.)

Static Analysis for Java , July 2011

Introduces Parasoft's static analysis capabilities for Java, including Google Android, Spring, Hibernate, Eclipse plug-ins, TDD, JSF, Struts, JDBC, EJBs, JSPs, servlets, mobile, more.

Static Analysis for C and C++ , July 2011

Introduces Parasoft's static analysis capabilities for C and C++, including built-in support for FDA, MISRA, JSF, ISO 26262, and other safety-critical and embedded development standards.

Static Analysis , July 2011

Introduces Parasoft's static analysis capabilities, including static code analysis, data flow static analysis, and code metrics analysis.

Parasoft Partners with Hull University , July 2011

Hull University will be utilising the Parasoft Test product suite within its Computer Science courses. This will enable students and researchers to make use of the advanced capabilities that Parasoft Test provides in areas like static analysis, dynamic flow analysis and unit testing for Java, C#, C and C++ applications.

The Next Generation of Test Environment Management , Virtualization Journal, July 2011

This article introduces a new breed of virtualization that radically reduces the time and cost of standing up and managing a realistic and sustainable dev/test environment.

Parasoft Launches the New Parasoft Virtualize Platform , June 2011

Parasoft announced the new release of Parasoft Virtualize. Parasoft’s fourth generation of Application-Behavior Virtualization, which helps developers and testers eliminate the testing constraints associated with today's heterogeneous composite applications.

FDA / Medical Device Software Development Solution , June 2011 - 101 KB PDF

This data sheet introduces Parasoft's pre-configured system with processes & best practices for FDA/medical device software compliance. It helps organizations uniformly apply the least burdensome practices to produce medical device software consistently & efficiently, with freedom from unacceptable risks.

Inomed Case Study , May 2011 - 152 KB PDF

Inomed wanted to streamline the risk management processes they established for IEC 62304 medical device software certification. Learn how they increased efficiency through automation—and also achieved full requirements traceability.

Unit Testing: How We Eased the Burden of Our Regression Test Process , May 2011

When Parasoft started with unit testing, our regression test failures weren’t being addressed promptly as the application evolved. This post describes what our team learned.

Parasoft Support for IEC 62304 Medical Device Software Certification , May 2011 - 1,052 KB PDF

Find out how the Parasoft Compliance Solution helps organizations adopt practices for IEC 62304 compliance in the least burdensome manner.

SOAtest with Load Test , May 2011

Introduces Parasoft SOAtest and Load Test, which automate web UI.RIA testing, message/protocol testing, cloud testing, load/performance testing, and security testing to ensure secure, reliable, compliant business processes.

Insure++ Runtime Memory Error Detection for C++ and C , May 2011

Introduces Insure++, a runtime memory analysis and error detection tool for C and C++ that automatically identifies a variety of difficult-to-track programming and memory-access errors, along with potential defects and inefficiencies in memory usage.

dotTEST: .NET Testing and Analysis , May 2011

Introduces how dotTEST simplifies static analysis, code review, unit testing for languages that target the Microsoft .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework, including C#, VB.NET, and MC++ (Managed C++).

C/C++test: C/C++ Testing and Analysis , May 2011

Introduces how C/C++test simplifies static analysis, code review, unit testing, and runtime error detection for embedded and enterprise development.

Jtest: Java Testing and Analysis , May 2011

Introduces how Parasoft Jtest simplifies Java static analysis, code review, unit testing, and runtime error detection.

Increase Unit Testing ROI: Keep Unit Tests in Synch with Your App , May 2011

Establishing a supporting unit test maintenance process and an infrastructure to drive this process and keep it on track is essential for getting a good return on investment from your unit testing efforts.

Parasoft Test: Complete Development Lifecycle Testing , May 2011

Introduces Parasoft Test, an integrated platform for testing throughout all stages of the software development lifecycle. In addition to delivering the industry's most comprehensive set of capabilities for Java, C, C++, .NET, SOA, Web, Cloud, and message/protocol testing, Parasoft Test also provides task management and peer code review capabilities that support any programming language.

Parasoft Mourns Loss of CEO and Co-Founder , May 2011

Parasoft Corporation is deeply saddened to announce the passing of Dr. Adam Kolawa, Parasoft co-founder and CEO. Kolawa was truly a pioneer and a champion of software quality & developer productivity.

Remembering Adam Kolawa from Parasoft , May 2011

Kolawa was not just a good friend, he was a bright light on the industry as well .

Unit Testing: Is More Coverage Better? , April 2011

Argues that greater unit testing code coverage is not always better. Also discusses what you can learn by reviewing unit test code coverage.

Unit Testing: Is it Nearing Extinction? , April 2011

Introduces a new approach to unit testing that is designed for functional testing of cloud, RIA, SOA, and other complex applications.

Introduction to Parasoft C/C++test , April 2011

This webinar introduces Parasoft C/C++test, a broadly-featured language tool for testing C and C++ applications.

Parasoft Virtualize - Application Behavior Virtualization , April 2011

Introduces how Parasoft Virtualize provides comprehensive access to traditionally-constrained test environments—reducing complexity & cost.

Parasoft Mobile Test , March 2011

This webinar introduces Parasoft Mobile Test, Parasoft's testing solution for iOS and Android development.

Agile Development Quality Practices & Techniques: Session 3 , March 2011

This third and last of three 30-minute sessions teaches best practices for development, testing, and management in an Agile environment.

Agile Development Quality Practices & Techniques: Session 2 , March 2011

This second of three 30-minute sessions teaches best practices for development, testing, and management in an Agile environment.

Runtime Error Detection Starter Kit , March 2011

This 30-page eKit explains how runtime error detection helps you expose defects such as race conditions, exceptions, resource & memory leaks & security attack vulnerabilities.

Code Review Starter Kit , March 2011

This 20-page eKit explains how to obtain real value from code review—so it's not a burden on developers & a waste for management.

Unit Testing Starter Kit , March 2011

This 20-page eKit provides practical tips on how adopt unit testing without all the traditional hassles—so you can obtain real value from unit testing.

