Integrated Error-Detection Techniques Find More Bugs in Embedded C Software , Parasoft White Paper, May 2012

Demonstrates how to automate and synchronize error-detection techniques—including static code analysis, data flow analysis, unit testing, and runtime error detection—to more effectively find defects in embedded C applications.

The Case for Policy-Driven Development , April 2012

Learn how policy-driven development can help businesses in the embedded systems space overcome the shortcomings of traditional software development.

Test Environment Access Report , April 2012

See the results from a recent survey about the test environment access constraints that developers, testers, and performance test engineers face—and how that impacts the risk of application failures.

Static Analysis Spring Cleaning , April 2012

Get 10 tips for revitalizing your existing static analysis implementation—no matter what static analysis tool you're using.

Testing EDI Messages , April 2012

Learn how to take full advantage of a rich graphical interface when you're configuring, sending, and validating EDI-based industry-specific messages during functional and load testing.

Automated Defect Prevention for Embedded Software Quality , March 2012

This paper from VDC Research discusses the challenges organizations face and provides insight on embedded software practices that can help achieve predictable outcomes and safe functionality.

Top 10 Mistakes with Static Analysis , March 2012

See the top 10 reasons why static analysis initiatives don’t deliver real value—and get some tips for avoiding these common pitfalls.

On-Demand Test Environments , March 2012

Learn how service virtualization enables easy, rapid creation of the various test environments needed for QA and development—with dependencies eliminated.

Satisfying EN 50128 Railway Software Requirements , February 2012 - 1,039 KB PDF

Outlines how Parasoft C/C++test helps organizations satisfy the requirements for particular SIL levels as defined by the EN 50128 standard (for railway software).

Eliminate Testing Roadblocks for SOA/Composite Apps , December 2011

Testing SOA and composite applications? Learn how to exercise end-to-end transactions involving system components that are unavailable, evolving, or difficult-to-access.

Performance Test Environments On Demand , December 2011

Learn how to rapidly access a realistic performance testing environment that enables you to run the tests you need—on your own schedule

Static Analysis Tool Evaluation Guide , December 2011

Follow these 6 steps to choose a static analysis tool that your team will actually use—now & in the future.

voke Parasoft Virtualize Snapshot , December 2011

This 12-page report from voke media analyzes Parasoft's emergence into the Lifecycle Virtualization market with Parasoft Virtualize.

Accelerate Parallel Development , November 2011

This eBook introduces a new way to break through common dev & test roadblocks using a new technique that expands service virtualization.

The Next Generation of Test Environment Management: Application Behavior Virtualization , July 2011

This eBook introduces Application Behavior Virtualization, which gives teams the freedom to exercise their composite applications in incomplete, constantly evolving, and/or difficult-to-access environments.

Static Analysis for FDA Software Validation Compliance eBook , July 2011

To assist organizations that are exploring static analysis for FDA compliance, this 12-page guide describes Parasoft's static analysis capabilities in the context of FDA compliance.

Parasoft Support for IEC 62304 Medical Device Software Certification , May 2011 - 1,052 KB PDF

Find out how the Parasoft Compliance Solution helps organizations adopt practices for IEC 62304 compliance in the least burdensome manner.

Load Testing Web Services eBook , April 2011

This 15-page guide provides practical tips on how to automate web services load testing as part of the SOA testing process.

Agile Quality Practices that Save Time , January 2011

This 12-page eBook aggregates 10 tips for ensuring that each new feature is truly "done"...and defects don't derail your Agile project.

Software Development Productivity Audit , January 2011

An independent audit found that Parasoft's development team is 8-15X more productive than the industry average.

Foundations of Secure Application Development , December 2010 - 44 KB PDF

Explains why approaching security as a bug-finding exercise is risky and inefficient, and then explains how to make your web sites immune to attacks —including the SQL injections, Lizamoon mass injections & mesh injections.

Increase Agile Development Productivity eBook , December 2010

This 6-page Agile Project Management guide offers 4 tips for achieving greater efficiency in Agile development projects...up to 10X.

