SQA, Inc. Announces SQA Suite 5, Industry's First Testing Solution For Windows NT and Windows 95 With a Scaleable, Client/Server Test Repository; Provides Integrated Suite for Testing Cross-Windows Client/Server Applications; Offers Industry's Most Comprehensive Object Testing of 32- and 16-bit Components Including ActiveX Controls, OCXs, Win32 Controls, VBXs, and PowerBuilder Objects.WOBURN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 28, 1996--SQA, Inc., the leader in automated testing (testing) automated testing - Software testing assisted with software tools that require no operator input, analysis, or evaluation. of Windows client/server applications, today announced SQA SQA Scottish Qualifications Authority SQA Software Quality Assurance SQA Supplier Quality Assurance SQA Society of Quality Assurance SQA Singapore Airlines SQA Sperm Quality Analyzer SQA System Quality Assurance SQA Statistical Quality Analysis Suite 5, the industry's first testing solution for 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. and Windows 95 that includes a scaleable, client/server test repository. In addition, SQA Suite 5 has extended its Object Testing technology to now test 32-bit components such as ActiveX controls A software module based on Microsoft's Component Object Model (COM) architecture. It enables a program to add functionality by calling ready-made components that blend in and appear as normal parts of the program. , OLE Controls See OCX. (OCXs), Win32 controls, and 32-bit PowerBuilder objects. With SQA Suite 5, organizations can address the entire testing lifecycle of their Windows NT and Windows 95 client/server applications, including test planning and design, development and execution, and defect tracking In engineering, defect tracking is the process of finding defects in a product, (by inspection, testing, or recording feedback from customers), and making new versions of the product that fix the defects. and reporting. SQA Suite 5 is comprised of three leading-edge products from SQA -- SQA Robot 5, SQA Manager 5, and SQA LoadTest 5 -- and is based on the industry's only formal test methodology -- SQA Process -- to deliver a single, integrated solution for testing cross-Windows client/server applications. All of the products in SQA Suite 5 have been completely implemented as 32-bit applications on Windows NT and Windows 95 to take full advantage of these advanced Microsoft operating systems The following is a list of Microsoft operating systems. For the codenames that Microsoft gave their operating systems, see Microsoft codenames. Before Windows
"SQA Suite 5 is the most comprehensive, state-of-the-art automated testing solution for Windows NT and Windows 95, and with it SQA has again raised the standard for Windows client/server testing," said Ron Nordin, 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 SQA. "SQA Suite 5 is the first full suite of 32-bit test tools for the Windows NT and Windows 95 platforms. We've expanded our Object Testing to test new objects, including 32- and 16-bit OCXs and ActiveX controls. We've delivered the industry's most advanced object-level integration with the 32-bit versions of PowerBuilder, Visual Basic, and Centura. And we're offering the industry's only scaleable test repository built on an industrial-strength, client/server database. SQA Suite 5 represents a major step forward for SQA and the client/server testing industry." Major new features of SQA Suite 5 include: -- the ability to record or program test scripts The instructions in a test program. It defines the actions and pass/fail criteria. For example, if the action is "to enter a valid account number," the expected result is that the data are accepted. Entering an invalid number should yield a particular error message. See test case. against 32- and 16-bit applications on Windows NT and Windows 95 with a single 32-bit product, making the architecture of the application transparent to the user and the test script. This allows customers to use SQA Suite 5 to test any 32- or 16-bit application on Windows NT or Windows 95 with a single product. -- the ability to record and reuse test scripts across all versions of Windows and 32- and 16-bit application architectures. A script recorded with SQA Suite 5 on any version of Windows (Windows NT, Windows 95, or Windows 3.x Windows 3.x can refer to either an individual or all of the following versions of Microsoft Windows:
unqualified - not limited or restricted; "an unqualified denial" modified - changed in form or character; "their modified stand made the issue more acceptable"; "the performance of the modified aircraft on the same application on any other version of Windows. Additionally, a script recorded on the 32-bit version of an application will playback on the 16-bit version of the application, and vice-versa. This allows users to ensure the quality of their applications in a mixed Windows environment (1) (upper case "W") Refers to computers running under a Microsoft Windows operating system. (2) (lower case "w") Also called a "windowing environment," it refers to any software that provides multiple windows on screen such as Windows, Mac, Motif and X Window. as they incorporate Windows NT and/or Windows 95 to their current Windows 3.x environments; -- the industry's only scaleable, integrated test repository built on a client/server database that meets the performance and data integrity needs of automated testing for mission-critical client/server applications involving large numbers of testers, developers, or test scripts; -- support for testing 32- and 16-bit components including ActiveX controls, OCXs, Win32 controls, Visual Basic Controls (VBXs), PowerBuilder, and Centura objects, providing users with one solution for comprehensive testing of industry-leading object technologies. "Our research is showing an increase in the adoption of Windows NT. As such, organizations will require an automated testing solution that addresses the complexity of this 32-bit environment," said Richard Heiman, senior research analyst at IDC. "As the adoption rate increases, the testing solution will need to be scaleable enough to meet the performance and data integrity requirements involving large numbers of users, testers and developers. SQA is providing a means where organizations can implement an efficient and sophisticated testing solution for Windows NT." "SQA Suite 5's expanded repository capabilities allow us to continually implement the most stringent testing procedures possible. This assures our customers will receive the most stable and effective solutions that fully utilize the 32-bit Windows environment," said Tim Gerrells, quality assurance test engineer, Geosciences Group, Geographix, Inc. "Additionally, the cross-Windows capabilities enable us to leverage our testing procedures across all Windows platforms. We can ensure that our applications consistently function across all Windows versions See Windows. . This gives us far greater efficiency and increases the coverage of our testing process." SQA Suite 5 Major Differentiators SQA Suite 5 offers a host of new features that help users improve the quality of their cross-Windows client/server applications, including: One Seamlessly-Integrated Suite for Testing Cross-Windows Client/Server Applications SQA Suite 5 offers a comprehensive solution needed to test client/server applications on Windows NT, Windows 95, and Windows 3.x. Customers can use SQA Suite 5 to automate the testing of applications built on any version of Windows and deployed on any other. Tests scripts recorded in SQA Suite 5 are portable across 16- and 32-bit applications on Windows NT, Windows 95, and Windows 3.x. SQA's Object-Oriented Recording and SmartMatching technologies provide a reliable, low-maintenance solution that automatically adjusts to changes in an application's objects and windows. For example, SQA's Smart Matching technology automatically compensates for the different ways Windows NT, Windows 95, and Windows 3.x display window captions, allowing a script recorded on either of the operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. to play back on any other unmodified. This gives users the power they need to build, test, and deploy applications in a cross-Windows environment. The Only Testing Solution with an Industrial-Strength Client/Server Test Repository SQA Suite 5 is the only Windows client/server testing solution that includes an industrial-strength, server-based client/server test repository. The SQA Test Repository integrates the entire testing process and all users of any SQA product on a local or wide area network. Implementing the SQA Test Repository on an industrial-strength client/server database provides the power, speed, and data integrity users need to implement an enterprise-level client/server testing project. Based on the Sybase SQL Anywhere  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . scaleable database, the SQA Test Repository is a full-featured client/server database that offers the full power of SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. , portability, and a robust recovery architecture. No other testing repository offers the power, performance, security, and integration of the SQA Test Repository. In addition, SQA offers a repository implementation option that uses the Microsoft Access A database program for Windows, available separately or included in the Microsoft Office suite. Access is programmable using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). Access can read Paradox, dBASE and Btrieve files, and using ODBC, Microsoft SQL Server, SYBASE SQL Server and Oracle data. database that is easy to install and maintain for single-user or small workgroup implementations. Both repository implementation options are included in every copy of SQA Suite 5 at no additional cost, and users can migrate or switch between either version at any time. SQA's Object Testing Technology Tests OLE Controls and Other Objects Across All Windows Platforms SQA's Object Testing technology goes beyond testing just an application's graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to (GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. ). Object