Original Software

Original Software is a privately held company providing automatic software testing products and services.

History
Original Software was formed in December 1996 and started trading in May 1997. It was founded by Colin Armitage.

In the initial years, Original Software focused on the IBM i platform.

In 2007 a manual testing solution was introduced.

In 2010 it was listed as one of "Twenty companies to watch in 2010" by CIO UK.

Original Software rebranded and launched their new website in 2023.

Products
Original Software's products include:
 * Qualify - an Application Quality Management (AQM) solution uniting all aspects of the software development lifecycle
 * TestDrive - a test automation and regression testing tool
 * TestAssist - a tool for dynamic manual testing and User Acceptance Testing
 * TestBench - a test data management and verification tool for IBM i