Understand and Optimize Code Coverage eBook , December 2010

This 20-page Code Coverage Guide introduces common pitfalls and misconceptions regarding code coverage granularity, coverage criteria, coverage density, and test overlap, then it explains what you need to know to choose the best coverage metric for your goals.

Unit Testing for Java Enterprise Applications: Extend Beyond JUnit eBook , December 2010

This 7-page guide explains why a more comprehensive regression test suite is required for ensuring the continued functionality of Java EE apps, then covers how to build and maintain such a test suite.

Integrated Error-Detection Techniques Find More Bugs in .NET Applications , Parasoft White Paper, October 2010

Demonstrates how to automate and synchronize error-detection techniques—including static code analysis, data flow analysis, and unit testing—to more effectively find defects in .NET applications.

Automating C/C++ Runtime Error Detection with Parasoft Insure++ , Parasoft White Paper, October 2010

Discusses the challenges associated with C and C++ development— including memory corruption, memory leaks, pointer errors, I/O errors, and more— and explains how Parasoft helps developers eliminate those problems.

Satisfying SIL Requirements: Ensure Functional Safety of E/E/PE Safety-Related Systems , Parasoft White Paper, September 2010

Outlines how Parasoft addresses the requirements for achieving each SIL safety integrity level as defined by the IEC 61508 standard.

Satisfying ASIL Requirements: Ensure the Functional Safety of Automotive Software , Parasoft White Paper, September 2010

Outlines how Parasoft addresses the requirements for achieving each ASIL safety integrity level as defined by the ISO/DIS 26262 standard.

ISO 26262 Software Compliance: Achieving Functional Safety in the Automotive Industry , Parasoft White Paper, September 2010

Outlines how Parasoft addresses the development process functional safety aspects that are outlined in ISO/DIS 26262.

Success with Static Analysis for Security: Why Code Audits Fail , Parasoft White Paper, August 2010

Explains why and how to apply static analysis tools in the context of a policy-based security process that not only prevents security vulnerabilities, but also focuses on SDLC productivity.

Integrating Parasoft C++test and MDK-ARM for Achieving Higher Quality and Safety Verification , July 2010

This paper introduces C++test integration with MDK-ARM

Practical Unit Testing for Embedded Systems - Part 2 of 2 , July 2010

Demonstrates how to prepare, maintain, and benefit from setting up unit tests for a simplified simulated ASR module. Learn how to achieve particular goals with unit testing (like a certain level of code coverage) and explore the safety relevance of unit testing.

FDA Software Validation Compliance , July 2010

Details how Parasoft supports FDA General Principles of Software Validation sections 3, 4, and 5.

Practical Unit Testing for Embedded Systems - Part 1 of 2 , July 2010

Demonstrates how to prepare, maintain, and benefit from setting up unit tests for a simplified simulated ASR module. Learn how using tight IDE/Test Framework integration and the test-tool-dedicated host communication channel through ULINK Pro simplifies the initial set up and extends testing capabilities.

Test Driven Development (TDD) and Unit Testing with Parasoft Concerto and Parasoft Test , Parasoft White Paper, July 2010

Explains how Parasoft supports Test Driven Development with many different capabilities: both automated and assistive.

Establishing a Continuous Process for PCI DSS Compliance , Parasoft White Paper, June 2010

Details how Parasoft reduces the time and cost of PCI DSS compliance.

Extreme Geographically-Distributed Development: Tips and Tricks , Parasoft White Paper, May 2010

Shares the lessons that Parasoft learned when developing a shared code base around the globe—including how to best integrate multiple source control repositories and how use automation to establish a sustainable process.

Agile Development Requires Agile Processes , Parasoft White Paper, March 2010

Highlights how organizations can optimize their software development processes to improve quality and efficiency—even as they are rapidly evolving applications in response to constantly-changing business needs

Automating Regression Testing for Command-Line Applications , Parasoft White Paper, February 2010

Presents a new approach to regression testing command-line applications: an approach that uses the graphical environment of Parasoft Test to fully automate the core regression testing process.

