No matter what industry you're in, software is increasingly becoming the
interface to your business. Organizations that are able to increase the speed
and quality of innovative software releases will capitalize on differentiable
competitive advantages; those that cannot will languish behind competitors.
Not surprisingly, many enterprises have begun flirting with the idea of
accelerating the SDLC to drive innovation through software. However, it's
critical to realize that there's an optimal balance between speed and quality
with software delivery-as with all engineered products. We're in an era in
which leading organizations must reassess the true "cost of quality" for
software. Remember: the cost of quality isn't the price of creating quality
software-it's the penalty or risk incurred by failing to deliver quality
software.
As organizations begin to accelerate the ... (more)
In the latest Techpost Media podcast, Parasoft Product Manager Jason
Schadewald shares his insights on testing the software that drives embedded
devices.
Jason explains that the trick to great software testing is to avoid grand
visions and ambition and simply start tackling each small test problem on its
own. You can always stitch everything together into a complete testing
process later.
Listen to the 15-minute podcast Want Quality Software Testing? Lose The
Ambition to learn why:
Working with devices requires a different approach to traditional app
development for web browse... (more)
Why Service Virtualization?
By Wayne Ariola, Parasoft Chief Strategy Officer
No matter what industry you're in, software is increasingly becoming the
interface to your business. Organizations that are able to increase the speed
and quality of innovative software releases will capitalize on differentiable
competitive advantages; those that cannot will languish behind competitors.
Not surprisingly, many enterprises have begun flirting with the idea of
accelerating the SDLC to drive innovation through software. However, it’s
critical to realize that there's an optimal balance between ... (more)
In 2013, Parasoft noticed 2 trends in Development Testing resource access. At
the technical level, interest spanned a broad spectrum of development testing
practices (static analysis, secure application development practices, unit
testing, etc.). At the same time, development leaders and executives were
busy researching the business value of a Development Testing Platform that
consistently applies software quality practices throughout the SDLC— in a
way that transforms traditional reporting into a system of decision.
Development Testing Maturity Model [PAPER] Parasoft developed t... (more)
By Jason Schadewald (Product Manager, Parasoft) and Adam Trujillo (Technical
Writer, Parasoft)
According to technology research firm Gartner, the SaaS market was worth
$14.5 billion in 2012 and expected to reach $22.1 billion by 2015. The rapid
growth Gartner identifies should come as no surprise, considering
SaaS’s potential to sharply reduce time to market and overhead
associated with tracking and managing myriad versions and configurations of
packaged software.
By rolling out a single version of the software, SaaS also enables
organizations to centralize control. Many ... (more)
Wayne Ariola is Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development at Parasoft, a leading provider of integrated software development management, quality lifecycle management, and dev/test environment management solutions. He leverages customer input and fosters partnerships with industry leaders to ensure that Parasoft solutions continuously evolve to support the ever-changing complexities of real-world business processes and systems. Ariola has more than 15 years of strategic consulting experience within the technology and software development industries. He holds a BA from the University of California at Santa Barbara and an MBA from Indiana University.
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