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Worksoft® Announces Acquisition of TestFactory

Wed, 03 Mar 2010

DALLAS – March 3, 2010 – Worksoft, an innovative provider of test and lifecycle automation solutions for use with SAP® applications, today announced the acquisition of TestFactory, a premier provider of performance and life cycle management solutions that optimize application quality, ensure business continuity, and lower the total cost of ownership for new ERP implementations, ongoing application upgrades, and new business application extensions including analytics and web-based services.

With the acquisition of TestFactory, Worksoft adds to its knowledge and expertise related to SAP application management and its underlying application infrastructure. TestFactory's products will enhance Worksoft's comprehensive portfolio of application lifecycle management products and solutions, especially in the areas of performance testing, impact-based testing and change impact analysis. The TestFactory technology will serve as a comprehensive platform for a future generation of enhanced lifecycle management solutions that are tightly integrated into the Worksoft Certify® suite.

"This acquisition bolsters Worksoft's domain knowledge related to SAP applications and augments Worksoft’s lifecycle management portfolio with script-less, performance and risk-based testing capabilities," said Bruce Johnson, CEO and President of Worksoft. "In order to meet and exceed customer and market demands, we will continue to expand our solution portfolio with market leading products both organically and through acquisition."

About Worksoft

Worksoft develops innovative and comprehensive solutions to optimize lifecycle management for use with SAP® applications. Worksoft solutions are specifically designed to meet the unique architectural needs of SAP application environments and the specific needs of both business and technical users. Worksoft customers realize faster deployment times related to upgrades of SAP solutions, gain better visibility into the impact of business process changes, and further increase performance and availability.

Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Dallas, Worksoft is privately held by Austin Ventures and Crescendo Ventures. Worksoft customers include Fortune 500 companies across manufacturing, financial services, government, healthcare, retail and transportation. Worksoft has offices in Canada, San Francisco, Washington DC and Denver. For more information, contact Worksoft at 1-866-836-1773 or visit www.worksoft.com.

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Worksoft® Announces Record Revenues for Fiscal Year 2009

Thu, 28 Jan 2010

DALLAS, TX – Jan. 28, 2010 – Worksoft, an innovative provider of test and lifecycle automation solutions for use with SAP® applications, today announced record revenues for fiscal year 2009 and its fiscal fourth quarter, ending Dec. 31, 2009. Worksoft delivered its best year on record with an increase of 43 percent in year-over-year revenue. Additionally, fiscal fourth quarter set a company record for both revenue and new customer acquisition. Worksoft’s fiscal 2009 performance illustrates the company’s strong momentum in the lifecycle management market and the value of IT automation during this challenging economic environment.

In Q4 2009, a significant number of new Global 500 customers invested in Worksoft’s flagship products, Worksoft Certify® and the Worksoft Certify Live™ solutions, to save time and money managing the life cycles of their SAP solutions. The Worksoft solution for use with SAP applications is a cross-platform suite that analyzes the impact of changes to SAP applications, accelerates their deployment into production and ensures that critical business processes are fully tested to improve application availability and cost savings.

“Enrolling a record number of new customers in this economy is a testament to our application lifecycle management value proposition and our ability to significantly lower the total cost of ownership of enterprise applications,” said Daniel Gannon, Senior Vice President Worldwide Sales and Marketing, Worksoft. “We continue to grow in all market sectors worldwide, including technology, consumer packaged goods, transportation and manufacturing, in addition to strong continued expansion within our existing customer base.”

"We are thrilled with our fiscal 2009 results,” said Bruce Johnson, President and CEO of Worksoft. “Our results reinforce the value of our comprehensive suite of lifecycle management solutions for SAP users, and the downstream customer benefits provided, including greater quality, control, and visibility over end-to-end business processes and unprecedented improvements in business agility.”

About Worksoft

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Worksoft® Founder to Speak at Software Test & Performance Conference

Mon, 19 Oct 2009

DALLAS, TX (PRWEB) October 19, 2009 – Worksoft®, an innovative provider of test and lifecycle automation solutions for use with SAP® applications, today announced that Linda Hayes, Worksoft Founder, will be a featured speaker at the Software Test & Performance Conference, the premier conference for software test and QA professionals. STPCon 2009 will be held at the Hyatt Regency in Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 19-23, 2009.

Linda Hayes is the founder of Worksoft and has more than 20 years of experience in software development and enterprise test automation. Hayes is a frequent industry speaker and award-winning author on software quality. She will be presenting “The High Cost of Manual Testing: Why Automation is No Longer Optional”. This session will provide attendees with the tools, metrics and corporate examples to persuade their management to abandon ineffective manual software testing approaches by building a compelling business case for modern test and lifecycle automation solutions. Hayes will also present “Agile Automation”, where attendees will learn an agile architecture that is independent of tools, applications and platforms.

About the Software Test & Performance Collaborative

The Software Test & Performance Collaborative serves the global software testing and performance community, reaching more than 55,000 IT professionals through a suite of products that provide information, education, training, and professional networking opportunities. Software Test & Performance is a Redwood Collaborative Media community dedicated to providing a highly interactive, dynamic platform for sharing knowledge, insights, and resources, and for building deep relationships among industry peers. For more information, visit http://www.stpcollaborative.com

About Worksoft

Worksoft develops innovative and comprehensive solutions to optimize lifecycle management for use with SAP® applications. Worksoft solutions are specifically designed to meet the unique architectural needs of SAP application environments and the specific needs of both business and technical users. Worksoft customers realize faster deployment times related to upgrades of SAP solutions, gain better visibility into the impact of business process changes and further increase performance and availability.

Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Dallas, TX, Worksoft is privately held by Austin Ventures and Crescendo Ventures. Worksoft customers include Fortune 500 companies across manufacturing, financial services, government, healthcare, retail and transportation. Worksoft has offices in Canada, San Francisco, Washington DC and Denver, Colorado. For more information, please contact Worksoft at 1-866-836-1773 or visit http://www.worksoft.com.

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Worksoft® Positioned as Visionary in Gartner Magic Quadrant

Wed, 30 Sep 2009

DALLAS – September 30, 2009 – Worksoft®, an innovative provider of test and lifecycle automation solutions for use with SAP® applications, today announced that it has been positioned in the Visionaries quadrant by analyst firm Gartner, Inc. in its recently published Magic Quadrant for Integrated Software Quality Suites (1). The Magic Quadrant report evaluated fourteen software quality solution vendors based on a rigorous set of criteria that comprise ‘completeness of vision’ and ‘ability to execute’. According to Gartner, the automated software quality assurance market is comprised of three areas: Test Management, Automated Stress and Load Testing, Automated Functional and Regression Testing. According to the report, "the total market for test management and functional and load/stress automation is currently valued at just under $1.2 billion, and is growing at more than 8% per year."