Static Analysis Starter Kit , March 2011

This 20-page eKit explains how to get started with static analysis (coding standards/static code analysis, data flow & metrics) as painlessly as possible.

Java Testing & Java Analysis Starter Kit , March 2011

This 25 page eKit explains how Parasoft Jtest simplifies Java unit testing (including JUnit test generation & TDD), static analysis (code analysis, data flow, metrics), runtime error detection, and code review.

Jtest: Java Static Analysis, Code Review, Unit Testing, Security , March 2011 - 727 KB PDF

This data sheet introduces Parasoft Jtest , an integrated Java testing toolkit for static code analysis, code review, automated unit and component testing, coverage analysis, runtime error detection, and regression testing.

Insure++: Runtime Error Detection and Memory Error Detection , March 2011 - 394 KB PDF

This data sheet introduces Parasoft Insure++, a C/C++ runtime memory analysis and error detection tool that automatically identifies a variety of difficult-to-track programming and memory-access errors, along with potential defects and inefficiencies in memory usage.

Software Testing Without Constraints , March 2011

See how Parasoft Virtualization provides comprehensive access to traditionally-constrained test environments—reducing complexity & cost.

Mobile Test: Automated Testing for Android and iOS Apps , March 2011

Introduces Mobile Test, which ensures the security, reliability, and performance of enterprise-grade mobile applications for Google Android and Apple iOS.

Software Development Standards Compliance Starter Kit , March 2011

This 25 page eKit introduces proven strategies for controlling safety risks and complying with FDA, DO-178B, MISRA, JSF, PCI-DSS, ISO, IEC, or other guidelines.

Parasoft Releases Parasoft Mobile Test for Android, iPhone, iPad App Testing , March 2011

Parasoft announces the release of Parasoft Mobile Test for iOS and Android—enabling rapid construction and execution of rich test scenarios on the device or in the emulator.

Parasoft Test for Visual Studio 2010 is Released , March 2011

Parasoft announced that Parasoft Test, an integrated platform for testing throughout all stages of the software development lifecycle, is now available on Visual Studio 2010. This release also introduces new functionality for dotTEST and C++test.

New Release of Parasoft C/C++test Certified by TUV SUD , March 2011

TÜV SÜD certified the latest version of Parasoft C/C++test (9.0) is qualified for safety-related software development according to IEC 61508 and ISO 26262 standards.

Parasoft Mobile Test , March 2011 - 439 KB PDF

This data sheet explains how Parasoft Mobile Test delivers fast and easy automated testing for Android and iOS apps.

C++test Embedded Demos (Restricted) , March 2011

These C++test embedded tutorials and video guides provide customers and evaluators additional guidance on topics such as setting up C++test for a specific target.

Agile Development Quality Practices & Techniques: Session 1 , March 2011

This first of three 30-minute sessions teaches best practices for development, testing, and management in an Agile environment.

Parasoft Liberates Software Delivery with Parasoft Virtualize , February 2011

Parasoft announced the release of Parasoft Virtualize. A component of Parasoft's Complete ALM platform, Parasoft Virtualize gives development, QA, and performance testing teams comprehensive access to resources that are commonly unavailable or inaccessible for development and testing.

Parasoft Virtualize Data Sheet , February 2011 - 938 KB PDF

This data sheet introduces Parasoft Virtualize— which allows you to capture real system behavior, provision the “virtualized assets,” and rapidly test end-to-end transactions using any test infrastructure (HP, IBM, Oracle, etc.)—including Parasoft Test.

FDA and Medical Device Software Development Solution , February 2011

Introduces the FDA/Medical Device Development solution, which helps you uniformly apply the least burdensome practices to mitigate the safety risks associated with your medical device software.

Managing Manual Testing , February 2011

Explains how to to make manual testing as traceable, auditable and integrated with development as automated testing.

Samsung Electronics Case Study , February 2011 - 130 KB PDF

To deliver more and more complex functionality in less time than ever before, Samsung turned to static analysis. Learn how they accelerated development while maintaining stringent quality standards.

Agile Quality Practices that Save Time , January 2011

This 12-page eBook aggregates 10 tips for ensuring that each new feature is truly "done"...and defects don't derail your Agile project.

How Can Test-Driven Development (TDD) Be Automated? , January 2011

Explores how automation can make Test-Driven Development (TDD) less painful and more valuable.

Outsourced and Geographically-Distributed Development Solution , January 2011

Introduces the Outsourced and Geographically-Distributed Development solution, which ensures that high-quality reusable code is delivered as expected—regardless of obstacles such as communication barriers, fragmented development environments, and team turnover.

Functional and Load Testing Solution , January 2011

Introduces Parasoft's Functional and Load Testing solution, which ensures secure, reliable, compliant business processes. It was built from the ground up to prevent errors involving the integrated components—as well as reduce the complexity of testing in today's distributed, heterogeneous environments.

Build Management , January 2011

Introduces how Parasoft helps build masters extend & enhance their existing build processes.

Manual Testing , January 2011

Introduces how Parasoft's manual testing capabilities increase the speed and scope of manual software testing

Parasoft Concerto Software Development Management , January 2011

Introduces Parasoft Concerto, a complete software development management platform that ensures quality software can be produced consistently and efficiently–in any language.

Unit Testing , January 2011

Introduces Parasoft's unit testing capabilities (test case generation, execution, optimization, management, coverage).

Memory Error Detection , January 2011

Introduces Parasoft's C++/C memory error detection capabilities, which uncover memory corruption, memory leaks, pointer errors, more.

Software Development Productivity Audit , January 2011

An independent audit found that Parasoft's development team is 8-15X more productive than the industry average.

Foundations of Secure Application Development , December 2010 - 44 KB PDF

Explains why approaching security as a bug-finding exercise is risky and inefficient, and then explains how to make your web sites immune to attacks —including the SQL injections, Lizamoon mass injections & mesh injections.

Safety-Critical Development Starter Kit , December 2010

This 18 page eKit introduces proven strategies for controlling safety risks and complying with DO-178B, MISRA, JSF, ISO 26262, IEC 61508 or other guidelines.

