Robert Binder, World's Leading Expert in Testing Object-Oriented Systems, Joins Agitar's Technical Advisory Board

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Robert V. Binder, author of the authoritative book "Testing Object-Oriented Systems" and internationally recognized as the leading expert and practitioner on the subject, has joined Agitar Software's Technical Advisory Board.

"No one has explored the subject of object-oriented testing and documented its best practices with more depth and breadth than Bob Binder," said Alberto Savoia, Agitar's co-founder and CTO. "To have someone of Bob's stature and experience validate our approach and technology by joining our team is extremely gratifying, and it is another demonstration of the momentum behind Agitar."

"Agitar's strategy for automated test generation and execution is the most significant innovation in object-oriented testing ever offered," said Robert Binder. "Although effective test design patterns are well-established, implementation has been too expensive and too difficult for most development organizations. I expect Agitator's code verification and runtime test inference will provide at least a 10x improvement in code quality and test productivity. I am thrilled to be working with Agitar -- a team that shares my passion and commitment to improving software quality."

"There's an urgent economic need to improve software quality and health," said Jerry Rudisin, CEO of Agitar. "Unit testing holds developers responsible for creating tests and verifying the quality of their code before it is delivered to QA for integration and system testing. It is the best place to look for meaningful improvements in software quality and economics. It is exciting to everyone at Agitar to gain Bob Binder's endorsement for the uniquely powerful value of our solution to automate and manage the unit-testing process."

The addition of Binder to Agitar's technical advisory board is the latest in a series of major recognitions for the company's solutions. In June, Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy honored Agitar with the prestigious Duke's Choice Award at the JavaOne Conference. In August, Kent Beck, the father of eXtreme Programming and JUnit, joined the company as an Agitar Fellow. And in the August 30 issue of InfoWorld, the magazine's test labs gave Agitar's flagship product, Agitator, the highest rating of "Excellent."

About Robert Binder

Binder is CEO and co-founder of mVerify Corporation, which offers advanced model-based mobile test automation. Based on Binder's test design patterns and patent-pending mobility technology, mVerify's system works like "A Million Users in a Box"®. Binder is internationally recognized as a software test expert and author of the definitive "Testing Object-Oriented Systems: Models, Patterns, and Tools." He holds an MS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a B.A. and M.B.A. from the University of Chicago. Binder is an IEEE senior member and is Conference Chair for the 20th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2005).

About Agitar

Agitar Software is the leader in enterprise developer testing. Agitar automates the manual process of unit test creation and provides unprecedented management visibility into the quality process, letting software developers build quality in instead of testing bugs out. Preventing bugs during development brings organizations better software quality, shorter development cycles, and lower software lifecycle costs. Agitar makes software development organizations worldwide more productive and more competitive, and helps them meet the increasing demands for openness and transparency about the software they deliver or acquire. Agitar is a private company based in Mountain View, California with venture backing from Sequoia Capital and New Enterprise Associates. For more information, please visit http://www.agitar.com .

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