AutomatedQA
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AutomatedQA Corp. is a software company specializing in automated software testing
tools and developer tools. It was founded in 1999 in Las Vegas
, Nevada
, and is currently based in Beverly
, Massachusetts
.
The first product released by AutomatedQA was AQtime
, a binary instrumentation profiler to help optimize performance for applications
developed with Microsoft
and Borland
compilers. It was released on November 12, 1999.
The first version of TestComplete, AutomatedQA’s automated software testing tool, was released in December, 2000.
In 2004, AutomatedQA released Automated Build Studio, an automated build management and continuous integration application.
AQtrace, a new product by AutomatedQA, was released in June, 2008.
At present AutomatedQA Corp. includes 3 companies: AutomatedQA itself and 2 subsidiaries, Smart Bear Software and Pragmatic Software, which were acquired in 2007 and 2009.
, automated product building and test running, application optimization, memory dump analysis, and memory leak
tracking. All the products are tightly integrated.
TestComplete
: TestComplete is an automated testing tool, with support for functional testing
, regression testing
, manual testing
, unit testing, distributed testing and HTTP performance testing
.
AQtime
: AQtime is a performance profiler and memory allocation debugger for 32-
and 64-bit
Windows and .NET-connected applications.
Automated Build Studio: Automated Build Studio, or ABS, is an automated build and release management
system that offers drag and drop
macro creation, automated nightly builds and continuous integration.
AQtrace: AQtrace is an error reporting and resolution system.
award three times, including the most recent SD Times 100 list for 2008. The SD Times 100 award honors the top 100 leaders and innovators in the software development
industry as judged by SD Times magazine.
AutomatedQA was one of only two companies ever to receive the Borland
Technology Partner of the Year Award twice. AutomatedQA received this award in both 2004 and 2005.
AutomatedQA was recognized in 2008 as Company #643 in the Inc 500 fastest growing companies in America.
Software testing
Software testing is an investigation conducted to provide stakeholders with information about the quality of the product or service under test. Software testing can also provide an objective, independent view of the software to allow the business to appreciate and understand the risks of software...
tools and developer tools. It was founded in 1999 in Las Vegas
Las Vegas metropolitan area
The Las Vegas Valley is the heart of the Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA also known as the Las Vegas–Paradise–Henderson MSA which includes all of Clark County, Nevada, and is a metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The Valley is defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a ...
, Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
, and is currently based in Beverly
Beverly, Massachusetts
Beverly is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 39,343 on , which differs by no more than several hundred from the 39,862 obtained in the 2000 census. A resort, residential and manufacturing community on the North Shore, Beverly includes Beverly Farms and Prides...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
.
The first product released by AutomatedQA was AQtime
AQtime
AQtime is a performance profiler and memory/resource debugging toolset developed by SmartBear Software. It is integrated into Microsoft Visual Studio, Visual Studio Test Projects and Embarcadero RAD Studio that allows analyzing the application without leaving the development environment.- Overview...
, a binary instrumentation profiler to help optimize performance for applications
Application software
Application software, also known as an application or an "app", is computer software designed to help the user to perform specific tasks. Examples include enterprise software, accounting software, office suites, graphics software and media players. Many application programs deal principally with...
developed with Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
and Borland
Borland
Borland Software Corporation is a software company first headquartered in Scotts Valley, California, Cupertino, California and finally Austin, Texas. It is now a Micro Focus subsidiary. It was founded in 1983 by Niels Jensen, Ole Henriksen, Mogens Glad and Philippe Kahn.-The 1980s:...
compilers. It was released on November 12, 1999.
The first version of TestComplete, AutomatedQA’s automated software testing tool, was released in December, 2000.
In 2004, AutomatedQA released Automated Build Studio, an automated build management and continuous integration application.
AQtrace, a new product by AutomatedQA, was released in June, 2008.
At present AutomatedQA Corp. includes 3 companies: AutomatedQA itself and 2 subsidiaries, Smart Bear Software and Pragmatic Software, which were acquired in 2007 and 2009.
