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Coverity, the leader in improving software quality and security, announced that the company’s CEO, Seth Hallem, has been recognized by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Technology Review magazine as one of the world’s top innovators under the age of 35, for contributions in the field of software quality and testing. Selected by a panel of expert judges and the editorial staff of Technology Review, those named to the TR35 represents an elite group of accomplished individuals who exemplify the spirit of innovation.
Quality problems cost software companies up to $22 million annually
A new white paper by International Data Corporation (IDC), found existing software quality approaches at most companies are inadequate to address the internal and external costs of software defects. Sponsored by Coverity, the IDC white paper “Improving Software Quality to Drive Business Agility,†found that development organizations find major problems with their software even after quality assurance and spend significant amounts of effort and time to repair those defects.
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Quality problems cost software companies up to $22 million annually
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Study shows open-source code quality improving