Original Software vs SmartBear
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 Original Software |  SmartBear Based on 115 reviews. |
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| Original Software is a privately held company providing automatic software testing products and services. Original Software was formed in December 1996 and started trading in May 1997. It was founded by Colin Armitage. In the initial years, Original Software focused on IBM iSeries platform. In 2007 a manual testing solution was introduced. In 2010 it was listed as one of "Twenty companies to watch in 2010" by CIO UK. | SmartBear Software is a software company which provides tools for software developers, quality assurance engineers and IT professionals. SmartBear Software is the unification of AutomatedQA, Eviware, the original Smart Bear Software and Pragmatic Software. Currently, SmartBear provides code review, automated testing, performance/load testing, API testing, performance profiling and development management tools. These include: |
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Original Software TestDrive: Marstons Plc, Edrington, CertainTeed, Macerich, Enzen, Unilever | SmartBear TestComplete: Cisco, J.P. Morgan, Boeing, McAfee, EMC, Intuit, and Thomson Reuters. SoapUI Pro: Apple, Cisco, FedEx, eBay, Microsoft, MasterCard, Pfizer, Nike, Oracle, Volvo, Lufthansa, Disney, HP, Intel, U.S. Air Force, Schindler |
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