Archived Changes to the FAQs

December 27, 2007

• Added LISA Virtual Service Environment from iTKO, Inc. to the Test Implementation Tools list.
• Added LISA Load & Performance Testing from iTKO, Inc. to the Load and Performance Tools list.

December 19, 2007

• Added LISA Functional Testing from iTKO, Inc. to the GUI Test Drivers list.
• Added LISA Business Process Validation from iTKO, Inc. to the Test Design Tools list.
• Added LISA Continuous Validation Service from iTKO, Inc. to the Test Implementation Tools list.

December 6, 2007

• Updated STAG Software Private Limited's entry on the Testing Courses list.
• Added the freeware tool VNCRobot to the GUI Test Drivers list.

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

• Added AppLabs Technologies to the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.
• Added Testhouse Ltd. to the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.
• Added Moniforce to the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.
• Added Pretty Good Testing to the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.

October 18, 2007

• The Boneyard is now included in the custom search index along with the tools.

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

• Added Insight Test Services Ltd to the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.
• Added the open source tool pywinauto to the GUI Test Drivers list.
• Added Paul Jacques to the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.
• Added R&B Software Testing to the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.

October 11, 2007

• Updated Orlando Castro's entry on the Contractors & Consultants List, changing the company name to Software Regulatory Services.

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Added QAS.TCS (Test Case Studio) from OBJENTIS Software Integration GmbH to the Testcase Management Tools list.

August 29, 2007

• Added QAS.PTAR (Problem Tracking and Reporting) from OBJENTIS Software Integration GmbH.
• Added Bug Trail from Osmosys.
• Added BugUP from InformUP.
• Updated T-Plan Incident Manager from T-Plan.
• Added the open source tool JTrac.
• Updated the URL for the open source tool Mantis.
• Added the open source tool Trac.
• Updated Bug Station from Bugopolis LLC.

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

• Bugcentral Inc.
• Dynamic Memory Solutions
• eValid
• ForeSoft Corporation
• froglogic GmbH
• Inflectra Corporation
• Ingenieurbüro David Fischer
• IPL
• Jackal Software Pty Ltd
• LDRA
• loadtesting.com
• LogiGear
• Neotys
• Seapine Software
• SoftLogica LLC
• TrackStudio Ltd
• Verisium, Inc.

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Vettanna
• E-Testing Consultancy Ltd

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

• Updated Vermont HighTest Plus from Vermont Creative Software, Inc. on the GUI Test Drivers list.

April 24, 2006

• Added LoadeaTest from Loadea to the Load and Performance Tools list.

March 23, 2006

• Workroom Productions Ltd.
• HAHN data & information e.K.
• PerfTestPlus to the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.
• Vyomlabs Pvt Ltd to the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.
• SQS Software Quality Systems (UK) Ltd. (updated)

March 10, 2006

• Gillogley Services
• Satheesh Kumar
• RTCubed Consulting, LLC (update)
• IA Technical Consulting
• Rajesh Mokeri
• Igor Gershovich, CTI
• Round Rock Systems Test
• Alvicom

March 9, 2006

• Added BenTech Computer Consulting, Inc. to the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.
• Added Delphi Technologies to the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.

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

• 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

• Added to the Testing Contractors and Consultants List: Proteans Software Solutions, VST Consulting, Inc, Srinivasa Raju. A, and Method Park America, Inc.
• Removed RBSC Corporation from the Testing Contractors and Consultants List. RBSC stopped offering training, software engineering, and testing services in 2002.

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

• Udpated LogiGear Corporation's Courses listing.

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

• Added these tools from Reliass to the Test Design Tools list: LOGAN Fault Tree Analysis, LOGAN Monte Carlo Simulation, Raptor, and RAMP.
• Added the freeware tool dadada from Phuoc Can Hua to the Test Design Tools list.

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

• Updated LDRA's tools: LDRA Testbed, LDRA Testbed (static analysis), and TBrun.

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

• Updated the platforms for LDRA's tools: LDRA Testbed, LDRA Testbed (static analysis), and TBrun.

