Rational Software
Published: 1st January 1998 | By: Therese Cory
Rational Software began in the US in 1981, providing tools for developers, including Ada compilers. The company has grown over the years through mergers and acquisitions and in 1996 was floated on the NASDAQ stock exchange. Rational is now a…
Princeton Softech testing tools
Published: 1st January 1998 | By: Therese Cory
Princeton Softech was founded in 1989. It specialises in delivering data and program synchronisation solutions to IS professionals who develop and maintain critical business applications. Its software is historically IBM mainframe based although, more recently, its products are currently being…
PC 2000 Problems
Published: 1st January 1998 | By: Therese Cory
There is a handful of tools which help to make PCs Year 2000 compliant. These can detect the existence of a Y2000 problem on a PC, and/or make hardware or software fixes to correct the problem. Some suppliers also offer…
Mercury Interactive testing tools
Published: 1st January 1998 | By: Therese Cory
This review covers the range of products from Mercury Interactive including dynamic testing tools, multi-user load and stress testing tools, and TestDirector, which is a Workgroup-based test management tool.
McCabe ToolSet
Published: 1st January 1998 | By: Therese Cory
McCabe Associates has traditionally provided testing tools based around the McCabe metrics, developed by the company’s founder and present chairman, Thomas McCabe. The McCabe Toolset consists of the Visual Quality, Visual Reengineering and Visual Testing Toolsets.
The Enterprise in Transition
Published: 1st January 1997 | By: Robin Bloor
The Enterprise by Other Means created a wide debate, in the computer press and on the web, which is still in pogress many months after the report was published. We have gathered together all of the important issues raised and…
Enterprise by Other Means FAQ
Published: 1st January 1997 | By: Robin Bloor
When The Enterprise By Other Means was published in August 1996, it was widely viewed as a controversial ?projection of the direction that the IT industry was taking. While there were many supporters of the view it espoused (far more…
The Enterprise by Other Means
Published: 1st January 1996 | By: Robin Bloor
The return to centralised computing is a major earthquake, and as with all major earthquakes it will rearrange the landscape. Some buildings will be left standing and others will not. Its tremors will be felt across the world, by IT…