Better Software - September 2008 - (Page 42) Product Announcements RiTA NEW YORK, NY—Redstone Software Inc. announces the migration to and general availability of the Redstone integrated Test Appliance (RiTA) on the Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard operating system. By supporting Leopard, Redstone is able to exploit the latest Apple Xserve hardware to create robust and powerful platforms from which Eggplant can be deployed to Windows desktops. The combination of the improved stability of Leopard and the high specifications of Apple’s Xserve hardware also ensures that RiTA is well positioned to support the needs of customers for the foreseeable future. Features include: • Image Collections enable a single script to test an application or process across multiple platforms. • Image Doctor simplifies update and maintenance of image-based test scripts in rapidly changing UI environments. • Image Import accelerates test script development by leveraging existing image resources. • Text Image Generation simplifies interacting with text on the screen of the system under test, including dynamic content not known until test execution time. • Readable SenseTalk scripts and a powerful interactive debugger simplify even complex automation development and script maintenance tasks. Customers can choose between two models of Redstone’s integrated Test Appliance. RiTA-1020, designed for midsize testing departments, supports up to ten concurrent development sessions and twenty test execution sessions. RiTA2050, designed for large testing departments, supports up to twenty concurrent development sessions and fifty test execution sessions. Visit www.redstonesoftware.com for more information. nounces that ElectricCommander, an enterprise-class automation framework for the entire software build-test-deploy process, now features integration with HP Quality Center software. The technology integration speeds the overall development cycle and enhances quality through early, more frequent testing and improved collaboration between developers and QA teams. With the integration of ElectricCommander with HP Quality Center, automated test sets defined and selected by QA are exposed within the ElectricCommander interface, so they can be run at any time by developers—on a scheduled basis, when triggered by a specific event, or on demand. Results of the tests are maintained in both systems, so everyone on the team has access to status and trend information. Software development organizations gain better code quality, faster time to market, and more productive QA teams. ElectricCommander provides an automation framework for software production, unifying people, machines, processes, and tools. Software production is transformed from script-driven work by dedicated experts to unified, pushbutton processes driven by developers. With ElectricCommander, development organizations can benefit from: • An automated system enabling self-service builds and tests by developers • A shared QA and development dashboard to track status of testing activities • Reusable test assets for both QA and development teams • Push-button build and test cycles without manual scripting • An end-to-end quality lifecycle encompassing development and QA Visit www.electric-cloud.com for more information. ElectricCommander SUNNYVALE, CA—Electric Cloud an- Lifecycle Management Solutions BOULDER, CO—AccuRev, Inc. and Rally Software Development Corp. announce a technology partnership that will integrate AccuRev software change and configuration management (SCCM) with Rally’s agile lifecycle management 42 BETTER SOFTWARE SEPTEMBER 2008 www.StickyMinds.com http://www.redstonesoftware.com http://www.rallydev.com/bsm http://www.electric-cloud.com http://www.rallydev.com/bsm http://www.StickyMinds.com
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