This June, at the HP Technology Forum in Las Vegas, HP announced the launch of its new NonStop-based blade server, which represented the industry's first fault-tolerant blade server.

Ascert is now pleased to announce that as part of HP's early-adopter program, we have completed the testing of Ascert's VersaTest and Relate products on the new platform, and made new versions available for immediate download from our website.

"These new product versions represent Ascert's continued commitment to our many NSK customers and the HP Integrity NonStop market in general", said Andrew Mould, Managing Partner at Ascert.

The new HP Integrity NonStop NB50000c BladeSystem offers twice the performance of existing NonStop server offerings at half the footprint, delivering the lowest total cost of ownership of any server in its class. "Customers are always looking to leverage the price-performance benefits that HP's newest NonStop platforms deliver. With the extremely high dollar values processed by NonStop servers, testing is essential when they undergo this change, and Ascert are still the only vendor that offer a native testing environment for the NonStop platform," Mould added.

For more information on HP's new HP Integrity NonStop BladeSystem click here.

You can also download a BladeSystem-compatible version of VersaTest and Relate (Registration required).

Ascert Launches VersaTest Automation Plug-in for Quality Center for Users of Quality Center Software

Sausalito, California (PRWEB) June 16, 2008 – Ascert announces the launch of the VersaTest Automation Plug-in for Quality Center to the market place at the HP Technology Forum, Las Vegas, NV.  The VersaTest Automation Plug-in for Quality Center provides a bridge between VersaTest Automator and HP’s Quality Center.  It automatically creates central management, visibility, and a repository of tests and test results.

“The VersaTest Automation Plug-in for Quality Center is unique as it is not just a typical plug-in module like many others that exist in the market place.  The product achieves a significant level of automation and expands the reach of Quality Center into parts of the enterprise that are otherwise inacessible,” said Rob Walker, Managing Partner of Ascert.  “The VersaTest Automation Plug-in for Quality Center allows for a Quality Center user to define and execute VersaTest server-level interface tests within Quality Center, validate the pass/fail results automatically, and gather the result files back to Quality Center”.

The company’s latest addition to the VersaTest suite of testing solutions which include VersaTest Automator, VersaTest Simulator, VersaTest Classic, and VersaTest OEM, builds on the powerful VersaTest engine to enable Quality Center to access the message based testing and automation capabilities of Versatest. “We realize that not all Quality Center user’s will wish to learn to use yet another product”, says Walker.  “So, we designed the plug-in to allow those users to execute VersaTest Automator tests and store test results from within the Quality Center software.  Users get the benefit of an expanded knowledge base from a familiar setting, without having to acquire new user skill sets.”  The VersaTest Automation Plug-in for Quality Center will run on Windows, Solaris and Linux servers, while Quality Center’s web client interface requires Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. VersaTest, with or without the Quality Center Plug-in, will run on any platform which supports the Java JDK v1.4.2 or higher, and will run natively on HP NonStop Servers.

Company Background:
Ascert was founded in 1992 to provide automated software testing solutions that help companies measure the performance, reliability and scalability of their mission-critical back-end servers and applications.  With over 100 clients worldwide, Ascert's products and services are used at some of the world's most successful companies.  Off-the-shelf simulators include solutions for EFT testing, POS testing, ATM testing, IFX testing, EMV/chip card testing, ISO8583 testing and 3270 & 6530 terminal testing.  Ascert’s custom simulators have been used for testing air traffic control systems and biometric payment systems.  Ascert's products assist testing professionals across industry segments to better manage their testing processes and environments through an end-to-end tool set.

For more information on Ascert or its products, contact:

For inquiries in the America’s and Asia-Pacific:

Dr. Richard B. Greene, DBA
Ascert, LLC
759 Bridgeway
Sausalito, CA 94965, USA
Telephone: 1-415-339-8500
Toll Free: 1-877-ASCERT-IT Fax: 1-415-339-8501
E-mail: info@ascert.com
www.ascert.com

For inquiries in Europe, Middle East, and Africa:

Mr. Mike Wainwright
Ascert, Limited
63 Mansell Street,
London, E1 8AN, England
Telephone: +44 (20) 7488 3470
Fax: +44 (20) 7488 3477
E-mail: ukinfo@ascert.com
www.ascert.com

Sausalito, CA (PRWEB) May 21, 2008 -- Ascert today announced that it is joining Red Hat's Independent Software Vendors (ISV) Partner program. As a Red Hat ISV, Ascert's software testing products will now support Red Hat Enterprise Linux software as an operating platform.

"This move makes a lot of sense for Ascert," said Simon Miles, Ascert's Product Architect for the VersaTest product line. "Flexibility is one of the key components of our testing software solutions. This applies not only to our ability to solve our client's diverse testing needs, but also to the platforms and operating systems on which our clients demand we run. Ascert is recognized as a leader in premier server-based testing software solutions. Continued expansion of product flexibility, platform operability and customer choice will continue to be one of our highest objectives."

Red Hat joins an elite set of supported platforms for the VersaTest product line that includes IBM, Sun, Microsoft and HP. "VersaTest was originally developed to test applications on the ultra-critical HP Integrity NonStop Server, which previously was owned by Tandem," added Miles. "We've added support for all these additional platforms, and our products are now used in a huge range of testing situations spanning many industries. Our customers find significant value in using our software and with Red Hat's recognition by CIO Insight Magazine as the number one enterprise software vendor for value for a number of years, we see the association as an excellent fit."

Company Background:
Ascert was founded in 1992 to provide automated software testing solutions that help companies measure the performance, reliability and scalability of their mission-critical back-end servers and applications. With over 100 clients worldwide, Ascert's products and services, are used at some of the world's most successful companies. Off-the-shelf simulators based on the industry-leading VersaTest platform include solutions for EFT testing, POS testing, ATM testing, IFX testing, EMV/chip card testing, ISO8583 testing and 3270 & 6530 terminal testing. The VersaTest platform provides flexible and affordable solutions for any company through their VersaTest Automator™ and VersaTest Simulator™ products. Ascert's custom simulators have been used for testing air traffic control systems and biometric payment systems. Ascert's products assist testing professionals across industry segments to better manage their testing processes and environments through an end-to-end tool set.

For more information on Ascert or its products, please contact us.

Ascert launches VersaTest Simulator and VersaTest Automator solution products for the testing industry.

Sausalito, Calif. (PRWEB) April 16, 2008 -- Ascert announces the launch of two new products at the Annual Meeting and Expo of the Electronic Transactions Association in Las Vegas, Nevada. VersaTest Simulator is a prepackaged device and interface testing solution that leverages the industry's most powerful server-based testing engine, VersaTest, with an easy to use, browser-based test-control interface. "This offering is a first for our company and for the industry," said Andrew Mould, Managing Partner of Ascert. "VersaTest Simulator is designed with a set of tools specifically focused on companies needing to fast-start their testing programs. Best of all, VersaTest Simulator is priced at a point that any budget can afford."

Another first for the company is the launch of VersaTest Automator, a powerful end-to-end test automation tool for use in enterprise environments that support multiple devices and interfaces. "Many software testing providers talk about automation but we believe that VersaTest Automator is the first to truly deliver on that talk," says Mould. "This is a very powerful tool for testing automation. Our products are known as top tier testing solutions and VersaTest Automator builds on that reputation and takes the industry several giant leaps forward. Our customers who have used early versions of the product have found significant time savings, and that translates into a huge return on investment for them."

Ascert is recognized as a leading provider of premier testing software solutions. The company already has a number of EFT customers who have migrated from VersaTest Classic, the new name for Ascert's legacy testing product, and are now using the two new products. "VersaTest Classic will continue to live on and be enhanced," confirmed Mould. "There will always be some customers and resellers who want to do their own thing, for which VersaTest Classic provides the perfect foundation."

