Parasoft Debuts SOAPtest 2.6 with WS-Security Support

4/19/2004 - Parasoft, leading provider of Automated Error Prevention (AEP) software solutions, announced the release of SOAPtest 2.6, the most comprehensive Web services testing product available today, verifying every aspect of a Web service from WSDL validation, to client/server unit and functional testing, to performance testing.

The latest version of SOAPtest offers full support for the recently approved WS-Security 2004, application logic testing, asynchronous testing support, and other features designed to help development teams prevent errors and accelerate time to market for their Web service initiatives.

"Cybersource chose Parasoft's SOAPtest for Web Services testing due to its breadth of functionality," said Mike Jimenez, Chief Architect, Cybersource Corporation. "It clearly stood out that Parasoft's SOAPtest was architected to not only meet the functional demands of today's environment but also to evolve as future standards and protocols are released. The flexibility of the product has enabled us to verify the most complex behaviors of our Web services including security and workflow and the level of automation has allowed us to build our tests in a surprisingly short amount of time."

What’s new in SOAPtest 2.6

New Functional Testing Features:

  • Enhanced WS-Security features including options for interoperability with various implementations of WS-Security.
  • Application logic testing: Can pass along dynamic results to subsequent tests, specify test suite logic and specify "start-up" and "clean-up" tests.
  • Fully integrated asynchronous HTTP testing including Parlay, Parlay X and SOAP Conversation Protocol support.
  • Enhanced traffic viewer to view individual HTTP request/response pairs in a tree view.
  • Enhanced XML transformation tools with the ability to specify transformation and extractions.

New Load Testing Features:

  • New detailed report option with the ability to select and view individual hits in graphical or table mode.
  • Uniform and Poisson randomization options in “Hits per Second” and “Virtual Users” mode.
  • More options in histogram view, such as “Inter-Invocation Times” option, scale and drag option, etc.

"We are constantly adding new features and functionality to SOAPtest in order to stay on the leading edge of Web services technology," said Gary Brunell, Parasoft Vice President of Professional Services. " Web services are maturing rapidly and Parasoft aims to give customers turnkey solutions to help them improve the software development lifecycle and prevent errors in the development process."

Availability
SOAPtest 2.6 is available for Windows 2000, Windows XP, Linux and Solaris. Pricing starts at $3995.

About Parasoft
We make software work. – Parasoft provides Automated Error Prevention solutions that combine advanced products, services and expertise to help companies automatically prevent errors throughout the software lifecycle, to improve software quality and reliability. Based on Parasoft AEP Methodology, the company’s solutions and products automate practices such as coding standards, static analysis, unit testing, regression testing, load & stress testing, functional testing, integration testing, application testing and monitoring. The solutions enable software development and IT organizations to significantly reduce costs by shortening production cycles, improving overall quality and reducing time-to-market. Parasoft has been granted ten patents and numerous awards for the technology behind its innovative line of solutions and products. Founded in 1987, Parasoft is a privately held company whose clients include IBM, HP, Daimler Chrysler and over 10,000 companies worldwide. Parasoft is headquartered in Monrovia, CA. Telephone (888) 305-0041. Fax (626) 305-3036. Email to info@parasoft.com. URL: http://www.parasoft.com.

Parasoft and SOAPtest are registered trademarks of Parasoft.

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