Coverity Announces UK Subsidiary


SAN FRANCISCO and OXFORD, England, July 24/- Expands to Serve European Software Developer Community

Coverity, Inc., providers of the most advanced and scalable source code analysis solution for C/C++ and Java, today announced that the company has established Coverity Limited, its new subsidiary headquartered in the UK. The Oxford office will serve as Coverity's European headquarters, which will market and support the full range of Coverity products, including Prevent SQS, Extend and Prevent Desktop for Eclipse, as well as the new Coverity Structure 101 products for Java and C/C++. (Coverity Structure 101 for C/C++ is also being announced today. See the press release at www.coverity.com).

Coverity's source code analysis products identify the critical software defects that lead to system crashes, performance degradation and security vulnerabilities. The speed and high precision of Coverity's analysis tools enable software developers to quickly repair complex software defects. Structure 101 combines structural analysis technology and reverse engineering techniques from Headway with Coverity's Software DNA map, and automatically generates high-precision diagrams of the software architecture and its dependencies within Java and C/C++ structures.

"We have strong representation in Europe, with direct sales teams as well as presence through distributors in England, France and Germany, because there is impressive demand for our technology across many market segments there," said Coverity CEO Seth Hallem. "Establishing this European subsidiary is the next logical step to grow our business in the region and work with new partners, such as Headway."

"Improving software quality and reducing security vulnerabilities early in the development process are key goals for every software development team in major embedded industries such as aerospace, defense, automotive, medical, and gaming, as well as in financial services, healthcare and telecommunications," explained Steven Machernis, managing director of EMEA."Our clients consistently tell us that Coverity Prevent SQS delivers an exceptional return on their investment. With our new UK office, we improve our ability to serve the fast-growing needs of European software development teams."

Throughout Europe and the Middle East, more than 70 software development teams improve the quality of their software by using Coverity source code analysis tools, at companies such as Aerosystems, ARM, Aselsan, Audiocodes, Checkpoint, France Telecom, Hewlett-Packard, Panda, Schneider Electric, Siemens, Symbian and Texas Instruments.

About Coverity

Coverity (http://www.coverity.com), the leader in improving software quality and security, is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. Coverity's groundbreaking technology removes barriers to delivering complex software by automating the identification and resolution of critical defects and security vulnerabilities in C/C++ and Java source code. More than 250 leading companies have chosen Coverity Prevent SQS because it scales to tens of millions of lines of code, has the lowest false positive rate in the industry, and provides total path coverage. Companies such as Ericsson, HP, Samsung, EMC and Symantec work with Coverity to eliminate security and quality defects from their mission-critical systems.

Source: Coverity, Inc.

Kathleen Langhi, Marketing, Europe, of Coverity Ltd., +1-415-321-5230, klanghi@coverity.com

Web site: www.coverity.com

All Topics