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Mercury, IBM team up to deliver integrated solution

Mercury Interactive delivers integrated Web application Performance Management Solution for IBM WebSphere and Visual Age for Java

Mercury Interactive Corporation has recently announced a collaboration with IBM to deliver a seamless, tightly integrated solution for ensuring performance and reliability of applications developed using key technologies of IBM`s Application Framework for e-business: WebSphere Application Server and VisualAge for Java.

According to Volkmar Spieth, managing director of Mercury Interactive in South Africa, the company will work closely with IBM to ensure the smooth interoperability of these development environments with Mercury Interactive`s Web application performance management products, including Topaz, LoadRunner, WinRunner, TestDirector, and Astra.

"With their Application Framework for e-Business, IBM has created one of the most comprehensive e-business application development methodologies on the market today," Spieth points out.

"Our alliance will not only give users peace of mind from having battle-tested their applications, but will give e-businesses a competitive advantage by ensuring a positive end user experience."

Speed-to-market, according to Spieth, is crucial for companies trying to stay competitive and maintain marketshare in today`s e-business arena.

"The ability to quickly create, test and deploy Web-based applications across a variety of development environments is a critical part of any successful e-business strategy," comments Paraic Sweeney, vice president, Business Transformation, IBM Software Group.

"IBM is pleased that Mercury Interactive has developed performance management solutions to accelerate the delivery of tested applications leveraging IBM`s application servers and development tools, streamlining the path to e-business for customers."

Available immediately, Mercury Interactive Web application performance solutions that have been extended and optimized to work with the WebSphere and VisualAge for Java products include:

  • LoadRunner 3/4 a load testing tool that predicts system behavior and performance. It exercises an entire enterprise infrastructure by emulating thousands of users to identify and isolate problems. LoadRunner`s integrated real-time monitors enable organisations to minimise test cycles, optimize performance and accelerate deployment.

  • WinRunner 3/4 an enterprise functional testing tool that verifies applications work as expected. By capturing, verifying and replaying user interactions automatically, WinRunner identifies defects and ensures that business processes, which span across multiple

  • applications and databases, work flawlessly the first time and remain reliable throughout the lifecycle.

  • TestDirector 3/4 an integrated enterprise application for organising and managing the entire testing process. It enables all members of the IT organisation to coordinate their testing efforts and control testing projects at every step of the quality cycle, from test planning through execution to defect management.

  • Topaz 3/4 a Web application performance management solution that bridges the gap between Web users and IT. By proactively monitoring sites in real time, Topaz alerts operations groups to performance problems before users experience them. This enables IT to maximize site reliability and protect the revenue stream.

  • Astra product family 3/4 a family of tools for fast, simple Web testing.

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IBM WebSphere application server

IBM WebSphere`s customisable family of products provides the industry`s most scalable e-Business software foundation and application services, and delivers a flexible and open platform on which to build next-generation

e-Business applications. Based on WebSphere Application Server, the WebSphere family supports business applications from simple Web publishing through enterprise-scale transaction processing. Through modular, integrated application services, the WebSphere family transforms the way businesses manage customer, partner and employee relationships. Tightly integrated business and Web content development tools and Web site management capabilities deliver the most advanced and productive end-to-end application development, deployment and integration for sophisticated e-Business solutions.

VisualAge for Java

IBM`s award-winning VisualAge for Java leads the industry with the most advanced support for building Web-enabled enterprise applications, JavaBeans, Enterprise JavaBeans, servlets and applets. It is the only Java development environment that supports the development of Java applications that can scale from embedded systems to OS/390 enterprise application servers.

VisualAge for Java is designed to simplify Java application development by providing a powerful development environment that enables customers to grow their e-Business through unsurpassed connectivity to existing applications. Superior support for building Java applications that target WebSphere and an efficient team development environment make VisualAge for Java the enterprise choice for developers.