With
the tens of thousands of lines of code that go into modern software
and the inconsistencies that can sometimes occur when programs are
compiled to machine language, it can be very hard to guarantee the
integrity of almost any software. For organizations that rely on the
quality, reliability, and security of their software, no hole can go
unpatched. To achieve this, rigorous software testing is an absolute
necessity.
One
of the most difficult situations any piece of software can undergo is
extreme load. With the ubiquity of the Internet and sheer computing
capacity computers have today, situations of extreme load are no
longer very uncommon. Denial-of-service attacks happen almost on a
day-to-day basis, and software bottlenecks can occur when poorly
optimized code is fed so much data too quickly.
