Noblestar and Lionbridge's VeriTest Join Test Bureau Program
DENVER, July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Rational User Conference --
Rational Software (Nasdaq: RATL), the e-development company(TM), today
announced Rational Test Bureau, an outsourced service that allows customers to
use Rational tools through certified Test Bureau partners to help perform
tests quickly and efficiently. The result is reduced cost and complexity for
the end user, while ensuring the highest quality application development.
Rational also announced today the additions of Noblestar and Lionbridge's
VeriTest to the Rational Test Bureau Program.
Rational Test Bureau is comprised of third-party testing companies
selected by Rational for their testing expertise and superior customer
service. Relying on the powerful testing capabilities within Rational Suite
TestStudio(TM), Rational Test Bureau partners will test applications at a
customer site, the Test Bureau partner's lab or on the Web. The Rational Test
Bureau will provide, if needed, all the hardware and infrastructure necessary
to affordably meet a company's testing requirements, without sacrificing test
coverage or dedicating valuable human resources.
"Our handpicked Rational Test Bureau partners have passed a rigorous
screening process that ensures they are skilled in testing software," said
Eric Schurr, senior vice president of marketing for Rational Software. "All
Rational Test Bureau partners share Rational's commitment to helping customers
bring the highest quality applications to market as quickly as possible by
testing throughout the product development lifecycle."
"Like Rational, Noblestar believes that performance testing early and
often in the software development lifecycle is essential in order to validate
the technical architecture as well as detect and correct issues and
bottlenecks that could impede performance," said Ron Stanley, director of the
Mid-Atlantic region for Noblestar. "As one of Rational's select Test Bureau
partners, we now have a comprehensive and even more economical way to deliver
performance engineering services to clients using the best performance testing
tools on the market, ensuring that our clients benefit from our Best Practices
in high-end software engineering."
"Rational is a well-established provider of software development testing
tools, and working with them has provided a range of opportunities for
VeriTest," said Jim Bampos, senior vice president of testing for Lionbridge
Technologies. "As a member of the Rational Test Bureau program, we can offer
a wider spectrum of testing services, especially to clients who use Rational's
software as a primary software development tool."
Rational Test Bureau partners use Rational Suite TestStudio to fully test
all dimensions of a customer's software quality, including functionality,
reliability and performance. Rational Suite TestStudio includes a complete
set of automated testing and defect tracking tools, as well as the Rational
Team Unifying Platform to provide the team common access to project
requirements, change requests and test assets. Customers can also integrate
test results with the rest of Rational's software development tools to create
a complete solution for lifecycle planning, modeling, development and testing.
In addition to Noblestar and VeriTest, other Rational Test Bureau partners
include Alterion, Real-Time Technology Solutions and SysTest Labs. For more
information, please visit http://www.rational.com/testbureau .
For additional news announced at the Rational User Conference, please
visit http://www.rational.com/news/ruc2001/index.jsp . To view screen
shots, please visit http://www.rational.com/news/ruc2001/screenshots.jsp .
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About Noblestar
Pioneering cutting-edge technologies for more than a dozen years,
Noblestar is the company that elegantly engineers successful digital
businesses today to power the classic businesses of tomorrow. Noblestar has
earned a reputation among industry leaders for delivering high impact, complex
solutions in rapid timeframes for Global 1000 companies. Headquartered in
Reston, Virginia, Noblestar has 450 employees in 12 locations around the
world, including Amsterdam, Austin, Boston, Houston, London, New York City,
Parsippany, San Francisco, Stockholm, Umea, and Warsaw. Information about
Noblestar can be found at noblestar.com .
About VeriTest Services from Lionbridge
VeriTest is the premium provider of testing services that enable
technology companies to release proven enterprise-scale applications on a
worldwide basis. With datacenter-equipped labs in North America and Europe,
VeriTest delivers test consulting, test plan development, and test execution
services. With VeriTest services from Lionbridge, customers have a single
global partner for outsourcing specialized technical services associated with
global product releases, including software localization, quality testing, and
logo certification. To learn more, visit http://www.veritest.com .
About Rational Software Corporation
Rational Software provides a platform for software development that speeds
time-to-market while improving software quality. This integrated, full
life-cycle solution combines software engineering best practices,
market-leading tools, and professional services. Ninety of the Fortune
100 and 49 of the Fortune e-50 build software with the Rational solution.
This open platform is extended by hundreds of partners providing more than
500 complementary products and services. IDC has recognized Rational as the
revenue leader in multiple application development and deployment markets for
four years in a row. Founded in 1981, Rational, one of the world's largest
software companies, had revenues of $820.4 million in its twelve months ended
June, 2001 and employs more than 3,800 people around the world. Rational is a
component of the Nasdaq-100 Index(R). Additional information is available on
the Internet at http://www.rational.com .
The word "Rational" and Rational's products are trademarks of Rational
Software Corporation. References to other companies and their products use
trademarks owned by the respective companies and are for reference purposes
only.
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http://www.noblestar.com http://www.veritest.com
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