[0] AppGenesys Acquires Mentora, a Premier Mercury Interactive Partner.Business/Technology Editors SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 10, 2000 Dan Downing, creator of the `5-Steps of Web Stress Testing' methodology leads AppGenesys's SiteStress service roll-out AppGenesys(TM), the leading Management Services Provider (MSP (1) (Management Service Provider or Managed Service Provider) An organization that manages a customer's computer systems and networks which are either located on the customer's premises or at a third-party datacenter. ) for Global 2000 companies, today announced the acquisition of Mentora, a leader in stress testing Determining the durability of a system by pushing it to its limits. Stress testing a network is performed by transmitting excessive numbers of packets or attempting to break in illegally. and optimizing eBusiness web sites and architectures. The Mentora team created the original `8 stages of testing methodology' adopted by testing industry leader Mercury Interactive For another company with a similar name, see Mercury Computer Systems. HP Mercury (formerly Mercury Interactive) is a subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard that is a market leader in automated software quality assurance and offers products in other areas such as diagnostics, (Nasdaq: MERQ MERQ Mercury Interactive Corp (stock symbol) ). Mentora's management team and expert staff is already integrated in the day-to-day operations of the company. AppGenesys has appointed Dan Downing to the position of Vice President, Validation Services for the company. Mr. Downing will be responsible for the launch of the SiteStress(TM) service, an automated load simulation and diagnostic service delivered over the Internet from AppGenesys's Virtual Test Facilities. Downing revised his standard software industry testing methodology to a 5-step `web-speed' version for testing e-commerce development and deployment. Jim Eberle will move from the role of CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. at Mentora to fill the duties of COO at AppGenesys. "We have scored a big win in getting Mentora into the AppGenesys fold and have already benefited from their testing expertise," said Benjamin Chen, Chairman and Chief Technology Officer of AppGenesys. "The level of market profile, experience and expertise that all the staff at Mentora brings to AppGenesys puts us in a leadership position in the stress testing sector." AppGenesys is currently engaged with several clients who are utilizing the SiteStress service to provide global eBusinesses full-scale stress testing of their Web site's infrastructure on a copy-exact SiteStage(TM) platform. This enables an eBusiness, for the first time, to stress test on an exact replica of its live Web site without compromising the performance of the live site. AppGenesys' services allow clients to gain deep insight into their Web system under live conditions - "bend and break" points, configuration limitations, capacity management intelligence-- and ensures that once live, the site delivers the quality of experience necessary to keep customers coming back. The SiteStress service is conducted on a production, copy-exact staging environment that duplicates the live environment. Clients lease this environment only as long as they need it, saving on capital outlay capital outlay See capital expenditure. and configuration expenses. The SiteStress service utilizes its state-of-the-art Virtual Testing Facilities to apply real-world loads to mission-critical web systems. AppGenesys follows up testing with tuning services that optimize application efficiency and 24x7 performance monitoring services The general surveillance of known air traffic movements by reference to a radar scope presentation or other means, for the purpose of passing advisory information concerning conflicting traffic or providing navigational assistance. in the live environment. About AppGenesys AppGenesys, the leading Management Services Provider for Global 2000 eBusiness, focuses on the complex process of staging, testing, tuning, deploying, monitoring and scaling Web applications for clients. The company offers a scaleable suite of standardized standardized pertaining to data that have been submitted to standardization procedures. standardized morbidity rate see morbidity rate. standardized mortality rate see mortality rate. hardware, software and applications management solutions that accelerate implementation and improve site performance. AppGenesys manages clients' Internet infrastructure operations through a global framework that ensures speed, reliability and scalability. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., AppGenesys has secured $50 million of first-round funding from Chase Capital Partners, DynaFund Ventures, Flatiron Partners, Inktomi Corporation For the Lakota spider-trickster god, see . Inktomi Corporation was a California company that provided software for Internet Service Providers, which was founded in 1996 by UC Berkeley professor Eric Brewer and graduate student Paul Gauthier. , Intel Capital, iXL, Kelso & Company, NeoCarta Ventures and Softbank Venture Capital. |
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