Alliance Members to Integrate Specialized e-Business Applications With Topaz
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., Oct. 31 /PRNewswire/ --
Mercury Interactive (Nasdaq: MERQ), the world's leading provider of Web
performance management solutions, today announced six new partners for its
Open Architecture Alliance Program, formerly the Open Test Architecture
Alliance Program. The program has expanded to reflect the overwhelming
interest from partners and customers in the integration of Web performance
monitoring into the e-business infrastructure, as well as testing. The program
now includes Topaz(R), the Web performance monitoring suite that features an
open application programming interface (API) for partners to build
integrations with their own offerings. As a result, customers will have
end-to-end e-business performance data integrated into one view, and with the
root cause analysis features in Topaz, they can quickly drill down to pinpoint
bottlenecks to keep their Web sites running smoothly.
Today's announcement was made during the Mercury Interactive Worldwide
User Conference taking place at the Disney Yacht and Beach Club Resort, in
Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
The six new alliance partners, including Ambeo, Auspice, Inc., HydraWEB
Technologies, Netuitive, Reef, and Persistence Software, will deploy
e-business tools that can be integrated through open APIs in Topaz,
LoadRunner(R), the market leading Web load testing solution, WinRunner(R) for
functional testing, and TestDirector(R) for test management. By integrating
their specialized e-business solutions with Topaz, OAP partners can offer
customers the latest e-business technology -- including data warehousing,
network reliability, traffic management, predictive performance management and
caching - with a single view of end-to-end performance and related
infrastructure data presented within Topaz.
"The Open Architecture Alliance Program is really an ecosystem that
enables partners to integrate their e-business and enterprise tools with our
Web performance management solutions for rapid deployment to customers," said
Jim Hare, director of alliances for Mercury Interactive. "Our partners add
tremendous value by building these integrations, while customers get the best
in e-business applications and performance monitoring to run their businesses
and satisfy their own customers."
Six New Partners Kick Off Expanded Alliance Program
The six new Open Architecture Alliance Program members deliver a variety
of e-business infrastructure software solutions, and will be involved in joint
marketing efforts and integrating their applications with Mercury Interactive
products. New members include:
-- Ambeo -- Ambeo is a leading vendor of query monitoring tools and
services that help companies manage their eBusiness performance.
(i)onwhy, Ambeo's new e-service, delivers key performance metrics,
on-line consulting to customers, and a real time monitoring and
alerting tool that will complement Topaz's monitoring features for
customers. http://www.ambeo.com
-- Auspice, Inc. -- Auspice specializes in critical eBusiness and network
reliability solutions using both proprietary and third party
technologies. Working with Topaz, customers will be able to tie all of
their Web performance and network reliability information into one
view, and quickly drill down to the root cause of problems.
http://www.auspiceinc.com
-- HydraWEB Technologies -- HydraWEB is an eBusiness infrastructure
company, building Internet Traffic Management products that provide
load balancing for enhanced Web reliability. Integration with Topaz
will allow customers to quickly tie load balancing with overall Web
performance in a single console. http://www.hydraweb.com
-- Netuitive -- Netuitive offers predictive eBusiness performance
management solutions that help companies foresee problems in their
eBusiness infrastructure before they happen. Netuitive enhances 'Topaz
by providing performance analysis solutions that dynamically learn
normal system performance and predict near term application blackouts
and brownouts. http://www.netuitive.com
-- Persistence Software -- Persistence Software delivers caching
technology and products to speed business transactions and dynamic Web
content for increased scalability. Working with Topaz, customers will
have an overall view of Web performance and easily see the root cause
of any problems. http://www.persistence.com
-- Reef -- Reef is a leading global Internet software company that
provides Internetware, an open, integrated, software-based foundation
for managing dynamic e-business. Companies of all sizes use Reef
Internetware(R) to embrace continuous change and maximize e-business
efficiencies. http://www.reef.com
Expanding the Web Performance Management "Ecosystem" with Topaz
Topaz is a suite of Web performance monitoring solutions that provides an
early warning of performance degradation by correlating performance data back
to the root cause both inside and outside the firewall. Topaz can shorten the
time required to restore a Web site to its peak performance by helping
customers minimize the business impact of potential performance problems and
maintain the best possible user experience.
Mercury Interactive recently introduced a new non-intrusive, centrally
located, network monitoring solution, Topaz Prism(TM), that captures and
analyzes every single request made to a Web server from all users, from all
locations, all the time. Topaz also includes custom monitors that collect web
and application server information for Alaire, Ariba, BEA, Blue Martini,
Broadvision, IBM WebSphere and others.
