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December 27, 2007
December 19, 2007
December 6, 2007
December 5, 2007
- Added vPerformer from
Verisium, Inc. to the Load and Performance Tools list.
- Removed ReliAgent from the Load and Performance Tools list. The company is no longer reachable.
- Added a stub entry for Automated Test Designer (ATD) from AtYourSide Consulting to the Testcase Management Tools page.
November 1, 2007
- Removed Migration Software Systems, Ltd. from the Contractors & Consultants List. The company is no longer reachable.
- Added Wilson-Quality Consulting to the Contractors & Consultants List. Its principal consultant Rodney Wilson used to be Director of QA Technology for Migration Software Systems.
October 22, 2007
October 18, 2007
October 17, 2007
- Added xmlMessageTest from
SmartEdge LLC to the Unit Test Tools list.
- Updated the courses from STAG Software Pvt LtdSTAG Software Pvt Ltd on the Testing Courses List.
- Updated kSETT from Software SETT Corporation on the Testcase Management Tools list.
- Added CoverageMeter from
CoverageMeter to the Test Coverage Tools list.
October 12, 2007
October 11, 2007
October 9, 2007
- Removed Compaq IQ Center New England from the Contractors & Consultants List. The organization is no longer reachable.
- Removed Vermont Software Testing Group from the Contractors & Consultants List, and removed their Dragonfly tool from the Defect Tracking Tools list. The company is no longer reachable.
- Removed Ashutosh Chandra from the Contractors & Consultants List. The email address provided is no longer working.
- Removed Bulldog Partners, Inc. from the Contractors & Consultants List. The former Colorado-based company is no longer in business.
- Updated the entry for Hughes Software Systems (HSS) on the Contractors & Consultants List to reflect the name change to Aricent.
- Updated Prabodhan Infosystems Pvt. Ltd. on the Contractors & Consultants List to reflect the name change to Verisoft Infosystems and new location.
October 8, 2007
- Added IssueNet Intercept from
Elsinore Technologies to the Defect Tracking Tools list.
- Added Blue Star Infotech Ltd. to the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.
- Removed RedLine Software from the Testing Contractors and Consultants List. The company is no longer reachable. It's hard to tell whether this Virginia, USA-based consultancy, whose principal engineer was cited as the author of the Performix/EMPOWER tool, has any relationship to other companies with the same name.
- Removed AvaTech, Inc. from the Testing Contractors and Consultants List. The company is no longer reachable.
- Removed Uniscape from the Testing Contractors and Consultants List. The company is no longer reachable.
- Updated AZOR, Inc. on the Contractors & Consultants List, including a name change to Gregory M. Pope Consulting.
- Removed Perisol Technology from the Contractors & Consultants List. Their web site went offline some time between August and December 2006. The company's software services devision seems to have been spun off into EvolveWare, Inc.
- Removed Cleanroom Software Engineering, Inc. (CleanSoft) from the Contractors & Consultants List. Michael Deck has closed the practice.
- Removed CSST Technologies, Inc. from the Contractors & Consultants List. Daniel Mosley has retired.
October 5, 2007
- Removed Serena's PVCS Tracker/Merant Tracker from the Defect Tracking Tools list. Serena now sells Serena TeamTrack instead. Updated the TeamTrack entry to reflect Serena's acquisition of TeamShare, Inc.
- Added QuEdge Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd. to
the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.
- Added DrivenQA to
the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.
October 4, 2007
- I accidentally left the Workshop On Performance and Reliability (WOPR) off of the last change log entry for the Testing Conferences List, but it has been listed there from the beginning.
- Added the Continuous Integration and Testing Conference (CITCON) to the Testing Conferences List.
- Added the Montreal Workshop on Internationalized Software Testing (MOIST) to the Testing Conferences List.
- Removed the link to the ACR Library of Programmer's and Developer's Tools from the Other Sources of Tool Information page. It is no longer sold by Applied Computer Research, Inc. The link still worked in September 2006 but ACR says the report was off the market before then.
- Removed the bibliography of test tool reviews from the Other Sources of Tool Information page, which hadn't been updated recently.
October 2, 2007
Announcing a new page on the site - the Testing Conferences List. My goal is to have a comprehensive list of conferences and peer workshops that focus on software testing and quality assurance. I'll still be chasing down leads for a while, but I might as well announce what I have so far. The conferences listed so far are:
- Intercontinental: Google Test Automation Conference (GTAC), IFIP International Conference on Testing of Communicating Systems (TestCom), International Conference on Software Testing, Verification, and Validation (ICST), International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE), International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis (ISSTA), World Congress for Software Quality (WCSQ)
- Asia: ASTA Software Testing Conference & Tutorials, International Conference on Software Test Engineering, Process & Automation (STEP-Auto), International Software Testing Conference in India (STC)
- Australia: Software Testing Australia/New Zealand (STANZ)
- Europe: Conference on Quality Engineering in Software Technology (CONQUEST), International Conference on Computer Safety, Reliability and Security (SAFECOMP), Quality Assurance Management & Technologies Conference (QAMT), SIGIST Conference, Software & Systems Quality Conference (SQC), Software Testing Analysis & Review Europe (EuroSTAR), Software-QS-Tag, Swiss Testing Day (STD), Test, Analyse und Verifikation von Software (GI-TAV), Testing: Academic & Industrial Conference (TAIC PART), The London Exploratory Workshop in Testing (LEWT), expo:QA
- North America: Austin Workshop on Test Automation (AWTA), Better Software Conference & Expo (BSC), Conference of the Association for Software Testing (CAST), FutureTest, International Conference on Practical Software Quality and Testing (PSQT), International Conference on Software Process Improvement (ICSPI), International Conference on Software Quality (ICSQ), International IT Quality Conference, Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference (PNSQC), QAI's Annual Software Testing Conference, Software Engineering Process Group Conference (SEPG), Software Test & Performance Conference (STPCON), Software Testing in Financial Services Workshop (STiFS), Software Testing, Analysis, and Review East (STAREAST), Software Testing, Analysis, and Review West (STARWEST), VERIFY, Workshop on Heuristic & Exploratory Techniques (WHET), Workshop on Open Certification of Software Testers (WOC), Workshop on Regulated Software Testing (WREST), Workshop on Teaching Software Testing (WTST), Worldwide Quality Software & Testing Conference
October 1, 2007
- Added JBlitz Pro from
Clan Productions to the Load and Performance Tools list. Many thanks for the PayPal donation.
August 28, 2007
- Added QTPGenie from
Sierra Atlantic, Inc. to the Miscellaneous Tools list.
- Added DevTest from
TechExcel, Inc. to the Testcase Management Tools list.
- Added the open source tool Salomé TMF to the Testcase Management Tools list.
- Added TestUP from
InformUP to the Testcase Management Tools list.
- Removed EasyTest from the Testcase Management Tools list. ID Consultants has rebranded the tool as DuxQA, which has now been moved to the Testcase Management Tools list.
August 27, 2007
- Updated the entries for the freeware formerly distributed by Pierce Business Systems, which is no longer in business: Test Case Manager (TCM) - Testcase Management Tools, Buggit - Defect Tracking Tools, and MDBDiff - Test Implementation Tools. The tools are still available on other sites, except for the Access 97 version of TCM - the URLs have been updated.
- Removed TEO from the Testcase Management Tools list. The vendor, GAKO Informatique, is no longer reachable.
- Updated Test Manager on the Testcase Management Tools page to reflect a change in the vendor's name from Launch Software Ltd to Durable Software Ltd.
August 23, 2007
Several changes to the Testcase Management Tools page.
- Removed QCIT. The vendor, QIS (Quality Information Systems), took down their web site in November, 2002. The company also sold the WinEZ and Architect tools.
- Moved Aegis to the Miscellaneous Tools list, because its primary function is not testcase management.
- Removed Aptest's Testify tool, which is no longer on the market. They still sell ApTest Manager.
August 23, 2007
- Removed AutoTester's tools: AutoAdviser, TestStation, and Test Library Manager (Testcase Management Tools), AutoTester for Windows and AutoTester for OS/2 (GUI Test Drivers),
AutoTester Client/Server for SAP R/3 (Test Drivers),
AutoController and AutoController with Virtual DirectTest (Load and Performance Tools).
Their web site went offline in July 2007 and their phone is disconnected.