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

• Updated Census Bug Tracking and Defect Tracking on the Defect Tracking Tools list.
• Added Bug-Track.com to the Defect Tracking Tools list.

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

• RMTrack from RMTrack Issue Tracking Solutions Inc.
• Bug Station from Bugopolis Defect Tracking Servers
• icTracker from IC Soft, Inc.
• IssueView from IssueView.Com
• Defect Manager from Tiera Software, Inc.
• inControl from stag software private limited
• TrackStudio Enterprise from TrackStudio, Ltd.

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

• Added Web Performance Trainer from Web Performance, Inc. to the Load and Performance Tools list.

May 27, 2004

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

• Added OnTime Defect Tracker from Axosoft to the Defect Tracking Tools list.

May 16, 2004

• Added new entries for PureTest from Minq Software, Q1 from Lightweight Technologies, WinFeedback from Beson Data, Badboy from Badboy Software.
• Updated the entries for CAPBACK from Software Research, Inc., TestSmith from Quality Forge, and the freeware library Perl X11::GUITest.
  
• Added a stub entry for QuickTest Professional from Mercury Interactive.
  

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

• Updated the entries for MITS.GUI and MITS.Comm.
• Added two tools to the Test Drivers and Test Suite Management Tools list: Chrysilla Test Case Tool from Chrysilla Software Inc and ApTest Manager from Applied Testing and Technology.

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

• Added Oak Systems Private Limited to the Testing Courses List.
• Added Grove Consulting to the Testing Courses List.

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

• Added three freeware tools to the Test Design Tools list: AllPairs.java, Assertion Definition Language (ADL), tsl.

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

• Added MITS (Multiple Interface Testing Suite) from Omsphere to the Miscellaneous Tools list. (this is a suite containing multiple tools)
• Added MITS.GUI (Multiple Interface Testing Suite) from OMSPHERE to the GUI Test Drivers list.
• Added MITS.Comm from OMSPHERE to the Test Implementation Tools list.
• Added EasyTest from ID Consultants Ltd to the Non-GUI Drivers and Test Suite Managers list.

May 2, 2003

• Added the freeware OpenSTA tool to the Load and Performance Tools list.

April 24, 2003

• Added Perl Test::MockObject to the Unit Test Tools list.

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

• Added Opensourcetesting.org to the Other Sources of Tool Information page.

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

• Added the following freeware tools to the Defect Tracking Tools list to support the upcoming Open Testware Reviews launch: Scarab, Roundup, Mantis, Helis, BugRat, Abuky, Tracker. Also updated these entries: JitterBug, Buggit.
• Added these tools to the Defect Tracking Tools list: JIRA from Atlassian Software Systems, FreeTaskManager from Websystems Inc.
• Updated these tools to the Defect Tracking Tools list: TestTrack Pro from Seapine Software, ProblemTracker from NetResults Corporation.

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

• Updated the entry for Coley Consulting in the Testing Courses List.

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

• Added Testscape to the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.
• Added E-SoftSys to the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.
• Added Test Performance Inc. to the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.
• Added Usability Ireland to the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.
• Added Gemini Software to the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.
• Added Insight Consulting Ltd to the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.
• Added CRIM Software Test Centre to the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.

November 2, 2002

• Added Pix Software GmbH to the Testing Courses List.
• Updated Hans Schaefer's entry in the Testing Courses List.

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

• Added Scapa StressTest for Hyperion Essbase to the Load and Performance Tools list.
• Added Ashutosh Chandra to the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.
• Added VT Enterprise Software Validation to the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.

June 3, 2002

• Added stag software private limited to the Testing Courses List.
• Added Test & Caetera to the Testing Contractors and Consultants list.
• Added logicalQA to the Testing Contractors and Consultants list.
• Added DigitalBees to the Load and Performance Tools list.

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

• ATTOL Coverage is now Rational Test RealTime Coverage.
• ATTOL SystemTest is now Rational Test RealTime System Testing.
• Updated the Boneyard (ATTOL Testware, Data Dimensions, VeriTest).