"Package applications place additional constraints and different needs on testing organizations than custom development, including lack of access to source and data models, and a high degree of complexity," said Thomas Murphy in the report.

"We are very happy to be recognized by Gartner as a visionary company in the software quality market," said Dan Gannon, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Worksoft. "We believe this reinforces our script-less testing philosophy and its proven ability to reduce time and resources required to manage complex change management lifecycles."

(1) Gartner, Inc. “Magic Quadrant for Integrated Software Quality Suites” by Thomas Murphy, 31 July 2009.

About the Magic Quadrant

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2009 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About Worksoft, Inc.

Worksoft develops innovative and comprehensive solutions to optimize lifecycle management for use with SAP® applications. Worksoft solutions are specifically designed to meet the unique architectural needs of SAP application environments and the specific needs of both business and technical users. Worksoft customers realize faster deployment times related to upgrades of SAP solutions, gain better visibility into the impact of business process changes and further increase performance and availability.

Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Dallas, TX, Worksoft is privately held by Austin Ventures and Crescendo Ventures. Worksoft was first to market with its Worksoft Certify® solution, a tested and proven application that validates cross-platform business processes using an object oriented approach. This innovative functional testing platform eliminates scripting and custom coding, a requirement of most legacy test automation products, making it simple for business users to operate. Worksoft Certify supports applications that span these platforms and interfaces: the SAP NetWeaver® technology platform, web-browser (HTML), web services, Java, Microsoft .NET, mainframe, Visual Basic and more.

Worksoft customers include Fortune 500 companies across manufacturing, financial services, government, healthcare, retail and transportation. Worksoft has offices in Canada, San Francisco, Washington DC and Denver, Colorado. For more information, please contact Worksoft at 1-866-836-1773 or visit www.worksoft.com.

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Worksoft® Announces New International Sales and Marketing Leadership

Wed, 01 Jul 2009

Dallas (PRWEB) July 1, 2009 -- Worksoft®, an innovative provider of test and lifecycle automation solutions for use with SAP® applications, has named Suzanne Swanson as the vice president of international sales and Greg Davoll as the vice president of marketing. As global demand continues to increase for Worksoft lifecycle management solutions, Swanson and Davoll will play instrumental roles in executing on the company's global sales and marketing initiatives.

"Expanding sales and marketing internationally is an important initiative for Worksoft. We want to replicate the success we've had in providing test and lifecycle automation solutions to SAP users in North America by enrolling strategic distributors and resellers to deliver those solutions throughout the world," said Dan Gannon, senior vice president of sales & marketing, Worksoft. "Both Swanson and Davoll have proven track records in enterprise software as well as specialized knowledge in the SAP market, and I am confident in their abilities to lead this expansion."

Swanson joins Worksoft with more than 20 years of experience in strategic planning and execution in sales, marketing and business development. At Worksoft, she is responsible for leading global expansion efforts through the development of value added resellers and service providers in key markets around the world. Swanson joins Worksoft from Gamma Enterprise Technologies, a leading SAP application data management solutions company, where she served as the executive vice president of global channel sales and marketing. Prior to Gamma, Swanson held senior management positions at industry-leading technology firms including Patchlink, Symantec, SecurityFocus and Computer Associates. Swanson majored in business at the University of Kansas.

Davoll joins Worksoft with 20 years of enterprise software experience in marketing, product management, and product development. At Worksoft, he is responsible for worldwide marketing including corporate marketing, lead generation, product marketing and internet marketing. Davoll joins Worksoft from Newmerix Corporation, a leading provider of change management solutions for SAP, Peoplesoft and Oracle E-Business applications, where he served as the executive vice president of marketing. Prior to Worksoft, Davoll held management positions at leading software technology companies including IBM, NetIQ, Sybase, BMC Software and Embarcadero Technologies. Davoll earned his Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from Colorado School of Mines.

About Worksoft, Inc.

Worksoft specializes in comprehensive test and lifecycle automation solutions specifically designed for the unique architecture of SAP applications. By automating complex and cumbersome manual tasks, Worksoft customers realize significantly reduced total cost of ownership, more visibility, improved quality and fewer production outages.

Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Dallas, TX, Worksoft is privately held by Austin Ventures and Crescendo Ventures. Worksoft customers include Fortune 500 companies across manufacturing, financial services, government, healthcare, retail and transportation. For more information, please contact Worksoft at 1-866-836-1773 or visit http://www.worksoft.com.

See our latest Gartner webinar at http://www.worksoft.com/gartnerwebinar, which details how industry leader, Dow Corning, is reaping incredible benefits from a recent implementation of Worksoft Certify together with SAP solutions. One of Gartner's top analysts explains why automation is critical for business process validation.

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Worksoft® Launches New Performance Testing Product in Support of SAP® Applications

Thu, 11 Jun 2009

DALLAS, TX - June 11, 2009 - Worksoft®, an innovative provider of test and lifecycle automation solutions for use with SAP® applications, today announced the general availability of Certify Performance Test™. Worksoft Certify Performance Test introduces an intuitive yet powerful approach that greatly reduces the amount of time and resources required to diagnose and fix performance related issues within SAP applications.

Worksoft Certify Performance Test leverages existing SAP business processes, transactions and data to simulate hundreds or even thousands of business application users, allowing users to accurately measure the impact on system performance and functionality using 75 percent less time and resources than traditional solutions.

"Our project was looking for a way to test the production environment before deploying SAP solutions to 10,000 employees. We needed a solution that was cost-effective and would minimally impact our functional teams," said Howard Stapleton, City Technical Lead, City of San Diego OneSD Project. "Worksoft provided the software and services to help us quickly generate and execute scalability tests that simulated the 1,000 concurrent users we expect to ultimately use the system."

Key features of the new Certify Performance Test product include:

Reusable Tests with No Coding: Certify Performance Test doesn’t require custom coding or custom scripts to be developed and maintained. There are no scripts to write, no external script repositories, and no importing/exporting from external spreadsheets. It allows an SAP performance test to be recorded and reused many times without writing a single line of code.
Built in SAP: Certify Performance Test is built within the SAP landscape so the user interface will be instantly familiar and provides a quick learning curve for both business and IT users. Anyone who is familiar with the SAP GUI can define an SAP load test in the time it takes to execute the business process.
Integrated Data Repository: Certify Performance Test uses SAP as the data repository and leverages existing data collection and BASIS knowledge by integrating with CCMS (the computer center management system from SAP). Comparison tests may be run to validate tuning activities while data dependencies are automatically managed between SAP transactions. In situations where data is needed to populate a SAP transaction, Certify Performance Test™ allows you to select information directly from the SAP tables, avoiding the need to refer to external data files.
Relevant Information and Reports: Worksoft Certify Performance Test leverages the performance data that is automatically captured by SAP. There is no need to install yet another monitoring solution or any other dependencies. Reported information includes infrastructure metrics, along with key internal SAP data points such as response time, dialogs, enqueues, etc.
Accelerated Time to Value: Certify Performance Test was designed to deliver results with little upfront configuration or training. Certify Performance Test includes an intuitive interface and can be used in conjunction with Worksoft Certify® to provide an integrated lifecycle management solution that spans both functional and performance testing for SAP applications.

