Collaborator is a peer

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and document review

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application by SmartBear Software, headquartered in

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. This tool is used by teams to standardize their review process, reduce defects early, and speed up their development timelines. Companies in highly-regulated industries like Automotive, Healthcare, Aerospace, Finance, and Embedded Systems also use the detailed review reports in Collaborator to meet compliance burdens.

History

*Collaborator was originally named Code Collaborator as the original product of SmartBear software founded by Jason Cohen in 2003 *Cohen sold Smartbear in 2010 as part of a merger of three different companies Automated QA, Pragmatic Software and SmartBear. *Code Collaborator was the winner of the 2008 collaboration tools Jolt award {{cite web, title=Jolt Award Winners Announced, url=http://www.drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/jolt-award-winners-announced/228701013, website=Dr. Dobb's The World of Software Development, publisher=UBM, accessdate=26 June 2017

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