May 21, 2002

• Added Olenick & Associates to the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.

May 8, 2002

• Added Jemmy to the GUI Test Drivers list. Java library to create automated tests for Java GUI (freeware).

May 6, 2002

• Added Glass JAR Toolkit to the Test Evaluation Tools list.

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

• Updated the entry for Software Quality Engineering in the Testing Courses List.

March 28, 2002

• Created the Testing FAQs Boneyard.
• Julian Jones, Ltd. is now Launch Software, Ltd. Updated the listing for Test Manager.

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

• Added Unified TestPro (UTP) to the GUI Test Drivers list.
• Added Software Testing Automation Framework (STAF) to the Non-GUI Drivers and Test Suite Managers list.
• Added Java Test Coverage to the Test Evaluation Tools list.

March 12, 2002

• Added VMware to the Miscellaneous Tools list.
• Added Web Roller to the Load and Performance Tools list.
• Added an entry for QMTest to the Non-GUI Drivers and Test Suite Managers list. (freeware)
• Added ANTS - Advanced .NET Testing System to the Load and Performance Tools list.
• Added CONVEX Integrated Test Environment (CITE) to the Non-GUI Drivers and Test Suite Managers list. (freeware)
• Added Bug Tracker Software to the Defect Tracking Tools list.
• Added Squish to the Defect Tracking Tools list.

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

• Added TeamShare, Inc.'s TeamTrack and TeamTrack Workgroup to the Defect Tracking Tools list. Removed TeamShare's entry for tTRACK.

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

• Added an entry for Paessler GmbH's Webserver Stress Tool to the Load and Performance Tools list. Added their IPCheck Server Monitor tool to the Miscellaneous Tools list.

January 3, 2002

• Updated the entry for Persistent Systems Private Limited in the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.

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

• Added Coley Consulting to the Testing Courses List.

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

• Added Edison Institute to the Testing Courses List.

October 16, 2001

• Added Zambit Technologies' WebPTS to the Defect Tracking Tools list.

September 13, 2001

• Updated Software Quality Engineering's entry in the Testing Courses List.

September 5, 2001

• Added Jenssoft's CodeCompanion to the Static Analysis Tools list.
• Added AdminiTrack, Inc.'s AdminiTrack to the Defect Tracking Tools list.
• Added courses from Construx Software to the Test Courses List.
• Added Alcea Technologies' Alcea Fast BugTrack to the Defect Tracking Tools list.

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

• Added Threerock Software's BugBase 2000 to the Defect Tracking Tools list.
• Added SkyeyTech's BUGtrack tool to the Defect Tracking Tools list.
• Added Softsmith Infotech Pvt Ltd to the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.

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

• Added DateWise FileCompare to the Other Test Implementation Tools list.
• Added Dependency Walker to the Static Analysis Tools list.
• Added InCtrl5 to the Other Test Implementation Tools list.

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

• Added Symantec Ghost to the Miscellaneous Tools list.
• Added PowerQuest's Drive Image Pro to the Miscellaneous Tools list.
• Added StorageSoft's ImageCast to the Miscellaneous Tools list.

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

• Added the freeware tool Android to the GUI Test Drivers list.
• Added Krakatau to the Static Analysis Tools list.
• Added the freeware Microsoft Web Application Stress Tool (WAS) to the Load and Performance Testing tools list.

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

• Added Satisfice (James Bach) to the Testing Contractors and Consultants List and the Testing Courses List.

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

• Updated the listing for Software Quality Consulting, Inc. on the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.

April 25, 2001

• Added the open source tool JUnit to the Other Test Implementation Tools list.

April 24, 2001

• Updated the entry for Aivosto VB Watch from Aivosto Oy.

April 23, 2001

• Posted updates for these tools from Testwell Oy: CTA++, TBGEN, CTB, CTC++, TCMON, and CMT++.