August 22, 2007
- Removed tools from QES, Inc. - their qestest.com web site is no longer online. Removed QES/Architect and QES/EZ from the Testcase Management Tools list,
QES/DatEZ from the Test Design Tools list, and
QES/EZ for GUI from the GUI Test Drivers list.
August 17, 2007
Updated the Unit Test Tools list:
- Added the open source mockpp tool.
- Removed Testwell's CTB (C Test Bed System). The tool is no longer on the market.
- Removed the freeware cUnit tool that was hosted on the now-defunct codefactory.se site. A different tool named cUnit is still alive and well on SourceForge.
August 16, 2007
- Added a stub entry for JStudio SiteWalker from
Jarsch Software JStudio to the GUI Test Drivers list.
- Updated Mercury's tools to reflect the acquisition by Hewlett-Packard. Updated TestDirector (now called Mercury TestDirector for Quality Center), and combined WinRunner and QuickTest Pro into a Mercury Functional Testing entry.
August 15, 2007
- Added TestTrack TCM from
Seapine Software to the Testcase Management Tools list.
August 14, 2007
August 29, 2007
Several updates to the Defect Tracking Tools list:
May 9, 2007
- Updated TestComplete to reflect a name change from AQTest, and moved it from the Unit Test Tools list to the GUI Test Drivers list to better fit the primary features of the tool.
May 8, 2007
- Updated Web Performance Suite on the Load and Performance Tools list, formerly called Web Performance Trainer.
April 19, 2007
- Added WebCorder from
Crimson Solutions Ltd to the GUI Test Drivers list.
- Updated three tools from Alvicon:
LoadManager on the Load and Performance Tools list, TestManager on the Test Drivers list, and
JavaCov on the Test Coverage Tools list.
April 5, 2007
- Updated Tejas Software Consulting
on the Testing Contractors and Consultants List. Yes, that's me, and boy
was it due for an update.
March 27, 2007
- Added OpenLoad from
OpenDemand Systems, Inc. to the Load and Performance Tools list.
- Added DTM DB Stress from
DTM soft to the Load and Performance Tools list.
- Updated PolySpace (formerly called PolySpace verifier) from
PolySpace Technologies Inc. on the Static Analysis Tools list.
March 7, 2007
- Updated Quardev, Inc. (formerly referred to here as Quardev Laboratories) on the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.
- Added eTest IT, Inc. to
the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.
- Added SAPTAN Consulting to
the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.
- Added Tescom USA to
the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.
February 28, 2007
It's time to send out another edition of Testing FAQ News, which
is when I always take a moment to thank the sponsors who help keep this
site running:
It's overwhelming when I list them like that - I'm very grateful to
all the companies who see testingfaqs.org as a resource worth paying for.
February 23, 2007
- Testingfaqs.org moved to a higher-capacity server today, so hopefully
performance and reliability will be better. Let me know if you see any problems on the site.
- Added Squish from
froglogic GmbH to the GUI Test Drivers list.
- Added DTM Data Generator from
DTM soft to the Test Design Tools list.
February 2, 2007
- Added SpiraTest from
Inflectra Corporation to the Testcase Management Tools list.
January 30, 2007
Updated the Test Implementation Tools list:
- Added vSIM from veriSMART Software.
- Removed James Veale's Complite File Comparison Family. The web site for the tool no longer works.
- Removed SilkRealizer. It's not clear whether Borland dropped it after acquiring Segue or is selling it under a different name.
January 25, 2007
- Removed OTF (Object Testing Framework) from the Unit Test Tools list.
The vendor, MCG Software, Inc., is no longer reachable.
- Removed TBGEN (Test Bed Generator for Ada) from the Unit Test Tools list. Testwell took the tool off the market.
January 24, 2007
Updated the Test Drivers and Test Suite Management Tools list:
- Add the freeware tool actiWATE from Actimind, Inc.
- Updated VersaTest to reflect the vendor's name change from SoftSell to Ascert, and updated the vendor contact information.
- Updated MYNAH to reflect the vendor name change eons ago from
Bellcore to Telcordia Technology, Inc.
And something I've been needing to do for a long time - I split the ponderously named Test Drivers and Test Suite Management Tools page into a Test Drivers page and a Test Management Tools page. Let me know if you think I miscategorized anything.
January 23, 2007
Sorry about the long hiatus. I got overbooked for a while.
- Updated BUGtrack to reflect the vendor's name change from SkyeyTech, Inc. last fall to ForeSoft Corporation, and updated the vendor's contact information.
September 8, 2006
- Added vManage from
Verisium, Inc. to the Defect Tracking Tools list.
August 29, 2006
- Updated Jackal Software Pty Ltd's for BugAware entry on the
on the Defect Tracking Tools list.
August 23, 2006
- Updated IPL's Cantata++ entry on the Unit Test Tools list.
July 6, 2006
- Added vTest from
Verisium, Inc. to the GUI Test Drivers list.
July 4, 2006
Added the following companies to the Testing Courses list:
June 21, 2006
- Added the open source FunkLoad from
Nuxeo to the Load and Performance Tools list.
- Added Klocwork K7 from
Klocwork to the Static Analysis Tools list.
- Added Axe from
Odin Technology Ltd to the GUI Test Drivers list.
- Replaced Scapa StressTest for Hyperion Essbase, Scapa StressTest for
Thin Client, and Scapa StressTest Express with Scapa Technologies'
Scapa Test and Performance Platform on the Load and Performance Tools List. Changed Scapa's
primary contact information to their UK office.
June 19, 2006
- Added the open source TestGen4J from
SpikeSource, Inc to the Unit Test Tools list.
- Added the open source PMD from
Tom Copeland to the Static Analysis Tools list.
- Added Coverity Prevent and Extend from
Coverity to the Static Analysis Tools list.
May 24, 2006
- Added kSETT from
Software SETT Corporation to the Test Drivers and Test Suite
Management Tools list. Thanks to Software SETT Corporation for your
donation to testingfaqs.org.
- Removed contact information from the main Testing Courses page.
Company contact information is on each vendor's individual courses page, which
will be linked to the main vendor information page eventually.
April 25, 2006
April 24, 2006
- Added LoadeaTest from
Loadea to the Load and Performance Tools list.
March 23, 2006
Added (and updated, as noted) the following entries on
the Testing Contractors and Consultants List:
March 10, 2006
Added the following vendors to the Testing Contractors and Consultants
List (or updated, as noted). Also changed the alphabetization on the page to treat personal
names the same as company names, alphabeting on the first word.
March 9, 2006
February 10, 2006
- Added Deskzilla from
ALM Works to the Defect Tracking Tools list.
- Added AberroTest from
Aberro, Inc to the GUI Test Drivers list.
- Added GUIdancer from
Bredex GmbH to the GUI Test Drivers list.
February 10, 2006
Thanks to Joe Yakich for checking for outdated information on the
Defect Tracking Tools page. Besides a few URL updates, the following
changes were applied -
- AllChange 2000 is now called
AllChange.
- Removed ClearQuality, which is no longer sold by Amdocs Limited,
though they do sell Amdocs Quality, which may be similar.
- Removed Defect Tracking System (DTS), which is no longer sold by
Open System Consultants.
- Removed Globetrotter Software's GTBug. Globetrotter was acquired
by Macrovision, who doesn't seem to be marketing the tool.
- Removed bugVisor. The company is no longer reachable.
February 3, 2006
- Changed the name and contact information for Czech Republic-based
Arch Ltd. on the Contractors & Consultants List. The parent company
is now Intetics Co., based in Illinois USA, which
still lists Arch Ltd. as a "Representative Office."
February 2, 2006
- Updated contact information for BetaSoft, Inc. (formerly called
BetaSoft SQA Consulting Services) on the Contractors and Consultants List.
- Changed the name of SIM/SQS on the Contractors and Consultants
List to SQS Software Quality Systems (UK) Ltd. They seem to be a part
of a larger organization owned by Software Quality Systems AG and
collectively called the SQS Group.
- Removed Superior Automation Services Ltd. from the Contractors and
Consultants List. The company doesn't seem to be in business any
more.
- Removed Galaxy Scientific Corporation from the Contractors and
Consultants List. The company was acquired by SRA International,
Inc.
January 25, 2006
- Removed Wharfedale Computers Ltd. and Installers, Inc. from the
Contractors and Consultants List. The companies are no longer
reachable.
