New Customer-Driven IT Market Research Service, TechValidate, Simplifies Data Center IT Product Evaluation and Purchasing.Rapid Vendor Adoption of Web-Based Product Validation See validate. validation - The stage in the software life-cycle at the end of the development process where software is evaluated to ensure that it complies with the requirements. Tool Proves the Demand for Customer Evidence in IT Purchasing PLEASANTON, Calif. -- TechValidate, the global authority on What Works in IT, today announced that its new web-based Product Experience Network has been approved for deployment by over 30 IT technology vendors and tens of thousands of enterprise IT professionals. TechValidate is a 100% Software-as-a-Service application that combines elements of mediated me·di·ate v. me·di·at·ed, me·di·at·ing, me·di·ates v.tr. 1. To resolve or settle (differences) by working with all the conflicting parties: social networking See social networking site. social networking - social network , market research, and automation into a single tool that allows IT professionals to confidently, anonymously share hands-on experiences with others. "The rapid adoption of TechValidate points towards an unfilled need in the IT marketplace," said Brad O'Neill, 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 TechValidate. "For the first time, both IT pros and IT vendors have a trusted third party In cryptography, a trusted third party (TTP) is an entity which facilitates interactions between two parties who both trust the third party; they use this trust to secure their own interactions. TTPs are common in cryptographic protocols, for example, a certificate authority (CA). that can enable anonymous, verified ver·i·fy tr.v. ver·i·fied, ver·i·fy·ing, ver·i·fies 1. To prove the truth of by presentation of evidence or testimony; substantiate. 2. sharing of real-world experiences. This innovation greatly streamlines product evaluation for all parties concerned." TechValidate leverages cutting edge innovation to let IT professionals share their data center product testimonials, benefits, deployment and usage experiences in a secure, anonymous, and verified fashion. As a trusted third party, TechValidate certifies the identity and authenticity The correct attribution of origin such as the authorship of an e-mail message or the correct description of information such as a data field that is properly named. Authenticity is one of the six fundamental components of information security (see Parkerian Hexad). of all IT professional feedback that it collects for a given vendor's product. The service then allows these verified, anomymized IT professional insights to be shared by the wider IT community. From start-ups to market leaders, IT vendors find TechValidate compelling because of the veracity veracity (v  ras´itē),n it brings to their customer communications. Beyond the evaluation needs of IT professionals working with emerging vendors, TechValidate has also widely demonstrated that its verification ability can scale to meet the demands of established publicly traded market leaders across the data center space, working with many such companies including 3PAR, Isilon, Data Domain and F5 Networks. "Enterprise IT customers want to see as much customer-based information as possible when evaluating products," said Kirby Wadsworth, Vice President of Global Marketing at F5 Networks. "TechValidate is the first tool I have seen that has a scalable methodology capable of providing fully customized customer evidence to tens of thousands of IT professionals on the fly. For us, this promises to be a game changing service for customer referencability." About TechValidate TechValidate is a trusted third party service that verifies the usage, configuration, and benefits of IT technology products. We directly interface with IT end users to collect and validate To prove something to be sound or logical. Also to certify conformance to a standard. Contrast with "verify," which means to prove something to be correct. For example, data entry validity checking determines whether the data make sense (numbers fall within a range, numeric data information about their deployments. Our promise to the end user community is to provide unbiased, verified information about the usage and benefits of IT technologies and products. Read more about how TechValidate works at www.techvalidate.com. TechValidate is a trademark of TechValidate, Inc. Other companies and products mentioned herein may be trademarks or trade names of their respective owners. |
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