AutoTester Announces Accelerated Quality Suite 4.0 for AcceleratedSAP; Software and Services Map to AcceleratedSAP Roadmap.DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 18, 1998--AutoTester Inc. today announced a new AcceleratedSAP (TM) quality assurance suite that provides companies and systems integrators with a way to further speed the R/3 implementation process, reduce overall risk and ensure that the system will work properly when fully integrated and deployed. AutoTester's new Accelerated Quality Suite 4.0 (AQS AQS American Quilter's Society AQS Air Quality Standard AQS Arbeitsgemeinschaft zur Förderung der Qualitätssicherung in der Medizin (Koeln, Germany) AQS Air Quality Subsystem AQS Advanced Quality System AQS AetherQuest Solutions ) includes the Accelerated QA (TM) methodology, software, and services designed specifically for each phase of the AcceleratedSAP roadmap. "AQS 4.0 emphasizes Quality Assurance plans, procedures, and processes during each phase of an AcceleratedSAP project and provides a solid foundation for continuous quality improvement after the system is deployed," said Randy Jesberg, enterprise resource planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. (ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. ) product manager at AutoTester. "Companies and integrators implementing AcceleratedSAP are intent on rapid implementation," he said. "We have created a package of services, software and an R/3 specific quality assurance methodology that enables them to achieve their rapid deployment goals while measuring the quality of the system during each step of the AcceleratedSAP implementation process." Arthur Andersen For the U.S. Supreme Court case commonly known as Arthur Andersen, see . Arthur Andersen LLP, based in Chicago, was once one of the "Big Five" accounting firms (the other four are PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young and KPMG), performing , an AcceleratedSAP implementation partner, has made AutoTester's suite available in its Enterprise Innovation Center and to its client project teams using the AcceleratedSAP methodology. "These tools and services fit nicely into our implementation philosophy," said Michael Travis Michael Travis (born April 20, 1965) plays drums in The String Cheese Incident, an American jamband from Boulder, Colorado. Travis was born in southern California. He graduated from University of California at Santa Cruz with a degree in Environmental Science in 1989 and moved to , Arthur Andersen's SAP Practice Director for the Americas. "They integrate into the AcceleratedSAP roadmap and can help us deliver high value, on-time solutions to our clients." "No matter where clients are in the implementation timeline or which AcceleratedSAP methodology is being used, we work within those infrastructures to ensure top-to-bottom software quality," said Jesberg. "What we offer is reduced risk, improved test coverage and a higher-quality software implementation that remains on schedule and on budget." The AutoTester Accelerated Quality Suite basic package includes: -- AcceleratedSAP planning and quality check services -- AutoTester rapid test deployment and adviser training and services -- Automated testing (testing) automated testing - Software testing assisted with software tools that require no operator input, analysis, or evaluation. tool training, set up and services -- AutoTester Client/Server for use with SAP (TM) R/3 (TM) software, which provides automated unit, functional, integration and regression testing In software development, testing a program that has been modified in order to ensure that additional bugs have not been introduced. When a program is enhanced, testing is often done only on the new features. , as well as a powerful scripting language A high-level programming, or command, language that is interpreted (translated on the fly) rather than compiled ahead of time. A scripting, or script, language may be a general-purpose programming language or it may be limited to specific functions used to augment the running of an for general task automation -- AutoController with Virtual DirectTest (TM) software, which provides end-to-end load and performance testing Performance Testing covers a broad range of engineering or functional evaluations where a material, product, or system is not specified by detailed material or component specifications: Rather, emphasis is on the final measurable performance characteristics. by simulating transactions of hundreds or thousands of users against the R/3 system -- AutoAdviser software, a test planning, management and analysis tool that helps organize and manage test libraries AutoTester, which serves more than 350 SAP R/3 customers worldwide, is an SAP Complementary Software Program partner. In 1997, AutoTester was the first automated quality assurance company to receive BAPI (Business API) An interface to one of SAP's earlier R/3 applications. It enabled third-party developers to write enhancements that interacted with the R/3 modules. See R/3. BAPI - Business Application Programming Interface certification from SAP. The company, based in Dallas, provides software quality assurance experience, expertise and technology to more than 1,600 Fortune 3000 customers worldwide. Founded in 1986, AutoTester specializes in software quality methodologies, services and software for measuring an application's functionality and performance in mainframe, midrange midrange Epidemiology The halfway point or midpoint in a set of observations; for most data, MR is calculated as the sum of the smallest observation and the largest observation, divided by 2; for age data, one is added to the numerator; a midrange is usually and client/server environments. Using a defined quality process and a comprehensive suite of quality assurance software, AutoTester helps customers worldwide with Year 2000, SAP R/3, Internet/intranet, Windows and OS/2 software quality initiatives. For more information, call 800/368-1196 or visit www.autotester.com. For media inquiries, contact Roy Miller at 214/521-8596, or rmiller@mbapr.com.
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