Parasoft SOAtest Starter Kit , December 2010

This 9-page PDF guide explains how Parasoft SOAtest simplifies SOA, RIA, and cloud testing by integrating functional testing and load testing.

Outsourced/Geographically-Distributed Development Starter Kit , December 2010

This 10 page eKit explains how to ensure that high-quality reusable code is delivered as expected—regardless of obstacles such as communication barriers, fragmented development environments, and team turnover.

Oracle Fusion eKit , December 2010

This 10-page eKit explains how to reduce the complexity of testing the complex transactions that pass through Oracle-driven enterprise environments.

Parasoft Insure++ Starter Kit , December 2010

This 21-page PDF guide explains the challenges associated with C++ and C development and offers tips on how to address them with Parasoft Insure++.

Static Code Analysis Rule Set Optimization Can Uncover More Defects , December 2010

Shows how static analysis--specifically, fine-tuning a team's static code analysis rule set--helped Parasoft's development team eliminate defects.

New SD Times Articles on Software Development Management , December 2010

Introduces 2 SD Times articles: one on how to increase software development management and one about the Parasoft Concerto ALM platform.

Increase Agile Development Productivity eBook , December 2010

This 6-page Agile Project Management guide offers 4 tips for achieving greater efficiency in Agile development projects...up to 10X.

Static Analysis Finds Software Defects that Functional Tests Miss , December 2010

Provides an example of how static analysis exposes software defects that functional testing would miss.

Understand and Optimize Code Coverage eBook , December 2010

This 20-page Code Coverage Guide introduces common pitfalls and misconceptions regarding code coverage granularity, coverage criteria, coverage density, and test overlap, then it explains what you need to know to choose the best coverage metric for your goals.

Unit Testing for Java Enterprise Applications: Extend Beyond JUnit eBook , December 2010

This 7-page guide explains why a more comprehensive regression test suite is required for ensuring the continued functionality of Java EE apps, then covers how to build and maintain such a test suite.

FDA Software Validation Guidance eKit , December 2010

Learn how one company cut compliance costs 50%— and get tips for your own compliance.

Load Testing Web Service eBook , December 2010

This 15-page guide provides practical tips on how to automate web services load testing as part of the SOA testing process.

Parasoft SDLC Productivity Audit , November 2010

An independent audit found that Parasoft's agile development team, using Parasoft's application lifecycle management solution (Concerto), is 8-15X more productive than the industry average.

Software Development Management: Optimizing Project Task Management , November 2010

How software development project task management improves development and QA productivity.

Four ways to increase productivity , SD Times, November 2010

The software development life cycle is riddled with inefficiencies; this article introduces 4 ways to achieve astonishing increases in productivity

Parasoft Concerto Technical Sheet , November 2010

This technical sheet details Parasoft Concerto's supported methodologies, practices, and integrations (requirements management, source code repositories, build management, continuous integration systems, test management, bug tracking, IDEs, etc.).

Parasoft Concerto Data Sheet , November 2010

This data sheet introduces Parasoft Concerto, a complete Software Development Management platform that ensures quality software can be produced consistently and efficiently...in any language.

Parasoft Announces a new release of Concerto , November 2010

Parasoft announced the latest release of Parasoft Concerto, which leverages Parasoft's integrated automated testing capabilities to deliver objective and timely feedback on the flow of development activities–with the goal of enhancing productivity while delivering more consistent releases.

Code Review and Requirements Review: Automating Human Review Tasks , November 2010

How to automate human review processes such as peer code review and requirements review to increase software development productivity and defect prevention.

Software Development Management: Meeting Expectations , November 2010

How software development teams can satisfy management’s expectation about what defines a completed requirement.

Achieving Software Development Productivity Naturally , October 2010

Explains how to to achieve greater levels of developer productivity with a natural software development management process.

Software Development Process Improvement: The Time is Now , October 2010

Why and how to optimize the software development processes to improve quality and efficiency—even while rapidly evolving applications in response to constantly-changing business needs.

Integrated Error-Detection Techniques Find More Bugs in .NET Applications , Parasoft White Paper, October 2010

Demonstrates how to automate and synchronize error-detection techniques—including static code analysis, data flow analysis, and unit testing—to more effectively find defects in .NET applications.

Static Analysis and Run Time Error Detection on 64-Bit Platforms , October 2010

Introduces a strategy for identifying run time memory errors and other defects after porting software code to 64-bit processors or platforms.

Static Analysis for Porting Code to 64-Bit Platforms , October 2010

Introduces static analysis rules that help you remove memory errors and other defects when porting code to 64-bit platforms

Satisfying SIL Requirements: Ensure Functional Safety of E/E/PE Safety-Related Systems , Parasoft White Paper, September 2010

Outlines how Parasoft addresses the requirements for achieving each SIL safety integrity level as defined by the IEC 61508 standard.

Satisfying ASIL Requirements: Ensure the Functional Safety of Automotive Software , Parasoft White Paper, September 2010

Outlines how Parasoft addresses the requirements for achieving each ASIL safety integrity level as defined by the ISO/DIS 26262 standard.

Parasoft Integrates Manual Testing into Software Development Lifecycle , September 2010

Parasoft announced their 360-degree view of manual test and verification efforts, which is achieved by automatically correlating the manual test to requirements, code, tasks, development owner, QA owner, build, and artifacts.

Parasoft C and C++ Safety-Critical Testing Solution Certified by TUV SUD , September 2010

Parasoft announced that Parasoft C/C++–an integrated solution for automating a broad range of best practices proven to increase software development team productivity and software quality for C and C++–has been certified by TUV SUD for the IEC 61508 standard.

Porting to 64-Bit Platforms: Why Is it So Challenging? , September 2010

Introduces the potential problems that could occur when you port applications to 64-bit processors.

Parasoft SOAtest: Oracle Fusion Edition , September 2010

This data sheet describes Parasoft SOAtest: Oracle Fusion Edition, which provides enterprises working with Oracle applications and middleware an integrated solution for everything from end-to-end functional testing to load & performance testing.