January 20, 2006
- Added Malpas from
Advantage Technical Consulting to the Static Analysis Tools list.
- Added the open source rth tool
to the Test Drivers and Test Suite Management Tools list.
- Added ER/DataGen from
Banner Software Inc. to the Load and Performance Tools list.
January 16, 2006
- Added TestManager from
Alvicom to the Test Drivers and Test Suite Management Tools list.
- Added LoadManager from
Alvicom to the Load and Performance Tools list.
- Added JavaCov from
Alvicom to the Test Coverage Tools list.
- Added QaTraq (freeware) from
testmanagement.com to the Test Drivers and Test Suite Management Tools
list.
- Added Tessy from
Hitex Development Tools GmbH to the Unit Test Tools list.
- Added NeoLoad from
Neotys to the Load and Performance Tools list.
October 19, 2005
October 1, 2005
- Removed Bluebay Systems' TrueJ from the Statis Analysis Tools page. The Bluebay Systems web page no longer exists.
- Updated Logiscope on the Test
Coverage Tools page to reflect the aquisition of Verilog by Telelogic
AB.
- Updated CodeTEST on the Test
Coverage Tools page to reflect the acquisition of Applied Microsystems
Corporation by Motorola/Metrowerks and the spinoff of Freescale Semiconductor
Inc.
- Removed the Panorama family of tools (Panorama C/C++ and
Panorama-2) from the Test Design Tools list, GUI Test Drivers List, and
the Test Coverage Tools list. The vendor, International Software
Automation, Inc. (ISA), no longer has a web presence.
- Removed SofInst from the Test Coverage Tools page. The listing
does not have a web site and it hasn't been updated since 1998.
- Updated Glass JAR Toolkit
on the Test Coverage Tools page to reflect the merger that formed
Tester's Edge.
- Updated Clover on the Test Coverage Tools
page to reflect the name change of the vendor from Cortex eBusiness to
Cenqua Pty Ltd.
September 30, 2005
- Removed CheckMate from the Statis Analysis Tools page. The vendor Bluestone Software Ltd., is no longer reachable.
September 25, 2005
- Removed Web Roller from the Load and Performance Tools page. Novosoft
no longer seems to offer the tool, but they do sell another load
testing tool, WAPT.
- Updated the listing for E-SIM on
the Test Drivers and Test Suite Management Tools list to reflect the
acquisition by Accelerated Technology (the Mentor Graphics Embedded
Systems Division).
September 14, 2005
- Added Proxy Sniffer from
Ingenieurbuero David Fischer GmbH to the Load and Performance Tools list.
- Removed CYRANO ServerPack from the Load and Performance Tools
list and removed CYRANO TEST from the Test Drivers and Test Suite
Management Tools list. Cyrano has changed their name to Vedant
Incorporated and has rebranded their tools.
- Removed NetPressure from Synthetic Networks, Inc. from the Load
and Performance Tools page. The technology has been sold to Agilent
Technologies, who now markets the tool as the Agilent N4180A Network
Tester.
September 7, 2005
July 21, 2005
- Udpated KDRunner
on the GUI Test Drivers list.
July 12, 2005
- Added .TEST from
Parasoft to the Unit Test Tools list.
- Added the open source tool SimpleTest
from Last Craft (Marcus Baker) to the Unit Test Tools list.
- Added the open source tool DUnit
to the Unit Test Tools list.
- Added the open source tool CUnit from
Anil Kumar to the Unit Test Tools list. There's no obvious connection
with the cUnit tool listed under Christian Holmboe which currently doesn't have
a valid URL.
- Updated Jtest
on the Static Analysis Tools list and added a cross reference to the Unit Test Tools list.
July 7, 2005
- Renamed TestBase from Tenerus Corporation on the Test Design
Tools list. It's now called DataFactory
and is sold by Quest Software, Inc.
- Removed Datagen2000 from the Test Design Tools list. Superfine
Software's web site was taken down some time after January 2002.
- Removed JustData Enterprise from the Test Design Tools list.
JustSoft Pty Ltd no longer has a web page, and the site hasn't been
reachable since some time after July 2001.
July 6, 2005
- Added BenderRBT from
Bender Inc. to the Test Design Tools list.
- Removed Caliber-RM from the Test Design Tools list. Requirements
management tools are no longer within the scope of testingfaqs.org.
Note that the tool is still available from Borland.
June 30, 2005
- Added Integra Enterprise from
Solstice Software to the Test Implementation Tools list.
- Removed StratosWare Corporation's tools: MemCheck for Windows,
MemCheck for DOS, MemCheck for ANSI/K&R, and The Heap Analyst for DOS.
The company's web site is no longer available.
June 29, 2005
June 20, 2005
Removed the pointer to the Software
Methods and Tools testing tools list on the Other Sources of Tool
Information page, because it's no longer available. Added a link to
ApTest's Software
Testing and Test
Tools Resources page.
June 7, 2005
- Added SOAPtest from
Parasoft to the Load and Performance Tools list.
- Added tnsgen from
tns software inc to the Load and Performance Tools list.
- Added mLoad from
NCC Group to the Load and Performance Tools list.
- Updated smartTest from
interNetwork, Inc. on the Load and Performance Tools list. Can't find
the tool on their web site, though - it might have a new name now.
- Added JUnitPerf, an open
source
tool provided by Clarkware Consulting, Inc. to the Load and Performance
Tools list.
- Added GS DataGenerator
from Global Software Applications (GSApps) to the Load and Performance
Tools list.
- Updated FORECAST from
Facilita
Software Development on the Load and Performance Tools list.
- Added Scapa
StressTest - Express from
Scapa Technologies to the Load and Performance Tools list.
May 4, 2005
- Added BB TestAssistant
from Blueberry Software to the Test Implementation Tools list.
- Moved Camtasia and SnagIt to the Test Implementation Tools
list,
which seems like a better home for screen capture tools than the
Miscellaneous Tools list.
March 8, 2005
- Added VistaTask Pro from
Vista Software to the GUI Test Drivers list.
February 24, 2005
- Added MessageMagic from
Elvior Ltd to the Test Implementation Tools list.
February 3, 2005
- Added Q-CHESS from
Muth Partners GmbH to the Miscellaneous Tools list.
- Updated ImageCast on the
Miscellaneous Tools list to reflect the acquisition by Pheonix
Technologies Ltd. and the name change to Phoenix ImageCast MFG.
February 2, 2005
- Removed SHOWFLOW from Gray & Gray Consulting Pty Ltd from the
Statis Analysis Tools list. The company is no longer reachable.
January 20, 2005
- Updated Cantata++ and AdaTEST 95 and moved them to the
Unit Test Tools page. Removed AdaTEST and Cantata from the Unit Test
Tools list. They
have been folded into AdaTEST 95 and Cantata++.
January 17, 2005
January 4, 2005
- The GUI Test Drivers page now has
vendor
details split onto different pages. That's 159 unique vendors and
projects catalogued and several pages to go yet.
December 28, 2004
- Added ProjectLocker
from
One Percent Software to the Defect Tracking Tools list.
- Updated ExtraView from
Sesame Technology on the Defect Tracking Tools list.
- Added Track'em from
Pikon Innovations to the Defect Tracking Tools list.
- Added AQdevTeam from
AutomatedQA Corp. to the Defect Tracking Tools list.
- Added BitDesk from
PTLogica to the Defect Tracking Tools list.
- Added Flats Helpdesk
from
WarrinerWare to the Defect Tracking Tools list.
- Updated eQRP from
Amadeus International on the Defect Tracking Tools list.
- Added BridgeTrak
Suite from Kemma Software to the Defect Tracking Tools list.
- Added PloneCollectorNG
from ZOPYX Software Development and Consulting Andreas Jung to the
Defect
Tracking Tools list.
- Added BugBox from
BugBox to the Defect Tracking Tools list.
December 27, 2004
- Added SourceCast from
CollabNet, Inc. to the Defect Tracking Tools list.
- Added OfficeClip
Defect Tracker from
OfficeClip. LLC to the Defect Tracking Tools list.
- Added BugMonitor.com
from
BugMonitor.com, Inc. to the Defect Tracking Tools list.
- Updated T-Plan
Incident Manager from
T-Plan LTD on the Defect Tracking Tools list.
