Category: Software Analysis

Developers: They're Only Human

Human beings are an odd animal. We’re the only animal that experiences embarrassment over mistakes; some say we’re the only animal that realizes we make them. We also run a full gamut of emotions when we make mistakes – from frustration and self-deprecation to humor and acceptance.

Jonathan Bloom
Jun 7, 2011
CAST Highlight Gives Enterprises a Kick in the Apps

System outages, software failures, security breaches and IT maintenance costs are all rapidly on the rise. It seems like not a day goes by that we don’t read about one company or another announcing that their system went down or revealed personal data to hackers. Couple that with published estimates of technical debt at a half-billion dollars globally and $1 million per company and you see that things are getting out of hand. The sad part about it is it doesn’t have to be that way.

Jonathan Bloom
May 25, 2011
To be Forewarned is to be Forearmed

Let me start by saying that RSA is a name I generally equate with security of enterprise systems. That belief made it even more surprising a few weeks ago when I read that the security giant had been the victim of a cyber attack.

Jonathan Bloom
Apr 14, 2011
Waylaying the 'Elephant in the Room'

Each year, software errors cost U.S. corporations in excess of $60 Billion for repairs and maintenance costs. The problem is pandemic, affecting companies of all sizes from those topping the Fortune list to pre-IPO start-ups.

And the cost of software failures is not only financial. The hit to a company’s reputation that results from software malfunctions can result in lost customers, lost new business and damaged reputation, compounding the costs to fix the problem. When it comes to software, quality counts!

Jonathan Bloom
Apr 7, 2011
Non-Risky Business: Using Static Analysis to Ensure Software Quality

Earlier this week, our own Jitendra Subramanyam joined industry luminary Capers Jones, Chief Scientist Emeritus of Software Productivity Research (SPR) to co-host a webinar on curbing application software outages like the ones seen in the financial sector over the past couple months. The webinar, titled “Stop High-Profile Outages by Quantifying Application Risks,” focused on the importance of static analysis of application software during the build and/or customization phases to identify potential issues than can them be fixed, preventing a future outage.

Jonathan Bloom
Apr 1, 2011
Why Performance Testing is Hard

Closing the Gap Between the Testing and Production Environment

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Jul 3, 2009