Parasoft Concerto Ties Agile Development and Management to Automated Defect Prevention, End-to-End QA Testing , September 2010

Parasoft announced Parasoft Concerto for Agile, which ensures greater productivity and more predictable outcomes by extending flexible project & task management with a continuous quality process that spans across the entire SDLC

Parasoft SOAtest - Oracle Fusion Edition: End-to-End Testing for Oracle Applications and Middleware , September 2010

Parasoft announced Parasoft SOAtest-Oracle Fusion Edition: a full-lifecycle quality platform that delivers a continuous quality process for ensuring secure, reliable, compliant applications and business processes. It provides enterprises working with Oracle applications and middleware an integrated solution for everything from end-to-end functional testing, to load & performance testing.

ISO 26262 Software Compliance: Achieving Functional Safety in the Automotive Industry , Parasoft White Paper, September 2010

Outlines how Parasoft addresses the development process functional safety aspects that are outlined in ISO/DIS 26262.

Wipro Case Study , September 2010 - 575 KB PDF

To remain competitive, Wipro needed a more efficient and cost-effective way to maintain the exceptional quality standards that they pride themselves on. Find out how an automated testing infrastructure helped them achieve their quality objectives while reducing testing time and effort by 25%.

Success with Static Analysis for Security: Why Code Audits Fail , Parasoft White Paper, August 2010

Explains why and how to apply static analysis tools in the context of a policy-based security process that not only prevents security vulnerabilities, but also focuses on SDLC productivity.

Expose Hidden C and C++ Defects Automatically , August 2010

This 40-minute video explains how Insure++'s runtime memory error detection exposes memory corruption, memory leaks, access outside of array bounds, invalid pointers, and other defects.

Parasoft Agile Development Quality Solution , July 2010

This data sheet introduces Parasoft Agile Development Quality solution, which ingrains Agile quality & testing practices for Java, C, C++, and .NET into the team's application development process.

Parasoft Introduces New Integrated Platform for Testing Complex Software Applications , July 2010

Parasoft announced Parasoft Test: a new platform for integrating testing throughout all stages of the software development lifecycle. In addition to delivering the industry's most comprehensive set of capabilities for Java, C, C++, .NET, SOA, Web, Cloud, and message/protocol testing, Parasoft Test also provides task management and peer code review capabilities that support any programming language.

Agile Project Management Solution , July 2010

This page introduces the Agile Project Management solution, which simplifies the process of rapidly and continuously delivering high-quality software.

Parasoft Functional and Load Testing Technical Sheet , July 2010

This technical sheet details the solution's capabilities and support for environments/platforms (Oracle, Tibco, Progress, Software AG, HP, IBM, Microsoft, etc.), protocols, and technologies.

Integrating Parasoft C++test and MDK-ARM for Achieving Higher Quality and Safety Verification , July 2010

This paper introduces C++test integration with MDK-ARM

Practical Unit Testing for Embedded Systems - Part 2 of 2 , July 2010

Demonstrates how to prepare, maintain, and benefit from setting up unit tests for a simplified simulated ASR module. Learn how to achieve particular goals with unit testing (like a certain level of code coverage) and explore the safety relevance of unit testing.

FDA Software Validation Compliance , July 2010

Details how Parasoft supports FDA General Principles of Software Validation sections 3, 4, and 5.

Practical Unit Testing for Embedded Systems - Part 1 of 2 , July 2010

Demonstrates how to prepare, maintain, and benefit from setting up unit tests for a simplified simulated ASR module. Learn how using tight IDE/Test Framework integration and the test-tool-dedicated host communication channel through ULINK Pro simplifies the initial set up and extends testing capabilities.

What is Parasoft Concerto? , July 2010

3-minute introduction to Parasoft Concerto, a complete Software Development Management platform that ensures quality software can be produced consistently and efficiently–in any language.

Test Driven Development (TDD) and Unit Testing with Parasoft Concerto and Parasoft Test , Parasoft White Paper, July 2010

Explains how Parasoft supports Test Driven Development with many different capabilities: both automated and assistive.

Parasoft Concerto Tutorials and Demos for Users , June 2010

Provides step-by-step demonstrations of how to complete common Concerto actions, such as creating and working with projects, tasks, iterations, and tests.

Load and Performance Testing Made Easy , June 2010

Learn how to create realistic traffic distributions to simulate real-world load scenarios, virtualize missing components to test in incomplete environments, and leverage JUnit and "pluggable" code components to load test systems via custom APIs and check code for concurrency issues.

Expose Concurrency Defects in Java , June 2010

Learn how to expose and prevent concurrency defects that cause deadlocks, performance degradation, data corruption, and more.

What's New in Parasoft Concerto 4 , June 2010

Parasoft CEO Adam Kolawa presents the new features in Parasoft Concerto 4, a complete Software Development Management platform that ensures quality software can be produced consistently and efficiently–in any language.

Establishing a Continuous Process for PCI DSS Compliance , Parasoft White Paper, June 2010

Details how Parasoft reduces the time and cost of PCI DSS compliance.

Parasoft Concerto: What's New , May 2010

This 45-minute webinar explains how Concerto helps organizations 1) Plan and track requirements, defects, tasks and tests; 2) Avoid rework by preventing and exposing software defects early; and 3) Test and validate business and technical requirements through integrated QA.

New Parasoft Concerto: Development Done Right , May 2010

Parasoft Concerto 4.0 introduces pre-configured system and process templates for common market or industry standards. The pre-configured templates ensure compliance to management's expectations while driving unprecedented levels of SDLC productivity and application quality.

Extreme Geographically-Distributed Development: Tips and Tricks , Parasoft White Paper, May 2010

Shares the lessons that Parasoft learned when developing a shared code base around the globe—including how to best integrate multiple source control repositories and how use automation to establish a sustainable process.

Siemens AG Case Study , May 2010 - 509 KB PDF

With the constant introduction of new services, Siemens must ensure their applications are smartly integrated with back-end infrastructure and are diligently maintained to avoid software errors or system shutdowns. Learn their strategy for rapidly implementing top-quality Web services.

Agile Development Starter Kit , May 2010

This 12 page eKit introduces proven strategies for optimizing Agile development through integrated project management + Agile quality practices.

