The CAST Solution
CAST enables continual and objective assessment of the Technical Quality of applications being delivered to the business. Technical Quality, at the component and architecture levels, is what must matter to application development (AD) managers because it can: » Degrade performance, stability and security
» Drive-up maintenance cost
» Delay product releases
» Cause data to become corrupted
» And at worst, bring down the production system
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What makes CAST Unique
No other product on the market provides the depth, breadth, and scope of analysis available with the CAST Platform. » Depth of analysis - structural analysis allows CAST to provide timely and accurate metrics that management can rely on when making decisions
» Breadth and scope of analysis - no solution covers as many languages and multi-technology architectures across all layers of an application including UI,Logic and Data
» Drill-down capability - not just passive monitoring, but the ability for managers to actively drill down and share technical information that ensures speedy delivery and remediation. Managers can take control, pro-actively improving project outcomes
» Scalability - portal-based access to the information needed to understand application health, adherence to industry and organizational standards, quality, sizing and structure. |
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How CAST Works
The CAST solution can read, analyze and semantically understand most kinds of source code, including scripting and interface languages, 3GLs, 4GLs, Web and mainframe technologies, across all layers of an application (UI, logic and data). By analyzing all tiers of a complex application, CAST measures quality and adherence to architectural and coding standards, while providing real-time system blueprints. CAST is available for all the major programming languages, databases and integration middleware used for enterprise application development. |
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Tangible value to the Customer
With the intelligence provided by CAST, customers are able to benefit from: » Early detection of defects – Typically 10-50% reduction in source code defects early in the development cycle. Early remediation means lower cost, and more satisfied users.
» Faster time to market – Approximately 10-20% efficiency gain via reuse of components and frameworks, and reducing rework. Good development practice means faster delivery to the business.
» Maintenance cost control – Continuous internal quality improvement will drive maintenance cost down by 10-30% over time, starting even within a year.
» Objective sourcing estimates – Up to 50% savings on change requests by being able to estimate automatically the effort that should have been required for produced work.
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