"Expanding our product line to include load and stress testing is a logical extension of our lifecycle solution designed for use with SAP applications," said Dan Gannon, senior vice-president of sales & marketing, Worksoft. "According to our customers, performance testing is a critical function that is often overlooked when rolling out new SAP applications, including the SAP NetWeaver® Portal. Based on customer feedback, we believe Certify Performance Test will provide unmatched time to value given its approach."

Supported Platforms

Worksoft Certify Performance Test supports a variety of platforms and components, including:

SAP GUI including the SAP ERP application
SAP Business Suite 7
SAP NetWeaver technology platform and SAP NetWeaver Portal Business intelligence solutions
SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (SAP NetWeaver BW)
SAP CRM, SAP Advance Planning & Optimization (SAP APO)
EDI / RFC Interfaces

Pricing and Availability Worksoft Certify

Performance Test is now generally available worldwide. For more information on product features, benefits or pricing, please contact Worksoft at 1-866-836-1773 or visit www.worksoft.com.

Sign Up for Free Performance Test Webinar

Please join us for an exclusive webinar - Overcoming the Traditional Challenges of Performance Testing SAP Applications on June 16th at 11:00 a.m. CDT. Neil Kosman, Product Line Specialist - Certify Performance Test, will discuss the historical issues and challenges related to load and stress load testing SAP applications. Please register at http://www.worksoft.com/news/webinar061609.php.

About Worksoft, Inc.

Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Dallas, TX, Worksoft is privately held by Austin Ventures and Crescendo Ventures. Worksoft customers include Fortune 500 companies across manufacturing, financial services, government, healthcare, retail and transportation. For more information, please contact Worksoft at 1-866-836-1773 or visit www.worksoft.com.

See our latest Gartner webinar at www.worksoft.com/gartnerwebinar, which details how industry leader, Dow Corning, is reaping incredible benefits from a recent implementation of Worksoft Certify together with SAP solutions. One of Gartner’s top analysts explains why automation is critical for business process validation.

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Worksoft Certify® Earns Ready for IBM Rational Software Validation

Tue, 02 Jun 2009

DALLAS, TX - June 2, 2009 - Worksoft®, an innovative provider of test and lifecycle automation solutions for use with SAP® applications, today announced that Worksoft Certify® has been validated as Ready for IBM Rational Software. This validation provides IBM Rational customers with confidence that Worksoft Certify has met IBM Rational’s requirements for safety, interoperability, and user experience, and integrates well with IBM Rational Quality Manager, IBM Rational’s quality management solution based on the Jazz platform. Additionally, Worksoft Certify achieved the Ready for IBM Rational Software Best Practices Indicator which signifies that Worksoft met guidelines beyond the mandatory requirements.

"SAP is an important part of many customer environments, and Worksoft Certify integrates with Rational Quality Manager to help teams improve their SAP testing and achieve enhanced productivity," said Stephen Lauzon, Senior Manager, ISV Technical Enablement and Strategy, IBM Rational Software. "By using Worksoft and Rational Quality Manager, users are provided with an automated approach to testing SAP that maximizes the value of their investment in IBM Rational software."

Worksoft, an IBM Advanced Level Business Partner, is a proud sponsor of the IBM Rational Software Conference 2009, which takes place May 31st – June 4th, 2009 in Orlando, Florida. Please visit the Worksoft Booth (#627) to see a demonstration of Worksoft Certify and the integration with IBM Rational Quality Manager. At the conference, Worksoft is also hosting a special interest group on “Managing SAP with IBM Rational” on Tuesday, June 2 from 12:15 pm to 1:00 pm (Eastern Time).

"We are very pleased to announce this formal validation between Worksoft and the IBM Rational brand,” said Dan Gannon, Senior Vice-President of Sales & Marketing, Worksoft. "This validation increases the value of our flagship test and lifecycle automation product, Worksoft Certify, and allows us to extend our SAP specialization to IBM Rational Quality Manager customers."

The Ready for IBM Rational software validation program provides a method for IBM Business Partners to assure their customers of the safety and, interoperability of their application development and lifecycle integrations to the Rational Software Delivery Platform, based on specific integration criteria. The Best Practices Indicator further acknowledges the safety, serviceability, and user experience of the Worksoft integration into the IBM Rational platform.

For more information including a video demonstration, please visit www.worksoft.com/ibmrational/.

About Worksoft, Inc.

Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Dallas, TX, Worksoft is privately held by Austin Ventures and Crescendo Ventures. Worksoft customers include Fortune 500 companies across manufacturing, financial services, government, healthcare, retail and transportation. For more information, please contact Worksoft at 1-866-836-1773 or visit www.worksoft.com.

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Worksoft® Announces Support for SAP® Business Suite 7

Thu, 14 May 2009

DALLAS, TX - May 14, 2009 - Worksoft, an innovative provider of test and lifecycle automation solutions for use with SAP® applications, today announced support for SAP Business Suite 7 software with its flagship product, Worksoft Certify®. The current version of Worksoft Certify, version 8, is currently available worldwide and supports this new release of SAP Business Suite.

"At Dow Corning, we rely on Worksoft to provide test automation for our daily project integration validation, upgrades, service packs and enhancement packs related to SAP solutions," said Jeff Duly, Senior Enterprise Architect, Dow Corning. "We are beginning to use SAP Business Suite 7 to gain the benefits SAP is delivering with enhanced horizontal business processes. It’s critically important that we have a lifecycle management solution that not only understands these horizontal processes but one that is designed for business process users versus IT developers."

Worksoft Certify is a specialized test and lifecycle automation solution for use with SAP applications that streamlines management of the change lifecycle from business process and change impact analysis through validation, deployment and documentation. Worksoft Certify includes integrated components for functional testing, performance testing and enterprise reporting that accelerate deployments and reduce project costs by up to 70 percent.

"Our customers are already moving to SAP Business Suite 7 and it was imperative for us to support it in a timely manner," said Shoeb Javed, VP of Engineering at Worksoft. "We’re committed to the ongoing innovation in our SAP certified solution, Worksoft Certify, and we will continue to enhance automation across the SAP solution-based lifecycle."

About Worksoft, Inc.

Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Dallas, TX, Worksoft is privately held by Austin Ventures and Crescendo Ventures. Worksoft customers include Fortune 500 companies across manufacturing, financial services, government, healthcare, retail and transportation. For more information, please contact Worksoft at 1-866-836-1773 or visit www.worksoft.com.