Manual Testing Starter Kit , April 2010

This 20-page eKit explains how Parasoft increases the speed, consistency, and scope of manual testing efforts—while enabling change-based testing and requirements-based testing.

Automated End-to-End Testing , April 2010

This one-hour webinar demonstrates the capabilities of automated end-to-end testing.

Cisco Case Study , April 2010 - 459 KB PDF

To comply with corporate quality and security initiatives, Cisco Systems adopted static analysis, unit testing and code review. Learn how they automated these practices and seamlessly integrated them into their existing processes to deliver compliant code without impeding productivity.

Agile Development Requires Agile Processes , Parasoft White Paper, March 2010

Highlights how organizations can optimize their software development processes to improve quality and efficiency—even as they are rapidly evolving applications in response to constantly-changing business needs

C++test for ARM RVDS , February 2010

This data sheet introduces the C++test plugin for the ARM RealView Development Suite environment.

C++test for Keil µVision , February 2010

This data sheet introduces the C++test plugin for the Keil µVision environment.

C++test for Wind River Workbench , February 2010

This data sheet introduces the C++test plugin for the Wind River Workbench environment.

C++test for TI Code Composer , February 2010

This data sheet introduces the C++test plugin for the Texas Instruments (TI) Code Composer environment.

Automating Regression Testing for Command-Line Applications , Parasoft White Paper, February 2010

Presents a new approach to regression testing command-line applications: an approach that uses the graphical environment of Parasoft Test to fully automate the core regression testing process.

SOAtest User Testimonials , February 2010

Read what customers had to say about SOAtest's functional testing and load testing capabilities.

Concerto User Testimonials , February 2010

Read what customers had to say about Parasoft Concerto's software development management capabilities.

Insure++ User Testimonials , February 2010

Read what customers had to say about Insure++'s runtime memory error detection.

Jtest User Testimonials , February 2010

Read what customers had to say about Jtest's static analysis, unit testing, code review, and runtime error detection capabilities.

C++test User Testimonials , February 2010

Read what customers had to say about C++test's static analysis, unit testing, code review, and runtime error detection capabilities.

End to End Testing & Validation , Parasoft White Paper, February 2010

Demonstrates how to leverage automated end-to-end testing and application behavior virtualization to execute and validate all critical aspects of transactions directly from the test environment— even when some components are unavailable.

Increase Software Development Productivity: Equations for Efficiency , Parasoft White Paper, February 2010

Presents one simple equation for assessing your team’s current efficiency level, then four formulas for improving it.

Using Parasoft for Message-Protocol Testing in Embedded Development , Parasoft White Paper, February 2010

Explains how Parasoft SOAtest's multi-protocol messaging framework simplifies the complexities involved in developing embedded systems development with device-to-device communication.

Parasoft Unveils Runtime Memory Analysis to Increase Team Productivity and C and C++ Software Quality , February 2010

Parasoft announced a new release of C++test, which introduces integrated runtime memory analysis that is suitable for both enterprise and embedded development.

Trane Case Study , February 2010 - 86 KB PDF

Trane decided to migrate their legacy systems to C++ and .NET to enable more rapid and agile responses to business demands. Discover how Parasoft reduced the learning curve, helped them ensure code met uniform expectations around reliability, performance, and maintainability, and helped them achieve nearly 100% coverage on unit tests.

Native Environments ESBs , February 2010

This 10-minute video demonstrates how Parasoft automatically generates tests by monitoring transaction messages that touch JMS endpoints - and how we can visualize and trace the intra-process events that occur as part of tested transactions, as well as dissect them for validation.

End to End Testing , February 2010

This 12-minute video demonstrates how Parasoft enables end-to-end business process testing, validation, and dissection of complex transactions that may extend beyond the message layer through a web interface, ESBs, databases, and everything in between.

dotTEST User Testimonials , January 2010

Read what customers had to say about dotTEST's static analysis, unit testing, application testing, and code review.

C and C++ Data Flow Static Analysis , Parasoft White Paper, January 2010

Demonstrates how Parasoft's data flow analysis for C and C++ provides automated detection of runtime errors such as memory and resource management problems, buffer overruns, thread management errors, dead code, exceptions, and security vulnerabilities

Lufthansa Cargo AG Case Study , December 2009 - 97 KB PDF

Lufthansa Cargo needed to develop central, stable, and optimal-performance services without impacting existing application GUIs. Discover how they achieved these goals while significantly increasing productivity.

Technologies that Make Developers’ Lives Easier , Parasoft White Paper, November 2009

Introduces technologies that help developers prevent & expose the most elusive errors, eliminate tedious meetings, and test incomplete systems.

Productivity vs. Quality: Achieving Measurable Results through Proper Workflow Management , November 2009 - 489 KB PDF

Explains how to achieve both productivity and quality by making quality tasks an integrated part of your daily development process.

Integrated Error-Detection Techniques Find More Bugs in Java Applications , Parasoft White Paper, October 2009

Demonstrates how to automate and synchronize error-detection techniques—including static code analysis, data flow analysis, unit testing, and runtime error detection—to more effectively find defects in Java applications.

Reactivity Case Study , October 2009 - 101 KB PDF

Reactivity wanted to automate its Test-Driven Development (TDD)-based testing infrastructure and further enhance testing collaboration between development and QA. Find out how Reactivity increased test coverage by 25%, testing productivity by 50%, and rapidly delivered quality software that is highly valued by its clients.

Rethinking Software , Forbes, July 2009

Explores why writing and fixing applications remains a persistent pain point for most companies.

Integrated Error-Detection Techniques Find More Bugs in Embedded C Software , Parasoft White Paper, July 2009

Demonstrates how to automate and synchronize error-detection techniques—including static code analysis, data flow analysis, unit testing, and runtime error detection—to more effectively find defects in embedded C applications.

MedicAlert Case Study , July 2009 - 100 KB PDF

MedicAlert needed to accelerate its ability to roll out new services in a secure and effective fashion. Learn how they established a process for managing the functional, security, and performance testing challenges associated with their new capabilities and offerings.

Secure Application Development Solution , July 2009

Introduces the Secure Application development solution, which establishes a continuous process that ensures security verification and remediation tasks are not only deployed across every stage of the SDLC, but also ingrained into the team's workflow.

Techniques for Unit Testing Embedded Systems Software , Parasoft White Paper, July 2009

Explains how unit testing can help developers start verifying code as soon as it is completed—even if the target hardware is not yet built or available for testing—so target testing can focus on verifying the interface between the hardware and the software.

Code Review Best Practices , Parasoft White Paper, July 2009

Explains how process automation plus a focus on requirements can help your team uncover more complex defects during peer code review—without impeding project progress.

Static Analysis Best Practices , Parasoft White Paper, July 2009

Explains how coding standards analysis (static code analysis), data flow analysis, and metrics can help your team improve code security, reliability, performance, and maintainability—and how to get started as painlessly as possible.

Unit Testing Best Practices , July 2009

Explains how unit testing can help your team rapidly modify code with confidence—and how to get started as painlessly as possible.

Bovie Medical Case Study , June 2009 - 162 KB PDF

Bovie Medical had been using an outside vendor to perform the software validation required for FDA compliance, but they wanted to improve the effectiveness of testing while at the same time reduce testing costs. Learn how Parasoft helped them move verification and validation testing in-house—cutting costs approximately in half and getting to market 6 months sooner.

NEC Telecom Software Philippines Case Study , April 2009 - 381 KB PDF

NEC Telecom Software Philippines (NSP) needed an alternative to manual code review and unit testing in order to comply with internal quality initiatives while working under a tight schedule. Find out how Parasoft helped them streamline their internal quality processes to more efficiently satisfy quality initiatives.

Security Code Audits: One Size Does Not Fit All , Software Test & Performance, April 2009 - 628 KB PDF

Introduces best practices for applying security static analysis, data flow analysis, penetration testing, and workflow optimization to bake security into the application development process.

Parasoft Application Security Solution Wins TechWeb’s Jolt Excellence Award , March 2009

Parasoft announced that Parasoft’s Application Security Solution was chosen as the winner in the “Security” category of TechWeb’s Jolt Awards.

How to Fix The Productivity Problem That's Killing the Software Industry , CIO, March 2009

Antiquated software development methods strangle innovation and hobble business recovery effort. It's time that IT departments boost development productivity–and it's not that hard.

Automate Performance Tests , Software Test & Performance, March 2009 - 3,899 KB PDF

Describes strategies for successful automation of performance testing and provides a methodology for creating test scenarios that reflect tendencies of the real-world environment.

Data Flow Static Analysis: Static Analysis on Steroids , Parasoft White Paper, March 2009

Explains how data flow analysis can be applied to bolster both your static analysis and unit testing efforts.

Fundtech Case Study , February 2009 - 428 KB PDF

Fundtech, leading provider of financial software solutions and services, wanted to establish a process for ensuring quality as a continuous process. Learn how they established a process that not only ensures quality, but also makes their QA team more focused and productive.

BITTT Enterprises Case Study , February 2009 - 101 KB PDF

A show-stopping error suddenly emerged from a new build of a stable project. Learn how Parasoft helped BITTT resolve this issue as well as increase code quality, stability, and compliance.

MIMOS Case Study , February 2009 - 114 KB PDF

MIMOS, a strategic agency under the Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovation of Malaysia, needed to ensure that their lab's search engine enhancements met strict quality and security standards despite having limited testing resources. Learn how automation helped them cut testing time in half, as well as cut costs.

The Next Leap In Productivity , February 2009

This book explains how to survive in today's economy by making IT more productive, then leveraging that into improved productivity at the enterprise level— resulting in dramatically reduced operating costs.

SOA Adopters Retrospective Report: Quality Considerations in the Primary Phase , Parasoft White Paper, January 2009

Survey findings: From a quality perspective, the failure to adequately plan for and invest in SOA quality impeded organizations' ability to fully realize the expected ROI of their initial SOA initiative.

Parasoft Secure Application Development Solution Sheet , January 2009

This solution sheet introduces Parasoft's Secure Application Development solution, which establishes a continuous process that ensures security verification and remediation tasks are not only deployed across every stage of the SDLC, but also ingrained into the team's workflow.

Ensuring SOA ROI , Testing Experience, December 2008 - 531 KB PDF

Explores the testing challenges unique to heterogeneous distributed applications and introduces best practices for ensuring that they are secure, reliable, and compliant.

Software Quality Needs to be a Continuous Process , SearchSOA.com, November 2008

Explains how establishing a continuous process that helps the team build quality and security into the software not only reduces defects and debugging, but also optimizes QA time and significantly improves team productivity.

Tackling Quality Challenges in Distributed Heterogeneous Systems: A Technical Perspective , SearchSOA.com, November 2008

Explores the technical challenges that arise in distributed systems (SOA, cloud, web), and what kinds of quality policies and testing practices need to be put in place to address these challenges.

Tackling Quality Challenges in Distributed Heterogeneous Systems: An Organizational Perspective , November 2008

Takes a high-level look at the quality challenges of distributed systems and proposes an approach to minimize the challenges in terms of how the teams are structured. It promotes a framework for collaboration and information sharing, as well as visibility from a quality perspective.

Parasoft C and C++ Testing Suite Wins 2008 Testers Choice Award , November 2008

Parasoft announced that Parasoft C++test was named first place in the best embedded/mobile test/performance category in Software Test & Performance's 2008 Testers Choice Awards.

How Better Software Can Save the World , CIO, October 2008

Achieving a quantum leap in IT productivity isn't merely possible–it's absolutely essential.

Jack Henry & Associates Case Study , October 2008 - 374 KB PDF

Jack Henry & Associates began building a new SOA and needed to ensure it met a strict yet evolving set of requirements. Learn how they satisfied expectations around functionality, interoperability, and performance.

Static Analysis, Security Failure , Software Test & Performance, October 2008

Discusses why a policy-based approach is the secret to success with static analysis.

