Applying Software Quality Technology To RealWorld Needs

Software Research, Inc., San Francisco, CA  94107  USA  
 
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  • Pioneered: automated test capture (recording & low-code) + interpretive playback; regression testing; DOM-based web testing; auto-instrumented code coverage checking; continuous web application monitoring; static and dynamic program analysis technologies.
  • Served the testing community for >40 years.

eValid Patent Portfolio   Patents

Intellectual
Property

  • eValid's foundational web application testing technology has early priority dates.
  • A total of 10 Utility Patents issued 2007 ‐ 2021.
  • Patents cited by >497 other patents or applications of >124 companies and organizations.
  • Referenced by USPTO in examiner rejections of >278 patent applications and cited specifically by the USPTO examiner in >66 patent applications.

eValid WebSite   Automated Web
Testing & Analysis

Technology Leader
2000 ‐ 2023

  • Pioneered web application testing incorporating test-enabled browsers based on native DOM-based browsing capabilities.
    • Original browser-based client-side web applications testing product: 2000.
    • Software Development Magazine Jolt Award: 2003.
    • Achieved >1,000 eValid product installations worldwide in 2008.
    • Essentially all eValid™ testing technology was functionally incorporated in the W3C WebDriver Standard.
    • The eValid™ User Forum supports users discussions of functional testing, load testing, website scanning, security checking, and performance monitoring.

Quality Week Conferences   Industry Leader In
Software Quality Conferences

1988-2002

Software QA &
Test Automation

  • 20 technical conferences in total: 15 Yearly QualityWeek™ (QW 1988-2002); and, 5 yearly QualityWeek/Europe™(QWE 1998-2002).
  • Those conferences, all organized and managed by Rita Bral (VP/Communications at SR), and chaired by Edward Miller (CEO at SR), advanced and popularized automated testing of desktop and web applications.
  • QW/QWE served >10,000 academic and industry leaders in open international technology forums supporting a range of innovative concepts in software testing, quality assurance, performance measurement, and software security and reliability.
  • QW/QWE fostered hundreds of professional's careers, including many software testing technology leaders. Overall, there were >1,100 Technical Papers and Presentations presented, vetted by an International Advisory Board of >130 academics and industrial technologists.
  • Here is a complete Archive of QW/QWE Proceedings and Tutorial Notes

TestWorks Website   Client-server
Test Automation
Technology

Technology Leader
1984 - 2002

  • Milestones in automated test technology for client-server systems:
    • Automated test recording/playback system for Windows (1984).
    • Automated GUI test capture/playback for XWindows (1990). :w L:Branch (C1) test coverage analyzer for C/C++ (1991).
    • Call-pair (Cp) test coverage analyzer for C/C++ (1992).
    • Path test coverage (Ct) analyzer for C/C++ (1993).
    • By 1995 there were >4,000 TestWorks licenses installed at >1,750 sites worldwide.
    • Unified UNIX, XWindows, Microsoft Windows product architecture (1996).
    • Software Magazine Top 500 Award: 1997, 1998, 1999 .
    • Integrated primary QA functions: GUI test capture/playback (Unix & Windows); automated regression testing; intelligent image comparison with OCR; .H .HRc code analysis: automated code metrics.
  • TestWorks™ became a legacy product in 2002.

Software Research, Inc.
P.O. Box 410453
San Francisco, CA 94141 USA


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