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Worksoft® Grows Q1 Business 300% Year-Over-Year

Tue, 28 Apr 2009

DALLAS, TX - April 28, 2009 - Worksoft, an innovative provider of SAP® test and lifecycle automation solutions, today announced a record setting Q1 FY2009, following record performance in 2008. Worksoft delivered its best Q1 on record, ending March 31, 2009, with an increase of over 300% year over year. The Q1 performance illustrates Worksoft’s strong momentum in the SAP marketplace and the value of test automation and lifecycle management during this challenging economic climate.

In Q1, Worksoft added a significant number of new SAP customers including Bombardier Aerospace, Holly Corporation and San Diego Data Processing Corporation. Worksoft Certify™ and the Worksoft Certify Live™ solutions help SAP customers save time and money by analyzing the impact of changes to SAP applications, accelerating their deployment into production and ensuring that these changes are fully tested to avoid costly downtime and delays in upgrades.

"Despite the difficult economic conditions, we are continuing to grow revenue and acquire new customers due to our best in class SAP portfolio," said Bruce Johnson, CEO of Worksoft. "Our specialization and passion for SAP lifecycle automation has helped our customers save hundreds of hours in manual tasks, translating to millions of dollars in savings. “

In addition to growing revenue and expanding its customer base, Worksoft also successfully launched extensions to its flagship Worksoft Certify™ for SAP solution including Certify Executive Dashboard™ and Certify Connect ™ which enable management reporting and enterprise integration respectively. Also in Q1, Worksoft hosted a webinar with leading analyst, Gartner, Inc., and Worksoft customer Dow Corning, regarding the challenges of managing upgrades and changes to SAP and the overall value of test automation. For more information on the webinar, please visit http://www.worksoft.com/gartnerwebinar/

"Our family of intelligent testing and automation solutions deliver extraordinary value in the form of significantly reduced operating expenses and improved lifecycle management for SAP users. Companies worldwide are under pressure to wring cost out of operations while maintaining and even improving the quality of business processes. Our focus on new product innovation, customer satisfaction, and our continued market momentum validates our ability to deliver these benefits," said Dan Gannon, senior vice president of global sales and marketing. "In 2009, we’re committed to continuing our triple digit growth in North America as well as aggressively extending our presence internationally via new channels and partners.

About Worksoft, Inc.

Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Dallas, TX, Worksoft is privately held by Austin Ventures and Crescendo Ventures. Worksoft customers include Fortune 500 companies across manufacturing, financial services, government, healthcare, retail and transportation. For more information, please contact Worksoft at 1-866-836-1773 or visit www.worksoft.com.

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Worksoft® Announces New Compliance and Reporting Features with Certify for SAP ALM Solution

Wed, 11 Mar 2009

DALLAS, TX - March 11, 2009 - Worksoft, Inc., a leading provider of solutions that accelerate deployments of SAP® applications, today announced it will be exhibiting and offer demonstrations of its new web-services based functionality that aid compliance and reporting in the company's flagship Worksoft Certify for SAP solution suite that helps accelerate SAP application lifecycle management at the SAP Insider event, HR/Financials & GRC 2009.

What: Worksoft Announces Certify Connect at HR/Financials & GRC 2009
When: March 17-20, 2009
Who: Worksoft, Inc., Booth 760
Where: MGM Grand, Las Vegas www.sapgrc2009.com

"The enhancements offered via Certify Connect help Worksoft continue to augment its leadership position with Worksoft Certify, the only code-free, scriptless testing automation solution on the market," said Bruce Johnson, CEO and president of Worksoft, Inc. "Our R&D team is unmatched and Certify Connect is a stellar example of that praise -- now Worksoft can provide a technology connector that enables integration to external third-party testing automation applications and our own web services applications," said Johnson. "Our customers know and expect that we continually offer enhancements to help them manage change in their SAP portfolio, and with these enhancements, we can now help them automate compliance and reporting requirements," Johnson said.

About Worksoft Certify Connect

Certify Connect is a foundational technology platform built upon web services for maximum interoperability to support a suite of new applications integrated with Worksoft Certify that extend and enhance functionality. Certify Connect features web-based GUIs for linking from, or hosting within, enterprise web portals. This allows both non Worksoft Certify users and senior managers to have access to key Worksoft Certify data and functionality. Enhancements available today include:

Certify Electronic Signature provides web-based workflow for approval of selected Worksoft Certify assets (such as requirements, processes and results), preserves approved Worksoft Certify test assets, and generates documentation for software process auditing and compliance (for example, FDA Title 21 CFR Part 11).
Certify Business Process Procedure (BPP) Reporting is a web-based reporting module that generates reports for training, testing and quality assurance, and compliance. Reports catalogue a sequential set of test steps, grouped by test process and application screen.
Certify Executive Dashboard identifies and quantifies the overall effectiveness of testing efforts by providing up-to-the-minute information on the status of selected Worksoft Certify test projects through customizable web-based displays. Graphical Key Performance Indicators and drill-down capabilities ensure that users at all levels within the organization have the information they need for improved decision making and optimal risk management.

About Worksoft, Inc.

Worksoft pioneers innovative approaches to software quality testing, and is a premier provider of lifecycle automation solutions for use with SAP® solutions to reduce the total cost of ownership for users. Worksoft's unique "scriptless" or code-free approach to creating and maintaining test cases speeds the rollout of SAP solutions by up to 60 percent; shortens time-to-value by improving reliability of business processes; and meets compliance, training and reporting requirements through the auto-generation of documentation and capture of reusable business process knowledge. Worksoft's customers include industry leaders in manufacturing, financial services, government, healthcare, retail and transportation. Worksoft was founded in 1998 and has its headquarters in Dallas, Texas.

Contact Worksoft at 1-866-836-1773 or visit their website at www.Worksoft.com

See the latest Gartner webinar at www.worksoft.com/gartnerwebinar, which details how industry leader, Dow Corning, is reaping incredible benefits from a recent Worksoft Certify for SAP implementation. Gartner's top analyst for SAP will explain why automation is critical for business process validation.

Read Worksoft founder Linda Hayes' latest blog, The Hidden Costs of Testing at http://worksoftinc.blogspot.com/

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Worksoft® Announces New Sales and Marketing Leadership

Mon, 09 Mar 2009

DALLAS, TX - March 09, 2009 - Worksoft, Inc., a leading provider of application lifecycle solutions that accelerate deployments of SAP® applications, today announced the appointment of Dan Gannon as vice president of worldwide sales and marketing.

Gannon is a seasoned executive with more than 25 years of executive, sales and marketing management experience across a diverse set of technology companies. In his new role, he is responsible for crafting and executing Worksoft’s high growth go-to-market strategy which includes accelerating the expansion of Worksoft Certify™ automated testing solutions into Worksoft’s full suite of application lifecycle management (ALM) solutions for SAP®.

