North American Software Found to be Routinely Lacking

January 5, 2013

Does it seem like a surprise when enterprise software actually works? Apparently, it isn’t your imagination. “Software Development Failures Plague North American Enterprises: Study,” reveals eWeek. A study from data management firm CA Technologies, the article says, recently found that development constraints and failures routinely afflict our software. Writer Darryl K. Taft tells us:

“Despite the availability of a wealth of development tools and agile methodologies, an alarming 36 percent of the 200 North American organizations surveyed in a recent study found defects in new releases that had gone into production, according to CA Technologies.

“In addition, only 4 percent of those surveyed claimed that errors are never found in production releases. This means that many organizations are launching buggy applications to market and having to solve for them later with software updates and patches.”

Besides that, he adds, the North American ‘Business Benefits of Service Virtualization’ study found that common development and testing restraints often cause delays to customer-facing applications. Furthermore, seventy percent of the IT pros surveyed admitted to having released software with reduced functionality. Surely, the industry is capable of better efficiency.

The article recommends improved development and testing processes. Specifically, Taft recommends the practice of service virtualization, which is “the automated practice of capturing and simulating any system or service IT teams depend on to deliver software,” including every constraint in the software environment. That does sound more efficient.

CA Technologies, who put out the first study cited above, happens to sell service virtualization products. In fact, they offer a wide range of data management and storage solutions. The company is headquartered in Islandia, NY, and maintains offices all over the world.

Cynthia Murrell, January 05, 2013

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Written by Stephen E. Arnold · Filed Under Applications, Enterprise, News

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