In-Depth

A sampling of automated testing tools

• By Lana Gates
• May 1, 2004

Product:
QACenter Performance Edition 5.0 -- for load and performance testing

Empirix
Waltham, Mass.
www.empirix.com

Products:
Hammer Call Analyzer 1.3 -- for protocol analysis for VoIP;
e-Test Suite 6.8 -- for Web application and component testing;
OneSight 4.8 -- for Web performance monitoring

IBM Rational Corp.
Lexington, Mass.
www.rational.com

Product:
XDE Tester -- for functional testing

Mercury Interactive Corp.
Sunnyvale, Calif.
www.mercuryinteractive.com

Product:
Business Process Testing -- an automatic test creator

Parasoft
Monrovia, Calif.
www.parasoft.com

Products:
.Test 1.5 -- for unit testing;
SOAPtest 2.5 for inter-module testing;
Jtest 5.0 -- for Java unit testing

RadView Software Inc.
Burlington, Mass.
www.radview.com

Products:
WebLoad Analyzer -- for Web application performance testing;
WebLoad 6.0 for Web application testing

Scapa Technologies Ltd.
Edinburgh, Scotland
www.scapatech.com

Product:
StressTest-Express 3.0 -- for Web application testing

SDT Technologies
San Jose, Calif.
www.sdtcorp.com

Products:
Unified TestPro (UTP) 7.0 -- for functional testing;
Test Transformation Suite -- test methodology, tools, best practices, services

Seapine Software Inc.
Mason, Ohio
www.seapine.com

Product: TestTrack Pro 6.1 -- bug and defect tracking

Segue Software Inc.
Lexington, Mass.
www.segue.com

Products:
SilkPerformer Component Test Edition-- remote component testing;
SilkPerformer Lite -- for Web application testing

SilverMark Inc.
Raleigh, N.C.
www.silvermark.com

Product:
Test Mentor for VisualWorks Smalltalk 7.2 -- for Smalltalk application testing

Solstice Software Inc.
Claymont, Del.
www.solsticesoftware.com

Product: Integra Enterprise 4.0 -- for message-based testing

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