"Worksoft has a tremendous amount of momentum in the SAP application lifecycle market and we are scaling our business to meet this demand," said Bruce Johnson, president and CEO of Worksoft. “Dan has the experience, leadership skills and relationships to help us grow both domestically as well as internationally."

Prior to Worksoft, Dan served as President and CEO of Newmerix Corp, a multi-ISV Application Lifecycle Management application provider. Prior to Newmerix, he served as the senior sales executive for Vericept Corporation and Intelliden with responsibilities spanning global sales, business development, professional services and customer support.

"I am very excited to join Worksoft during a time of rapid growth and worldwide expansion,” said Gannon. “Worksoft's application lifecycle management solutions for SAP have proven to significantly reduce expenses associated with managing SAP applications by improving the quality and repeatability of the underlying management processes. In turn, this saves our customers both time and resources as well as aids in their compliance initiatives."

About Worksoft Certify™ Life Cycle Management Solutions

The Worksoft Certify™ Life Cycle Management Solution provides unmatched technology to maximize value of ERP investments by minimizing risk and leveraging information in ERP and peripheral systems. This patented methodology allows for point-and-click usability, so tests are easily defined, executed, and managed directly from configuration blueprints. Unlike traditional code-based automation approaches, the Worksoft Certify Life Cycle Management Solution store all assets as data that can be quickly configured, analyzed and maintained without need for technical skills or custom code. This innovative approach can accelerate the time to deployment of rollouts, modifications, upgrades and service packs by up to 60 percent, while improving operational reliability; providing a detailed audit trail of validation results for compliance; and capturing reusable business process knowledge for training, documentation and reporting.

About Worksoft, Inc.

Worksoft pioneers innovative approaches to software quality testing, and is a premier provider of lifecycle automation solutions for use with SAP® solutions to reduce the total cost of ownership for users. Worksoft's unique “scriptless” or code-free approach to creating and maintaining test cases speeds the rollout of SAP solutions by up to 60 percent; shortens time-to-value by improving reliability of business processes; and meets compliance, training and reporting requirements through the auto-generation of documentation and capture of reusable business process knowledge. Worksoft's customers include industry leaders in manufacturing, financial services, government, healthcare, retail and transportation. Worksoft was founded in 1998 and has its headquarters in Dallas, Texas.

Contact Worksoft at 1-866-836-1773 or visit their website at www.Worksoft.com

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Worksoft® to Exhibit at SCM/PLM/Manufacturing/CRM 2009

Wed, 25 Feb 2009

Dallas, TX - February 25, 2009 - Worksoft, Inc., a leading provider of solutions that accelerate deployments of SAP® applications, today announced that it will be exhibiting and offering demonstrations of its unique ‘code-free’ approach to business process validation testing with its flagship Worksoft Certify for SAP solution suite at the SAP Insider event, SCM/PLM/Manufacturing/CRM 2009.

What: SCM/PLM/Manufacturing/CRM 2009
When: March 2-4, 2009
Who: Worksoft, Inc., Booth 900
Where: Gaylord Palms, OrlandoMore info: www.sapplm2009.com or www.sapcrm2009.com

About Worksoft, Inc.

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Worksoft® Founder Linda Hayes Hosts Testing Automation Blog

Tue, 27 Jan 2009

Dallas, TX - January 27, 2009 - Worksoft, Inc., a leading provider of solutions that accelerate deployments of SAP® applications, today announced that its founder, Linda Hayes, is hosting a blog to address the benefits of automated testing. Hayes, founder of three software companies, plans to leverage her more than 20 years of testing experience to explain how to make testing easier and more successful for others. Read Worksoft founder Linda Hayes' Test Smarter blog at http://worksoftinc.blogspot.com/.

"Worksoft is built on the vast software testing experience of Linda Hayes, a published author and well-known expert in the software quality market," said Bruce Johnson, Worksoft CEO and president. "Linda founded Worksoft with a scriptless testing framework that is unique for automation when she realized that traditional play/record technology generates code that gets out of sync when the software is changed," Johnson said. "Today, Worksoft has a suite of automated solutions for impact analysis, testing automation, load testing, performance tuning, and more – all built on our scriptless framework that has been successfully adopted by many of the Fortune 500 and 1000 companies looking to maintain their competitiveness in difficult times," Johnson said.

"My hope for this blog is to save others from learning lessons the way I did – the hard way – by sharing my experiences," said Linda Hayes, Worksoft founder. "It's sad to say, but testing has failed to keep pace with software development, but we can now build systems in a fraction of the time we did 20 years ago, but today, in most cases, we still test the same way we did back then," she said. "We have to get smarter about testing and the only way to do that is to change our thinking by challenging some basic assumptions—and that's what this blog is focused on achieving," Hayes said.

About Linda Hayes

Hayes has more than 20 years of experience in software quality and is the founder of three software companies, including AutoTester, the first PC-based test automation tool, and Worksoft, Inc. -- an innovator in SAP test automation. She holds degrees in accounting, tax, and law, and is a frequent industry speaker and award-winning author on software quality. She is a regular columnist and contributor to www.StickyMinds.com and Better Software Magazine, as well as a columnist for Stickyminds, Computerworld and Datamation. Hayes is the author of the Automated Testing Handbook, a contributor to Testing SAP R/3: A Manager's Step by Step Guide, and is the co-editor of Dare to be Excellent on best practices in the software industry. Her article "Quality is Everyone's Business" won a Most Significant Contribution award from the Quality Assurance Institute and was published as part of the Auerbach Systems Development Handbook.

About Worksoft Certify™ Life Cycle Management Solutions

About Worksoft, Inc.

Read and download white papers, data sheets, and more that describe the benefits of Worksoft Certify Life Cycle Management solutions on Worksoft's download center at www.worksoft.com/solutions/downloads.php

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Worksoft® to Host Webinar and Live Worksoft Certify Demo

Mon, 08 Dec 2008

Dallas, TX - December 8, 2008 - Worksoft, Inc., a premier provider of life cycle management solutions for ERP systems, announced today that its founder, Linda Hayes, will host a webinar on Dec. 9, 2008, followed by a live demo of the company's innovative, patented code-free test automation solution, Worksoft Certify. During the webinar, Hayes will address the economics of automation, particularly how to weather the economic crisis and do more with less. Attendees will hear how automation can help them navigate through uncertain times, all while attaining cost savings that will compound into the future. Specifically, Hayes will show how automation helps by

Reducing the cost of ongoing IT operations by 40%
Preventing errors and downtime that could cost you millionsSpeeding deployments by 60%
Delivering more reliable IT applications
Reallocating top talent to more strategic, profit generating responsibilities

