AdventNet Releases AutoTest Toolkit, A Comprehensive Cross-Platform
Tool With A Compelling Business Value Proposition For Automating
Java and J2EE Application Testing
Pleasanton, CA, January 11, 2001
AdventNet Inc., a leading provider of software products for
end-to-end instrumentation and management of applications,
announced the immediate availability of its AutoTest Toolkit,
a comprehensive cross-platform tool built ground-up to test
web and other Java or J2EE applications.
With the rapid increase in web, ebusiness and other Java
(including J2EE) applications, software organizations around
the world constantly strive for increased quality through
daily builds, automated testing, and other best practices.
Recognizing the paucity of good tools built specifically to
serve this critical need, AdventNet is delivering an innovative
product for automated testing of large-scale Java applications.
The AutoTest Toolkit is a key product in AdventNet's "Test,
Instrument and Manage" suite of products supporting every
phase of application development and management. Unlike many
of the products currently in the market which have been retrofitted
from legacy versions, the AutoTest Toolkit has been built
from the ground up to meet the needs of today's web, ebusiness
and other applications. Further, the product is implemented
in Java itself, thus optimizing it for testing Java applications,
including J2EE applications.
The intervention-less AutoTest Toolkit is highly flexible
and scalable, and can be used end-to-end from individual unit
testing to complete system testing. The test engine is highly
customizable and extensible and supports all key types of
testing such as Java API, application configuration, functionality,
performance (capability, residence and response time, resource
usage etc.), stability, load and regression testing.
The AutoTest Toolkit includes web-based intuitive test case
definition tools that support the entire product lifecycle
needs with environment independent test cases. Among these
tools are a Test Case Editor Wizard (for defining and maintaining
test plans), a Test Case Generation Tool for API Testing and
a Sequencer. Other key features include customizable Test
Case Identifiers (to keep the test plans modular and focused),
Preamble (Test Setup), State Observer, Monitor, Verification
and Cleanup interfaces. The test cases can be maintained in
any version control system.
The AutoTest Toolkit also includes strong reporting functionality
for full and convenient access to information on test runs.
The comprehensive reports include Validation Reports (with
test results, test case severity and remarks), the Health
Meter (a summary Validation Report with links to failed test
cases making it easy to review failures), Comparison Reports
that help compare reports on different platforms and/or different
builds and Performance Reports and Charts (with response times,
resident times, resource utilization, capability measurements
etc.).
"Our clear focus has been on delivering superior business
value to our customer community through significant reductions
in Total Cost of Ownership, enhanced testing productivity,
and outstanding support. The product has demonstrated upwards
of 75% testing productivity improvements in large-scale environments.
AdventNet is also well-known for solid support throughout
the entire product lifecycle", said Sekar Vembu, Vice
President of Product Strategy and Management at AdventNet.
"The AdventNet AutoTest Toolkit places special emphasis
on simplicity, ease of use and strong reporting functionality.
We also strongly believe in giving our customers the opportunity
to 'try before they buy'. Hence all our products are available
for download in their entirety at our website", added
Vembu.
About AdventNet
AdventNet, the Management Infrastructure Company, is a successful
software vendor offering two major lines of management software
for the IT and telecom sectors. In the IT sector (comprising
enterprises, EAI middleware, J2EE application server and other
software vendors), it offers a suite of productivity-enhancing
software for end-to-end testing, instrumentation and management
of applications. In the telecom sector (comprising networking/telecom
equipment vendors, service providers and MSPs), it offers
massively scalable, carrier-grade management application server
software for provisioning and management of networking infrastructure
and applications. As a result of being highly customer focused,
AdventNet has a worldwide customer base of leading EAI middleware,
J2EE application server and other application vendors, telecom
equipment vendors, enterprises, service providers, and systems
integrators. AdventNet products provide ease of use, reliability,
and extensive customizability powering solutions in many market
segments that include applications management, optical networking,
broadband access, storage management, web hosting, and managed
services. AdventNet enables superior solutions with rapid
time to market advantages. AdventNet is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA with offices in NJ, NH, India, UK, China and Japan.
It has a well-trained partner base around the globe and thousands of customers world-wide.
