Fanfare Launches iTest App Store

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Fanfare, delivering innovative testing solutions to service providers (SPs), network equipment manufacturers (NEMs), and enterprises, today announced the launch of the iTest® App Store, which features free iTest applications and test assets that can be leveraged by iTest users and testers. The iTest App Store adds new capabilities as well as eliminates the need to re-create test assets, increasing productivity and accelerating the overall time to market.

The iTest App Store is a new extension of the Fanfare Community, an online forum and learning center for testers and developers in the communications industry to share best practices and discuss challenges related to device and network testing. By leveraging the Fanfare Community across thousands of iTest customers and partners, the iTest App Store provides a number of add-on applications and test assets for users to access.

The iTest add-on applications provide additional functionality not currently available in iTest, allowing users to adapt iTest to their company's workflow and enabling testers to get more productive testing done with the mobility required in today's high tech workforce.

The following applications are currently available:

• iTest Remote for iPhone®
• Yahoo!® Messenger Integration
• Google Voice™ Integration
• Twitter™ Integration
• XMPP Messenger Integration
• File Transfer Client
• iTest Report Viewer for Firefox®

The iTest assets provide customers with a starting set of test assets, including test cases, response maps, and session profiles, that eliminate the need to re-create already-existing test assets. The results are quicker time to automation, enhanced productivity, and accelerated time to market.

The iTest App Store currently features assets for Cisco, Juniper Networks, Linux, and Spirent devices and includes contributions from Spirent. Additional content will be provided on a regular basis from Fanfare's customers and partners.

"The iTest App Store isn't just another app store – it is actually enabling testers to take advantage of social media tools that will help them get their jobs done in a more efficient manner. Now, testers can control iTest from an iPhone, receive Tweets from automated regression runs, and pass detailed test reports to anyone with a browser," said David Gehringer, vice president of marketing for Fanfare. "It is truly another milestone in the evolution of test automation in the communications industry."

To download applications or test assets, users must accept the Terms of Service Agreement found on the iTest App Store.

About Fanfare

Fanfare provides automated testing solutions that enable service providers, network equipment manufacturers, and enterprises to enhance productivity throughout the quality workflow by streamlining system and device testing, reducing product cycles, and lowering costs. Using Fanfare, quality assurance teams and developers can leverage a common testing platform to deliver quality services and products to market faster and more efficiently. For more information, please visit www.fanfaresoftware.com.

SOURCE Fanfare