During the live demo, registrants will

See firsthand how to document and automate end- to-end business processes that seamlessly span multiple platforms and applications
Learn how Worksoft Certify's innovative data model automates impact analysis and maintenance of changes
See how the comprehensive Certify Executive Dashboard enables management of projects as well as processes

To register for this free webinar, and to receive a copy of Hayes' newest white paper, entitled The Economics of Automation, click below:

What: Register for Worksoft's free, exclusive webinar by clicking here:Live Demo! Automate Now - Do More with Less Now: The Key to Making the Economic Downturn Your Upturn
When: Tues, Dec. 9, at 1:00 p.m. CST
Who: Linda Hayes, Worksoft founder and award-winning industry spokesperson
More Information: 1-866-836-1773

About Linda Hayes

Hayes has more than 20 years of experience in software quality and is the founder of thee software companies, including AutoTester, the first PC-based test automation tool, and Worksoft, Inc., an innovator in SAP test automation. She holds degrees in accounting, tax, and law and is a frequent industry speaker and award-winning author on software quality. She is a regular columnist and contributor to www.StickyMinds.com and Better Software Magazine, as well as a columnist for Computerworld and Datamation, author of the Automated Testing Handbook, contributor to Testing SAP R/3: A Manager's Step by Step Guide, and co-editor of Dare to be Excellent on best practices in the software industry. Her article “Quality is Everyone's Business” won a Most Significant Contribution award from the Quality Assurance Institute and was published as part of the Auerbach Systems Development Handbook.

About Worksoft Certify™ Life Cycle Management Solutions

About Worksoft, Inc.

Worksoft pioneers innovative approaches to software quality testing, and is a premier provider of lifecycle automation solutions for use with SAP® solutions to reduce the total cost of ownership for users. Worksoft's unique “scriptless” or code-free approach to creating and maintaining test cases speeds the rollout of SAP solutions by up to 60 percent; shortens time-to-value by improving reliability of business processes; and meets compliance, training and reporting requirements through the auto-generation of documentation and capture of reusable business process knowledge. Worksoft's customers include industry leaders in manufacturing, financial services, government, healthcare, retail and transportation. Worksoft was founded in 1998 and has its headquarters in Dallas, Texas.

Contact Worksoft at 1-866-836-1773 or visit www.worksoft.com

Read Worksoft founder Linda Hayes' Test Smarter blog at http://worksoftinc.blogspot.com/
Read and download white papers, data sheets, and more that describe the benefits of Worksoft Certify Life Cycle Management solutions on Worksoft's download center at www.worksoft.com/solutions/downloads.php

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Worksoft® Closes Equity Funding Round with Crescendo Ventures and Austin Ventures

Mon, 08 Dec 2008

Dallas, TX - December 8, 2008 - Worksoft, Inc., a leading provider of solutions that accelerate deployments of SAP® applications, today announced it has closed an equity round of funding from investment firms Crescendo Ventures and Austin Ventures in the midst of uncertain economic times and expects to use the funds to continue to grow the business and continue to develop next-generation Worksoft Certify software solutions for testing automation and business process validation in the ERP and SAP market.

“To have top-tier investment firms Crescendo and Austin Ventures provide funding at a time when it is near impossible to get funding is great validation for Worksoft and emphasizes what we have been telling the market – that there is a paradigm shift occurring in the testing automation space and Worksoft is well-positioned to be the leader,” said Bruce Johnson, Worksoft CEO and president. “That our customers are the who’s who of the Fortune 500 and 1000 is key: these leading innovators know that automating their business processes will help them maintain their competitiveness in difficult times, while simultaneously helping position them for growth,” Johnson said.

About Worksoft Certify™ Life Cycle Management Solutions

About Worksoft, Inc.

Worksoft pioneers innovative approaches to software quality testing, and is a premier provider of lifecycle automation solutions for use with SAP® solutions to reduce the total cost of ownership for users. Worksoft's unique “scriptless” or code-free approach to creating and maintaining test cases speeds the rollout of SAP solutions by up to 60 percent; shortens time-to-value by improving reliability of business processes; and meets compliance, training and reporting requirements through the auto-generation of documentation and capture of reusable business process knowledge. Worksoft's customers include industry leaders in manufacturing, financial services, government, healthcare, retail and transportation. Worksoft was founded in 1998 and has its headquarters in Dallas, Texas.

Contact Worksoft at 1-866-836-1773 or visit www.worksoft.com

Read Worksoft founder Linda Hayes' Test Smarter blog at http://worksoftinc.blogspot.com/

About Crescendo Ventures

Crescendo Ventures is a globally focused venture capital firm that provides early-stage funding and growth resources to high-potential companies. By collaborating with entrepreneurial teams to grow market-leading companies, Crescendo Ventures uses its industry expertise, team-based development model and global network to help high-growth companies achieve their full potential. Founded in 1993, Crescendo Ventures manages more than $1 billion from its headquarters in Palo Alto, California. For additional information on Crescendo Ventures or their portfolio, please visit www.crescendoventures.com.

About Austin Ventures

Austin Ventures (“AV”) has worked with talented entrepreneurs to build valuable companies for nearly 25 years. With $3.9 billion under management, AV is the most active venture capital and growth equity firm in Texas and one of the most established in the nation. With a focus on business services, information services, integrated media, computer and communications hardware, and enterprise software, AV invests at all stages of company development, from $100,000 "planned experiments" in early stage ideas to $100+ million investments in expansion rounds, minority recapitalizations, and buyouts of middle market growth companies. Visit www.austinventures.com for more information.

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Dow Corning Recognizes Worksoft for Outstanding Service

Tue, 11 Nov 2008

Dallas, TX - November 11, 2008 - Worksoft, Inc., a premier provider of life cycle management solutions for ERP systems, announced today that Dow Corning, a global leader in silicon-based technology and innovation, has recognized Worksoft for outstanding service in automating testing across a global SAP project using Worksoft Certify, the company’s patented automated testing solution, and for Worksoft’s premier consulting services.

In a year of managing a high level of change, Dow Corning wanted to automate their SAP ECC 6.0 upgrade across a global landscape and selected Worksoft because of its revolutionary patented technology, which, unlike traditional code-based applications, stores all assets as data that can be quickly configured, analyzed and maintained, without any scripting or custom code. During implementation, Worksoft consultants teamed with onsite and off-shore consultants from Cognizant, and a Dow Corning team of business process stewards to automate approximately 75% of critical business processes, which included more than 150 end-to-end test processes, in just 12 weeks.

“Dow Corning is pleased that our partnership with Worksoft enabled us to automate end-to-end processes and speed up project implementation and completion,” said Jeff Duly, enterprise architect for Dow Corning.”The solution has been easy for our users to learn, use, and maintain, so it is quickly becoming part of our existing change management process, which is allowing us to offshore testing and ultimately free up valuable business analyst and subject matter experts to focus on activities that transform the business.”

