Tool name
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Vendor
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Description/Other info
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Access for DB2
Edit for Servers
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Princeton Softech
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Browsing and editing of relational databases.
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BugTrapper
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MuTek
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Failure diagnosis tool, useful for intermittent and site-specific faults that cause a crash.
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SilkObserver
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Segue
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Debugging for distributed applications by monitoring messages between objects.
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UTA (Unit Test Assistant)
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IBM
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Can record or modify variable and file contents (mainframe)
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Xpediter SQL
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Compuware
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Interactive debugger for stored SQL procedures.
| Comparison Tools (Stand-alone or additional facilities)
Tool name
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Vendor
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Description/Other info
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Change
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McCabe
|
Detects changes in code modules
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Compare
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McCabe
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Compares code segments to identify duplicate or similar functionality.
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Compare for DB2
Compare for Servers
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Princeton Softech
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Comparison of referentially intact subsets of data from relational databases.
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EXDIFF
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Software Research
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Comparison tool with masking, copes with file structures.
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SAA (Source Audit Assistant)
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IBM
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Compares source code.
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TestBench400
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Original Software
|
Comparison of databases for AS/400.
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Tool name
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Vendor
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Description/Other info
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AdaTEST, AdaTEST95
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IPL
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Coverage of Ada / Ada95 code: statement, branch, condition and MC/DC.
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Analyzer
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Aldon
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Statement and module coverage. Links to Aldon CMS for change management.
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CA (Coverage Assistant)
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IBM
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Measures code coverage: statement, branch, paragraphs, procedures.
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Caliber-RBT
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TBI
|
Measures coverage of requirements, based on cause-effect rules.
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Cantata, Cantata++
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IPL
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Coverage of C / C++ code: statement, branch, conditions, MCDC, called, polymorphic context, states, boundary values for equality operators.
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Certify
|
WorkSoft
|
Measures coverage of requirements (if stored).
|
Coverage
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ATTOL
|
Code coverage for embedded systems, on both host and target: function, exit and calls, statement, decision, loop, conditions, MCDC and condition combinations. Measures gain in coverage from new tests.
|
DA (Distillation Assistant)
|
IBM
|
Reduces test input files while maintaining coverage.
|
Examiner
|
InCert
|
Object level instrumentation by agents. Reports untested new code. Minimises test sets.
|
SCORECAST
|
DDC-I
|
SCORE = Safety-Critical Object-oriented Real-time Embedded. Module testing tool. Don’t know what coverage (web site not informative).
|
Slice
|
McCabe
|
Shows the parts of code exercised by a set of tests, e.g. specific functionality.
|
Testbed
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LDRA
|
Coverage by TBrun or Testbed. Used to be statement, branch, decision, LCSAJ. Not confirmed on web site – atrociously slow.
|
TCAT
|
Software Research
|
Coverage measurement for Java, C/C++. Ada
|
TestCenter
|
CenterLine
|
C/C++ code and call coverage. Can force error paths.
|
TestChecker
|
Telelogic
|
Measures coverage of code: statement, branch, LCSAJ, MCDC, function or file, and hybrid. Used for embedded systems.
|
TestCompress
|
McCabe
|
Produces a reduced set of tests to achieve the same coverage.
|
TestFactory
|
Rational
|
Measures coverage of tests generated from GUI.
|
Test Mentor
|
SilverMark
|
Smalltalk method coverage
|
VectorCAST
|
Vector Software
|
Module branch coverage (basis test set method, = cyclomatic complexity)
|
Visual PureCoverage
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Rational
|
Functional and code coverage, object-level instrumentation.
|
WinScope
|
Cyrano
|
Coverage and impact analysis for PowerBuilder applications.
| Web Regression Testing Tools
Tool name
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Vendor
|
Description/Other info
|
AutoTester Web
|
AutoTester
|
Test execution for web applications.
|
e-Tester
|
RSW
|
Capture/replay. Generates tests for objects on a page. Identifies broken links.
|
eValid
|
Software Research
|
Capture replay tool for web applications, plus timing measurement. Uses test-enabled browers for client side testing only.
|
QARun
|
Compuware
|
Test execution tool for GUI and browser interfaces.
|
SilkTest
|
Segue
|
GUI and web based test execution.
|
Surf!
|
Seque (now freeware?)
|
Checks integrity of web site links, can record tests, monitor performance.
|
WebART
|
OCLC
|
Link checking, capture replay and comparison and load testing.
|
WebKing
|
Parasoft
|
Tests structure and standards of static and dynamic pages. White box, black box, automated regression testing (for any changes) and Web-box testing TM (“make” functionality) to prevent faults aren’t published.
|
WebLoad
|
RadView Software
|
Capture/replay. Can compare expected and actual HTML.
|
WebTester
|
Cyrano
|
Regression testing tool - browser and server. Generates tests from all links from a selected page.
|
WinRunner/WebTest
|
Mercury Interactive
|
Test execution tool for browser interface.