- Added DuxQA from
ID Consultants to the Defect Tracking Tools list.
December 24, 2004
- Added yKAP
- Your Kind Attention Please from
DCom Solutions to the Defect Tracking Tools list.
- Added BugLister from
Hajo Kirchhoff to the Defect Tracking Tools list.
- Added the open source ITracker
from
Cowsultants.com to the Defect Tracking Tools list.
December 20, 2004
- Removed Testscape, MST Lab, Inc., Time to Market Software, Test
Strategies, and Initiatives Corporation from the Contractors &
Consultants list.
The companies no longer have valid web pages.
December 19, 2004
- Added SourceAction from
Red Horizon, LLC to the Defect Tracking Tools list.
December 17, 2004
- Split out the contact information for the vendors in the Defect
Tracking Tools list into a separate file. This is the beginnings of a
master vendor list for the site.
- Added Support Tracker
from Automation Centre to the Defect Tracking Tools list.
December 7, 2004
December 5, 2004
- Updated Atlassian's JIRA on the
Defect Tracking Tools list.
December 3, 2004
- Removed Keystone Problem Tracking System from the Defect Tracking
Tools list. White Pajama, Inc./White PJ Inc. now uses the marketing
name "Contactual" and does not offer the Keystone tool.
November 30, 2004
- Added Profiler from
Semantic Designs to the Load and Performance Tools list.
- Added QEngine from
AdventNet Inc. to the Load and Performance Tools list.
- Added the freeware tool Jmeter
to the Load and Performance Tools list.
November 24, 2004
- Updated SkyeyTech, Inc.'s BUGtrack tool on the Defect
Tracking Tools page.
- Updated BugStation from
Bugopolis LLC on the Defect Tracking Tools list. (Was called "Bug
Station" with a space.)
November 22, 2004
- Removed Drive Image Pro (aka Drive Image 7) from the
Miscellaneous Tools list. PowerQuest Corporation was acquired by
Symantec Corporation and Drive Image Pro is no longer available.
November 3, 2004
- Updated Capacity Calibration
from
Distributed Computing, Inc. on the Load and Performance Tools list. The
vendor was formerly known as CapCal, Inc.
- Added ReliAgent to the Load
and Performance Tools list.
October 28, 2004
- Added the open source Valgrind
tool to the Test Implementation Tools list.
- Added BurnInTest from
PassMark Software to the Load and Performance Tools list.
October 26, 2004
September 24, 2004
- Added TestArchitect from
LogiGear Corporation to the GUI Test Drivers list.
- Updated the LDRA TestBed
entry on the Static Analysis Tools list.
September 9, 2004
- Added TBrun from
LDRA to the Unit Test Tools list.
- Updated LDRA Testbed from
LDRA on the Test Evaluation Tools list.
- Removed TeamTrack Workgroup from the Defect Tracking Tools page
because it's no longer on the market. TeamTrack is still available from
Serena Software, though.
- Added Bugkilla, an open
source tool from
Orientation in Objects GmbH to the Test Drivers and Test Suite
Management Tools list.
August 22, 2004
Added these tools to the Defect Tracking Tools list:
August 20, 2004
- Added PureAgent from
Minq Software to the Load and Performance Tools list.
- Added LegendSoft SPoTS
from
LegendSoft Inc. to the Defect Tracking Tools list.
July 18, 2004
- Renamed the Test Evaluation Tools list as the Test Coverage Tools
list to better reflect the terminology commonly in use.
- Added Dynamic Code
Coverage from
Dynamic Memory Solutions to the Test Coverage Tools list.
July 7, 2004
- Added ASPE to the Testing
Courses List.
May 28, 2004
May 27, 2004
The revenue that has been coming in has enabled me to do some catching
up on the queue of new entries and updates for the site. But I'm still
several months behind on the queue. Vendors who have ads on the site or
who send donations will be moved to the front of the queue. This policy
is now reflected on the "Submit a tool"
page. No payment is required in order to be listed, it's just likely to
take longer.
May 25, 2004
- Created a new Bundled Tool Suites
page. Moved QACenter, TestWorks, TestWorks/Advisor, TestWorks/Coverage,
and TestWorks/Regression to this page.
- Updated the listings for these tools from Software Research,
Inc.: EXDIFF, METRIC, SMARTS,
STATIC, TCAT C/C++, TCAT
for Java, TCAT-PATH, TDGEN, TestWorks, TestWorks/Advisor,
TestWorks/Coverage,
TestWorks/Regression.
- Removed the T-SCOPE tool, which Software Research, Inc. no longer
offers, and the TestWorks/Web bundle.
May 19, 2004
- Documented the policy on link exchanges on the Background page.
May 18, 2004
May 16, 2004
Made the following changes on the GUI Test Drivers page -
April 14, 2004
- Added QACenter to
the Miscellaneous Tools list. QACenter is a tool suite from Compuware,
including other tools listed individually on this site.
- Updated Virtual PC on the
Miscellaneous Tool list, to reflect the fact that the tool was acquired
by Microsoft Corporation.
February 22, 2004
- Updated the listing for SIM Ltd on the Contractors &
Consultants List, to reflect the acquisition by Software Quality Systems AG and the name change to SIM/SQS.
February 19, 2004
- Changed the Software Quality Partners entry in the Contractors
& Consultants List to refer to Ajilon Consulting Labs
to reflect the acquisition by Ajilon.
February 18, 2004
- Removed the following entries from the Contractors &
Consultants List:
- Superior Software Testing. The company is no longer
reachable.
- Analysis.Net Survey Research - No longer in business, as
confirmed by John Jensen.
- Updated the entry for the Australian Multimedia Testing Centre on
the Contractors and Consultants List to reflect a name change to Access Testing Centre.
January 21, 2004
- Removed Software Engineering Technology, Inc. (Q-Labs) from the
Contractors & Consultants list. SET was acquired by Q-Labs. Q-Labs
no longer offers software testing services.
- Removed Acheck Limited from the Contractors & Consultants
list. The company is no longer reachable.
- Removed Lon D. Gowen from the Contractors & Consultants list.
His Microware
contact information is no longer valid. Microware was acquired by
RadiSys in 2001.
January 20, 2004
- Added these new entries to the Testing Contractors and
Consultants List: Preyer
Information Technology GmbH, enterpriseQA, Inc., Ready Test Go, XP Software
Solutions Pvt. Ltd., tnd
labs (software) Pvt Ltd, Kenneth
D. Brown, CSTE, Tim the
Test Man, Quardev
Laboratories, Brainwave
Solutions, nmqa ltd, Michael South, ZapTechnologies.Com, CheQ Systems, Inc, Pentagon
Computer Consultants Ltd., INTERTECH
Engineering Associates, Q
Analysts LLC, RTCubed
Consulting, LLC, Quality
Objectives, Software Beret,
LASTCALL
Testing Services, Inc.
- Updated T-Plan on
the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.
- Removed Bender & Associates, Inc. from the Testing
Contractors and Consultants List. The company was bought by Technology
Builders Inc., which was bought by Starbase. Richard Bender then
re-acquired the assets of Bender & Associates from Starbase and now
owns them under the name Bender RBT Inc.
- Removed Prosoft Labs from the Testing Contractors and Consultants
List. Their parent, Prosoft Engineering, Inc., no longer offers testing
services.
- Removed RainMaker SQA, Inc. from the Testing Contractors and
Consultants List. The company is no longer reachable.
December 5, 2003
- Removed DigitalBees from the Load and Performance Tools list.
DigitalBees, Inc. is no longer reachable.
November 21, 2003
- Updated vendor contact information for several tools on the GUI Test Drivers list.
- Removed the tool listings for Atest Automated Load Test and
Atesto
Functional Test Service. Atesto has gone out of business and sold their
technology to InfoVista.
- Removed the tool listing for TestRunner. Qronus Interactive is no
longer reachable.
November 12, 2003
- Updated Software Research's eValid
listing, including a change of address for the company.
October 27, 2003
- Changed the name of KDRunner to KD
Executor on the GUI Test Drivers list.
October 13, 2003
- Updated the entry for Scapa StressTest for Citrix MetaFrame, also
changing the name to
Scapa StressTest for Thin Client.
- Removed Scapa Optimize from the Load and Performance Tools list,
at the request of Scapa Technologies.