End to End Testing & Validation , Parasoft White Paper, February 2010

Demonstrates how to leverage automated end-to-end testing and application behavior virtualization to execute and validate all critical aspects of transactions directly from the test environment— even when some components are unavailable.

Increase Software Development Productivity: Equations for Efficiency , Parasoft White Paper, February 2010

Presents one simple equation for assessing your team’s current efficiency level, then four formulas for improving it.

Using Parasoft for Message-Protocol Testing in Embedded Development , Parasoft White Paper, February 2010

Explains how Parasoft SOAtest's multi-protocol messaging framework simplifies the complexities involved in developing embedded systems development with device-to-device communication.

C and C++ Data Flow Static Analysis , Parasoft White Paper, January 2010

Demonstrates how Parasoft's data flow analysis for C and C++ provides automated detection of runtime errors such as memory and resource management problems, buffer overruns, thread management errors, dead code, exceptions, and security vulnerabilities

Technologies that Make Developers’ Lives Easier , Parasoft White Paper, November 2009

Introduces technologies that help developers prevent & expose the most elusive errors, eliminate tedious meetings, and test incomplete systems.

Productivity vs. Quality: Achieving Measurable Results through Proper Workflow Management , November 2009 - 489 KB PDF

Explains how to achieve both productivity and quality by making quality tasks an integrated part of your daily development process.

Integrated Error-Detection Techniques Find More Bugs in Java Applications , Parasoft White Paper, October 2009

Demonstrates how to automate and synchronize error-detection techniques—including static code analysis, data flow analysis, unit testing, and runtime error detection—to more effectively find defects in Java applications.

Techniques for Unit Testing Embedded Systems Software , Parasoft White Paper, July 2009

Explains how unit testing can help developers start verifying code as soon as it is completed—even if the target hardware is not yet built or available for testing—so target testing can focus on verifying the interface between the hardware and the software.

Code Review Best Practices , Parasoft White Paper, July 2009

Explains how process automation plus a focus on requirements can help your team uncover more complex defects during peer code review—without impeding project progress.

Static Analysis Best Practices , Parasoft White Paper, July 2009

Explains how coding standards analysis (static code analysis), data flow analysis, and metrics can help your team improve code security, reliability, performance, and maintainability—and how to get started as painlessly as possible.

Unit Testing Best Practices , July 2009

Explains how unit testing can help your team rapidly modify code with confidence—and how to get started as painlessly as possible.

Data Flow Static Analysis: Static Analysis on Steroids , Parasoft White Paper, March 2009

Explains how data flow analysis can be applied to bolster both your static analysis and unit testing efforts.

SOA Adopters Retrospective Report: Quality Considerations in the Primary Phase , Parasoft White Paper, January 2009

Survey findings: From a quality perspective, the failure to adequately plan for and invest in SOA quality impeded organizations' ability to fully realize the expected ROI of their initial SOA initiative.

Ensuring Quality in a SOA , July 2008 - 56 KB PDF

Details how SOA challenges evolve at the organizational scale and what infrastructure is needed for business risk mitigation. (Part 3 of 3)

Setting a Baseline for Trust with Service-Oriented Architecture , July 2008 - 759 KB PDF

Explains why trust is essential for achieving the forecasted benefits of SOA, including reuse. (Part 2 of 3)

It's Now or Never - Investing in Your SOA Now Eases Challenges in the Future , July 2008 - 72 KB PDF

Outlines the technical challenges in evolving Web services at the early stages of the SDLC. (Part 1 of 3)

Replicate Reported Bugs the First Time Every Time , Parasoft White Paper, July 2008 - 82 KB PDF

Introduces a strategy for bridging the gap between QA and developers.

Best Practices for Bulletproofing C/C++ Code , Parasoft White Paper, April 2008

Examines several techniques that reduce the risks of errors when extending an existing code base, as well as improve the stability and quality of the project's evolving code base.