“In these uncertain times, innovative companies like Dow Corning recognize that building for the future by implementing a comprehensive approach to application life cycle management allows them to reallocate resources to areas that will reap immediate and long-term reward, thereby increasing their IT capacity to service more functionality, geography, people, and products,” said Bruce Johnson, president and CEO, Worksoft, Inc.

Dow Corning Presents “Outstanding Service Award” to Worksoft®

About Worksoft Certify™ Life Cycle Management Solutions

About Dow Corning

Dow Corning provides performance enhancing solutions to serve the diverse needs of more than 25,000 customers worldwide. A global leader in silicon-based technology and innovation, offering more than 7,000 products and services, Dow Corning is equally owned by The Dow Chemical Company and Corning, Incorporated. More than half of Dow Corning’s annual sales are outside the United States.

About Worksoft, Inc.

Worksoft pioneers innovative approaches to software quality testing, and is a premier provider of lifecycle automation solutions for use with SAP® solutions to reduce the total cost of ownership for users. Worksoft’s unique “scriptless” or code-free approach to creating and maintaining test cases speeds the rollout of SAP solutions by up to 60 percent; shortens time-to-value by improving reliability of business processes; and meets compliance, training and reporting requirements through the auto-generation of documentation and capture of reusable business process knowledge. Worksoft's customers include industry leaders in manufacturing, financial services, government, healthcare, retail and transportation. Worksoft was founded in 1998 and has its headquarters in Dallas, Texas.

Contact Worksoft at 1-866-836-1773 or visit www.worksoft.com

Read Worksoft founder Linda Hayes’ Test Smarter blog at http://worksoftinc.blogspot.com/

Read and download white papers, data sheets, and more that describe the benefits of Worksoft Certify Life Cycle Management solutions on Worksoft’s download center at www.worksoft.com/solutions/downloads.php

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Worksoft® to Acquire Test Factory LLC

Tue, 09 Sep 2008

Las Vegas and Dallas - Sept. 9, 2008 - Worksoft, Inc., a leading provider of solutions that accelerate deployments of SAP® applications, today announced it is acquiring Test Factory, a premier provider of load and stress testing capabilities for SAP solutions.

The Test Factory solutions, rebranded as Worksoft solutions Certify Performance Test and a companion solution, Certify Performance Tune, are available immediately. These solutions further optimize SAP application quality, help ensure business continuity, and minimize the cost and time for implementations, upgrades, and custom development. Worksoft Performance Test also offers:

An automated, scriptless solution that is vertically integrated for use with SAP solutions and reduces resources required by up to 75%.
The ability to model complex multi-step, multi-user SAP business processes
Continuous testing of SAP solutions to help ensure business continuityIncreased test coverage, while reducing time required for compressed SAP test cycles
Business users can test their own processes; no need for outside programmers or scriptors
Uses the same user interface; test interfacesUses data in the SAP system, without using spreadsheets

”This acquisition bolsters Worksoft offerings with premier performance test and tune capabilities,” said Bruce Johnson, CEO and President of Worksoft. “We will continue to augment our offerings with our own R&D, partnerships, and acquisitions, to compete effectively and become the dominant testing solution in the marketplace,” Johnson said. “We are already experiencing this shift firsthand, as year-to-date, Worksoft has won 23 new competitive accounts related to SAP,” he said.

About Worksoft Certify

Worksoft’s flagship product, Worksoft Certify, offers a patented and unique ”scriptless” approach to functional and business process validation testing, which allows business analysts and functional users to define, execute, and maintain tests through a menu-driven interface with business language narratives.

Worksoft Certify provides a single integrated platform for testing business processes across the enterprise without relying on time-consuming and inefficient scripting processes. Processes that span multiple technologies and platforms, such as SAP solutions, .Net, HTML, JAVA, and even the mainframe, can be effectively tested in a single, seamless test process. Worksoft Certify’s unique “learn” feature maps each screen of the customer’s application to automatically discover all of the functions it contains, such as input fields, labels, and pull down boxes, among others.Information and demonstrations of Worksoft Certify solutions will be available at Worksoft’s booth (#99) at SAP TechEd 2008 Las Vegas and or by contacting Worksoft at 1-866-836-1773 or www.worksoft.com.

About Worksoft, Inc.

Worksoft pioneers innovative approaches to software quality testing, and is a premier provider of lifecycle automation solutions for use with SAP solutions to reduce the total cost of ownership for users. Worksoft’s unique “scriptless” or code-free approach to creating and maintaining test cases speeds the rollout of SAP solutions by up to 60 percent; shortens time-to-value by improving reliability of business processes; and meets compliance, training and reporting requirements through the auto-generation of documentation and capture of reusable business process knowledge. Worksoft's customers include industry leaders in manufacturing, financial services, government, healthcare, retail and transportation. Worksoft was founded in 1998 and has its headquarters in Dallas, Texas.Contact Worksoft at 1-866-836-1773 or visit www.worksoft.com

About Test Factory LLC.

Test Factory develops solutions to facilitate automated and advanced testing services of the entire SAP solution-based landscape. The company was formed in 1997 by former system integrators to provide solutions to address the unit, integration, regression and scalability testing for use with SAP applications. Contact Test Factory at www.testfactory.com

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Worksoft® Announces Integration to HP Quality Center

Tue, 09 Sep 2008

LAS VEGAS and DALLAS - Sept. 9, 2008 - Worksoft, Inc., a leading provider of automated testing solutions, announced today integration between Worksoft Certify and HP Quality Center. With this integration, automated tests created using Worksoft Certify’s unique “scriptless” technology can be managed and executed through HP Quality Center. The status and results of Worksoft Certify test processes are automatically available within HP Quality Center for consistent reporting and test project management. Integration between Worksoft Certify and HP Quality Center’s Defect Management module also allows users to automate the creation and management of application defects identified by Worksoft Certify.

Unlike legacy automation solutions based on script record and playback, Worksoft Certify provides an automated testing platform, using its unique, patented ‘scriptless’ approach, that certifies end-to-end business processes across the enterprise with packaged best practices, helping maximize return on investment (ROI).

“Worksoft customers want to leverage Worksoft Certify’s powerful automated testing capabilities across ERPs and internally developed applications,” said Bruce Johnson, president and CEO of Worksoft, Inc. “By integrating to HP Quality Center, customers who have invested in HP’s test management solutions will be able to seamlessly maximize their investment in their existing test management solution.”

This integration is delivered through HP Quality Center’s open APIs as a joint project with Worksoft’s partner, Celtic Testing Experts, Inc. (CTE). Celtic provides superior quality assurance (QA) testing services, resources, and solutions.

