Compuware solutions automate the multiple complex steps of thorough application testing to provide comprehensive, repeatable, and predictable results in less time. With Compuware tools, you can test every step in the application lifecycle for mainframe, distributed, and Web platforms. From defining requirements, debugging and tuning code, creating test scripts, executing functional, regression, and load testing, to performance profiling and monitoring applications in both pre and post production environments, Compuware products and services add value by improving application quality and enhancing performance. For organizations that lack the time, infrastructure or resources to perform Web site and application testing, Compuware offers a remote Web testing and monitoring solution. For more information visit us on the Web at www.compuware.com
The Empirix portfolio of Web test and monitoring solutions provides best-in-class solutions for testing and monitoring business-critical Web applications.We deliver automated software testing tools, as well as hosted services, providing the fastest, easiest to use, and most accurate means for functional/regression testing, load/scalability testing, monitoring, and test management for Web applications. Our total-life-cycle approach to Web testing allows you to begin testing Web applications early in the development process and continue testing and monitoring post-deployment. www.empirix.com
IBM Global Services has the expertise, tools, and resources to help you increase the success of your systems, networks, and applications and accelerate your implementation cycle. You can count on the people of IBM Global Services to create and deliver strategic technology solutions that achieve real business results. Visit us at www.ibm.com/services
Mercury Interactive is the leading provider of enterprise testing, tuning, and performance management solutions. The company’s automated software and managed services help companies deliver and maintain high-performance applications. Customers worldwide use Mercury Interactive solutions across their application and technology infrastructures to minimize hardware and operational expenses, protect revenue streams and enhance their competitive positions. Mercury Interactive was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. The company has more than 1,600 employees with offices in more than 20 countries. For more information on Mercury Interactive, visit the company’s Web site at www.mercuryinteractive.com
Only RadView Softwareprovides both functional testing software (WebFT™) and load testing software (WebLOAD™) that feature JavaScript-based test-agenda creation and seamless integration between products. So you can spend precious pre-launch time testing rather than re-scripting, to ensure performance and eliminate bugs. And only RadView lets you share scripts without modification across platforms, among testing team members, and between functional testing and load testing. www.radview.com
Rational Softwareprovides a software development platform that improves the speed, quality, and predictability of software projects.This integrated, full-lifecycle solution combines software engineering best practices, market-leading tools, and professional services. Ninety-eight of the Fortune100 rely on Rational tools and services to build better software, faster. This open platform is extended by partners who provide more than 500 complementary products and services. Founded in 1981, Rational is one of the world's largest software companies, with revenues of $689.8 million in its twelve months ended March 31, 2002, and over 3,500 employees worldwide. Rational is a member of the S&P 500 Index and a component of the Nasdaq-100 IndexR.Additional information is available at www.rational.com and www.therationaledge.com, the monthly e-zine for the Rational community.
Segue (NASDAQ: SEGU) is the world expert in delivering software and services that ensure the accuracy and performance of enterprise applications. Segue provides comprehensive scalability, performance, monitoring and verification solutions — all aimed at ensuring reliable and predictable outcomes for fundamental business processes. A technology innovator setting new standards for higher levels of application reliability, Segue helps companies reduce risk and increase their return on investment associated with deploying new applications. By ensuring the performance, accuracy, reliability, scalability, and usability of core business applications, Segue helps protect all that today's companies have at stake in IT and brand reputation investments. www.segue.com
StickyMinds.com is the online resource for building better software. Check out a new column each week; read articles and technical papers; keep up with industry news; find books and tools information; and exchange messages and interact with your sticky-minded counterparts in the software testing and quality engineering world. Membership is free. Visit us at www.stickyminds.com
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Application Development Trends is written for application development managers who are building, buying and managing the applications that run the world's businesses. ADT is the one publication that top-tier I/S and A/D management go to month after month for a clear strategic overview of the full application development lifecycle and its impact on the business of the enterprise. www.adtmag.com
SD Times , the newspaper of record for the software development industry, provides news, news analysis, specialized features, and comprehensive analyses on new products, alliances, and emerging market trends for software development managers, IT managers, and ISVs. Regular topics include tools, Internet and Web development, operating systems, embedded systems, Java, test and QA, XML, and wireless. Subscriptions are FREE at www.sdtimes.com