Software AG-Parasoft Data Sheet , September 2008

This data sheet describes how Software AG and Parasoft deliver design-time governance, helping teams develop SOA services to meet quality standards and deploy in confidence.

Emulating Systems , SearchSOA.com, September 2008

Answers the questions "What are the best ways to go about emulating a system?" and "Are there specific products that are better at this than others?"

Ensuring Quality , Processor, September 2008

Profiles how Parasoft aims to prevent errors and streamline processes.

Building a Testing System for SOA , SearchSOA.com, September 2008

Answers the question "Where is the best place to begin when building a testing system for SOA?"

Intermoco Case Study , September 2008 - 721 KB PDF

Intermoco's engineering organization is responsible for both the "server side" (or database) activities associated with its network operations center as well as "embedded" solutions associated with metering and communication units in the field. Learn how Parasoft helped them double testing coverage, reducing the risk of inaccurate reporting and unit failures in the field.

Optimizing BPM and ROI with testing skills , SearchSOA.com, September 2008

Answers the question "Can you suggest some testing skills and/or requirements for optimizing BPM and ROI?"

On the Road to Service Interoperability , SearchSOA.com, August 2008

Explains the importance of service interoperability in terms of internal and external contexts, then discusses how governance and policy can be used to achieve interoperability.

The business side of SOA testing processes , SearchSOA.com, August 2008

Answers the question "Are there ways that the business people, as opposed to the IT people within a company, can be more helpful in the SOA testing process?"

QA Tests for BPM , SearchSOA.com, August 2008

Answers the question "What are some new QA tests that our business should be aware of in creating an optimized BPM?"

Atex Case Study , August 2008 - 244 KB PDF

With Atex's online ad booking service growing in popularity, Atex needed to ensure the application would perform and function under increasing loads. Learn how they established a process for isolating the root cause of performance problems and ensuring that they do not recur.

BPM Testing , SearchSOA.com, July 2008

Answers the question "What are some new QA tests that our business should be aware of in creating an optimized BPM?"

Ensuring Quality in a SOA , July 2008 - 56 KB PDF

Details how SOA challenges evolve at the organizational scale and what infrastructure is needed for business risk mitigation. (Part 3 of 3)

Setting a Baseline for Trust with Service-Oriented Architecture , July 2008 - 759 KB PDF

Explains why trust is essential for achieving the forecasted benefits of SOA, including reuse. (Part 2 of 3)

It's Now or Never - Investing in Your SOA Now Eases Challenges in the Future , July 2008 - 72 KB PDF

Outlines the technical challenges in evolving Web services at the early stages of the SDLC. (Part 1 of 3)

Regression Testing Explained , SearchSOA.com, July 2008

Answers the questions "Can you explain what a regression test is?" and "How do you know for sure if your regression test is getting done correctly?"

Business Process Testing and Simulation for Optimized BPM , SearchSOA.com, July 2008

Answers the question "Can you suggest some testing skills and/or requirements for optimizing BPM?"

Changing Tires on a Moving Car , July 2008

This recorded webinar features case studies and solutions for governing the continuous evolution of complex business systems.

Service Emulation Pitfalls , SearchSOA.com, July 2008

Answers the question "What potential pitfalls are there in service emulation?"

Unit Testing for SOA Best Practices , SearchSOA.com, July 2008

Answers the question "Can you provide me with some unit testing best practices for SOA?"

Replicate Reported Bugs the First Time Every Time , Parasoft White Paper, July 2008 - 82 KB PDF

Introduces a strategy for bridging the gap between QA and developers.

Aeroplan Case Study , July 2008 - 95 KB PDF

Aeroplan's Web service team was expected to write more than 50 outward facing Web services in seven different environments–under a strict deadline with limited QA resources. Discover how Aeroplan met all of their target dates and attained higher quality Web services.

Cover Yourself in Java , Software Test & Performance, June 2008

Explains the basic notions of Java test coverage and discusses some of the common pitfalls and misconceptions.

Evolving Web 2.0 Apps , SearchSOA.com, June 2008

Answers the question "Do you have any suggestions on how to make Web 2.0 apps more reliable?"

How Governance and Quality Define SOA Maturity , SearchSOA.com, June 2008

Explores the quality challenges that emerge as SOA environments becoming more and more heterogeneous, with many different interfaces and protocols.

Performance capabilities in a WSDL , SearchSOA.com, June 2008

Answers the question "What sort of performance information should I look to include in a WSDL?"

Functional Requirements for SOA Testing , SearchSOA.com, May 2008

Answers the question "What are the newest in functional requirements for SOA testing?"

Rethinking Application Security , Artima, May 2008

For developers to work effectively in a security-conscious environment, addressing security-related coding issues must be integrated in developers' daily workflow.

Parasoft .TEST 4.0: How to Best Combat Errors in .NET Applications , Software Developer's Journal, May 2008 - 867 KB PDF

Parasoft .TEST 4.0: How to Best Combat Errors in .NET Applications

The Future of Quality Lies in Productivity , SD Times, May 2008

Explains how a productive workflow can make or break a quality initiative focus on productivity by helping the team work smarter, and the team will deliver better software faster.

Best Practices for Bulletproofing C/C++ Code , Parasoft White Paper, April 2008

Examines several techniques that reduce the risks of errors when extending an existing code base, as well as improve the stability and quality of the project's evolving code base.

Whipping the QA Process Into SOA Shape , E-Commerce Times, April 2008

Details strategies to improve the QA process for SOA by providing visibility and promoting bottom-up quality.

What are the Best Practices for Automated Java testing? , SD Times, April 2008

If automated Java testing is so cool, why isn’t everyone doing it all the time? It boils down to comparing the perceived value of the up-front investment in test automation against the long-term productivity benefits.

BPEL Maestro Data Sheet , April 2008 - 626 KB PDF

This data sheet introduces Parasoft BPEL Maestro, a comprehensive BPEL engine and development toolkit that enables enterprises to develop, manage and orchestrate persistent, long-term service-oriented business processes with greater speed and increased cost-effectiveness.

Change Code Without Fear , Dr. Dobb's Journal, March 2008

Explores how behavioral regression testing provides a fast and easy way to determine if code modifications change or break existing functionality.

