Compuware Corporation announced Compuware APM AJAX Edition 4, the industry's most advanced cross-browser diagnostics tool. This new version enables developers to test and diagnose performance issues across all recent and legacy browser versions in Internet Explorer and Firefox. To date, nearly 100,000 development and testing experts have downloaded AJAX Edition and rely on it to solve the most challenging client-side performance problems.

Telerik, an end-to-end provider of software development, lifecycle and content management tools and solutions, today announced Version 2.0 of its Test Studio for iOS. Telerik’s automated testing tool for mobile iOS apps introduces a cloud sync web portal for test automation and user feedback within a single offering and can be used for native, web and hybrid app testing. Test Studio for iOS is currently available for free download on the Apple App Store.

SendGrid, the leader in email deliverability, today announced the launch of Loader.io, a new cloud-based service that gives developers the ability to quickly and easily stress test their web apps and APIs with thousands of concurrent connections. SendGrid is making Loader.io available for free as part of an effort to eliminate the cost and time roadblocks that prevent developers from building load testing into their daily coding and deployment routine.

Do you have a passion for testing, debugging tools, and the internals for the Windows operating system? Do you want to make an impact across Windows, Microsoft, and our external developer community? If you’re an experienced software engineer with an interest in testing improvements and new innovations in the user and kernel mode debugging spaces, you should apply for our Senior Software Development Engineer in Test position on the Windows Debugger Test Team.

The Outercurve Foundation announced that xUnit.net, a popular unit-testing tool for .NET, is the latest addition to its growing ASP.NET gallery. xUnit.net delivers an extensible, free and open source framework to make test-driven development more manageable for enterprise agile developers who are using the .NET platform.

SOASTA announced the availability of rapidly-deployed mobile quality solutions that eliminate the major risks reported by IT organizations across industries: TouchTest and CloudTest software, automated local mobile device labs, mPulse for monitoring real mobile users and SOASTA mobile experts. With SOASTA’s combination of 100% test automation, constant access to real mobile device labs, cloud-based mobile performance testing, and global visibility of application users, customers are cutting delivery time, reducing risks of failure, and gaining global visibility of real mobile users.

After an extensive beta program at the hands of 500 companies from 23 countries, QASymphony, a leading developer of Quality Management solutions for software developers, ALM and DevOps teams, today announced general availability of qTest, a cloud-based enterprise test management solution ideally suited for small and growing QA testing teams eager for an easy and affordable path towards formalizing their quality control procedures.

PRQA / Programming Research, a global leader in static analysis, announces that QA·C Version 8.1 provides improved enforcement of the CERT C Secure Coding Standard. Using this leading static analysis tool for C environments to enforce the CERT C rules helps developers eliminate insecure coding practices and undefined behaviors, which in turn can lead to vulnerabilities in the code. QA·C 8.1 provides enforcement of 121 of the 202 statically enforceable CERT C rules, including 17 rules where QA·C 8.1 is the only static analysis tool to offer coverage.

CircleCI, a continuous integration platform for web application developers, today announced $1.5M in seed funding from a leading list of investors in the cloud and agile development space, including key Heroku investors and founders.

Neotys, a leader in easy-to-use, cost-effective load and performance testing tools for web and mobile applications, today announced it has added HP Cloud Services as a cloud provider. HP joins the group of hosting providers already accessed by customers including Amazon Web Services, Rackspace US & UK and CloudSigma.