TestDrive Advances Technology Leadership in Internet Commerce with TestDrive/Internet 2.0.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 1997-- New Features Enhance Product's Ease of Integration, Use and Management; Offer Greater Profitability for Electronic Software Commerce TestDrive Corp. today announced a new version of TestDrive/Internet, the industry-leading electronic software commerce toolkit that offers electronic merchants the most advanced, easiest to use electronic commerce solution for profitable merchandising and distributing software on the Internet. The new TestDrive/Internet 2.0 provides tighter integration with the leading commerce servers, advanced, multiple-product and automatic generation of commerce web pages. In addition, the new TestDrive/Internet 2.0 contains security enhancements to protect the intellectual property of the software publishers. When combined with the product's patented non-invasive, try/buy and virtual install capabilities, TestDrive/Internet 2.0 continues to set the standard for technical superiority. The TestDrive/Internet 2.0 release coincides with a second announcement today from TestDrive, where the company announced a strategic partnership with USA TODAY USA Today National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. . Under the terms of the agreement, TestDrive will operate a software retail site in conjunction with the USA TODAY Online Marketplace, which allows customers to make commerce decisions and purchases through the co-branded USA TODAY partners. The store will feature leading PC software titles in the games, utilities, productivity, and Internet segments. "Today's new product and strategic partnership announcements reinforce TestDrive's position as the premiere provider of electronic software commerce tools and services," said Ed Lauing, 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 TestDrive. "Our superior technology, combined with our strategic Web commerce and merchant partnerships, offer electronic software commerce providers a compelling competitive advantage." In addition to USA TODAY, TestDrive/Internet is deployed at the leading electronic storefront and brand sites, including Download Warehouse and software.net. Internet push and content management leaders BackWeb Technologies and Vignette Vignette A symbol or pictorial representation of the corporation on a stock certificate. Usually a complicated and artistic design, it is meant to make the counterfeiting of stock certificates as difficult as possible. Corporation have also selected TestDrive as the ESD (1) (Electronic Software Distribution) Distributing new software and upgrades via the network rather than individual installations on each machine. See ESL. try/buy provider of choice for respective product development and co-marketing activities. "Increasingly, electronic merchants 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. more complete ESD solutions rather than single-purpose tools," added Softletter publisher Jeffrey Tarter, a leading ESD analyst. "By broadening its product line to support more aspects of online commerce, TestDrive should become even more popular in the emerging ESD world." Integration with Leading Commerce Servers for Enhanced Performance TestDrive/Internet 2.0 now provides seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. with the leading Web commerce servers, resulting in increased performance and ease of deployment on multiple Internet sites. Through native integration of Microsoft IIS Microsoft IIS - Internet Information Server 2.0 transaction server with direct ISAPI (Internet Server API) A programming interface on Internet Information Services (IIS), Microsoft's Web server. Using ISAPI function calls, Web pages can invoke programs that are written as DLLs on the server, typically to access data in a database. (Internet Server Application Program Interface) support, commerce server and ESD performance is significantly enhanced and the integration process streamlined. TestDrive/Internet 2.0 also continues to support the Netscape Enterprise Server A Web server from Netscape that runs under NT, Solaris and HP-UX. It supports JavaServer Pages (JSP) technology, Java servlets and Server-Side JavaScript (SSJS). It was superseded by iPlanet Web Server and renamed again in 2002 as Sun ONE Web Server. , along with Open Market and Interworld server integration via common gateway interface. Advanced Try/Buy, Multiple Product Wrapping Ensures Highest Quality Experience, Eases Storefront Management TestDrive/Internet 2.0's non-invasive, try/buy wrapping capabilities allow software titles to be wrapped for full-trialing of the actual product -- not a crippled crip·ple n. 1. A person or animal that is partially disabled or unable to use a limb or limbs: cannot race a horse that is a cripple. 2. A damaged or defective object or device. tr.v. or special trial version -- without introducing foreign APIs or new code libraries into existing products. TestDrive/Internet 2.0 also supports 32-bit applications, ensuring that customers have access to the latest software applications. TestDrive/Internet 2.0's new multi-product automated wrapping capabilities also allow merchants to more easily and cost-effectively manage large, commercial ESD sites. The updated TestDrive/Internet merchant toolkit allows merchants to encrypt See encryption. , wrap and create the web pages from which each product is sold from within a single, integrated tool. No longer do merchants need to use separate web page creation and product "wrapping" tools when adding or updating product inventory. Powerful EMM (Expanded Memory Manager) Starting with 386-based PCs, an EMM is software that converts extended memory (beyond one megabyte) into EMS memory, the first technique used to increase memory in the PC. Capabilities, Enhanced Security TestDrive/Internet 2.0 also boasts the industry's only persistent ESD client, enabling merchants to maximize their marketing, merchandising and support capabilities and provide users with access to the latest software titles. Through the product's persistent merchandising and built-in push capabilities, merchants can continually deliver powerful marketing, merchandising and product information to customers, resulting in a high-quality user experience and a profitable commerce model for merchants. Unlike competing technologies, TestDrive/Internet users need only download one TestDriver for all TestDrive-wrapped titles, eliminating the need to download separate TestDrivers for subsequent titles. The TestDriver also manages all software downloads and creates a version of the merchant store on the user's system. The download process is further streamlined with TestDrive/Internet 2.0's breakthrough virtual install technology, which allows a user to conduct the product trial without altering their system in any way. TestDrive/Internet 2.0 also features enhanced security for the best transaction support, with improvements in the product's lock/unlock mechanism, dynamic updating of the TestDriver and new debugger Software that helps a programmer debug a program by stopping at certain breakpoints and displaying various programming elements. The programmer can step through source code statements one at a time while the corresponding machine instructions are being executed. detectors. Pricing and Availability TestDrive/Internet 2.0 is available immediately. Pricing starts at $25,000 per on-line store. About TestDrive Corporation TestDrive Corporation is the leading provider of complete, non-intrusive, secure try/buy products and services for ISVs, software retailers and emerging electronic retail channels. TestDrive's patented, advanced encryption The reversible transformation of data from the original (the plaintext) to a difficult-to-interpret format (the ciphertext) as a mechanism for protecting its confidentiality, integrity and sometimes its authenticity. Encryption uses an encryption algorithm and one or more encryption keys. , full product trial and purchase technologies and electronic distribution partnerships enable software vendors to distribute their products via the Internet, CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). , floppy or OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and hard drive. The Company's products and turnkey creative, technical, customer support, transaction management and fulfillment services are sold directly worldwide. TestDrive Corporation is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., and can be reached at 650/237-6700, or at their Web site at www.testdrive.com . -0- Note to Editors: All other companies and products mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective holdings and are hereby recognized. CONTACT: TestDrive Corporation Doug McLean, 650/237-6700 doug@testdrive.com or Stirling & Karbo JoAnn Johnston, 650/322-6245 jvjohnstn@aol.com |
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