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

• Added a test lab, Compaq IQ Center New England, to the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.
• Added Software Development Technologies (SDT) to the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.
• Added Software Development Technologies (SDT) to the Testing Courses List.
• Added tools from ParaSoft: WebKing on the GUI Test Drivers list, Inuse and C++Test on the Other Test Implementation Tools list, and TCA on the Test Evaluation Tools list.

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

• Added Splaine & Associates to the Contractors and Consultants List.

March 22, 2001

• Added Time to Market Software to the Contractors and Consultants List.
• Added McCabe TestCompress to the Test Design Tools list.
• Added CorTechs, Inc. to the Testing Courses List.
• Added CorTechs, Inc. to the Contractors and Consultants List.
• Added Atesto Functional Testing Service to the GUI Test Drivers list and Atesto Automated Load Test to the Load and Performance Tools list.

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

• Added my own practice to the Testing Contractors and Consultants List, Tejas Software Consulting.
• Added NVP Software Testing to the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.
• Added Gresham Computing's Autoscriptor Inferno to the GUI Test Drivers list.

March 16, 2001

• Added an entry for the Software Productivity Center to the Testing Courses List.

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

• Updated the entry for Applied Testing and Technology in the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.

February 28, 2001

• Replaced SQE's tool's survey entry with a reference to StickyMinds.com on the Other Sources of Tool Information.

February 22, 2001

• Added Capacity Calibration from CapCal, Inc. to the Load and Performance Testing tools list.

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

• Updated Applied Computer Technology's entries for ITF (Internetworking Test Facility) and SDTF (SNA Development Test Facility).
• Added Lightspeed Software's Change Commander to the Defect Tracking Tools list.

January 8, 2001

• Added SilverMark, Inc.'s Test Mentor - Java Edition to the Non-GUI Drivers and Test Suite Managers list. Also updated the entry for Smalltalk Test Mentor in the GUI Test Drivers list.

January 5, 2001

• Changed Revision Labs to QualityLogic in the Contractors and Consultants List.
• Added Aamkhao Technologies, Inc. to the Contractors and Consultants List.
• Added IV&V Australia to the Contractors and Consultants List.
• Added a skeleton entry for KZA Kwaliteitszorg to the Contractors and Consultants List.

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

• Added an entry for Rex Black Consulting Services, Inc. to the Testing Courses List.

November 29, 2000

• Added Neilsoft Inc. to the Contractors and Consultants list.

November 28, 2000

• Updated the tools entries for ATTOL UniTest (moved to the Other Test Implementation Tools list), ATTOL SystemTest, and ATTOL Coverage
• Added Reactis Tester from Reactive Systems, Inc. to the Test Design Tools list.
• Updated the entry for MST Lab in the Contractors and Consultants list.

October 31, 2000

• Updated the entry for Innovative-IT Development AB's PureLoad in the Load and Performance Testing Tools list.

October 30, 2000

• Updated Rex Black's entry in the Contractors & Consultants List.
• Added Datagen2000 by Superfine Software to the Test Design Tools list.

October 23, 2000

• Added Software Research's eValid to the GUI Test Drivers list.

October 20, 2000

• Added Rational Suite PerformanceStudio and Rational SiteLoad to the Load and Performance Tools list. Removed preVue C/S and SQA LoadTest Edition, which are obsolete.
• Added Segue's SilkPerformer to the Load and Performance Tools list.

October 17, 2000

• Updated the entry for Automated Testing Specialists in the Contractors and Consultants List.

October 10, 2000

• Added Grove Consultants to the Contractors and Consultants List.
• Added Spherion to the Contractors and Consultants List.

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

• Added Testware Associates, Inc. ^® to the Testing Courses List. Note: there are two separate companies on the list using the Testware Associates name.
• Added Aivosto Project Analyzer to the Statis Analysis Tools list and Aivosto VB Watch to the Miscellaneous Tools list.

September 29, 2000

• Updated Software Quality Engineering's entry in the Testing Courses List.

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

• Added Quality and Performance Engineering Division, Persistent Systems Pvt Ltd to the Testing Contractors and Consultants List.