AutomatedQA products
AutomatedQA develops products for the software development life cycle, including automated software testingSoftware testing
Software testing is an investigation conducted to provide stakeholders with information about the quality of the product or service under test. Software testing can also provide an objective, independent view of the software to allow the business to appreciate and understand the risks of software...
, automated product building and test running, application optimization, memory dump analysis, and memory leak
Memory leak
A memory leak, in computer science , occurs when a computer program consumes memory but is unable to release it back to the operating system. In object-oriented programming, a memory leak happens when an object is stored in memory but cannot be accessed by the running code...
tracking. All the products are tightly integrated.
TestComplete
TestComplete
TestComplete is an automated testing tool, developed by SmartBear Software which aims to allow testers to create software quality tests. Tests can be recorded, manually scripted or created manually with keyword operations and used for automated playback and error logging.TestComplete is used for...
: TestComplete is an automated testing tool, with support for functional testing
Functional testing
Functional testing is a type of black box testing that bases its test cases on the specifications of the software component under test. Functions are tested by feeding them input and examining the output, and internal program structure is rarely considered .Functional testing differs from system...
, regression testing
Regression testing
Regression testing is any type of software testing that seeks to uncover new errors, or regressions, in existing functionality after changes have been made to a system, such as functional enhancements, patches or configuration changes....
, manual testing
Manual testing
Manual testing is the process of manually testing software for defects. It requires a tester to play the role of an end user, and use most of all features of the application to ensure correct behavior...
, unit testing, distributed testing and HTTP performance testing
Performance testing
In software engineering, performance testing is in general testing performed to determine how a system performs in terms of responsiveness and stability under a particular workload...
.
AQtime
AQtime
AQtime is a performance profiler and memory/resource debugging toolset developed by SmartBear Software. It is integrated into Microsoft Visual Studio, Visual Studio Test Projects and Embarcadero RAD Studio that allows analyzing the application without leaving the development environment.- Overview...
: AQtime is a performance profiler and memory allocation debugger for 32-
32-bit
The range of integer values that can be stored in 32 bits is 0 through 4,294,967,295. Hence, a processor with 32-bit memory addresses can directly access 4 GB of byte-addressable memory....
and 64-bit
64-bit
64-bit is a word size that defines certain classes of computer architecture, buses, memory and CPUs, and by extension the software that runs on them. 64-bit CPUs have existed in supercomputers since the 1970s and in RISC-based workstations and servers since the early 1990s...
Windows and .NET-connected applications.
Automated Build Studio: Automated Build Studio, or ABS, is an automated build and release management
Release management
The release management process is a relatively new but rapidly growing discipline within software engineering of managing software releases....
system that offers drag and drop
Drag-and-drop
In computer graphical user interfaces, drag-and-drop is the action of selecting a virtual object by "grabbing" it and dragging it to a different location or onto another virtual object...
macro creation, automated nightly builds and continuous integration.
AQtrace: AQtrace is an error reporting and resolution system.
Awards
AutomatedQA has received an SD Times 100SD Times
Software Development Times, better known as SD Times, is a magazine published by BZ Media, in both a print version and an on-line electronic edition. It has been published since 2000. Since 2003, it has published an annual award list, the "SD Times 100", which honors the top 100 leaders and...
award three times, including the most recent SD Times 100 list for 2008. The SD Times 100 award honors the top 100 leaders and innovators in the software development
Software development
Software development is the development of a software product...
industry as judged by SD Times magazine.
AutomatedQA was one of only two companies ever to receive the Borland
Borland
Borland Software Corporation is a software company first headquartered in Scotts Valley, California, Cupertino, California and finally Austin, Texas. It is now a Micro Focus subsidiary. It was founded in 1983 by Niels Jensen, Ole Henriksen, Mogens Glad and Philippe Kahn.-The 1980s:...
Technology Partner of the Year Award twice. AutomatedQA received this award in both 2004 and 2005.
AutomatedQA was recognized in 2008 as Company #643 in the Inc 500 fastest growing companies in America.