“This has been an exciting project for both Worksoft and CTE,” said Noel A. Kierans, CTE president and founder. “The integrated solution provides advance test automation in a framework that many of the organizations we work with have already standardized on.”

Information and demonstrations of Worksoft Certify are available at Worksoft’s booth (#99) at SAP® TechEd 2008 Las Vegas or by contacting Worksoft at www.worksoft.com.

About Worksoft, Inc.

About Celtic Testing Experts (CTE)

Celtic Testing Experts, Inc., provides superior quality assurance (QA) services, resources and products to leading organizations throughout Atlanta and North America. CTE provides customers with increased project visibility, process implementation, improved communication, project organization, leadership, quality metrics, and reporting. CTE has its headquarters in Acworth, Georgia.

Contact CTE at 1-678-687-9463 or visit their website at www.celtictestingexperts.com

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Worksoft® Announces Support for SOA Testing

Tue, 09 Sep 2008

LAS VEGAS and DALLAS - Sept. 9, 2008 - Worksoft, Inc., a leading provider of solutions that accelerate deployments of SAP® applications, today announced the availability of Worksoft CertifyTM for SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) version 8.2.1. This announcement extends the testing coverage provided by Worksoft’s flagship product, Worksoft Certify, which also support technologies and platforms such as SAP solutions, .Net, HTML, JAVA, Unix, C++, and even the mainframe.

“SOA drives business value by ensuring that the IT services required to quickly respond to changing business needs are delivered in a secure and manageable way,” said Bruce Johnson, CEO and President of Worksoft. “Worksoft Certify for SOA simplifies the validation of these dynamic, composite applications by allowing WSDLs and messages to be tested in the context of the end-to-end business process they support.”

Certify for SOA allows:

Tests to be designed and executed at the business process level to validate, in context, both the Web Services and the end-user application, covering the stack from bottom to top
The simulations of both the messages and responses to allow test suites to be built and executed before producer services are even available, thereby compressing the overall SOA Project Lifecycle
The automated identification of all changes to the XML and SOAP messages and test cases that are impacted with each new revision of the service Seamless integration into Certify’s existing repository of reports, requirements, test data and processes

About Worksoft Certify

Worksoft Certify provides a single integrated platform for testing business processes across the enterprise without relying on time-consuming and inefficient scripting processes. Processes that span multiple technologies and platforms such as SAP solutions, .Net, HTML, JAVA, and even the mainframe, can be effectively tested in a single, seamless test process. Worksoft Certify’s unique “learn” feature maps each screen of the customer’s application to automatically discover all of the functions it contains, such as input fields, labels, and pull down boxes, among others.

Information and demonstrations of Worksoft Certify for SOA are available at Worksoft’s booth (#99) at SAP TechEd 2008 Las Vegas or by contacting Worksoft at 1-866-836-1773 or www.worksoft.com.

About Worksoft, Inc.

Worksoft pioneers innovative approaches to software quality testing, and is a premier provider of lifecycle automation solutions for use with SAP® solutions to reduce the total cost of ownership for users. Worksoft’s unique “scriptless” or code-free approach to creating and maintaining test cases speeds the rollout of SAP solutions by up to 60 percent; shortens time-to-value by improving reliability of business processes; and meets compliance, training and reporting requirements through the auto-generation of documentation and capture of reusable business process knowledge. Worksoft's customers include industry leaders in manufacturing, financial services, government, healthcare, retail and transportation. Worksoft was founded in 1998 and has its headquarters in Dallas, Texas.
Contact Worksoft at 1-866-836-1773 or visit www.worksoft.com

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Worksoft® Announces Availability of Certify 8.2.1 to Support SAP® GUI for HTML

Tue, 12 Aug 2008

Dallas, TX - Aug 12, 2008 - Worksoft, Inc., a leading provider of solutions that accelerate deployments of SAP® applications, today announced the availability of Worksoft CertifyTM version 8.2.1, which now provides support for SAP® GUI for HTML. Worksoft Certify's database-centric model for storing and executing test assets allows pre-defined tests for key SAP applications to be quickly loaded and customized based on each customer's unique SAP configuration. Release 8.2.1 furthers this advancement by also allowing the same pre-defined tests to be executed against either SAP user interface. New enhancements include:

Support for SAP GUI for HTML: Users can create a single set of automated tests that can interact with either the SAP GUI for Windows® or the SAP GUI for HTML, using the same metadata model.
Support for locale-specific date and number formats: Users can interact with number and date formats consistent with their geographic locale, enabling the user to create processes that execute consistently against the AUT, regardless of the user's locale.
Enhanced filtering and selection capabilities: Users can quickly find information needed by simply typing in all or parts of search strings. This ‘type ahead' capability can be used in conjunction with Worksoft Certify's existing filtering capability.

“This new release represents our continuing investment in leading the market and meeting the needs of our customers” said Bruce Johnson, CEO and president of Worksoft. “We are constantly improving our capabilities for reducing customer cost of ownership while improving time to market.”

Information and demonstrations of Worksoft Certify and the Worksoft Certify Executive Dashboard are available by contacting Worksoft at 1-866-836-1773 or by visiting www.worksoft.com.

About Worksoft Certify

Worksoft's flagship product, Worksoft Certify, offers a patented and unique ”scriptless” approach to functional and business process validation testing, which allows business analysts and functional users to define, execute, and maintain tests through a menu-driven interface with business language narratives.

Worksoft Certify provides a single integrated platform for testing business processes across the enterprise without relying on time-consuming and inefficient scripting processes. Processes that span multiple technologies and platforms, such as SAP solutions, .Net, HTML, JAVA, 3270 mainframe, 5250 or UNIX midrange, and SOA messages can be effectively tested in a single, seamless test process. Worksoft Certify's unique “learn” feature maps each screen of the customer's application to automatically discover all of the functions it contains, such as input fields, labels, and pull down boxes, among others.

Information and demonstrations of Worksoft Certify 8.2.1 are available at Worksoft's booth (#99) at SAP TechEd or by contacting Worksoft at 1-866-836-1773 or www.worksoft.com.

About Worksoft, Inc.

Worksoft pioneers innovative approaches to software quality testing, and is a premier provider of lifecycle automation solutions for use with SAP® solutions to reduce the total cost of ownership for users. Worksoft's unique “scriptless” or code-free approach to creating and maintaining test cases speeds the rollout of SAP solutions by up to 60 percent; shortens time-to-value by improving reliability of business processes; and meets compliance, training and reporting requirements through the auto-generation of documentation and capture of reusable business process knowledge. Worksoft's customers include industry leaders in manufacturing, financial services, government, healthcare, retail and transportation. Worksoft was founded in 1998 and has its headquarters in Dallas, Texas.

Contact Worksoft at 1-866-836-1773 or visit www.worksoft.com.