| Web Load Testing Tools
Tool name
|
Vendor
|
Description/Other info
|
e-Load
|
RSW
|
Emulates large number of users, measures response times and replies.
|
eLoadTesting
|
Velogic
|
Load testing for web sites.
|
eValid
|
Software Research
|
Simulates users, measures load time for web pages
|
ForeCAST
|
Facilita
|
Non-intrusive load testing of database servers, web and networks.
|
LoadRunner
|
Mercury Interactive
|
Load testing.
|
Prophecy
|
Envive
|
Load testing based on recorded traffic.
|
Surf!
|
Seque (now freeware?)
|
Checks integrity of web site links, can record tests, monitor performance.
|
WebART
|
OCLC
|
Load testing – simulated users, measure performance.
|
WebLoad
|
RadView Software
|
Tests are captured at HTML level, not GUI.
|
WebLoader
|
Cyrano
|
Load and scalability testing.
| Web Monitoring & Analysis Tools
Tool name
|
Vendor
|
Description/Other info
|
Astra SiteManager
|
Mercury Interactive
|
Monitors web site links
|
e-Monitor
|
RSW
|
Checks operation of web applications as a user.
|
Watchfire
|
Watchfire
|
Monitors information about customer interaction, with Macrobot, Linkbot and Metabot
|
WebCheck
|
Compuware
|
Web site analysis for broken links, checking page titles or attributes, and slow loading pages.
|
Webexam
|
Radview
|
Identifies broken links by automatic crawling.
|
WebMonitor
|
Cyrano
|
Monitors execution (e.g. excessive page response times)
| Review/Inspection Support Tools
Tool name
|
Vendor
|
Description/Other info
|
Caliber-RM
|
TBI
|
Provides a "group discussion" feature for distributed development of requirements, using newsgroup-type threads.
|
Inspector Plus
|
Reasoning
|
“Automated Inspection” – this is a service based on Reasoning5 CBMS
|
Process Manager
|
aimware
|
Creation and publishing of process descriptions and templates.
|
ReviewPro
|
SDT
|
Web-based support for any review or inspection process. Administrative, communication and configuration support.
| Capture/Replay Wrapper Tools (Key-word Driven Scripting)
Tool name
|
Vendor
|
Description/Other info
|
Certify
|
WorkSoft
|
Prioritisation of tests from a business use perspective, interface to test execution tools.
|
CISStest
|
CISStest
|
Implements Advanced Test Automation Architecture (ATAA) by generating data layouts and wrapper code from source code. Interfaces with test execution tools.
|
Radstar
|
ICT
|
A test planning methodology and an automated engine which links to test execution tools, for a “design & replay” approach.
|
RapidFire
|
Softbridge
|
An automated script builder for ATF. Tests are rows in a table, based on GUI objects.
|
TAKT® (Testing, Automation, Knowledge, Tools)
|
Iquip
|
A tailored package for automated test development based on TMap methodology.
|
TestFrame
|
CMG
|
Strategic support for testing. Incorporates Buwalda's “Action words” aka CMG:CAST.
| Security Testing Tools
Tool name
|
Vendor
|
Description/Other info
|
Certo
|
Integri
|
Interface Certification tool for real-time systems, including security testing.
|
e-secure
|
Cyrano
|
Security testing for web applications using NST+ Network, Firewall, and Probe
|
ITS4
|
Cigital
|
Static analysis for safety critical software, scans C and C++ for potential security vulnerabilities.
|
Tool name
|
Vendor
|
Description/Other info
|
Bayesian Belief Networks (BBN)
|
Agena
|
Tools specially developed to manage risk.
|
SAM2000
|
YSE
|
Supports safety and legal cases using Goal Structuring Notation (GSN). Risk calculator, hazard, failure and fault analysis support.
|
T-Plan
|
Test Management Solutions Ltd.
|
Identify business risks with requirements, traceability to test conditions and test cases.
| Other Tools
Tool name
|
Vendor
|
Description/Other info
|
AQM-APC
|
APM AG
|
Automates the use of application performance measurement tools such as Strobe and InTune.
|
Certo
|
Integri
|
Interface Certification tool for real-time systems, including security testing.
|
EcoTools
|
Compuware
|
Network monitoring tool.
|
IceMASTER
|
Reflex Technology
|
Emulator for embedded systems. (Also logic analysers and other hardware/software test devices)
|
MetricCenter
|
Distributive Data Systems
|
Manages metrics from many sources (e.g. static analysis, requirements)
|
QABatch
|
Compuware
|
Regression testing for batch processes.
|
Reasoning5 CBMS (Code Based Management System)
|
Reasoning
|
Transformation (of legacy to networked information systems).
|
STROBE
|
Compuware
|
Monitors application performance dynamically
|
Tertio
|
Integri
|
Testing tool for terminals (e.g. banking ATMs)
|
Thales
|
Integri
|
Smartcard emulation and logging, using hardware adapter and test tool.
|
tTrack
|
Teamshare
|
Web-based workflow tool (could be used for testing)
|
Workbench for Microsoft
|
Cyrano
|
SQL transaction analysis
|
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