September 25, 2003
August 14, 2003
- Added Koalog Code
Coverage from
Koalog to the Test Evaluation Tools list.
- Updated the entry for Bullseye Testing Technology's C-Cover tool
on the Test Evaluation Tools list, reflecting a name change to BullseyeCoverage.
- Updated VectorCAST from
Vector Software on the Unit Test Tools list and added a cross-reference
on the Test Evaluations Tools list.
August 13, 2003
August 11, 2003
- Removed SilkPerformer .NET Explorer from the Test Design Tools
list at Segue's request. The full version of the tool is only available
with SilkPerformer, and the free demo is not able to save the scripts
it creates.
July 26, 2003
July 25, 2003
- Added TurboData from
Canam Software Labs, Inc. to the Test Design Tools list.
- Added KaNest™ from
KaSYS Canada to the Test Drivers and Test Suite Management Tools list.
- Updated Move for DB2
from
Princeton Softech and moved it from the Test Implementation Tools list
to the Test Design Tools list.
- Added Move for Legacy,
Move for Servers,
and Edit for Servers from
Princeton Softech to the Test Design Tools list.
- Updated Access for DB2 from
Princeton Softech on the Test Implementation Tools list.
- Added Compare for DB2
and Compare for Servers
from
Princeton Softech to the Test Implementation Tools list.
- Added a stub entry for IBM
Rational Robot from IBM Rational Software to the GUI Test Drivers
list.
- Added Orchid from
stag software private limited to the Test Design Tools list.
- Updated Monitor Master
from
Argogroup and moved it to the Load and Performance Tools list.
- Added WAPT from
Novosoft, Inc. to the Load and Performance Tools list.
- Added HarnessItT from
United Binary, LLC to the Unit Test Tools list.
- Added COMPUTE from
iUnitTest to the Unit Test Tools list.
- Updated McCabe TRUEtrack
from
McCabe & Associates, Inc. on the Defect Tracking Tools list.
July 22, 2003
- Implemented some structural changes: The Testing Tools Supplier
List is now simply the "Test Tools List", since the focus is on the
tools
rather than the suppliers. The tools.htm page is now declared
deprecated and redundant, so that URL is redirected to the main index.
And finally, the standard file suffix on the site is now html rather
than htm. Old .htm URLs will continue to work as well.
- Added the Background page to
explain the scope of the site.
- Made minor changes to the csUnit
listing.
July 10, 2003
- Added jenny to the Test Design
Tools list.
June 25, 2003
- Removed SET (Solution Evaluation Tool) from the GUI Test Drivers
list. IBM tells me they have sunsetted the tool.
June 18, 2003
- Added the following tools to the GUI Test Drivers List: AutoPilot from BSSE System and
Software Enginering, TestBench
for iSeries
from
Original Software, TestGUI from
Original Software, AutomX from Vantage
View Software, qftestJUI from
Quality First
Software GmbH, Eventcorder suite
from
CM Software, KDRunner from
Klarälvdalens
Datakonsult AB, TestAgent from
Strenuus, TestSmith from Quality
Forge.
- Removed TestBench400 from the GUI Test Drivers list. It was
replaced by TestBench for iSeries.
May 29, 2003
- Added the following freeware tools to the GUI Test Drivers list,
based on their coverage in the May Open Testware
Reviews survey: Abbot, AutoIt, Tester,
EMOS Framework, Jacareto, jfcUnit,
Marathon, Phantom, Pounder,
Ruby Win32::GuiTest, SAFS (Software Automation Framework
Support), TRecorder, Perl Win32::GUITest, Perl X11::GUITest.
- Added Eggplant for
Mac OS X from
Redstone Software Inc. to the GUI Test Drivers list.
May 28, 2003
- Added QA Wizard from
Seapine Software to the Test Drivers list.
May 26, 2003
- Removed Automated Solutions, Inc. of Tewksbury, Massachusetts,
from the Contractors and Consultants List. The company is no longer
reachable. However, Automated
Solutions, Inc. of Colorado Springs, Colorado is alive and well
(apparently no relation to the Massachusetts corporation).
- Added these entries to the Static Analysis Tools list: QA J from Programming Research Ltd., QStudio for Java Pro
from
QA Systems, Metrics Tools
from
Semantic Designs, Inc.
- Updated these entries on the Static Analysis Tools list: QA C, QA
C++,
and QA Fortran from Programming
Research Ltd.
May 16, 2003
- Updated the URL for InCtrl5
and
dropped its freeware status. It is now only accessible for subscribers
to the PC Magazine Utility Library.
- Changed the name of Websystems Inc.'s FreeTaskManager tool to AceProject.
May 13, 2003
- Added an entry for transistor
radio to the Other Test Implementation Tools list.
May 6, 2003
May 2, 2003
- Added the freeware OpenSTA
tool
to the Load and Performance Tools list.
April 24, 2003
April 23, 2003
- Added 39 new entries to the Unit Test Tools list as a result of
the
latest Open Testware Reviews survey: Aunit,
Check, CppUnit, csUnit,
cUnit, CUT,
dotunit, EasyMock, GrandTestAuto, HtmlUnit, HttpUnit, JavaScript Assertion Unit (jsAsserUnit),
JsUnit (Schaible), JTestCase, JUnitEE, JUnitX,
LingoUnit, MockMaker, Mock Objects, Mockry, Mock Creator, NUnit, ObjcUnit,
OCUnit, PalmUnit, PBUnit,
PerlUnit, phpAsserUnit, PhpUnit, PyUnit,
QtUnit, Ruby/Mock Ruby Test::Unit, SUnit, TagUnit,
unit++, vbUnit3 Basic, XMLUnit, XSLTunit.
- Updated the entry for JsUnit
(Hieatt)
on the Unit Test Tools list.
April 15, 2003
- Removed all remaining entries from ObjectSoftware Inc.: the
ObjectCoverage,
ObjectPlanner, and ObjectDetail tools, and entries on the Testing
Contractors
and Consultants List and the Testing Courses List. They no longer seem
to
be in the software testing market.
- Added sclc to the Static
Analysis Tools
list.
April 14, 2003
- Added a new category for Unit Test Tools.
- Moved these tools from the Test Implementation Tools list to the
Unit
Test Tools list: AQtest, C++Test, JSUnit, JUnit, MinUnit, Rational Test
RealTime Unit Testing.
- Moved these tools from the Non-GUI Drivers and Test Suite
Managers
list to the Unit Test Tools list: AdaTEST, Cantata, CTA++, CTB, OTF,
TBGEN, Test Mentor - Java Edition, VectorCAST.
- Added RTTS to the Testing
Contractors
and Consultants List.
- Updated the entry for Cem Kaner
on the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.
- Added Khoyrul Ahmed to
the
Testing Contractors and Consultants List.
- Added Prabodhan
Infosystems
Pvt. Ltd. to the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.
- Kvatro Telecom AS was acquired by Telelogic AB. Added Kvatro to
the
Boneyard.
- Removed Kvatro's CHILL/C/C++ Pilot tool from the Non-GUI Drivers
and
Test Suite Managers list. It's not clear what Telelogic has done with
it.
- Removed ObjectTester from the Test Implementation Tools list.
ObjectSoftware
Inc. no longer markets the tool.
March 22, 2003
- Added cg-eye from Web Design
Group
to the Non-GUI Drivers and Test Suite Managers list.
- Added Canoo WebTest
from Canoo
Engineering AG to the Non-GUI Drivers and Test Suite Managers list.
- Added TET (Test Environment Toolkit)
from The Open Group to the Non-GUI Drivers and Test Suite Managers
list.
- Moved Expect from the Non-GUI
Drivers
and Test Suite Managers list to the Test Implementation Tools list,
since
expect in itself is not a test driver.
March 21, 2003
- Added QuotiumPRO from
Quotium Technologies
to the Load and Performance Tools list.
- Removed CYRANO ServerPack from the Load and Performance Tools
list. The tool is no longer available, though CYRANO Test does do load
testing.
March 20, 2003
- Updated the vendor information for Chariot
on the Load and Performance Tools list. It's now sold by NetIQ
Incorporated. Removed the Pegasus tool, which is mentioned on NetIQ's
web site as the
End2End tool now, but doesn't seem to be a separate product offering.
Updated
the Boneyard accordingly.
- Updated the Boneyard to document the
fate
of Cyrano SA.
