New Product Helps Software Development Managers and Release Managers Meet

                Quality Standards and Achieve Business Goals



    SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 11 /EMWNews/ -- Coverity, Inc., the leader in

improving software quality and security, today announced the availability

of Coverity(TM) Software Readiness Manager for Java. The product allows

development managers, release managers and executives to objectively assess

the release readiness of their critical code by combining essential data

from multiple sources including Prevent, Coverity's industry-leading static

analysis product. Software Readiness Manager helps development teams

deliver high-integrity code that successfully meets quality standards to

align product development with business goals.



    According to Forrester Research, Inc., "Software has become not just

employee-facing, but also partner-facing and even customer-facing. There is

far less room for error in such applications or in any of the applications

with which they integrate. If you nail the release on the first try, you

avoid the outrageous expense of fixing problems in production, and you can

devote those funds to delivering new business functions." "Best Practices

In Release Management", Forrester Research, Inc., December 2007.



    Coverity Software Readiness Manager analyzes data from multiple sources

and tools, so managers can proactively determine the risk of post-release

failure. In addition, Software Readiness Manager helps identify, prioritize

and direct the repair of code branches that pose the greatest risk of

failure. It provides detailed intelligence about key readiness factors such

as code complexity, violation of best practices, architectural integrity,

interdependencies and test coverage. Software Readiness Manager provides

intuitive, high-level dashboards as well as deep, drill-down capabilities

that development managers can use to objectively assess the quality and

maintainability of their software prior to release. The product can also

provide immediate visibility into code of unknown quality that may be

outsourced, open sourced, acquired or otherwise reused.



    "When it comes to delivering superior software, development

organizations are faced with a number of challenges -- code complexity,

pace of change, and constrained resources to name just a few," said Ben

Chelf, chief technology officer at Coverity. "Software Readiness Manager

provides development managers working in today's fast-paced development

environments with actionable data they need to help their teams deliver

software that is fully prepared to perform in the field before it is

released."



    Key capabilities of Coverity Software Readiness Manager include:



    -- Automatic identification of failure-prone (high-risk) code across

large and complex software systems



    -- Translation of large amounts of data from multiple tools into

actionable, prioritized recommendations for improving code



    -- Correlation of test coverage data with high-risk code to determine

if failure-prone areas are being sufficiently tested



    -- Elimination of issues due to poor coding practices earlier in the

software development lifecycle, before they negatively impact development



    -- Creation of quality and risk benchmarks to identify code appropriate

for reuse



    Coverity Software Readiness Manager is suitable for both agile and

waterfall development environments. A webinar presenting the capabilities

of the product will occur Wednesday, August 13th at 10:00 AM Pacific time.

To register, visit:

https://coverity2.webex.com/coverity2/onstage/g.php?d=920776574&t=a



    Pricing and Availability



    Coverity Software Readiness Manager is based on technology obtained

from Coverity's recent acquisition of Solidware Technologies, Inc. The

product is available immediately and pricing begins at less than $10,000.

For more information, visit: http://www.coverity.com

    About Coverity



    Coverity (http://www.coverity.com), the leader in improving software

quality and security, is a privately held company headquartered in San

Francisco. Coverity's groundbreaking technology enables developers to

control complexity in the development process by automatically finding and

helping to repair critical software defects and security vulnerabilities

throughout the application lifecycle. More than 450 leading companies

including ARM, Phillips, RIM, Rockwell-Collins, Samsung and UBS rely on

Coverity to help them ensure the delivery of superior software.



    Coverity, Coverity Prevent, and Software Readiness Manager are

trademarks of Coverity, Inc. All other company and product names are the

property of their respective owners.