September 5, 2000

• Added RemoteCog from Five Nine Solutions Inc.

August 22, 2000

• Removed SPYDER from Lavasteele. The tool is no longer available.
• Updated links for RSW e-Load, RSW e-Tester, and RSW e-Monitor.

August 15, 2000

• Added Applied Testing and Technology's Testify to the tools list.

July 28, 2000

• Added Cleanscape lint-Plus to the tools list.

June 2, 2000

• Added WebSpray from Red Hill Networks, Inc. to the tools list.

May 31, 2000

• Added Allied Testing, LLC. to the contractors list.

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

• Added Arch Ltd. to the contractors list
• Added a link to Rick Hower's Web Site Test Tools and Site Management Tools page to the "Other Sources of Tool Information" page.

April 14, 2000

• Added Galaxy Scientific Corporation to the contractors list.
• Added CodeWizard and Jtest from ParaSoft to the tools list.

April 4, 2000

• Updated the contractors list - softgear technologies is now LogiGear Corporation

January 24, 2000

• New entry on the contracts list - Superior Automation Services Ltd. does Web, e-Commerce, Client Server, Euro-Conversion, Y2K, Mainframe, and Load Testing.

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

• The Software Verification Research Centre Software Review and Testing Course focuses on the application of review and testing techniques to the software development life cycle.

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

• Architecture Technology's Reconfigurable Interface Simulation/Stimulation Tool is capable of stimulation and simulation of multiple interfaces through repeatable, user-defined, scenario-driven tests.

Revised Entries on the Tools List

• Updates to all of Testwell's tools: CTA++, TBGEN, CTB, CTC++, TCMON, and CMT++.
• Updates to Rational's Tools: Rational Quantify, Rational Purify, and Rational PureCoverage.

July 8, 1999

Revised Entries on the Tools List

• Complite File Comparison Family (formerly COMPFUZ) provides word-by-word comparison utilities for programming language source, ASCII text and data files.

June 11, 1999

New Entries on the Contractors List

• Inspection and Testing Solutions provides test improvement services across the application development lifecycle

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

• C-Cover -- Updated phone.

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

• B-Tree's Validor Family of Products is non-intrusive, fully automated, and for system integration testing of embedded or PC systems.

January 28, 1999

New Entries on the Courses List

• RAS Group, Inc. teaches "Apply Software Testing Effectively."

New Entries on the Contractors List

• Testware Associates, Inc. focuses exclusively on helping companies improve the quality of their software products and development efforts.
• BetaSoft SQA Consulting Services have implemented automated testing systems and tools development for eight years.

New Entries on the Tools List

• Aonix Validator/Req reads spcifications as models and generates test cases and test scripts.
• VisionSoft/CHECK++ is a runtime error checker for C/C++.
• VisionSoft/FIND2000 is a Year 2000 code analyzer for C/C++/Java.
• VisionSoft/PERFORM is a performance optimizer for C/C++ code.
• imbus GUI Test Case Library, is an add-on for Mercury Interactive�s WinRunner, extending the functionality and providing solutions for frequent test programming problems.

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

• SET (Solution Evaluation Tool) -- updated phone and fax.
• Acqua and AcquaNavio were removed.
• QC/Replay -- address and company name update.
• VisionSoft/TEST is a code coverage analyzer for C/C++.

October 13, 1998

New Entries on the Contractors List

• Questcon Technologies, Inc., is a Mercury Interactive Channel Partner that supports all types of client-server and internet application testing.
• Software Testing Services, Inc. provides services to corporations in New Jersey and New York City.
• Software Quality Consulting provides consulting and training in software development, software QA, and quality systems.
• QualTech International Pty. Ltd. provides software testing consulting in Australasia.

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

• ATTOL UniTest automates software component testing for C, C++, Ada, and CSQL.
• ATTOL SystemTest is ideal for testing applications based on commercial middleware.
• ATTOL Coverage is a coverage tool for C and Ada.
• e-Load is a load and scalability testing tool for Web applications.
• e-Monitor is a post-deployment regression testing tool for Web applications.
• Error Projection Tool provides quantitative information to plan, track, and decide when to stop testing activities.
• SQA Suite add-on tool "SPYDER" is a free tool for defect tracking.

