A serial entrepreneur by nature, Duffie also founded Turnstone Systems, which went public in 2000; and Whitetree Inc., a network switch maker that was acquired in 1997 by Ascend Communications.
Language barriers from geographically dispersed QA teams exacerbate the problem, resulting in duplicated efforts and reduced productivity.
Testers without a wide range of scripting abilities are often unable to contribute to the testing process, resulting in further automation backlog.
Quality suffers, as do companies’ bottom lines as time to market is dependent on how quickly testing can be completed.
Duffie identified this critical void in the market, recognizing the need for software that simplified device and network testing.