- Removed the WebSpray tool from the Load and Performance Tools
list. CAI Networks acquired the technology from Red Hill Networks, and
CAI has
withdrawn the tool from the market.
- Removed the RemoteCog Product Family from the Load and
Performance Tools list. The vendor, Five Nine Solutions Inc., no longer
seems to exist. ReliaAgent may
offer a similar or rebranded
tool.
- Removed Rational SiteLoad from the Load and Performance Tools
list. The tool is no longer listed on Rational's web site.
- Updated the URL for the Microsoft Web
Application
Stress Tool.
March 11, 2003
March 4, 2003
- Added the following new entries to the the Testing Contractors
and
Consultants List: Omsphere, Rajesh Sharma, Cyber Consulting, Inc., Bulldog Partners, Inc., Sundial Support Limited,
Merit, Mera Networks, DOTS, Thinksoft
Global
Services (P) Ltd, Sona Global,
Hughes Software
Systems, Test Strategies,
stag software
private
limited.
- Updated the entry for Tejas
Software Consulting
on the Testing Contractors and Consultants List:
February 26, 2003
- Removed the TestExpert entry that was submitted by Silicon Valley
Networks from the Non-GUI Drivers and Test Suite Managers list. The
tool was acquired first by Verecomm and then by Lumenaré
Networks. Its current status
is not clear.
- Removed the Autoscriptor Inferno entry from the GUI Test Drivers
list. Gresham Computing has discontinued the tool.
February 4, 2003
February 3, 2003
- Updated the freeware tool Debian Bug Tracking
System
on the Defect Tracking Tools list.
- Updated the freeware tool Bugtrack
on the Defect Tracking Tools list.
- Updated the freeware tool Bugzilla
on the Defect Tracking Tools list.
January 30, 2003
- Updated the freeware tool GNATS
on the
Defect Tracking Tools list.
- Removed the freeware OpenTrack tool from the Defect Tracking
Tools list. AccuRev seems to have discontinued it.
January 22, 2003
- Removed the entry for Data Dimensions from the Testing Courses
List. They were acquired by Lionbridge. (Oddly enough, this defunct
entry was
attracting more hits than any other on the Testing Courses List.)
January 20, 2003
January 18, 2003
- Updated the entry for SSW
Code
Auditor from Superior Software for Windows Pty. Ltd. in the Static
Analysis
Tools list.
December 29, 2002
- Added X-Unity from MIIK Ltd. to
the
GUI Test Drivers list.
December 17, 2002
- Added Virtual PC from
Connectix
Corporation to the Miscellaneous Tools list.
December 9, 2002
- Removed Vantive Quality from the Defect Tracking Tools list.
PeopleSoft
no longer lists this tool on their web site.
- Removed Caliber-RBT from the Test Design Tools list. Starbase
doesn't
list the tool on their web site.
- Updated the entry for Caliber-RM
to reflect that Starbase now sells the tool.
November 18, 2002
- Added Bugtrack, a
freeware
tool from Agstools, to the Defect Tracking Tools list.
- Updated the listing for TrackRecord
to reflect that it's now marketed under Compuware's name rather than
Compuware
NuMega.
- Updated the listing for Visual
Intercept from Elsinore Technologies, to cover all versions of the
tool,
rather than just Visual Intercept Web.
- Removed VisualBugz from Optimize Digital Solutions from the
Defect
Tracking Tools list. The URL is no longer valid, and the company is no
longer
reachable.
November 17, 2002
- Updated the entry for Test Now in
the
Gui Test Drivers list.
November 12, 2002
- Removed Archimedes Software's BugBase tool from the Defect
Tracking Tools list. The company is no longer reachable.
- Removed Ringsys Computers Ltd.'s BugTracker tool from the Defect
Tracking
Tools list. The web site now redirects to PR-Tracker from Softwise.
- Removed Bug Wiser from Today's Solid Solutions from the Defect
Tracking Tools list. The company is no longer reachable.
- Removed Change Integrity from MKS from the Defect Tracking Tools
list. They no longer list the tool on their web site.
- Updated the listing for ChangeSynergy
to reflect that Continuus Software Corporation was acquired by
Telelogic
AB.
- Updated the listing in the Defect Tracking Tools list for ClearQuality, which was acquired
by
Amdocs Limited.
- Updated the listing for the Debian Bug Tracking
System,
which has changed maintainers.
- Removed Serena Software, Inc.'s eRequestMan tool from the Defect
Tracking
Tools list. The tool is no longer available.
- Updated the URL for GNATS in
the
Defect
Tracking Tools list.
- Updated the URL for the Keystone Problem
Tracking
System in the Defect Tracking Tools list.
- Updated the listing for NetResults' ProblemTracker in the Defect
Tracking
Tools list.
- Added Defect Agent from
Inborne
Technology Corporation to the Defect Tracking Tools list.
November 6, 2002
November 2, 2002
November 1, 2002
- Changed the format of the Testing Courses List so the page will
load faster. Details on the courses for each vendor are all now on
separate
pages.
September 27, 2002
- Removed the link to BetaSoft Career Center
(http://www.testconsultants.com/)
from the Contractors and Consultants List. The link is no longer valid.
- Added SuperNET Soft to
the
Testing Contractors and Consultants List.
September 16, 2002
- Removed Data Dimensions from the Contractors and Consultants
list.
July 23, 2002
- Added Clover from Cortex
eBusiness to the Test Evaluation Tools list.
- Added Memory Validator
from
Software Verification Limited to the Test Implementation Tools list.
- Added Scapa Optimize
from Scapa
Technologies to the Load and Performance Tools list.
- Added Dragonfly from
Vermont
Software
Testing Group to the Defect Tracking Tools list.
- Added SilkPerformer
.NET Explorer from Segue Software, Inc. to the Test Design Tools
list.
(freeware)
July 21, 2002
- Added eQRP from Amadeus -
Standards Compliance
Solutions to the Defect Tracking Tools list.
- Added Advanced
Defect
Tracking from Borderwave Software to the Defect Tracking Tools
list.
- Added SSW SQL Auditor
from
Superior Software for Windows Pty Ltd to the Test Design Tools list.
- Added SSW Code Auditor
from
Superior Software for Windows Pty Ltd to the Static Analysis Tools
list.
- Added SSW SQL Total
Compare
from Superior Software for Windows Pty Ltd to the Miscellaneous Tools
list.
- Added SSW Data
Renovator
2000 from Superior Software for Windows Pty Ltd to the Test
Implementation
Tools list.
- Added SSW Data
Renovator
97 from Superior Software for Windows Pty Ltd to the Test
Implementation
Tools list.
- Added SSW
Performance PRO! 97 from Superior Software for Windows Pty Ltd to
the Load and Performance
Tools list.
- Added SSW
Performance
PRO! 2000 from Superior Software for Windows Pty Ltd to the Load
and
Performance Tools list.
- Added smartTest from
interNetwork
to the Load and Performance Tools list.
- Added RADAR from Cosmonet
Solutions
to the Defect Tracking Tools list.
July 18, 2002
June 3, 2002
May 23, 2002
- Added MinUnit from Jera
Design to the Test Implementation Tools list (freeware).
- Added Ozibug from Tortuga
Technologies to the Defect Tracking Tools list.
May 22, 2002
May 21, 2002
May 8, 2002
- Added Jemmy to
the GUI Test Drivers list. Java library to create automated
tests for Java GUI (freeware).
May 6, 2002
May 5, 2002
- Added inControl to
the Defect Tracking Tools list.
April 15, 2002
- Added bugVisor to
the Defect Tracking Tools list.
- Added Scapa
StressTest for Citrix MetaFrame to the Load and Performance Tools list.
- Added Monitor Master to
the GUI Test Drivers list.
- Added ASSENT to
the Static Analysis Tools list.
- Added Tasker to the GUI Test Drivers list.
- Added stub entries for
VR Partners and
Hans Schaefer back to the Testing Courses list. They had been
listed as defunct, but I was able to track them down.
- Added TrueJ to
the Static Analysis Tools list.
- Added Delta (Danish Electronics, Light & Acoustics) and the
Nordic
Forum for Information back to the courses list. I wasn't able to
contact them, but from their web sites it appears that they do offer
testing courses.
- Moved Quality AS to the Boneyard. Was listed as a Scandinavian provider of testing courses. The company is no longer reachable.
