MONROVIA, CA. (July 26, 1999) - ParaSoft, leading provider of software error prevention and error detection solutions, announced today that their newest version of Insure++ will support 64-bit development on SolarisTM and AIX® operating environments. Insure++, ParaSoft's automatic runtime error detection tool for C and C++, was the first development tool to support 64-bit development for HP and SGI, and now ParaSoft is proud to extend this support for Solaris and AIX.

More and more companies who wish to stay competitive in the software industry are adopting 64-bit platforms for their development needs. Experts suggest that 64-bit operating environments are increasingly being viewed as a necessity for large-scale computing and next generation applications.

64-bit operating systems like those offered by Sun, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and SGI provide increased performance and speed along with the ability to handle extensive amounts of information. However, in order for C and C++ developers to fully utilize the benefits of working on these platforms, they must have access to high-performance development tools like Insure++.

Having Insure++ available for high-end development platforms promises to offer real solutions to busy C and C++ developers who have come to rely upon Insure++'s ability to perform the most thorough check for runtime errors.

One developer who has experienced the benefits of Insure++ firsthand is Silicon Graphics technical team member, Douglas Scott. "Insure++ has saved me dozens of hours of work," says Scott. "It has discovered and reported problems which no other tool could detect. If I had not had access to Insure++, I would still be debugging that same project a year later!"

Researchers are finding that development managers from all over the world are implementing 64-bit solutions because they offer unlimited computing power to meet a company's growing needs.

"We at ParaSoft know that the transition to 64-bit computing is pretty much inevitable," says ParaSoft CEO Dr. Adam Kolawa. "That is why we have been committed to ensuring that there are reliable error detection tools for developers who have migrated or are planning to migrate to 64-bit platforms."

About Insure++
Insure++ is an automatic runtime error detection tool for C and C++ which improves software quality, accelerates time to market, and reduces development costs. Using patented Source Code Instrumentation (patent #5,581,969), Minimal Instrumentation mode, and Mutation Testing technologies, Insure++ finds errors quickly and precisely and provides necessary information to repair the errors immediately. With three levels of instrumentation, Insure++ offers developers the ability to customize their error detection process.

Availability
Insure++ is available for Windows 95/98/NT, Linux, DEC Alpha, IBM RS/6000 (AIX 4.x), HP (HP-UX 10 &11), SGI (IRIX 6.x), and Solaris (2.x). Insure++ V5.1 will be available soon.

For more information please visit the ParaSoft Web site at: iproducts/insure.

About ParaSoft
ParaSoft develops and markets advanced error prevention and error detection tools for UNIX, Windows and Internet development environments. ParaSoft's award-winning products and patented technologies assist developers and managers in improving software quality, accelerating time to market and reducing development costs. ParaSoft's headquarters is located at 2031 S. Myrtle Ave., Monrovia, CA 91016. Telephone (888) 305-0041. Fax (626) 305-3036. Email to: info@parasoft.com. URL: