IXIA PARTNERS WITH MU DYNAMICS TO EXPAND AUTOMATION OF IP SERVICE ASSURANCE AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT LIFECYCLE
Mu Service Analyzer Automates IP Services Robustness and Availability Testing within Ixia's New TesLA Initiative
SUNNYVALE, CA – August
26, 2008 - Mu Dynamics, a pioneer in helping network operators and
their technology vendors eliminate service downtime through proactive service
assurance, today announced a new test automation partnership with Ixia™
(NASDAQ: XXIA) a leading, global provider of IP performance test systems.
Ixia and Mu will collaborate on further automating IP
Service deployment testing for customer product development and network
services initiatives. The two firms are
combining capabilities to address the industry's largest IP developers and service
deployment networks. Participation in
Ixia's new multivendor, IP test automation TesLA (Test Lab Automation Alliance)
initiative further helps Mu customers by:
- Proactively
automating Service
Assurance for NGN IP services including VoIP Robustness Testing
- Building
higher quality products faster and at less cost
- Further
automating existing software development lifecycles (SDLC), and improving
new product feature market velocity
"Customers are being asked to do more in less time with
fewer resources, and automation plays a critical role in helping customers
efficiently and effectively overcome this challenge," said Dave Kresse, CEO at
Mu Dynamics. "Ixia's broad range of
load-based testing expertise compliments Mu's focus on removing reliability,
availability and security concerns to effectively eliminate downtime and
quality assurance issues in NGN IP Services."
"Ixia and Mu share a common vision for TesLA to further
improve the efficiency and effectiveness of IP service and network testing to
help customers deliver superior quality products and gain accelerated time to
market advantages," said Atul Bhatnagar, president and CEO of Ixia. "Mu's customers already benefit from a robust
and automated service analyzer solution and Ixia's TesLA initiative stands to
further reduce the challenges of testing next generation IP networking
equipment and converged services."
Mu's service analyzer offers three product modules; Service Level
Traffic Variation Analysis (Protocol Mutations), Known/Published
Vulnerability Analysis and Denial of Service
(DoS) Analysis. The Mu solution
automates a wide range of customers' existing service assurance, quality
assurance, SDLC and product quality deployment processes. This includes offering a wide range of
automation interfaces to solutions like HP
Quality Center. Mu's functionality also extends to web-based automation
frameworks including the XML-based Web
Services Description Language (WSDL) and Representational State Transfer (REST). Both of these interfaces help customers easily integrate the Mu solution into web-based laboratory automation frameworks, or simply to allow the Mu service analyzer to be controlled from
custom-tailored, user-defined interfaces.
TesLA Executive Roundtable Webcast
Related Mu customer testimonials are available online:
http://www.mudynamics.com/solutions/customers/wins.html.
About Ixia
Ixia is a leading provider of performance test systems for IP-based infrastructure and services. Ixia's test systems are used by network and telephony equipment manufacturers, semiconductor manufacturers, service providers, governments and enterprises to validate the functionality and reliability of complex IP networks, devices, and applications. Ixia's multiplay test systems address the growing need to test voice, video, and data services and network capability under real-world conditions.
About Mu Dynamics
Mu Dynamics
proactively eliminates the high cost of service, application and network downtime. Mu's solution automates a systematic and
repeatable process that identifies hard-to-detect sources of potential downtime
within IP services, applications, and underlying networks. The award-winning Mu solution is deployed at
more than 100 locations, primarily at leading global service providers, cable
operators 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. http://www.mudynamics.com
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