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Updates to LDRA Tool Suite Enhance Usability and Scalability, Expand FunctionalityFrom Embedded Systems Conference - ESC (News - Alert) Silicon Valley: LDRA Booth #3 - LDRA, the leader in standards compliance, automated software verification, source code analysis and test tools, today announced the version 9.5 release of its LDRA tool suite. The new updates automate manual processes and provide simple, easy-to-use visibility into the relationships between software artifacts at all stages of the software development life cycle from requirements through verification. Used by companies designing safety- and security-critical software in a variety of industries-such as aerospace and defense, medical devices, industrial controls, rail transportation, and automotive-LDRA tool suite 9.5 delivers faster, more effective, time-saving analysis and verification for companies developing critical systems. Safety-critical systems have become increasingly dependent on software, which has grown dramatically in size and complexity as the speed, memory, and performance of modern systems support additional functionality. As a result, software projects extend across more of an organization and therefore the tools and technologies used to support these efforts are increasingly required to support multiple operating systems andplatforms. Linux and all of its variants and dependencies continue to add complexity to the equation. Certifying systems developed and even deployed on these platforms requires software quality and verification tools that can address the need for increased scalability, process automation, and improved visibility into the relationships between software artifacts. Updates to LDRA tool suite 9.5 tackle these challenges head on. Simplified, automated processes have streamlined how users create test cases while a clearer, expansive "Uniview" of the software components and artifacts improves understanding of requirement traceability, system interdependency and behavior, and overall standards compliance objectives. Enhanced Linux support automates dependency checking, greatly simplifying and speeding up the analysis of code in these environments. With the 9.5 release, users also have the ability to add custom attributes and types kept with each requirement or test case enabling the product to be customized and tuned to various project requirements for information and record keeping. "Software today involves extensive systems interdependence and more sophisticated functionality that complicates the debug, test, and verification process," said Ian Hennell, LDRA Operations Director. "With LDRA tool suite 9.5, we simplified analysis, giving a clear and more expansive view of traceability relationships across the software development and verification life cycle. This transparency is extended to more people on the team - project managers, application developers, systems integrators, and others - to ensure our product saves developers time and helps them make better, more informed decisions." The LDRA tool suite offers independent verification support across the full development life cycle from certification objectives of standards, such as DO-178C, ISO 26262, IEC 61508, EN 50128, and IEC 62304, to requirements, code, and target testing. With version 9.5, LDRA made the following improvements:
About LDRA For more than forty years, LDRA has developed and driven the market for software that automates code analysis and software testing for safety-, mission-, security-, and business-critical markets. Working with clients to achieve early error identification and full compliance with industry standards, LDRA traces requirements through static and dynamic analysis to unit testing and verification for a wide variety of hardware and software platforms. Boasting a worldwide presence, LDRA is headquartered in the United Kingdom with subsidiaries in the United States and India coupled with an extensive distributor network. For more information on the LDRA tool suite, please visit www.ldra.com.
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