C/C++ Runtime Memory Analysis and Error Detection , March 2008

This 12-minute video demonstrates how Parasoft Insure++ automatically identifies programming and memory-access errors, along with potential defects and inefficiencies in memory usage.

Automating .NET Development Best Practices: The Fast Track to Reliable .NET Software , Parasoft White Paper, February 2008 - 627 KB PDF

Introduces the best practices shown to have the greatest impact on .NET code's reliability, agility, and maintainability, then explains how automation can help your team take advantage of these best practices without disrupting or slowing your normal processes.

Guest View: Will C and C++ Survive? , SD Times, February 2008

Several years ago, many people were declaring that C and C++ were dead, and Java would soon take over the world. It seems that the C/C++ doomsayers vastly underestimated the languages’ role in meeting the increasing demands for embedded software.

The Yin and Yang of Software Development: 5 Best Practices that Allow Efficiency and Creativity to Productively Coexist , Parasoft White Paper, February 2008

Explains how 5 best practices reduce the amount of avoidable waste in the software development process, enabling developers to satisfy business goals without compromising their craft.

Building Security into Software with Security Policies & Static Analysis , Java Developer's Journal, February 2008

Discusses why the most effective security efforts define a policy that details security requirements, then use static analysis to verify that the policy is implemented in the code.

Validate Section 508 and WAI WCAG Web Accessibility Compliance , Parasoft White Paper, February 2008 - 477 KB PDF

Explains how Parasoft facilitates compliance with Section 508 and WAI WCAG web accessibility guidelines.

Who's Responsible for SOA Quality in a Service-Oriented Architecture? , SOA World Magazine, January 2008

Discusses how the complexities of the SOA environment impact development and QA roles and responsibilities.

Software Development Management with Parasoft Concerto , Parasoft White Paper, January 2008 - 72 KB PDF

Explains how the Parasoft Concerto Software Development Management solution assists to increase productivity throughout the SDLC.

Where's AJAX, SOA and Virtualization Headed in 2008? , Java Developer's Journal, January 2008

Considered to be a visionary in his field, Dr Kolawa's years of experience with various software development processes has resulted in his unique insight into the high-tech industry and the uncanny ability to successfully identify technology trends.

Want to Automate Regression Testing? Get Development and QA in Sync , Software Test & Performance, January 2008

Looks at how automation goes to hell in QA and offers suggestions for establishing a sustainable automated process.

Parasoft Concerto: Providing Management Insight and Control , Parasoft White Paper, January 2008

Explains how Parasoft Concerto provides management an objective assessment of the project as well as helps them optimize the three fundamental variables involved in effective software development management: functionality, deadline, and budget.

Implementing the UK Ministry of Defence Standard 00-56 (Issue 4 Publication Date 01 June 2007) , Parasoft White Paper, December 2007 - 475 KB PDF

This paper describes how Parasoft helps organizations comply with the UK Ministry of Defence standards document, which defines how its contractors should manage risk within their projects.

Automated Defect Prevention Introduction , December 2007 - 1,454 KB PDF

This booklet introduces the key concepts featured in the book Automated Defect Prevention: Best Practices in Software Development. It is designed to provide you an overview of what Automated Defect Prevention involves and how it can benefit your development team.

Defect Prevention , Visual Studio Magazine, December 2007

Use Automated Defect Prevention as a software management strategy that increases application quality through process improvement

Tailored for SOA: Automated Regression Testing Process , SOA World, December 2007

This video explains why an automated regression testing process that is tailored for SOA is critical for organizations applying SOA, and explores 10 activities that serve as the necessary pillars for a streamlined, efficient and predictable development and testing process for SOA services.

Unlocking the Power of Automation: Exclusive Q&A with Dr Adam Kolawa , SOA World Magazine, December 2007

Discusses how Automated Defect Prevention (ADP) an approach to software development and management that makes quality a continuous process throughout the software development lifecycle gives developers more time to focus on the creative tasks they enjoy most.

Parasoft's Adam Kolawa: Software Quality is a Continuous Process , SearchSoftwareQuality.com, November 2007

As the diversity of tools used in software development has grown, best practices for managing the development process have often lagged. A more comprehensive infrastructure is needed for projects to regularly succeed.

Parasoft SOA Solution Ranks Best in InfoWorld's SOA Testing Comparison Review , SOA World News Desk, November 2007

An independent study found Parasoft SOAtest to be the best overall solutions after reviewing five different testing solutions used for SOA testing.

Clean Up Your SOAP-Based Web Services , InfoWorld, November 2007

InfoWorld found Parasoft SOAtest to be the best overall solution for SOA testing. "SOAtest handles testing coming and going, and it has an overall feel of maturity missing from several of the other tools."

Dutch Ministry of Internal Affairs Case Study , November 2007 - 125 KB PDF

The Dutch Ministry of Internal Affairs was assigned to roll out the Netherlands' new personal ID system–a high profile initiative with little margin for error. Learn how they met ambitious objectives for this advanced system within a demanding timeframe.

Software Development: Then and Now , Dr. Dobb's Journal, November 2007

Reflects upon how developers today struggle with the same essential challenges that troubled us 20 years ago: assessing the impact of code changes.

What Is the Best Measure of Software Development Productivity? , ECN, November 2007

Defines a simple yet effective productivity metric: the total number lines of code in the organization divided by the number of people who are working on that code.

SOA's Been a Matter of Trust , Software Test & Performance, November 2007

Explains why a visible and measurable quality process is required to mitigate the inherent risk of reuse.

Establishing an Infrastructure for Productive Development , Java Developer's Journal, September 2007

This article explains how five industry-standard practices reduce the amount of avoidable waste in the software development process, enabling developers to satisfy business goals without compromising their craft.

Automated Defect Prevention: Best Practices in Software Management , September 2007

This book introduces Automated Defect Prevention (ADP): a practical approach to software management through process improvement. This strategy is enabled by an infrastructure that automates repetitive tasks, tracks project status, and provides instant access to the information needed for informed decision making and process improvement.