New Products from RadView Software Gain Customer Approval; Customers Find Value in JavaScript Tools, Powerful Functionality, Script Sharing and Ease-of-Use.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 30, 2003 RadView(TM) Software Ltd. (Nasdaq: RDVW), a leading provider of solutions for verifying the performance, scalability and integrity of business-critical Web applications, announces several customer purchases of the latest RadView products. These customers, including companies such as BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . , GiftCertificates.com, UNICON UNICON International Unicycle Convention and Championships , Inc., Morningstar and Sanchez Computer Associates Inc., use WebLOAD 6.0 for multiple key testing initiatives. The business need for an automated load/stress testing methodology for Web applications drove BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee (BCBST BCBST BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee (Headquartered in Chattanooga, TN) BCBST Brigade Command and Battle Staff Training program ) to research and purchase RadView's WebLOAD product. Trevin Bernarding's team will integrate load and stress testing Determining the durability of a system by pushing it to its limits. Stress testing a network is performed by transmitting excessive numbers of packets or attempting to break in illegally. in the development life cycle to effectively test, detect, diagnose, and report on application environment performance issues before they become production problems. "Given the critical nature of our Web-based healthcare applications, testing under "real life" equivalent conditions is the only true way to discover the limits, the performance, and ultimately, the reliability of a system without actually putting the application into production," added Bernarding, manager, e-Business Systems Development at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee. "After evaluating RadView's tool, WebLOAD was chosen based on its ease-of-use, "out-of-the-box" functionality, price and footprint (no additional hardware is needed)." GiftCertificates.com, the e-commerce site with the largest selection of gift certificates available online, purchased WebLOAD 6.0, to test new releases and upgrades to the site and to run "what-if" scenario testing Scenario testing is a software testing activity that uses scenario tests, or simply scenarios, which are based on a hypothetical story to help a person think through a complex problem or system. of hardware and software operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. changes. "We chose the RadView products because of its Web-focused functionality, the ability to work in the JavaScript language for both functional and 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 and its excellent value," said Catherine Wolfe, quality assurance manager, Giftcertificates.com. "We also believe that the RadView tools will provide a much broader scope in our load testing than our previous tool and allow us to quickly build automation into a robust regression This article or section is written like a personal reflection or and may require .Please [ improve this article] by rewriting this article or section in an . suite of automated tests." MorningStar, Inc., a global investment research firm whose mission is to help investors make better decisions to reach their financial goals, runs a highly successful information Website, tested by RadView products. "We have been using RadView tools for the load of our online products and are looking forward to using the new Visual Authoring Tool in WebLOAD 6.0," said David Bambrough, Quality Engineer. Sanchez Computer Associates Inc., a leading software and services provider to financial institutions worldwide, is using WebLOAD 6.0 to stress test its Web-based solutions. "Internet banking applications demand high performance," said Wayne Ross, Sanchez's systems performance and benchmarking manager. "We rely on RadView tools to help identify any scalability and response time issues before they reach production." UNICON, Inc. is the leading independent provider of enterprise portal See corporate portal. , learning, and integration technology for higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. institutions. UNICON plans to use RadView's WebFT and WebLOAD to test their portal solution Academus - a Web-based, fully integrated online campus administration and e-learning solution. UNICON's portal product is feature-rich and highly scalable requiring flexible and rigorous testing. In the past, UNICON used a variety of testing tools and methodologies, from completely manual functional testing (testing) functional testing - (Or "black-box testing", "closed-box testing") The application of test data derived from the specified functional requirements without regard to the final program structure. to OpenSTA for load and scale testing. "RadView's products offer us two key time saving features: the ability to completely automate 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. and the ability to reuse our functional test scripts in our load testing environment, without modification," said John C. Blakley, Vice President of Engineering at UNICON. "These two benefits alone will save an enormous amount of time and effort for our QA group, freeing them for more valuable work in increasing the quality of our product." "We are very excited with the customer reaction to the latest round of product introductions," said RadView Software's 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. , Ilan Kinreich. "Our customers have responded enthusiastically to the enhancements we've added to WebLOAD and WebFT as well as to the introduction of our new product WebLOAD Analyzer, validating our approach which includes ongoing customer input, continuing support for open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced and delivering outstanding value." About RadView Software Ltd. RadView(tm) Software Ltd. (Nasdaq: RDVW) is a leading provider of solutions for verifying the performance, scalability and integrity of business-critical Web applications. Deployed at over 1300 customers worldwide from major industries such as 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. , retail, manufacturing, education and technology, RadView's award winning products enable customers to reduce costs while improving the quality of its Web applications throughout the development lifecycle. Corporate offices are located in Burlington, MA. For more information visit www.radview.com or call 1-888-RADVIEW. Statements concerning RadView's business outlook or future performance; anticipated revenues, expenses or other financial items; product introductions and plans and objectives related thereto; and statements concerning assumptions made or expectations as to any future events, conditions, performance or other matters, are "forward-looking statements" as that term is defined under U.S. Federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements are subject to various risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated in such statements. These risks, uncertainties and factors include, but are not limited to: our limited operating history and history of losses; market acceptance of our products; ability to develop new products and enhance existing products; impact of significant competition; and other factors detailed in RadView's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. RadView assumes no obligation to update the information in this release. RadView, WebLOAD, WebRM, WebLOAD Analyzer and WebFT are trademarks of RadView Software Ltd. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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