- Deleted the courses-old page. I tracked down all but one of the
providers that were listed as defunct.
April 4, 2002
March 28, 2002
March 20, 2002
- Added BugHost to
the Defect Tracking Tools list.
- Added NetPressure to
the Load and Performance Tools list.
- Added ReviewPro to
the Miscellaneous Tools list.
- Added GRAN PM to
the Defect Tracking Tools list.
March 15, 2002
March 12, 2002
February 27, 2002
- Removed Edison Institute from the Testing Courses list. They no
longer offer courses related to software testing.
February 24, 2002
- Added ALLPAIRS to the Test Design
Tools list. This is a freeware tool from Satisfice, Inc.
- Added fakesmtpd, a freeware
tool from Jera Design, to the Other Test Implementation Tools list.
- Added Multi to the Test Design
Tools list. Multi is a freeware tool from Testing Foundations.
February 21, 2002
February 19, 2002
- Added BugAware to the Defect
Tracking Tools list.
February 16, 2002
- Added inQA.labs to the Testing
Contractors and Consultants List.
February 15, 2002
- Added T-Plan's T-Plan
Incident Manager to the Defect Tracking Tools list.
- Added T-Plan to the
Testing Contractors and Consultants List.
- Added QBIT to the Testing Courses
list.
January 31, 2002
- Added WEBsina's Bugzero to the
Defect Tracking Tools list.
- Added Interobject Systems' IOS/Track
to the Defect Tracking Tools list.
- ATTOL UniTest is now
Rational Test RealTime. Updated the entry in the Other Test
Implementation Tools list.
- Updated SnagIt with a full entry
on the Miscellaneous Tools list.
- Added TechSmith's Camtasia to
the the Miscellaneous Tools list.
- Added HiSoftware's AccVerify
SE to the Static Analysis Tools list.
- Added T-Plan's T-Plan
Professional to the Non-GUI Drivers and Test Suite Managers list.
Changed the entry for this tool that was formerly on the Defect Tracking
Tools list to a cross-reference to the new entry.
January 24, 2002
January 3, 2002
Happy New Year!
December 27, 2001
- Added Load, a freeware tool from
PushToTest to the Load and Performance Testing Tools list.
December 13, 2001
- Added SnagIt to the Miscellaneous Tools list.
November 29, 2001
November 28, 2001
- Added Quality Information Systems' QCIT
tool to the Non-GUI Drivers and Test Suite Managers list (replaces
TracQA).
- Updated the entry for Tallecom Software's
TALC2000 in the Non-Gui Drivers
and Test Suite Managers list.
November 18, 2001
- Added Excel Software's QuickBugs to the Defect Tracking Tools list.
- Updated the entry for Minq Software's PureLoad. The vendor was formerly
named Innovative-IT Development.
- Added an entry for RTTS in the Test
Courses list.
- Added GrammaTech's CodeSurfer
to the Static Analysis Tools list.
- Added PolySpace Technologies'
PolySpace Verifier to the Static Analysis Tools list.
- Added Software QA Associates to the Testing Contractor and
Consultants List
- Added the freeware tool JSUnit to
the Other Test Implementation Tools list.
October 30, 2001
October 16, 2001
- Added Zambit Technologies' WebPTS
to the Defect Tracking Tools list.
September 13, 2001
September 5, 2001
August 21, 2001
- Updated the entry for Abel Test
in the Contractors and Consultants List.
August 9, 2001
- Added Tevron's CitraTest to the
GUI Test Drivers list.
- Removed the reference to The CAST Report from Cambridge Market
Intelligence from the Other Sources of Tool Information, at the
request of Dorothy Graham.
August 6, 2001
- Updated the entry for Innoveda Finland Oy's
E-SIM on the Non-GUI Drivers and Test Suite
Managers list, formerly ESIM from Prosoft Oy.
August 1, 2001
July 16, 2001
- Added Julian Jones Ltd's Test Manager to the Non-GUI
Drivers and Test Suite Managers list.
July 13, 2001
- Updated the entry for Quest Software's Benchmark Factory in
the Load and Performance Testing list.
July 9, 2001
- Added Original Software's TestBench400
to the GUI Test Drivers list.
July 2, 2001
- Added WorkSoft's Certify to the GUI
Test Drivers list.
- Added defectX to the Defect
Tracking Tools list.
June 26, 2001
- Updated the entry for QA Labs
Inc. in the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.
June 18, 2001
June 13, 2001
- Added AQtime to the Miscellaneous Tools list.
June 11, 2001
- Added AQtest to the Other Test Implementation Tools list.
June 8, 2001
- Added a listing for ProtoTest LLC in the Testing Courses List.
- Added a listing for ProtoTest
LLC in the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.
June 5, 2001
- Added Fog Creek Software's FogBUGS to
the Defect Tracking Tools list.
June 4, 2001
- Started a list of published tool reviews on the Other Sources of Tool Information page.
- Added a link to QAForums.com to the
Other Sources of Tool Information page.
- Added MDBDiff, a freeware tool
from Pierce Business Systems, to the Test Implementation Tools list.
- Removed outdated entries from the Other Sources of Tool
Information: "Guide to Software Test Automation Tools" from Technical
Solutions, Inc., "A Guide to Automated Testing Tools" from Revision
Labs, "Software Test Technologies Report" from the Air Force Software
Technology Support Center, and the software quality assurance tools database
from P-Cube Corporation. All of these have disappeared, except for
the "Software Test Technologies Report", which no longer lists
individual tools.
- Removed Preview Systems' BetaQuest tool from the Miscellaneous
Tools list. The tool is no longer offered.
June 2, 2001
June 1, 2001
- Removed SPEX (http://www.checkspex.com) from the Other Sources of
Tool Information page. I couldn't find anything directly relevant to
software testing on their site.
May 24, 2001
May 22, 2001
- Added RapidSQA to the
Contractors and Consultants list.
May 1, 2001
- Removed obsolete tools: Rainer Gerlich's ARTT (now listed as
DARTT), AutoTest Web (functionality now merged with AutoTester),
INFOgy, Inc.'s BenchWorks (INFOgy has disappeared).
April 30, 2001
April 27, 2001
- Added JustData Enterprise to the Test Design Tools list.
- Added the freeware tool mpatrol
to the Other Test Implementation Tools list.
- Removed Teradyne's TestMaster tool, which is no longer sold.
April 26, 2001
April 25, 2001
- Added the open source tool JUnit
to the Other Test Implementation Tools list.
April 24, 2001
April 23, 2001
April 6, 2001
- Added Vermont
Software Testing Group to the Testing Contractors and Consultants
List.
- Added GAKO Informatique's TEO to
the Non-GUI Drivers and Test Suite Managers list.
April 4, 2001
Note: The first edition of Testing FAQ News went out on April 3,
listing changed entries over the last month.
April 3, 2001
- Removed Eastern Systems' TestPlan from the Non-GUI Drivers and
Test Suite Managers list. Eastern Systems is no longer selling tools.
- Removed TMX from Marin Data Systems from the Non-GUI Drivers and
Test Suite Managers list. Marin Data Systems has vanished without a
trace.
- Removed Beacon Hill Software's Error Projection Tool from the Test
Evaluation Tools list. Beacon Hill Software has disappeared.
- Removed VBCE - Visual Basic Coverage Expert from the Test
Evaluation Tools list. It is no longer available from Quality Checked
Software.
- Removed CenterLine Software's AcquaProva from the Other Test
Implementation Tools list. It is no longer offered by the vendor.
- Removed CGI TESTER from the Miscellaneous Tools list. Tom Folkes no longer offers the tool.
March 28, 2001
- Added Test Case Manager (TCM), a
freeware tool from Pierce Business Systems, to the
Non-GUI Drivers and Test Suite Managers list.
- Added Sesame Technology's ExtraView
to the Defect Tracking Tools list.
March 27, 2001
- Updated the entry for eValid, Inc.'s eValid tool.
- Added d-Tracker from Empirix
to the Defect Tracking Tools list.
March 23, 2001
March 22, 2001
March 21, 2001
- Added SoftRel's FREstimate and
WhenToStop tools to the Other Test Implementation Tools list.
- Added Bluestone Software's CheckMate
tool to the Static Analysis Tools list.
- Added the ASSIST tool to the Miscellaneous Tools list.
