Shunra Wins HP Certification for VE Desktop

Shunra has achieved the HP certification of Shunra VE Desktop for HP Software, a Windows-based solution that tests the impact of applications on networks in all developmental stages by emulating a wide area network (WAN) and detailing network conditions seamlessly during load testing. The interoperability with HP LoadRunner enables a powerful, integrated solution offering customers highly-accurate, network performance testing.

"Shunra VE Desktop for HP Software has transformed the traditional 'develop on a LAN -- deploy on a WAN' methodology by providing actual depictions of real-world network impact in all phases of the application development lifecycle, prior to deployment," said Thomas Charlton, CEO, Shunra. "End-user experience is a critical business driver for our customers, and Shunra significantly increases deployment success rates by analyzing WAN characteristics and impact on geographically remote end-users. Companies are now gravitating toward the requirement of network-aware applications at all developmental stages in order to avoid costly performance bottlenecks, time troubleshooting and rollout failures."

"Application performance testing labs are looking to lower costs, while delivering load test results in a simple, repeatable manner," said Subbu Iyer, Senior Director of Products, Performance Center and LoadRunner, Software, HP. "The combination of HP LoadRunner with Shunra VE Desktop for HP Software allows customers to achieve this and test network-aware applications with a WAN emulation capability."

Shunra also strengthened its collaboration with HP by joining the HP Marketplace Referral Program, which will enhance Shunra's collaboration in the field and accelerate the adoption of joint solutions.

"Network performance testing software interoperability is valuable within the application development lifecycle," said Joe Skorupa, Research VP, Enterprise Communications Applications and Infrastructure, Gartner. "WAN emulation coupled with load testing can provide application developers and network engineers the ability to develop more network-aware applications."

LoadRunner Add-In From J9

J9 Technologies Inc. today announced a new solution in its JDBC Protocol Add-in product line, enabling customers to extend the capabilities of HP LoadRunner, to stress and isolate problems in the backend data tier and deploy new applications with confidence. J9 is a member of the HP Quality Management Ecosystem, which provides alliance members the ability to develop test accelerators for HP Quality Center and HP Performance Center to support additional platforms, applications and environments.


The JDBC Protocol Add-in leverages HP LoadRunner technology, capturing all SQL traffic going from a Java application to the backend database and playing it back to directly exercise the data tier for high concurrency testing. This helps QA teams apply a measurable and repeatable load to the database and expose potential performance problems early in the development cycle. The auto-generation of database testing scripts replaces the need for writing complex Java code and frees up QA resources for other QA activities.


The JDBC Protocol Add-in from J9 Technologies is fully tested with the full suite of HP LoadRunner solutions, and can easily be used alongside all other HP LoadRunner protocols to create a more realistic and comprehensive load test.


"For the last 6 years, J9 Technologies has been working closely with HP to ensure that customers get more out of their HP LoadRunner and HP Performance Center investments," said Clay Roach, President and CEO for J9 Technologies. "We are very excited about this latest addition in our new line of JDBC Protocol Add-ins and the value it will deliver to our mutual customers for simplifying their JDBC testing efforts. The JDBC Protocol Add-in can help reduce testing cycles dramatically and enable QA, Dev and DBA teams to collaborate on fine-tuning database testing."


"HP is committed to helping our customers rapidly deliver critical business applications that function and perform according to the needs of the business," said Erez Barak, director of product marketing, Software, HP. "HP's collaboration with J9 helps our customers increase efficiency by streamlining the complex process of database testing."

J9s Publicity Text

J9 Technologies leads the field in application performance analysis and diagnostics. Working side by side with our clients, J9 consultants utilize proven methodologies to solve mission critical application performance issues and maximize the scalability of complex application architectures. As a certified Hewlett Packard partner and reseller, J9 consultants can also install and train clients to use HP's best-of-breed monitoring tools in-house so that firefighting becomes a thing of the past. J9 fine tunes business to ensure peak performance, scalability and optimization so clients can focus on their bottom line.