Testing is a critical part of software development, and now even outsourced components can be thoroughly tested and evaluated so that they meet developers' specifications. By End of 2001 ParaSoft recently announced ParaSoft Europe's ambitious goal to triple their staff size by the end of 2001. The need for company expansion comes as an answer to the dramatic increase in European sales for the company. Much of this success can be attributed to the growth of the hi-tech market in Europe. To maintain a competitive edge in this growing market, more and more software companies must reduce development time to get to market faster.
Software quality is what tends to suffer as the development cycle shortens.
Consequently, developers need solutions that can improve both their productivity and the quality of the software they develop. ParaSoft's tools assist developers and managers to improve software quality and improve productivity by automating many forms of software testing. These tools help developers automatically enforce coding standards, perform advanced unit testing, detect many runtime errors, and thoroughly test dynamic Web applications. The growth is just a natural progression for us. When we joined ParaSoft, we knew right away that developers in Europe would respond very well to the products.