Intelligence-Driven Testing to Roll Back Software Defect Crisis

Solidware Technologies made its marketplace debut today with the introduction of its splat(TM) software module visualization and analysis application. Releasing the splat software marks the first step in Solidware's drive to help the information technology industry innovate its way out of a worsening software defect crisis, and is licensed for a free 60-day trial via download from the www.solidw.com website.

Delivering a radically new metaphor for discovering and eliminating software defects as early as possible in the software development process, splat software graphically displays the connections and interdependencies between the various code modules that make up current-generation software systems. The initial splat product, for C language source code on Microsoft Windows-based platforms, provides a foundation for Solidware to establish a growing business through building up a complete software defect reduction ecosystem incorporating capabilities in areas of failure mode analysis; risk assessment; memory management; thread execution and interaction; and security.

Even in its current concept demonstrator status, splat software delivers immediate value by helping software developers visualize the structure of applications, identify high-risk vulnerability areas and see a "digital fingerprint" of code structure and attributes. In addition, the software can be used to rapidly assess the structure and quality of open source and third party software integrated into production IT environments. This digital fingerprinting capability represents a foundation from which Solidware can add more advanced intelligent defect test, analysis and correction modules as the product roadmap progresses.

Scott Allman, director, quality assurance and test, Vidiom Systems, Inc., of Broomfield, Colo, has used the Beta version of splat as part of Solidware's field testing of the product. According to Allman: "Just a few minutes with splat really cements in your mind the relationships among the functions performed by source code modules. This makes splat an integration tool as well as a debugging and test tool and something that all serious testers and integrators should consider."

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