Carfax Drives Business Home With Segue Software.Business/Technology Editors LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 19, 2001 Leading Vehicle History Provider Chooses Segue's Three-Tiered Solutions to Ensure the Reliability and Predictability of its On-Line Business Segue Software Segue Software Incorporated (NASDAQ: SEGU) is a leader in quality optimization solutions through their automated software testing products like SilkTest. Segue was founded in 1988. The company has 200 employees worldwide and over $30 million in annual revenue. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : SEGU), the e-business reliability experts, today announced that Carfax -- the leading provider of vehicle history information -- named Segue se·gue intr.v. se·gued, se·gue·ing, se·gues 1. Music To make a transition directly from one section or theme to another. 2. its vendor of choice to ensure the accuracy and performance of its e-business Web site. Carfax is relying upon Segue's three-tiered reliability solutions to ensure reliable and predictable outcomes for customers as they access the industry's leading Web repository (1) A database of information about applications software that includes author, data elements, inputs, processes, outputs and interrelationships. A repository is used in a CASE or application development system in order to identify objects and business rules for reuse. of used vehicle histories. Segue's solution for Carfax -- unmatched by any other vendor in its space -- will verify the accurate performance of the company's Web site, test its ability to scale to expected user loads, and actively monitor the live production system to predict and avoid site failures. "With over two million visits to www.carfax.com each month, we need to ensure that our site is always available and reliable to answer our customers' inquiries. Now, with Segue's help, we believe we've found the right solution," said Carfax Chief Technology Officer David Silversmith. "After speaking with several other vendors in the reliability management space, we soon realized that Segue truly understood the needs of a high volume, high transaction e-business such as ours. With this in mind, the company was able to deliver a highly comprehensive reliability solution - one that gives our customers true confidence that Carfax will be available whenever they need it." Carfax will be using Segue's SilkTest and SilkPerformer for end-to-end functional, load 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. of its core e-business Web site. In addition, the company will use Segue's unique SilkVision technology -for remote monitoring (protocol) remote monitoring - (RMON) A network management protocol that allows network information to be gathered at a single computer. Whereas SNMP gathers network data from a single type of Management Information Base (MIB), RMON 1 defines nine additional MIBs that provide a of its site performance to gauge the ongoing health of its active application. "Part of the success of a company like Carfax stems from its ability to quickly respond to the evolving requirements of its growing customer base," said Tom Boyle, Segue Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing. "By spending the time to understand our customers' real-world reliability challenges -- and then adapting to meet those challenges -- Segue is able to offer the industry's most innovative and technically superior solutions. We're proud that our focus on providing customer-centric solutions allows us the opportunity to partner with companies of the caliber of Carfax." About Carfax, Inc. Founded in 1984, Carfax pioneered the concept of the vehicle history report - the instant background check on any used car. Carfax Vehicle History Reports can confirm a clean title history or identify serious problems with any used car, including salvage salvage, in maritime law, the compensation that the owner must pay for having his vessel or cargo saved from peril, such as shipwreck, fire, or capture by an enemy. Salvage is awarded only when the party making the rescue was under no legal obligation to do so. history, odometer fraud Odometer fraud is the illegal practice of rolling back odometers to make it appear that vehicles have lower mileage than they actually do. Odometer fraud occurs when the seller of a vehicle falsely represents the actual mileage of a vehicle to the buyer. , flood damage and more. Carfax helps millions of consumers and thousands of car dealers avoid buying used cars with costly hidden problems. Using the 17-character Vehicle ID Number (VIN VIN Vulvar intraepithelial neoplasm, see there ), used car buyers can access over 1.31 billion vehicle history records from hundreds of different sources in the Carfax nationwide database at www.carfax.com. Every Carfax Report that confirms a clean title history is backed by the $5,000 Clean Title History Guarantee. Carfax, Inc., based in Fairfax, Virginia Fairfax is an independent city forming an enclave within the confines of Fairfax County, in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Although politically independent of the surrounding county, the City of Fairfax is nevertheless its county seatGR6. , is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of the R.L. Polk & Co. About Segue Software 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 How easy something is to use. Both software and Web sites can be tested for usability. Considering how difficult applications are to use and Web sites are to navigate, one would wish that more designers took this seriously. See user interface and usability lab. of core business applications, Segue helps protect all that today's companies have at stake: their enormous investments in IT infrastructure, competitive edge and brand reputation. Headquartered in Lexington, Mass., with offices across North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and Europe, Segue can be reached at 1-800-287-1329 or www.segue.com. Segue, SilkTest, and SilkPerformer are registered trademarks of Segue Software, Inc. SilkVision is a trademark of Segue Software, Inc. All other product names are properties of their respective companies. This press release may contain forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. . Forward looking statements are statements which contain predictions or projections of future events or performance, and often contain words such as "expects", "projects", "will", "might", or other words indicating a statement about the future. The company notes that any such forward-looking statements are subject to change, are not guarantees of future performance, and that actual results may differ materially from any such projections or predictions, based on various important factors, including, without limitation, changes in the market, market acceptance of Segue products, new products and announcements from other companies and changes in technology and industry standards. Additional information on the factors that could affect Segue's business and financial results is included in that company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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