AppGenesys and Mercury Interactive Launch SiteStress -- the Internet's 1st Virtual, Copy-Exact Testing Platform.Business 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)--Sept. 5, 2000 Ability to simulate over 1,000,000 Web users AppGenesys, 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 launched SiteStress(TM), an automated load simulation service delivered over the Internet from AppGenesys' Virtual Test Facilities. SiteStress(TM) provides global eBusinesses full-scale 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. of their Web site's infrastructure on a copy-exact SiteStress(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 Web site. 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) ), the world's leading provider of Web performance management solutions has teamed with AppGenesys. Users of AppGenesys' SiteStress can work with Mercury Interactive testing and monitoring solutions to stress test applications staged at AppGenesys' Virtual Test Facilities, and monitor those same applications after the site goes live to ensure peak end-user performance. In addition, by partnering with Mercury Interactive, the AppGenesys SiteStress(TM) platform is the most robust of its type with the ability to emulate peak loads in excess of 1,000,000 users. "SiteStress(TM) allows us to understand how the application performs under load and provides us the ability to scale a customers application on demand," said Mark Swanson, 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. of AppGenesys. "CIOs will no longer have to answer distress calls in their pajamas pajamas Noun, pl US pyjamas pajamas npl (US) → pijama msg; piyama msg (LAM because Ted Koppel Edward James "Ted" Koppel (born February 8, 1940) is an American journalist, best known as the former anchorman for the American Broadcasting Company's Nightline. mentioned their site on Nightline and it couldn't scale." "The need for accurate stress testing and real-time performance monitoring is very visible today as businesses rely on the Web to sell and promote products," said Amnon Landan, CEO of Mercury Interactive. "Not every business will see Web traffic like the `Survivor' site, but more and more businesses must gear up for the possibility. By emulating over a million Web users via their new testing platform, and providing a copy-exact virtual environment during the testing cycles, AppGenesys provides a necessary service that can immediately deliver customer value." 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. SiteStress(TM) is conducted on a production, copy-exact staging environment that duplicates the live environment allowing testing to occur without compromising the live site. Clients lease this environment only as long as they need it, to save the capital outlay capital outlay See capital expenditure. and configuration expenses. SiteStress(TM) 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 performance and 24x7 performance monitoring services 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 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. MERCURY INTERACTIVE Mercury Interactive is the leading provider of Web performance management solutions that help e-businesses deliver a positive user experience. Mercury Interactive solutions turn Web application performance, scalability and user experience into competitive advantage. The company's performance management products and hosted services are open and integrated to best test and monitor business-critical Web applications. More than 10,000 business-to-business and business to consumer e-businesses, Internet Service Providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. , Applications Service Providers, systems integrators, and consultants use Mercury Interactive solutions. Mercury Interactive is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California Sunnyvale ([sʌniveil]) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is one of the major cities that make up the Silicon Valley. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 131,760. and has 40 offices worldwide. The company can be reached at www.mercuryinteractive.com or by phone at U.S. +1.408.822.5200. |
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