Revised Entries on the Tools List

• B-Tree Validor Family is non-intrusive, fully automated, and for system integration testing of embedded or PC systems.
• VersaTest is a testing tool for Tandem systems.
• McCabe Test is a test design and coverage tool.
• McCabe QA is a static analysis tool.
• RSW Web Analyst has become RSW e-Tester

August 1, 1998

New Entries on the Contractors List

• Crisis Testing Center specializes in testing the GUI and welcomes last minute projects.
• Uniscape conducts localization and internationalization testing.
• Software SETT Corporation provides contract testing in Silicon Valley.

Revised Entries on the Contractors List

• AvaTech, Inc. is a diversified professional services company.

New Entries on the Courses List

• Testware Associates, Inc. offers four courses, with emphasis on automation.

New Entries on the Tools List

• TracQA tracks, manages, and reports on all test processes.
• VectorCAST is a unit test tool for host and embedded applications.
• Expect is a scripting language based on TCL.
• CYRANO TEST is a host-based suite of testing tools for terminal-based, character cell applications.
• Visual Basic Coverage Expert is a coverage tool.
• Cantata++ is a coverage tool and test driver for C++.
• AdaTEST95 is a coverage analyzer, test driver, and static metrics tool for Ada 95.
• SQA TeamTest: ERP Extension for SAP is an extension to SQA Robot.
• SQA TestFoundation for PeopleSoft helps test PeopleSoft applications.

Revised Entries on the Tools List

• Rational revised these entries:
  • SQA Suite: LoadTest Edition is a load testing tool.
  • preVue C/S is a load testing tool for client/server environments.
  • preVue X is a load testing tool for X-Window applications.
  • PreVue is a load testing tool for character-based UNIX applications.
  • SQA Suite: TeamTest Edition is a GUI tester for Windows client/server applications.
  • Visual Test is a GUI tester for Windows and the Web.

June 5, 1998

New Entries on the Contractors List

• Australian Multimedia Testing Centre is Australia's first independent third-party testing house.
• Software Quality Partners takes a long-term view of the needs of their clients and has close relationships with tool vendors.

Revised Entries on the Contractors List

• Johanna Rothman (Rothman Consulting Group) has changed her entry.
• Sys.Test Labs, an outsource test lab, has updated its entry.
• Organisation and Technology Research plc is a London consultancy with experience in banking and retail applications.
• The Interface Design Group has changed its name to The Testing Center.

Revised Entries on the Courses List

• The Object Agency, Inc. has updated the description of its "Testing Object-Oriented Software" course.
• Johanna Rothman (Rothman Consulting Group) has updated her course descriptions.
• Rodney Wilson, who teaches through UCSC Extension, has updated his entry.
• Reliable Software Technologies Corporation has some new courses.
• Interface Design Group is now called The Testing Center and offers several new courses.

New Entries on the Tools List

• CGI TESTER checks the output from Perl, ASP, Cold Fusion, CGI, etc.
• DARTT scans the full input range of subprogram parameters for exceptions or anomalies.
• SHOWFLOW is a development information system for MVS mainframes.
• CYRANO ServerPack provides automated load and stress testing with RDBMS analysis.
• AutoTester has added numerous entries:
  • AutoAdviser helps with planning and analysis of test libraries.
  • Test Library Manager helps manage the contents of a test library.
  • AutoTester for Windows and AutoTester for OS/2 are GUI test drivers.
  • AutoTester Client/Server for use with SAP R/3 is a test driver and scripting language.
  • AutoController provides load testing.
  • AutoController with Virtual DirectTest provides load testing for SAP R/3 users.
  • Test Station is a driver for character-based applications.
  • AutoTester Web supports functional testing of internet applications.

