Silicon Valley Networks Integrates Its Testing Tools With Rational Software's Configuration Management Solution.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 1, 1998-- Telecommunications Companies and Independent Software Vendors Can Reduce Their Development Time and Increase Testing Automation Privately held Silicon Valley Networks (SVN SVN Subversion (version control system) SVN Slovenia (international traffic code) SVN Social Venture Network SVN South Vietnam SVN Secure Virtual Network SVN Supervised Visitation Network ) today announced the integration of its test-management tools with Rational Software's (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 :RATL RATL Raising Achievement Transforming Learning (Specialist Schools and Academies Trust) RATL Renaldo and The Loaf (music duo) RATL Rapsyn-Associated Transmembrane Linker RATL Rockin' ATLanta ) configuration management 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. solutions. The integrations provide tighter synchronization of the development and quality assurance (QA) phases of product development for their mutual 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). customers. Silicon Valley Networks has integrated Rational's ClearCase(TM), a popular configuration management tool, and Rational's ClearDDTS(TM), a defect tracking tool, with SVN's TestExpert(TM), an automated test-management solution recognized as the standard for highly regulated industries such as telecommunications, data networking and medical equipment. The telecommunications industry has experienced price cuts of up to 50 percent in its intensely competitive segments such as wireless communications (The Yankee Group). Suppliers are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ways to offer high-quality products and services faster than the competition. Breakthroughs in computer-aided software development tools have helped engineers reduce development times, but fewer technological improvements have been achieved in the backend or testing phases of the development cycle. "As telecommunications systems become more powerful, the complexity of these systems increases, making testing even more crucial to ensure quality software," said Kevin Kernan, vice president of partner marketing at Rational Software Corporation. "We are pleased that SVN has chosen to integrate TestExpert with our ClearCase family of configuration management tools. This provides a good complement in a key market segment to Rational's own automated test offerings." With this integration, SVN seeks to increase testing automation and thereby reduce overall development time. Rational's ClearCase supports parallel development, letting developers collaborate on a set of shared assets including source code, binary files, and test cases. SVN's TestExpert enhances ClearCase by providing additional automation that loads and launches various test cases for software, embedded systems (the intelligent semiconductor chips used in switchers and other telecommunications gear) or 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. ) tests. SVN's TestExpert complements ClearDDTS by automating the submission of defects identified in the testing process. TestExpert also automates the re-execution of tests associated with "bugs" denoted in ClearDDTS as "resolved." These processes were formerly conducted manually. What is typically a 10-minute process can now be completed in about 30 seconds using TestExpert. The integration of TestExpert and ClearCase is a result of customer demand from companies including QUALCOMM Corporation, DSC (1) (Digital Signal Controller) A microcontroller and DSP combined on the same chip. It adds the interrupt-driven capabilities normally associated with a microcontroller to a DSP, which typically functions as a continuous process. See microcontroller and DSP. Communications, Broadband Technologies and AT&T. About Silicon Valley Networks Silicon Valley Networks (SVN) provides test-management services and technologies that enable corporations to build automated test environments. The privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. was founded in December 1996 on technology assets acquired from PureAtria/Rational and has received funding from Hambrecht & Quist, Foundation Capital, Technology Crossover Partners and Novus Ventures. SVN has four offices in the United States and Europe, with headquarters at 2500 Augustine Drive, Santa Clara, Calif. 95054; telephone: 888/969-9609. For additional information, visit SVN's Web site at http://www.svnetworks.com. Note to Editors: TestExpert is a trademark of Silicon Valley Networks, Inc. All other names are trademarks of the companies with which they are associated. CONTACT: Silicon Valley Networks Peter Katz, 408/969-0660 pkatz@svnetworks.com or The Hoffman Agency Margaret Pereira, 408/286-2611 mpereira@hoffman.com |
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