Automating .NET Development Best Practices: The Fast Track to Reliable .NET Software , Parasoft White Paper, February 2008 - 627 KB PDF

Introduces the best practices shown to have the greatest impact on .NET code's reliability, agility, and maintainability, then explains how automation can help your team take advantage of these best practices without disrupting or slowing your normal processes.

The Yin and Yang of Software Development: 5 Best Practices that Allow Efficiency and Creativity to Productively Coexist , Parasoft White Paper, February 2008

Explains how 5 best practices reduce the amount of avoidable waste in the software development process, enabling developers to satisfy business goals without compromising their craft.

Validate Section 508 and WAI WCAG Web Accessibility Compliance , Parasoft White Paper, February 2008 - 477 KB PDF

Explains how Parasoft facilitates compliance with Section 508 and WAI WCAG web accessibility guidelines.

Software Development Management with Parasoft Concerto , Parasoft White Paper, January 2008 - 72 KB PDF

Explains how the Parasoft Concerto Software Development Management solution assists to increase productivity throughout the SDLC.

Parasoft Concerto: Providing Management Insight and Control , Parasoft White Paper, January 2008

Explains how Parasoft Concerto provides management an objective assessment of the project as well as helps them optimize the three fundamental variables involved in effective software development management: functionality, deadline, and budget.

Implementing the UK Ministry of Defence Standard 00-56 (Issue 4 Publication Date 01 June 2007) , Parasoft White Paper, December 2007 - 475 KB PDF

This paper describes how Parasoft helps organizations comply with the UK Ministry of Defence standards document, which defines how its contractors should manage risk within their projects.

Automated Defect Prevention Introduction , December 2007 - 1,454 KB PDF

This booklet introduces the key concepts featured in the book Automated Defect Prevention: Best Practices in Software Development. It is designed to provide you an overview of what Automated Defect Prevention involves and how it can benefit your development team.

Parasoft Insure++: Before You Get Started , Parasoft White Paper, July 2007 - 38 KB PDF

Helps you understand why Insure++ reports compiler errors under certain conditions...and what to do if it reports one for your code.

Introduction to Parasoft Tracer: A Demonstration of How to Use Tracer Technology While Extending an Existing Application , Parasoft White Paper, February 2007 - 1,509 KB PDF

Describes and demonstrates how a development team responsible for extending an existing application can use Jtest Tracer to verify whether the new functionality works correctly now and in the future, as the application continues to evolve.

Reducing the Risks of 64-bit Application Porting With Parasoft C++test and Parasoft Insure++ , Parasoft White Paper, September 2006

Introduces the potential problems that could occur when you port applications to 64-bit processors and describes a practical strategy for preventing them.

Putting the SOA Infrastructure Together: Lessons from SOA Leaders , SOA Leaders Council Whitepaper, October 2005 - 117 KB PDF

SOA leaders lay out a practical approach to implementing an enterprise SOA.

Avoiding C/C++ Dynamic Memory Problems with Parasoft Insure++ , Parasoft White Paper, September 2005

Discusses the challenges associated with C and C++ development— including memory corruption, memory leaks, pointer errors, I/O errors, and more— and explains how Parasoft Insure++ helps developers eliminate those problems.

Web Service Orchestration: Rationale for a BPEL Integration Platform , December 2004 - 64 KB PDF

BPEL processes need to be executed by a runtime engine that supports a number of requirements, including native support for Web service standards as well as asynchronous messaging, process persistence, and transactional models consistent with long-term processes. This paper explains how the BPEL Maestro native BPEL integration platform supports these requirements.

How and Why to buy a Runtime Debugger , Parasoft White Paper, October 2002

Explains why to buy a runtime debugger and what questions to ask as you are selecting one.

C++ Defensive Programming: Firewalls and Debugging Information , Parasoft White Paper, October 2002

Presents two proactive programming techniques that assist in producing more robust code with minimal overhead in both programmer effort and runtime performance.