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Wednesday, Dec 14, 2005
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Software Unit-level testing tool gaining space Preethi J.
Bangalore , Dec. 13 A NEW advancement in software testing, called unit-level testing, may soon overtake the traditional tools. According to International Data Corporation (IDC), the global software testing market in 2009 will be worth $1.8 billion. Garnering the profits will be these innovative testing tools. "In three to five years, we see a potential to overtake the traditional software testing industry," says Mr Kent Mitchell, Director, Product Management, Agitar Software, a US-based company that makes a Java-based unit-level testing tool. Testing of the code is usually done at the end of the product lifecycle. According to statistics, eight out of 10 projects have major flaws in them, which result in many companies experiencing costly project disasters. "It costs hundred times more to fix a bug at the system level than at the unit level. And if it reaches the customer, it costs a thousand times," said Mr Mitchell. With a unit-level testing tool, service companies can eliminate this risk. Agitator is a tool that helps individual developers identify bugs immediately. It won the Software Winner award in the Wall Street Journal's second Global Technology Innovation Awards competition.
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