The Future of Software Testing
January 23, 2025
Market Analysis and Key Trends
The Automated Software and Security Testing Tool Market
- Both enterprise and embedded systems require robust software testing.
- Memory-related vulnerabilities remain a significant security concern, driving increased adoption of memory-safe languages (such as Rust) and advanced testing methodologies like formal verification to improve code quality and security.
- Prioritizing software quality through effective testing and development practices is crucial for achieving faster time-to-market, improved reliability, and informed business decisions that mitigate risk.
Enterprise and Embedded Software Markets
Enterprise and embedded tool suppliers alike are experiencing growth and new accelerators and challenges. They also share the need for robust testing, while their priorities may diverge. Find out more about the split between these tool markets for key industry factors in TrustInSoft’s excerpt or the full report.
Memory Safe Software Shift
As memory safety vulnerabilities plague embedded code, new techniques and languages are gaining popularity. One such language is Rust.
Memory safety vulnerabilities lead to security breaches, memory leaks, crashes, and exploits that put systems at serious risk. Their severity and impact have led to the expansion of how memory safety is viewed in the market and what solutions are available. Advanced testing methods like formal verification aid in C/C++ testing and provide formal proof of code quality.
Market Growth and Trends
AI-generated code and code testing are in full force in the market, and industry adoption of AI-produced code and AI-code testing is starting to be integrated or discussed for future plans in the software development cycle.
Learn more about the market size and growth projections predicting the future of the automated software and security testing tool market.
Software Quality Matters
According to VDC’s Voice of the Engineer survey, software quality is at the top of development and testing engineers’ minds. Adopting tools to assist in software quality and coverage allows development teams to ensure the absence of memory safety vulnerabilities, runtime errors, and other difficult-to-detect and subtle code errors.
How does this address today’s challenges?
In these increasingly competitive markets, software quality, security, and time to market are top of mind. Further understanding of insights that can help you develop strategies for shortened development cycles, reliability, quality, driving innovation and making informed business development decisions that help mitigate risk.
Read TrustInSoft’s report excerpt or request the full report from VDC.