Pure Software delivers world's first commercial Web-based defect tracking system; browser technology extends reach of popular software quality tool.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 5, 1995--Pure Software Inc. (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 :PRSW), the leading provider of software quality improvement tools, today introduced PureDDTS WebTracker, the world's first commercial Web-based 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. PureDDTS WebTracker is an extension of PureDDTS, the industry-leading defect tracking system used by over 35,000 people worldwide. PureDDTS WebTracker enables customers to access defect reports and change requests stored in PureDDTS from any web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. available today. "The Web is quickly becoming a business asset," 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. , founder and president of Pure Software. "This is especially true for software development organizations relying on the Web to facilitate internal communication. "We're finding our customers increasingly turning to the Internet as an efficient and cost-effective alternative for using, delivering and developing software. Enabling our software quality improvement tools to leverage the Web is a natural and necessary evolution for us." PureDDTS WebTracker PureDDTS WebTracker helps development and quality assurance professionals manage information throughout the software life cycle. By providing a browser interface to PureDDTS, Pure Software enables users to more easily access defect records and change requests through the World Wide Web, regardless of desktop platform. With PureDDTS WebTracker, customers can now submit, modify and query defect and change request information from any platform supporting a Web browser, including Windows, Macintosh, OS/2 and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). clients. In addition, software quality metrics metrics Managed care A popular term for standards by which the quality of a product, service, or outcome of a particular form of Pt management is evaluated. See TQM. , derived from PureDDTS, will be available through Web servers, extending the distributed capabilities of the system and enabling remote users to easily access the information they need. "The Web is becoming an important factor in our development efforts," said Charlie Pace, senior engineer at Loral Defense Systems -- East. "Our internal Web site serves as the central point into our Software Engineering Environment, allowing us to access dynamic on-line status reports and information stored in the various data repositories See repository. of our software development tools. "We're excited about PureDDTS WebTracker because it's the first attempt of a tool vendor establishing a Web interface into their product. This enables all of our development team, no matter what kind of hardware platform they are using, to have instant access to our problem tracking and change management system." PureDDTS WebTracker is the latest development in the company's strategy to leverage the Internet. In September, Pure Software announced the availability of PureVision, an Internet-based software monitoring tool that lets software creators debug To correct a problem in hardware or software. Debugging software means locating the errors in the source code (the program logic). Debugging hardware means finding errors in the circuit design (logical circuits) or in the physical interconnections of the circuits. their programs over the Internet. Over the last few years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time use of the Internet, and the World Wide Web in particular, has increased dramatically. Many software development organizations embrace the Web because it is easy to use and support. Pricing and Availability PureDDTS WebTracker supports Windows, Macintosh, OS/2 and UNIX clients. It will be shipping in December 1995 and is available directly from Pure Software. PureDDTS WebTracker is priced at U.S. $9,500 per Web server, which accommodates all valid PureDDTS users. Each PureDDTS WebTracker user must also have a valid PureDDTS user license. Individual PureDDTS licenses are available for $950 per user. Pure Software develops, markets and supports a comprehensive, integrated suite of best-of-breed tools that enable the production of reliable, high-quality software and improve the software development process. Many of the company's products incorporate its proprietary 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 enabling software to be analyzed at an unprecedented level of detail and completeness. 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, Europe and Japan and works with leading distribution partners in key regions throughout Asia/Pacific. Based in Sunnyvale, Pure Software shares are listed on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol PRSW. More information on PureDDTS WebTracker can be found on the Internet at http://www.pure.com. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: Pure Software, Purify Purify - A debugging tool from Pure Software. , Quantify and PureLink are U.S. registered trademarks of Pure Software Inc. PureCoverage, PureDDTS, PureVision, PureTestExpert, PurePerformix, PureDDTS WebTracker and the Pure Software logo are U.S. trademarks of Pure Software Inc. CONTACT: Pure Software Inc., Sunnyvale Toni Sottak, 408/524-3651 e-mail: tsottak@pure.com or Cunningham Communication Inc. Allyson Husted, 408/982-0400 email: allyson@ccipr.com Joanie Lawler, 408/982-0400 email: joanie@ccipr.com |
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