Nu-Mega Technologies
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NuMega Technologies was a software company founded in 1987 by Frank Grossman and Jim Moskun in Nashua
, New Hampshire, USA.
The company developed Kernel mode debugger, now SoftICE
, for DOS
and the Windows NT
family.
Mark Russinovich
started his career at Nu-Mega co-writing with Bryce Cogswell NTFSDOS
, Filemon and RegMon.
In December 1997 the company was acquired by Compuware
, when it became the NuMega Lab of Compuware.
Less than a year after its move to Merrimack
, the development lab was effectively shut down on 11 June 2007.
In June 2009, Compuware
sold the former NuMega products to a UK-based firm named Micro Focus.
Nashua, New Hampshire
-Climate:-Demographics:As of the census of 2010, there were 86,494 people, 35,044 households, and 21,876 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,719.9 people per square mile . There were 37,168 housing units at an average density of 1,202.8 per square mile...
, New Hampshire, USA.
The company developed Kernel mode debugger, now SoftICE
SoftICE
SoftICE is a kernel mode debugger for Microsoft Windows. Crucially, it is designed to run underneath Windows such that the operating system is unaware of its presence. Unlike an application debugger, SoftICE is capable of suspending all operations in Windows when instructed...
, for DOS
DOS
DOS, short for "Disk Operating System", is an acronym for several closely related operating systems that dominated the IBM PC compatible market between 1981 and 1995, or until about 2000 if one includes the partially DOS-based Microsoft Windows versions 95, 98, and Millennium Edition.Related...
and the Windows NT
Windows NT
Windows NT is a family of operating systems produced by Microsoft, the first version of which was released in July 1993. It was a powerful high-level-language-based, processor-independent, multiprocessing, multiuser operating system with features comparable to Unix. It was intended to complement...
family.
Mark Russinovich
Mark Russinovich
Mark E. Russinovich is a Technical Fellow in the Platform and Services Division at Microsoft. He was a cofounder of software producers Winternals before it was acquired by Microsoft in 2006.-Early life and education:...
started his career at Nu-Mega co-writing with Bryce Cogswell NTFSDOS
NTFSDOS
The company Winternals used to provide three kinds of programs for DOS that could handle NTFS formatted drives.- NTFSDOS :...
, Filemon and RegMon.
In December 1997 the company was acquired by Compuware
Compuware
Compuware Corporation is a software company with products aimed at the information technology departments of large businesses. The company's services also include testing, development, professional services automation, project and portfolio management, cloud-based collaboration and performance...
, when it became the NuMega Lab of Compuware.
Less than a year after its move to Merrimack
Merrimack, New Hampshire
Merrimack is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 25,494 at the 2010 census, making it the eighth-largest municipality in New Hampshire....
, the development lab was effectively shut down on 11 June 2007.
In June 2009, Compuware
Compuware
Compuware Corporation is a software company with products aimed at the information technology departments of large businesses. The company's services also include testing, development, professional services automation, project and portfolio management, cloud-based collaboration and performance...
sold the former NuMega products to a UK-based firm named Micro Focus.
Notable products
- SoftICE
- DriverStudio
- BoundsCheckerBoundsCheckerBoundsChecker is a memory checking and API call validation tool used for C++ software development with Microsoft Visual C++. It was created by Nu-Mega Technologies in the early 1990s. When Nu-Mega was purchased by Compuware in 1997, BoundsChecker became part of a larger tool suite, DevPartner...
(Automated runtime error detection) - DevPartnerDevPartnerDevPartner is a set of software development and testing tools developed by Nu-Mega Technologies, acquired by Compuware Corporation in 1997, which on June 1, 2009 sold it to Micro Focus International...
Studio - DevPartnerDevPartnerDevPartner is a set of software development and testing tools developed by Nu-Mega Technologies, acquired by Compuware Corporation in 1997, which on June 1, 2009 sold it to Micro Focus International...
Java Edition - SmartCheck (Visual Basic Error Detection)
- TrueTime (Profiling)
- TrueCoverage (Code coverage)
- CodeReview (Source code based error detection)
- FailSafe (Improved Visual Basic error handling)
- DevPartner SecurityChecker
- DevPartner Fault SimulatorFault SimulatorDevPartner Fault Simulator is a software development tool used to simulate application errors. It helps developers and quality assurance engineers write, test and debug those parts of the software responsible for handling fault situations which can occur within applications...
- CV/1 (Microsoft CodeViewCodeViewCodeView was a standalone debugger created by David Norris at Microsoft in 1985 as part of its development toolset. It originally shipped with Microsoft C 4.0 and later. It also shipped with Visual Basic for MS-DOS, Microsoft Basic PDS, and a number of other Microsoft language products...
on a single monitor) - Magic CV (Microsoft CodeView running in less RAM)
Notable employees
- Matt PietrekMatt PietrekMatt Pietrek is a computer specialist and author specializing in MS Windows.Pietrek has written several books on the subject and, for eight years, wrote the column "Under the Hood" in MSJ MSDN Magazine...
- Stephen Lewin-Berlin (from Vireo Software)
- John Robbins
- Jay Hilyard
- Scott Gagnon
- James Austin
- Chris Plakyda (aka "Mr. SoftICE")
- Russ Osterlund
- Dom Basile
- Bob O'Brien
- Tsuyoshi Watanabe
- Reed Mangino
- John Lyon-Smith