Continuus Software Partner Program Debuts With Charter Members Mercury Interactive, Uniface Division of Compuware and Tivoli Systems On Board.IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 1999-- Continuus Software Corporation, the leading independent provider of enterprise-scale change management solutions for Web and software development, announced today the launch of their Continuus Partner Program (CPP cpp - C preprocessor. ), designed specifically to help companies successfully manage the complexities of today's software and Web development environments. Customers of program partners will benefit from faster delivery and deployment cycles and overall improved software quality. CPP premium partners include charter members 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 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 : MERQ MERQ Mercury Interactive Corp (stock symbol) ) the UNIFACE An application development system for e-commerce and client/server environments from Compuware. It is a repository-driven system that integrates with a variety of CASE tools, report writers and version control systems. division of Compuware and Tivoli Systems. "Our participation in the Continuus Partner Program will allow our joint customers to benefit from the integration between the Continuus Change Management suite and TestSuite Enterprise," said Alison Jahrsdoerfer, product marketing manager, Mercury Interactive. " This integration will improve the development and testing process for organizations deploying business critical e-business, 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. and client/server applications." Continuus partners provide business applications and tools for software and Web-based development that integrate with, or complement the Continuus change management product suite for enterprise software development. Continuus provides leading-edge technology, in-depth education and certification to ensure that its partners are prepared to meet the business needs of their customers. "The Continuus Partner Program, answers our customers' needs for improved delivery of mission critical applications and systems, and it enables them to select the best tools for a project regardless of vendor," said Bill Philbin, vice president of marketing, Continuus Software. "We developed the Continuus Partner Program in response to the needs of our customers. It is now easy for them to identify the independent software vendors, system integrators, and applications developers who have integrated their applications services and solutions with Continuus." About Continuus Change Management The Continuus Change Management Suite gives IT executives the ability to manage business-critical software development by: -- Improving team productivity and effectiveness by creating an independence that liberates developers from repetitive tasks. -- Improving software quality by coordinating and managing the activities of individual developers working in teams. -- Automating a predictable change management process and enables timesaving concurrent development through distributed teams. -- Eliminating risk by reducing the frequency and consequences of human error. -- Providing full-function control of the build process. -- Bringing software asset management to Internet and intranet development. -- Scaling to any size development team, regardless of their geographic location. Continuus solutions include Continuus/WebSynergy for the collaborative development, management, approval and deployment of all types of content-rich Web applications and client/server software. The Continuus Enterprise Change Management Suite automates team coordination, communications and collaboration through easily customized workflow-driven processes that can scale from supporting a single development team to the largest, most complex projects with hundreds of remote and distributed developers and development teams. Continuus offers products and solutions that help worldwide customers across numerous industries maximize productivity and efficiency through simplified software development processes. Continuus has over 500 customers worldwide in the following industries including- telecommunications, Information Services See Information Systems. (IS), banking and financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , aerospace, manufacturing and utilities, healthcare and retail trade. About Mercury Interactive Mercury Interactive is the world's leader in enterprise application testing application testing - system testing solutions. The company offers a comprehensive line of automated testing (testing) automated testing - Software testing assisted with software tools that require no operator input, analysis, or evaluation. tools that address the full range of quality needs for testing client/server, e-business, Y2K See Y2K problem and Y2K compliant. Y2K - Year 2000 , EMU, and packaged applications. Its testing solutions enable corporations, system integrators and independent software vendors to identify software errors more quickly and efficiently than traditional methods allow. Mercury Interactive has its headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif., and maintains offices across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and internationally with a network of distributors throughout the world. More information is available on the company at its Web site located at www.merc-int.com. About Compuware Corporation (company) Compuware Corporation - A software and service company with over 11,000 employees worldwide, including more than 7,000 in its professional services organisation. Since 1973, Compuware has focused on optimising business software development, testing, and operation. Compuware productivity solutions help 14,000 of the world's largest corporations more efficiently maintain and enhance their most critical business applications. Providing immediate and measurable return on information technology investments, Compuware products and services improve quality, lower costs and increase the speed at which systems can be developed, implemented and supported. Compuware employs more than 11,000 information technology professionals worldwide, including more than 6,600 in its professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. organization. With calendar 1998 revenues of $1.5 billion, Compuware is the world leader in client/server development technology. For more information on Compuware, please contact the corporate offices at 800-521-9353. Compuware also can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.compuware.com. About Tivoli Systems Tivoli Systems Inc. provides the industry's leading open, highly scalable and cross-platform management solutions that span networks, systems, applications and business-to-business e-commerce. Leading companies around the world use Tivoli Software Tivoli Software is the systems management brand of the IBM Software Group. IBM purchased Austin-based Tivoli Systems, Inc. in 1996[1] and allowed it to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary for a few years before forming the Software Group. and compatible third-party products to reduce the cost and complexity of managing networks, systems, databases and applications. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Tivoli is an IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Company. Tivoli distributes its products worldwide, through a network of global sales offices, system integrators, resellers and IBM sales channels. http://www.tivoli.com About Continuus Continuus Software Corporation, a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. , is the leading independent provider of enterprise-scale change management solutions and services for all members of web and software development teams. The company's solutions include Continuus/WebSynergy for the collaborative development, management, approval and deployment of all types of content-rich web applications and client/server software. The Continuus enterprise change management suite automates team coordination, communications and collaboration through easily customized workflow-driven processes that can scale from supporting a single development team to the largest, most complex projects with hundreds of remote and distributed developers and development teams. Continuus targets IT departments of Global 2000 companies and developers of packaged applications, embedded software Instructions that permanently reside in a ROM or flash memory chip. Embedded software may be immediately available to the CPU or, for faster execution, may be transferred to RAM first and then executed. and telecommunications products. The company markets its products through a direct sales organization in 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. , the United Kingdom, France and Germany with distributors in other countries. More than 20,000 developers around the world at major organizations and government agencies use Continuus products. For more information on Continuus, see their web site at www.continuus.com. In the United States, call (949) 453-2200. In the United Kingdom, call 441-344-788-100. In Germany, call 49-895904-7189. In France, call 33-1-69-59-1616. Continuus is a registered trademark of Continuus Software Corporation. Continuus/CM, Continuus/WebSynergy, and WebSynergy are trademarks of Continuus Software Corporation. All other names or marks may be registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners. Note to Editors: WinRunner and LoadRunner are registered trademark, TestDirector is a trademark of Mercury Interactive Corporation, 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. Compuware and UNIFACE are registered trademarks of Compuware Corporation Tivoli is a registered trademark and Tivoli Enterprise and Tivoli Application Performance Management are trademarks or registered trademarks of Tivoli Systems Inc, an IBM company. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. |
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