By integrating performance data from their products with Topaz, OAP
partners can give customers one view of their infrastructure through the Topaz
console, and then drill down to the root cause of any problem and address it
before affecting the customer experience and revenue stream.
*Please refer to the attached quote sheet for comments by the new Open
Architecture Alliance Program members
About Mercury Interactive's Open Architecture
The Open Architecture initiative is a strategic technology platform for
Mercury Interactive's leadership position in Web performance management. It
provides the flexibility to seamlessly integrate LoadRunner for Web load
testing, Topaz for Web performance monitoring, TestDirector for test
management, or WinRunner for functional and regression testing with other
third party tools to provide customers with robust and comprehensive
e-business solutions. An open architecture allows IT organizations and
independent software vendors to create customized solutions that are tailored
to the needs of their users, and respond quickly to the rapid change in
e-business requirements.
About Mercury Interactive
Mercury Interactive is the leading provider of Web performance management
solutions that help e-businesses deliver a positive user experience. Mercury
Interactive solutions enable its customers to turn Web application
performance, scalability and user experience into competitive advantage. The
company's performance management products and hosted services are open and
integrated to best test and monitor business-critical Web applications.
More than 10,000 business-to-business and business to consumer e-businesses,
Internet Service Providers, Applications Service Providers, systems
integrators, consultants, and other customers use Mercury Interactive
solutions.
Mercury Interactive is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California and has
40 offices worldwide. The company can be reached at
http://www.mercuryinteractive.com or by phone at U.S. 408-822-5200.
NOTE: LoadRunner, WinRunner, TestDirector and Topaz are registered
trademarks of Mercury Interactive Corporation, Sunnyvale, California. Product
and company names are used herein for identification purposes only, and may be
trademarks of their respective companies.
Mercury Interactive's Open Alliance Partner Program
Comments from Partners on Expanding into Web Performance Monitoring with
Topaz
"Ambeo is very enthusiastic to join Mercury Interactive's Open Alliance
Partner Program. Integrating data from our (i)onwhy service with Topaz will
greatly extend the functionality of both products, and correlating our metrics
with LoadRunner will provide early feedback on why Web performance is not
scaling at the database level before problems show up on the balance sheet."
-- Dennis McCann, President and CEO
Ambeo
"Mercury Interactive's Open Alliance Partner Program really does open up
many opportunities for Auspice to bring more comprehensive and powerful
eBusiness infrastructure solutions to our customers. Integrating our Network
and Operations Management solutions with Topaz will make both companies
stronger, and help grow our customer base."
-- Rick Berthold, CTO
Auspice
"Partnering with Mercury Interactive through the Open Alliance Partner
Program will allow us to jointly leverage technology expertise on both sides,
and with Topaz, add value to our industry leading performance analysis
solution so we can better serve our customers. As a market leader in Web
performance monitoring, load testing and test management, Mercury Interactive
and Netuitive will be able to give customers access to that critical window of
time when they can proactively prevent application performance problems."
-- Robert Zack, President
Netuitive
"Our partnership with Mercury Interactive allows us to jointly leverage
technology and knowledge to provide a more comprehensive solution. The
winning combination of Mercury Interactive's Topaz and LoadRunner to diagnose
performance problems and Persistence Dynamai to solve those problems helps
e-commerce sites accelerate service delivery for the Web's most complex and
demanding systems."
-- Carol Curry, VP of Marketing
Persistence Software
"Working with Mercury Interactive's Open Alliance Partner Program will
enable HydraWEB to bring more comprehensive and powerful eBusiness
infrastructure solutions to our customers. Integrating our traffic management
solutions with Topaz, as well as working together on joint marketing and sales
activities will make both companies and our customers more successful."
-- Rich Cardone, Vice President of Product Marketing
HydraWEB
"Mercury Interactive's Open Alliance Partner Program opens up many
opportunities for Reef to offer more comprehensive and powerful e-business
infrastructure solutions to our customers. Integrating Mercury Interactive's
Topaz with Reef Internetware will reinforce the breadth and depth of both
companies' presence in the fast-growing e-business solutions marketplace."
-- John Barnhill, VP of Business Development
Reef
SOURCE Mercury Interactive Corp.
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http://www.mercuryinteractive.com
CONTACT:
Judith Meinhalt of Mercury Interactive Corp.,
408-822-5290, or jmeinhalt@merc-int.com; or Greg Cornelison of
Evans Partners, 831-420-3512, or greg@evanspartners.com, for
Mercury Interactive
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