MU DYNAMICS AND LEADING SBC VENDORS DEFINE INDUSTRY-FIRST VOIP/SBC TEST METHODOLOGY
Test Methodology Cookbook Ensures VoIP and SBC Products Meet Service Providers’ Requirements
SUNNYVALE, CA – June 23, 2009 - Mu Dynamics, the leader in providing network operators and vendors network application testing for converged services, today published cooperative detailed VoIP testing methodologies providing best practices for product quality testing of Session Border Controllers (SBCs) throughout the software development life cycle. By incorporating the methodology, along with the newly announced Mu Studio custom and proprietary test module, leading SBC vendors are now improving the quality of their products and lower total development and test times by identifying and eliminating problems earlier in the development process.
“Utilizing Mu’s Test Suite enables our engineering team to improve our reliability and quality of our SBC products through thorough “stress testing” well in advance of commercial shipment,” said Yair Hevdeli, Vice President of Engineering for Veraz Networks.
SBC vendors including Veraz now use the best practices as described in the test methodology using the highly-automated Mu Test Suite. With the new Mu Studio test module, both service providers and SBC vendor suppliers can rapidly build highly customized test cases tailored to rapidly emerging next-generation IP-based service rollouts, e.g., for IPTV, IMS, LTE, all of which feature complex, multi-protocol interactions highly specific to the deployments at a given network operator. The Mu Test Suite accelerates the discovery, documentation and reduction of potential product quality issues before product release. By identifying and resolving software weaknesses early in the development process, the Mu Test Suite ensures quality is achieved at the lowest possible cost, while maximizing the productivity of the QA and Engineering teams.
"Today, fixed and mobile operators require the highest possible quality VoIP and real-time media products to in turn offer the most reliable service offerings in an increasingly competitive market," said Brian Partridge, senior analyst, The Yankee Group. "There is a growing need for service providers and vendors to proactively test nearly every facet of networked applications for unexpected weaknesses."
Equipment vendors can customize the Mu Test Suite implementation for product development, analysis and testing processes using dynamically generated and unexpected service level traffic variations. Now, with the new Mu Studio test module: If you can capture an important service-enabling traffic exchange, you can test it thoroughly. The VoIP and SBC testing methodology details scripts for QA, Development, Engineering and Support groups to statefully apply millions of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) network traffic variations that allow precise measurement of real-time product performance under “perfect storm” conditions. This repeatable and automated process ensures optimal product performance, as well as robustness.
As a result of adopting Mu Dynamics’ test suite including Mu Studio, SBC vendors are performing accurate and automated regression, trending and negative testing. Their pragmatic integration of the Mu Test Suite, showcased on the Mu web site’s Test Methodologies page, demonstrates the considerable advantages of automated testing for the unexpected throughout the software development lifecycle.
About Mu Dynamics
Mu Dynamics proactively eliminates costly service and product weaknesses by testing for the unexpected. Mu's solution automates a systematic and repeatable process that identifies hard-to-detect sources of potential downtime within IP services and underlying networks. The award-winning Mu solution is deployed at more than 130 locations, primarily at leading global service providers, government agencies, and network product vendors. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Mu is backed by leading venture capital firms that include Accel Partners, Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures and Focus Ventures.
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