Pure Software Integrates Industry-Leading Software Quality Tools with Hewlett-Packard's SoftBench 5.0.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 11, 1995--Pure Software today announced its industry-leading software quality products, Purify Purify - A debugging tool from Pure Software. , Quantify, PureCoverage and PureDDTS, will be integrated with Hewlett-Packard Company's popular software development environment, SoftBench 5.0. The integration of Pure Software's products allows SoftBench users to operate Purify, Quantify, PureCoverage and PureDDTS seamlessly from within the development environment. Used in conjunction with HP's SoftBench 5.0, Pure Software's products will enable developers to increase the quality of the applications they are developing -- while decreasing development time. Purify, the industry-leading, run-time error (programming) run-time error - An error in the execution of a program which occurs at run time, as opposed to a compile-time error. A good programming language should, among other things, aim to replace run-time errors by compile-time errors. detection product for software developers, comprehensively identifies a range of memory-related software errors anywhere they occur within a software application. Quantify, the industry-leading performance improvement tools, gives developers an easy way to automatically identify portions of application code that slow down execution speed. PureCoverage is a code-coverage analysis tool for developers that verifies whether code has been tested or not. PureDDTS is the industry-leading distributed defect tracking In engineering, defect tracking is the process of finding defects in a product, (by inspection, testing, or recording feedback from customers), and making new versions of the product that fix the defects. system for development and quality assurance professionals to help them manage information throughout the software life cycle. PureDDTS automatically tracks software defects, providing software quality information in a comprehensive, ready for analysis format. With this new release of SoftBench, HP now offers software developers a more complete development environment for creating open systems applications. SoftBench 5.0 is a C, C++ and COBOL COBOL: see programming language. COBOL in full Common Business-Oriented Language. High-level computer programming language, one of the first widely used languages and for many years the most popular language in the business community. development environment that enables the delivery of complex, global applications on-time and on-budget. SoftBench 5.0 includes SoftBench Configuration Management, an integrated global code management system and C++ SoftBench CodeAdvisor, which provides rule-based code checking. "Providing our customers with tight integration with HP's newest development environment underscores Pure Software's dedication to improving software quality," said Reed Hastings Reed Hastings (Wilmot Reed Hastings, Jr.) was the founder of Pure Software and the founder of Netflix. He is currently Netflix's chief executive officer, president and chairman of the board, and serves on the Board of Directors for Microsoft Corp. , president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Pure Software. "The integration of our premier software quality products with SoftBench 5.0, ensures our mutual customers have access to best-of-breed tools throughout the application development process." "We are thrilled that Purify, Quantify, PureCoverage and PureDDTS will be integrated into SoftBench 5.0," said Jim Davis, general manager of HP's Software Engineering Systems Division. "Integration of Pure Software's products will provide our customers with even more functionality for developing high-quality, open systems applications." Pure Software's products are based on the company's unique Object Code Insertion (OCI OCI Oracle Call Interface OCI Organisation de la Conférence Islamique (French: Organization of the Islamic Conference) OCI Other Comprehensive Income OCI Office of the Commissioner of Insurance OCI Organizational Conflict of Interest ) technology. OCI technology provides developers with comprehensive information and can pinpoint the exact location of memory errors or performance bottlenecks. Availability Purify, Quantify, PureCoverage and PureDDTS integration with SoftBench 5.0 will be available in December 1995. Pure Software develops, markets and supports a comprehensive, integrated suite of software products that are designed to enable the production of reliable, high-quality software and improve the software development process. The company sells and supports its products directly in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Canada and Europe and works with leading distribution partners in key regions throughout Asia/Pacific. Based in Sunnyvale, California Sunnyvale ([sʌniveil]) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is one of the major cities that make up the Silicon Valley. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 131,760. , Pure Software shares are listed on the NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on National Market under the symbol PRSW. More information about Pure Software can be found on the Internet at HTTP HTTP in full HyperText Transfer Protocol Standard application-level protocol used for exchanging files on the World Wide Web. HTTP runs on top of the TCP/IP protocol. ://www.pure.com. Hewlett-Packard Company is a leading global manufacturer of computing computing - computer , communication, measurement products and services recognized for excellence in quality and support. HP has 102,300 employees and had revenue of $31.5 billion in its 1995 fiscal year. -0- Note to Editors: Pure Software, Purify, Quantify and PureLink are U.S. registered trademarks of Pure Software Inc. PureCoverage, PureDDTS and the Pure Software logo are U.S. trademarks of Pure Software Inc. CONTACT: Pure Software Toni Sottak, 408/524-3651 tsottak@pure.com or Hewlett-Packard Company Jack Hemment, 970/229-3736 jackh@fc.hp.com or Cunningham Communications, Inc. Allyson Husted, 408/764-0760 allyson@ccipr.com |
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