Testing inspects and verifies all of the properties and attributes of the objects in a Windows client/server application, including non-visible properties that cannot be tested manually. Object Testing does not require programming - simply click on an object and all of its properties are displayed and automatically validated. For example, SQA Suite 5 can test the SQL call that a data-bound OCX (OLE Control EXtension) A component software technology from Microsoft that enables a Windows program to add functionality by calling ready-made components. Generally called "OLE controls" or "OLE custom controls," they appear to the end user as just another part of or a PowerBuilder DataWindow makes to a database, or the formula used to calculate a computed field. With version 5, SQA's Object Testing technology increases its lead in object-level integration with the most comprehensive testing of 32- and 16- bit OCXs, ActiveX Controls, Win32 controls, VBXs, and custom objects in PowerBuilder, Visual Basic, and other leading client/server Integrated Development Environments See IDE. integrated development environment - interactive development environment (IDEs). In addition, SQA Suite 5 sets a new standard for object-level integration with today's most popular component-based client/server development tools, including the new 32-bit versions of Powersoft's PowerBuilder 5.0, Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0, and Centura. If users are upgrading existing PowerBuilder or Visual Basic applications to 32-bit, they need to ensure the migration has not introduced new errors. Users can use existing test scripts from SQA Suite 4.0 to test the 16-bit applications they migrate to 32-bit in Windows NT or Windows 95. Or, if they are creating new 32-bit PowerBuilder, Visual Basic, or Centura applications, SQA Suite 5 lets users test all of the hundreds of properties of OCXs, ActiveX Controls, VBXs, Win32 controls and other objects. "SQA's OLE-based testing architecture conforms to the Microsoft standard for integrating with Visual Basic," said Jon Roskill, director of Visual Basic marketing at Microsoft. "Visual Basic 4.0 uses OLE as a fundamental part of its design, and SQA's solution takes advantage of the benefits offered by OLE. SQA's testing solution implementation is elegant, clean, and beneficial to Visual Basic users." One Solution for Load, Stress, and Multi-User Testing Across All Windows Platforms The SQA LoadTest product in SQA Suite is the fastest way to test Windows NT, Windows 95, and Windows 3.x client/server applications under different load, stress, and multi-user scenarios. From a single master station on either Windows NT or Windows 95, users can load any server (i.e., UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , NT, OS/2, and others) with transactions generated from multiple clients running either Windows NT, Windows 95, or Windows 3.1 on a local or wide-area network. In addition, SQA LoadTest includes the industry's only integrated 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 solution that accumulates information in a performance metrics Performance metrics are measures of an organizations activities and performance. Performance metrics should support a range of stakeholder needs from customers, shareholders to employees [1]. database and offers a complete graphics analysis package. SQA LoadTest is seamlessly integrated with the SQA Test Repository and all of the products in SQA Suite 5. SQA Suite 5 is available immediately for Windows NT and Windows 95; volume upgrade shipments to the SQA user base begin in June. The products in SQA Suite 5 can be purchased separately ($2,495 for a single user license of SQA Robot 5; $1,295 for a single user license of SQA Manager 5, and SQA LoadTest 5 ranges from $10,000 to $37,500) or in two bundled editions: SQA Suite: TeamTest Edition for $2,995 per user, which includes SQA Robot and SQA Manager; and SQA Suite: Client/Server Edition starting at $12,395, which includes SQA Robot, SQA Manager and SQA LoadTest. About SQA, Inc. SQA, Inc., (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 : SQAX), is the leader in automated testing of Windows client/server applications. SQA has received more industry awards than any other testing solution, winning the PC Week Corporate IT Excellence Award, PC Week Labs' Analyst Choice Award, the PowerBuilder Developer's Journal Product Excellence Award twice, the 1994 and 1995 DBMS (DataBase Management System) Software that controls the organization, storage, retrieval, security and integrity of data in a database. It accepts requests from the application and instructs the operating system to transfer the appropriate data. Readers' Choice Award, and three Software Development Productivity Awards. SQA offers information about SQA's products and services via the World Wide Web at http://www.sqa.com. CONTACT: SQA, Inc. Edward J. Gaudet, 617/939-3129 egaudet@sqa.com or Lois Paul and Partners Rick McLaughlin, 617/238-5752 rick_mclaughlin@lpp.com |
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