Stories about: Empirix

Fresh off a strong third-quarter earnings report, Oracle announced Thursday that it has agreed to acquire a set of Web application testing products from Empirix for an undisclosed sum.

For Web apps, 2005 was the year of AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML). In addition to bringing rich GUIs to many high-profile commercial apps, AJAX got a boost from some top-notch toolkits including Backbase, JackBe, and Tibco General Interface. We also witnessed the emergence of static code analysis tools -- from vendors such as Compuware, Coverity, Fortify Software, and Secure Software -- as a promising way to identify software defects and security issues. JRules 5.0 broke new ground in exposing business rules to business users, and Borland reigned in our roundup of enterprise Java IDEs.

It's a hard-core developer's worst nightmare: You pour your heart and soul into a new project, double-checking every .Net I-interface and cross-checking every T-SQL statement only to discover -- post-deployment -- that a hidden flaw is killing your program's scalability. Management is breathing down your neck and you've got that uneasy feeling that the outsourcing vultures are beginning to circle, but every line of code looks as perfect as when you first crafted it.

Bugs can never be stamped out completely. But best practices, software tools, and code-inspection services can squash many. Paul Krill reports.

A recent study by Gartner shows that Web services may increase the need for management, but the tools won't be delivered by the usual suspects.

In addition to featuring endeavors by heavyweights such as Sun Microsystems and Oracle, the JavaOne show this week also will host a slew of other companies detailing new wares ranging from development tools for Web services to business-to-business functionality.

Although the sagging economy has taken a harsh toll on some e-business vendors, some traditional ERP (enterprise resource planning) vendors have found that the hosted e-business application market is growing.

FRAMINGHAM (09/08/2000) - Hardware testing tools vendor Teradyne Inc. in Boston last week spun off several of its subsidiaries to form a new company called Empirix Inc. Teradyne subsidiaries Hammer Technologies Inc., RSW Software Inc. and Software and Systems Test will form the basis of the new company, which will focus on Web-based performance and testing tools. Waltham, Mass.-based Empirix will employ about 380 people..