NuMega
American software company, 1987–1997
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NuMega Technologies was a software company founded in 1987 by Frank Grossman and Jim Moskun in Nashua, New Hampshire. The company specialised in developer tools, including debuggers, profilers and runtime error-detection utilities for MS-DOS and the Windows NT family. Its best-known product was SoftICE, a kernel-mode debugger that ran below the operating system and was widely used by developers and security researchers.
| NuMega Technologies, Inc. | |
|---|---|
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| Industry | Software |
| Founded | 1987 in Nashua, New Hampshire, United States |
| Defunct | 1997 |
| Fate | Acquired by Compuware |
| Headquarters | Nashua, New Hampshire |
| Products | See § Notable products |
History
NuMega was founded in 1987 and built its reputation on low-level debugging tools for the Windows platform. Its flagship product SoftICE operated at the kernel level, allowing developers to debug code that would otherwise be invisible to user-mode tools, including device drivers and operating system components.
In 1995, the company acquired the Marquis Computing, Inc. assets VB/CodeReview and VB/FailSafe,[1] and hired its president, Hank Marquis to manage NuMega's Visual Basic product line.[2]
In December 1997, NuMega was acquired by Compuware, becoming NuMega Labs of Compuware.[3] The lab subsequently moved to Merrimack, New Hampshire, and was shut down on 11 June 2007.[4]
In June 2009, Compuware sold the former NuMega product portfolio, intellectual property and remaining staff to UK-based Micro Focus.[5]
Notable products
- SoftICE
- DriverStudio
- BoundsChecker (Automated runtime error detection)
- DevPartner Studio
- DevPartner Java Edition
- SmartCheck (Visual Basic Error Detection)
- TrueTime (Profiling)
- TrueCoverage (Code coverage)
- CodeReview (Source code based error detection)
- FailSafe (Improved Visual Basic error handling)
- DevPartner SecurityChecker
- DevPartner Fault Simulator
- CV/1 (Microsoft CodeView on a single monitor)
- Magic CV (Microsoft CodeView running in less RAM)
Notable employees
- Mark Russinovich — software developer who began his career at NuMega and later became CTO of Microsoft Azure[6]
- Hank Marquis — joined with the Marquis Computing acquisition; later a Leadership Partner at Gartner[7]
