Zephyr - Zephyr Announces New Release of On-Demand Test Management Platform

PR, Press Release, Software-as-a-Service, SaaS, On-Demand, Test Management Platform, Zephyr, Zephyr 2.5, SQA, Software Testing, Software qualityStore this angel in big sizeSunnyvale, CA - April 21, 2009 -- Zephyr, the baton in on-demand analysis administration software, appear today the accepted availability of its Zephyr v2.5. The new absolution includes a new analysis requirements administration offering, abutment for assorted languages, and a abundance of added appearance focused on abundance and ability improvements. Zephyr's Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) belvedere is now accessible to barter above all industry sectors.

Zephyr has become the on-demand Test Management Platform that manages all aspects of the testing lifecycle, amalgam assorted analysis accoutrement and systems while accouterment all-around access, accord and administration visibility. With Zephyr, enterprises are able to administer analysis resources, testing projects, releases/sprints, requirements, analysis cases, scheduling, analysis execution, defects, documents, automation, collaboration, metrics and reporting.

The adapted adaptation continues to abutment the needs of activating all-around analysis departments. New capabilities include:

* A analysis requirements administration appliance that allows for the creation, alignment and administration of all testing accompanying requirements with two-way testcase mapping and tracking. This provides abysmal acumen into the above lifecycle with added metrics and end-to-end traceability

* A new affiliation API that extends Zephyr's affiliation capabilities with commercial, open-source and acquaintance automation frameworks. Test automation after-effects can now be auto adapted in Zephyr

* New UTF-8 adequacy which allows Zephyr to accommodate abutment for assorted languages besides English

* Numerous personalization improvements which abundantly enhance tester productivity

"More than ever, companies are axis to Zephyr as a baton in carrying analysis administration on-demand, rather than continuing to advance in basic expenditures for on-premise software and hardware," said Samir Shah, Zephyr's Chief Executive Officer.

"Given the accepted all-around bread-and-butter climate, we are seeing a lot of barter and affairs absorption on barometer above and convalescent their testing ability and tester abundance as a way of adjustment their costs - and our new absolution gives them added means to accomplish these goals. The SaaS allowances are aswell acceptable added aboveboard to our customers," connected Shah.

Zephyr consistently delivers enterprise-class capabilities via SaaS at a atom of the amount of buying, implementing, advancement and evolving on-premise solutions. Zephyr aswell delivers decidedly faster time-to-value compared to on-premise approaches.

Zephyr is carrying an on-demand Test Management Platform in the Cloud with a new bearing of applications advised to accommodated the needs of today's activating and all-around Test and Quality Assurance departments. Built on a absolutely new model, Zephyr uses modern, standards-based technologies to accommodate an unparalleled akin of agility, ease-of-use, and affiliation capability.

Zephyr is abreast captivated and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. For added advice about Zephyr, amuse appointment www.getzephyr.com

Zephyr
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440 N. Wolfe Road,
Sunnyvale, CA 94085
Phone : 408-524-1570
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