March 19, 2001
March 16, 2001
March 15, 2001
- Updated the entry for LogiGear in the Testing Courses List.
- Removed obsolete tools from the GUI Test Drivers list - Automated Test Facility (ATF), Reconfigurable Interface Simulation/Stimulation Tool (RISST), and SunTest.
- On the Static Analysis Tools list,
removed MKS Code Integrity, which is obsolete, and updated URLs for
ccount, floppy/fflow, and SofAudit.
- Added Gimpel Software's
PC-lint/FlexeLint to the Static Analysis Tools list.
- Added Oakwood Computing Associates's
Safer C Toolset to the Static Analysis Tools list.
March 12, 2001
February 28, 2001
February 22, 2001
January 26, 2001
- Changed the old ST Labs entry in the Testing Courses List to reflect
the acquisition by Data
Dimensions, and updated their courses listing.
January 17, 2001
- Added QStudio Java from QA Systems International BV to the Static Analysis Tools list.
January 11, 2001
January 8, 2001
January 5, 2001
December 19, 2000
- Updated the Testing Contractors and Consultants List with new
informatino from R.S. Pressman &
Associates, Inc.
- Added an entry for Abel Test
to the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.
- Added ClearMaker to the
Static Analysis Tools list.
- Added Portent to the Load and
Performance Testing Tools list.
- Added placeholder entries for Segue products
SilkTest (GUI Test Drivers), SilkPilot
(Non-GUI Drivers and Test Suite Managers), and SilkRealizer (Other
Test Implementation Tools). Removed QAPartner, which is no longer
offered.
December 13, 2000
November 29, 2000
November 28, 2000
October 31, 2000
- Updated the entry for Innovative-IT Development AB's
PureLoad in the Load and Performance
Testing Tools list.
October 30, 2000
October 23, 2000
- Added Software Research's eValid to the
GUI Test Drivers list.
October 20, 2000
October 17, 2000
October 10, 2000
October 9, 2000
- Merged several companies from the Consultants page in Cigital's
SRM Hotlist into the Testing Contractors and Consultants List. This is in
anticipation of combining the two lists. This marks a change in
policy where an abbreviated entry will be added for a company before
they send in the completed template. Companies added:
Adams Associates,
Automated Testing Specialists (ATS),
CSE International Ltd,
Cleanroom Software Engineering, Inc.,
Client-Server Software Testing Technologies, Inc.,
Safeware Engineering Corporation,
Midwest Software Test Lab, Inc.,
Notions Systems, Inc.,
NSTL,
Ovation Software Testing, Inc.,
Quality Software Management,
Rice Consulting Services, Inc.,
R.S. Pressman & Associates, Inc.,
Software Productivity Center Inc.,
Software Productivity Research,
SWQuality, Inc.,
Data Dimensions,
TestPros,
OptiRisk Systems Ltd.,
VeriTest.
- Added a section to the
Testing Contractors and Consultants List pointing to other similar lists.
- Added an entry for Rex Black
Consulting Services, Inc. to the Testing Contractors and Consultants
List.
October 6, 2000
September 29, 2000
September 20, 2000
- Reliable Software Technologies is now Cigital, Inc. Updated the
entry on the consultants & contractors list and changed all
rstcorp.com addresses to cigital.com. The FAQ's home is now
http://www.cigital.com/marick.
- B-Tree Systems is now TestQuest. Replaced the B-Tree entry in
the tools list with the TestQuest Pro Test Automation System.
September 15, 2000
September 5, 2000
- Added RemoteCog from Five Nine Solutions Inc.
August 22, 2000
August 15, 2000
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Added Applied Testing and Technology's
Testify to the tools list.
July 28, 2000
June 2, 2000
- Added
WebSpray from Red Hill Networks, Inc. to the tools list.
May 31, 2000
May 17, 2000
- Removed Organisation and Technology Research plc, which no longer
provides testing services, from the contractors list.
April 25, 2000
- Removed VisionSoft/CHECK++, VisionSoft/FIND2000,
VisionSoft/PERFORM, and VisionSoft/TEST from the tools list.
VisionSoft Corporation is no longer reachable.
April 18, 2000
April 14, 2000
April 4, 2000
January 24, 2000
October 7, 1999
New Entries on the Contractors List
- Initiatives Corporation has over 5 years experience in Automated Software Quality Assurance and is a Mercury Interactive Quality Channel Partner.
September 24, 1999
Updated Entries on the Tools List
- SoftTest is now Caliber RBT, a functional test case design tool that can be used to generate test definitions for any type of application, written in any language, running on any platform.
New Entries on the Tools List
- Caliber-RM is a collaborative, Internet-based requirements management system that enables project teams to deliver higher-quality applications.
September 23, 1999
New Entries on the Tools List
- BetaQuest is a new Internet-based service that establishes a two-way communication capability between you and each beta tester without requiring code changes or programming skills.
September 15, 1999
New Entries on the Tools List
- Aprobe is a testing/debugging tool that collects and analyzes data by
instrumenting the executable.
- PureLoad is a Java-based performance testing and analyzing tool.
New Entries on the Courses List
August 20, 1999
New Entries on the Tools List
- FORECAST is a non-intrusive client server and web server load testing tool that simulates users on a system.
August 10, 1999
Updated Entries on the Courses List
- LogiGear Corporation offers 1-3 day courses including "Lead Software Test Projects with Confidence" and "Testing Web Applications."
July 29, 1999
New Entries on the Contractors List
- QA Labs Inc. offers quality assurance and test consulting services to the software development industry. Their previous work includes popular Microsoft and Adobe products.
July 28, 1999
New Entries on the Contractors List
- Perisol Technology focuses on working with companies to execute Quality Assurance and testing projects on Windows NT and UNIX.
July 13, 1999
New Entries on the Tools List
- Aegis is a transaction-based software configuration management system that allows a team of developers to work on a program independently.
July 12, 1999
New Entries on the Tools List
Revised Entries on the Tools List
July 8, 1999
Revised Entries on the Tools List
June 11, 1999
New Entries on the Contractors List
Changes on the Contractors List
- Installers, Inc. helps companies develop reliable software products
on time and on budget specializing in developing solutions to system integration and business
process automation problems.
April 16, 1999
New Entries on the Contractors List
- AZOR, Inc. - Greg Pope offers outsource testing, test design, test automation, test training and consulting, and risk analysis.
March 22, 1999
New Entries on the Courses List
- LogiGear Corporation offers 1-3 day courses including "Lead Software Test Projects with Confidence" and "Bug Finding & Reporting Techniques."
- International Institute for Software Testing offers numerous courses, among them: "Testing Object-Oriented Systems" and "Testing Client/Server Applications: A Risk-Based Approach."
Revised Entries on the Tools List
- WebLoad verifies Web application scalability by generating a load composed of Virtual
Clients that simulate real-world traffic.
February 12, 1999
New Entries on the Tools List
- CTA++ is a tool for unit testing C++ classes, libraries and subsystems.
- SunTest is a family of testing applications for Java that includes a GUI Testing Tool, Unit/Class Testing Tool, Coverage Analysis Testing Tool and a Load Testing Tool.
- ATF (UK distributor) supports all levels and types of automated testing.
February 5, 1999
Revised Entries on the Tools List
February 5, 1999
New Entries on the Contractors List
- Full Spectrum Software, Inc. has experience in the development and testing of commercial and business solutionssoftware.
- SIM Ltd is an independent team dedicated to all aspects of software testing.
Revised Entries on the Tools List
January 28, 1999
New Entries on the Courses List
New Entries on the Contractors List
New Entries on the Tools List
Revised Entries on the Courses List
- Testware Associates, Inc. have five new courses, including "Segue Software QualityWorks Training" and "Segue Software Silk and SilkPerformer Training."
Revised Entries on the Tools List
October 13, 1998
New Entries on the Contractors List
New Entries on the Courses List
- Software Quality Consulting
teaches three courses: a software testing overview, software
development within ISO9000, and accurate estimation and scheduling.
- Software SETT offers
introductory, intermediate, and advanced courses.
New Entries on the Tools List
Revised Entries on the Tools List
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August 1, 1998
New Entries on the Contractors List
Revised Entries on the Contractors List
New Entries on the Courses List
New Entries on the Tools List
Revised Entries on the Tools List
- Rational revised these entries: