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This IDC Technology Spotlight discusses the need to improve approaches to software analysis, defect management, security and metrics to gain business and IT benefits via proactive visibility.
IDC observed that traditional approaches to code quality typically fail when testing becomes a checklist item at the end of the development process.
IDC recommends the evaluation and adoption of automated approaches to software analysis, such as that provided by SonarQube and the Sonar Solution, to improve software quality strategies.