Revised Entries on the Tools List

• Software Research revised all their entries, which are:
  • TestWorks, a multi-product tool suite.
    • TestWorks/Advisor, the portions of the suite that do static analysis.
    • TestWorks/Coverage, the portions of the suite that handle coverage.
    • TestWorks/Regression, the portions of the suite that handle regression testing.
    • TestWorks/Web, the portions of the suite that handle web testing.
  • CAPBAK, a GUI capture/replay tool.
  • EXDIFF, an extended differencing tool.
  • METRIC, a complexity metric tool.
  • SMARTS, which is used to organize and execute test suites.
  • STATIC, which uses static analysis to find program faults.
  • TCAT C/C++, a coverage tool.
  • TCAT for Java, a coverage tool.
  • TCAT-PATH, a path coverage tool.
  • TDGEN, a test data generation tool.
  • T-SCOPE, a tool to visualize coverage.
• QA C, QA C++, and QA Fortran are deep-flow static analysis tools.

May 1, 1998

New Entries on the Contractors List

• Migration Software Systems, Ltd., offers training and consulting in a wide variety of verification and validation techniques and tools.
• Analysis.Net Survey Research specialize in conducting beta test surveys for software testers.

Revised Entries on the Contractors List

• Redline Software is a specialist in stress testing.
• softGear technology, Inc. offers outsourcing and on-site contracting.
• Brian Marick, Testing Foundations, has changed his entry.

Revised Entries on the Courses List

• ST Labs, Inc. has revised their entry.
• softGear technology, Inc. has revised its entry.

New Entries on the Tools List

• Acqua is an application delivery management system, formerly the test management system QC/Advantage.
• AcquaNavio is a CORBA testing tool.
• AcquaProva is a compile-through-runtime C++ and C source-based error detection application.
• Pegasus tracks and measures network connectivity.
• CobRetest provides regression testing for COBOL programs.
• SofInst provides code coverage for COBOL and PL/1 programs.
• SofAudit is a tool for the static analysis of Assembler, COBOL, PL/I and NATURAL programs.
• SET (Solution Evaluation Tool) is a non-intrusive GUI and load testing tool for multivendor environments.
• CYRANO Test is a load and performance testing tool.
• TALC2000 is a Year 2000 legacy testing tool.
• TestBase is a powerful and easy-to-use tool for generating meaningful test data.

Revised Entries on the Tools List

• Chariot is a load and performance tool.
• Test Now, a utility library for Visual Test, has been discontinued, but is still available as a free download.
• Logiscope is a coverage tool. The entry has been updated to describe its static analysis capabilities.
• ftnchek is a Fortran static analyzer.

February 19, 1998 (Happy Birthday, Dawn!)

Contractors

• Lon D. Gowen, Ph.D., has experience in the development and verification of safety-critical software systems, embedded systems, and real-time operating systems.
• ENEA Data AB is a Swedish contracting company with experience in telecommunications, test management, and test automation.
• Usability Architects, Inc., provides usability consulting and testing.
• Superior Software Testing specializes in (but is not restricted to) Windows and Macintosh multimedia products.
• Reliable Software Technologies Corporation has updated their listing.

Courses

• I've removed the section on tool-specific courses. It didn't have enough useful, up-to-date information.
• ENEA Data AB offers a course on software and system testing.
• Reliable Software Technologies Corporation has updated their listing.

Tools

• DGL, a tool for designing test cases from context-free grammars, now has a web page.
• QES/DatEZ, a tool for changing dates in captured tests (for Y2K testing).
• Benchmark Factory is a load testing tool.
• Teleprocessing Network Simulator is a load and capacity planning tool for IBM Big Iron (System/390 and the like).
• T-VEC Test Generation System generates test vectors from specifications.
• DeepCover for Java and DeepCover for C/C++ replace Reliable Software Technology's earlier PISCES line.
• AssertMate for Java provides support for putting assertions in code.
• TotalMetric for Java provides Java static metrics.
• CYRANO TEST is a GUI testing tool for client/server applications.
• QALoad, a load testing tool, has an updated listing.