Mercury Interactive announces Japanese versions of WinRunner and LoadRunner for SAP's R/3.TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 30, 1997--Mercury Interactive Japan K.K., 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 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, Corp. (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 world's leading provider of testing tools for client/server, Web and packaged applications, today announced the release of the Japanese version of WinRunner for SAP's R/3 and LoadRunner for SAP's R/3, a set of tools architected specifically for SAP's business application solutions that enable organizations to predict system performance, verify functionality, and test the scalability as additional application modules and users are added to the R/3 solution. The tools, which have been available in 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. since March 1997, are part of Mercury Interactive's strategic initiative to address the testing needs for the burgeoning packaged applications market. Estimated to be over a $7 billion market this year, packaged applications such as those provided by SAP, Baan, and PeopleSoft are growing at a faster rate than custom client/server development projects. "Facing the complexities, expenses, and poor success rates of building custom client/server systems from scratch, IT organizations are rapidly adopting packaged applications," said Amnon Landan, president and 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 Mercury Interactive Corp. during a press conference in Tokyo. "Today, organizations are realizing testing is critical in order to identify and resolve potential show stoppers This article is about the Garfield and Friends episode. For other uses, see Showstopper. Show Stoppers is an episode of U.S. Acres from the series Garfield and Friends. It originally aired on October 7, 1989. before going live." "Since many of our customers in Japan are implementing large scale mission critical systems using R/3, assuring the performance and scalability of such systems is crucial," said Axel Janz, manager of Complimentary Software Partner Program for SAP Japan. "Mercury Interactive is the first business partner to release a Japanese version for R/3 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. , providing our customers with faster and more reliable methods to ensure successful implementations." "Following the installation of LoadRunner for SAP R/3 in the SAP- Microsoft Competence Center (MSCC MSCC Motlow State Community College (Lynchburg, TN) MSCC Morgan Sports Car Club MSCC Manila Sports Car Club MSCC Mission Springs Community Church (Fremont, CA) MSCC Mazda Sports Car Club ) in Japan, I was surprised with the simplicity of creating scenarios for loading the R/3 server with multiple users," said David Hawley David Hawley (1741–1807), Captain in the newly formed United States Navy and Privateer, fought in the first U.S. naval battle of the American Revolutionary War in 1776. Biography Hawley was born into a Connecticut seafaring family in 1741. , manager SAP-MSCC. "Mercury Interactive offers a testing tool designed specifically for SAP R/3, combining an easy to use test development environment with an architecture that makes emulating hundreds of concurrent users simple and straightforward." "Mercury Interactive is fully committed (Law) committed to prison for trial, in distinction from being detained for examination. See also: Fully to maintain its leadership in the Japanese automated client/server testing tools market, providing Japanese customers with the latest testing technologies, such as simulating hundreds of R/3 users controlled from a single point of control, by one person, using only few computers," said Ittai Bareket, representative managing director of Mercury Interactive Japan K.K. "We invite SAP R/3 customers to visit our booth at the coming SAPPHIRE show in the beginning of July in Yokohama." WinRunner and LoadRunner for SAP's R/3 Mercury Interactive's LoadRunner for SAP's R/3 and WinRunner for SAP R/3 are architected specifically for SAP's business application solutions, enabling organizations to predict system performance, verify functionality, and test scalability as additional application modules and users are added to the R/3 solution. The products help organizations implementing R/3 to answer critical questions such as, "How many users can we put on this application server? Where are the system bottlenecks and how can we prevent them? When do we need to upgrade our hardware?" WinRunner for SAP's R/3 is a powerful test development environment that allows the generation of test scripts for R/3 solutions, automation of testing and verification of business transactions by exercising the application just like a user. LoadRunner for SAP's R/3 is a load testing Load testing is the process of creating demand on a system or device and measuring its response. In mechanical systems it refers to the testing of a system to certify it under the appropriate regulations (LOLER in the UK - Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment tool that allows users to test R/3 applications for scalability, performance and functionality. From a single point of control, LoadRunner can exercise the system with hundreds or even thousands of virtual users to identify potential bottlenecks before the system goes live. Pricing and Availability Mercury Interactive tools for testing R/3 in Japan are available now. The Japanese version of WinRunner for SAP's R/3 is priced at 750,000 Yen with the Japanese version of LoadRunner for SAP's R/3 starting at 6,800,000 Yen for 50 virtual users. Both products support Windows 95 and Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. . About Mercury Interactive Corp. Mercury Interactive is the worldwide leader in automated client/server testing tools. The company offers a comprehensive line of automated enterprise testing tools that address the full range of quality needs for testing clients, servers, Web sites and systems as a whole, enabling corporate developers, 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 throughout the United States and internationally with a network of distributors throughout the world. The company's common stock trades on the NASDAQ National Market tier of The NASDAQ Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. under the symbol MERQ. Mercury Interactive Corp. is located at 470 Potrero Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086 and can be reached by phone at 408/523-9900 or fax at 408/523-9911. Mercury Interactive's Web site is located at www.merc-int.com . -0- Note to Editors: WinRunner and LoadRunner are registered trademarks of Mercury Interactive Corp. Product and company names are used herein for identification purposes only, and may be trademarks of their respective companies. SAP and R/3 are registered trademarks of SAP AG. CONTACT: Mercury Interactive Anne Lenaghan, 408/523-4223 Mercury Interactive Japan K.K. Ittai Bareket, 81-3-3500-5161 |
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