Original Software History
Delivering Quality Through Innovation
Strong foundations
The Company was founded by in 1997 by experienced IT professionals who had many years experience in running other software companies, with the mission to create innovative software solutions which aid IT’s ability to support the business.
Where it began
While other companies have diversified, into other test types and sometimes outside testing completely, Original has stuck more firmly to a value proposition almost solely around unsolved challenges in functional test automation.
It has filled out some yawning gaps and attempted to make test automation more accessible to non-technical testers.
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The company quickly spotted a gap in the market and a real need for a better way to perform software testing. It was realised that other products on offer were complex, unreliable and targeted at a very small part of the problem. So the Original team set out to build innovative solutions to real testing issues; such as how to create and re-use test data, extending testing coverage to simultaneously test the database in line with the user interface and creating automation of user interface testing without the need to use a scripting language.
How it took off
This unique combination proved highly successful, resulting in hundreds of installations around the world in the first few years, and led to the development of the same style of solutions on a whole host of other platforms and technologies beyond the initial IBM midrange implementation. Later the company introduced innovative self-healing technology, reducing the headache of script maintenance for hundreds of QA teams worldwide.
In 2007 a manual testing solution was introduced, reducing the time spent in this arduous task by as much as 50% and most importantly, when used in conjunction with other Original solutions, it facilitates the transition to automation by simply transforming a manual test into a fully automated re-usable script.
Today
Original Software's innovative approach to solving real application quality issues has resulted in a solution suite that provides a dynamic approach to quality management and automation, empowering all stakeholders in the quality process, as well as uniquely addressing all layers of an application stack. Original’s market leading solutions are taking on and beating the previous incumbents in the market, proving that they can deliver rapid value at a speed that makes a real difference and helping over 500 customers to provide quality applications to the business, faster and at a lower cost.