New Tools

Abbot Java GUI Test Framework
Timothy Wall produced testing framework. Features include automated event generation, Java validation of GUI components. The framework can be invoked directly from Java code or without programming vis Costello scripts. Builds upon the java.awt.Robot class. Suitable for both unit tests by developers and functional testing.
actiWate
Freeware web application testing environment. An advanced framework for scripting tests, Atttached is the Test Writing Assistant which is a browser plug -in.
Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner
Security testing application based on crawling web sites. It selects servers from a particular IP or IP range. The site is crawled accumulating information about every file and displaying the site structure. An automatic audit is performed covering common security issues. Technologies such as CGI, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET are tested for vulnerabilities. Areas covered are cross-site scripting, CRLF injection, code execution, directory traversal. MSIE and Windows required.
AgentWebRanking
Search engine monitoring software aiming to improve search engine ranks and submit URLs. Features include keyword searches and specified search depth. Comparisons can be made with competitor sites and meta tag creation. Windows and MSIE required. [It has to be noted that most search engines do not automated URL submission. Users are forced to enter a bespoke text.]
Agitator
Unit test tool for Java developers from Agitar Software. Eclipse and other IDEs available. Instances of classes are created, each method is called with dynamically created sets of input data. XML storage of information. Junit generation and code-rule enforcement are also available.
Alchemy Eye
Server monitoring tool for availability and performance. Vendor is Alchemy Lab. Notifications can be by cell phone, pager, e-mail. External programs can be executed externally and events loggeed.
Alert Linkrunner
Windows-based link checking tool from Viable Software.
AlertBot
Monitor service that enables webmasters to test website availability and performance. They can be alerted of downtime. FTP, HTTP, https, pop3, snmp, ip and dns server monitoring
AlertMeFirst
Web site performance and availability monitoring service. The perspective taken is the consumer. Mail servers, proxy servers, transaction servers and databases can be all monitored.
AlertSite
A package of monitoring tools and services for webmasters. Performance and availability are the focus. Notification can be by e-mail, pager or mobile.
Apache JMeter
Functional load testing tool from the Apache Software Foundation. The software both tests behaviour and measures performance. A wide range of applications can be tested, the original use was for web applications. Static and dynamic resources. E.g. files, Servlets, Perl scripts, Java Objects, Data Bases and Queries and FTP Servers. Servers, networkd or objects can be placed under heavy loads. Alternatively a range of loads and types can be applied. Reporting can be graphical of performance. Jave-based.
PocketSOAP
GUI-based packet capture tool. Packet data is captured and displayed between local client and web server. Captures can be saved to disk. Available for Windows, binaries and source. PocketXML-RPC and PocketHTTP also available.
PowerMapper
Tool for automated site mapping, accessibility and usability checking. HTML validation, link checking, CSS validation, browser compatibility. Vendor is Electrum Multimedia. Requires Windows and MSIE.