For other users, the new simulation model implemented by VersaTest Automator allows them to leverage common features provided by VersaTest Automator and gain significantly enhanced test control and management functionality. With open-ended 3rd party integration as a key component, VersaTest Automator provides the ability to connect to enterprise test management systems such as HP's Quality Center greatly expanding the reach and relevance of those systems. By providing the linkage between the management tools and the simulators which actually execute the tests, VersaTest Automator can eliminate the gap that exists between test documentation, simulation and true test automation.

Click here for more information on the new VersaTest product family.

ACI chooses the Ascert testing software suite for use in their worldwide enterprise.

Sausalito, California - January 28, 2008

Ascert, a leading provider of testing and quality assurance solutions announces that ACI Worldwide has renewed their commitment for the use of Ascert's products across the ACI enterprise. The Ascert suite of products, which include VersaTest/NSK, VersaTest/MP and Relate, can reduce overall testing cycles by supporting end-to-end testing environments.

"ACI's continued commitment to using Ascert products internally and with their customers is a testament to our vision of what server based testing products should be," said Rob Walker, Managing Partner of Ascert.  "Our software takes a complete, holistic approach to testing.  In simplest terms, our software takes the heavy lifting out of automated testing."

About ACI Worldwide:

Every second of every day, ACI Worldwide solutions are at work processing electronic payments, managing risk, automating back office systems and providing application infrastructure services.   ACI is a leading international provider of solutions for banking, retail and cross-industry systems.  ACI serves more than 800 customers in 84 countries including many of the world's largest financial institutions, retailers and payment processors.  Visit ACI Worldwide at www.aciworldwide.com.

About Ascert:

Ascert was founded in 1992 to provide automated software testing solutions that help companies measure the performance, reliability and scalability of their mission-critical back-end servers and applications. With over 100 clients worldwide, Ascert's products and services are used at some of the world's most successful companies. Off-the-shelf simulators include solutions for EFT testing, POS testing, ATM testing, IFX testing, EMV/chip card testing, ISO8583 testing and 3270 & 6530 terminal testing.  Ascert's custom simulators have been used for testing air traffic control systems and biometric payment systems. Ascert's products assist testing professionals across industry segments to better manage their testing processes and environments through an end-to-end tool set.

For more information on Ascert or its products, contact:

For inquiries in the America's and Asia-Pacific:

Dr. Richard B. Greene, DBA
Ascert, LLC
759 Bridgeway
Sausalito, CA 94965, USA
Telephone: 1-415-339-8500
Toll Free: 1-877-ASCERT-IT Fax: 1-415-339-8501
E-mail: info @ ascert.com
www.ascert.com

For inquiries in Europe, Middle East, and Africa:

Mr. Mike Wainwright
Ascert, Limited
63 Mansell Street,
London, E1 8AN, England
Telephone: +44 (20) 7488 3470
Fax: +44 (20) 7488 3477
E-mail: ukinfo @ ascert.com
www.ascert.com

Ascert hires new U.S. based sales and marketing manager and launches new customer service and communications initiative.

Sausalito, California (PRWEB) December 18, 2007 – Ascert recruits Dr. Richard B. Greene, DBA, SSBB to head a new sales and marketing initiative.  As a recognized expert in his field, Dr. Greene has a long history and career in software, testing, and database management.  He’s held executive positions at many recognizable industry leaders such as ACNielsen Research, Time Inc., and Information Resources, Inc.

"We're very pleased to have Dr. Greene on board to head up our new sales and marketing activities, said Andrew Mould, Managing Partner of Ascert.  He's a real strategic thinker with significant ability to think outside the box.  His background as a Six Sigma Black Belt is highly relevant with many of our customers who use our software as part of their “quality” programs.  We're excited about him leading the charge in our new initiatives."

Greene’s position was formerly held by Jill Sanchez, a veteran Ascert associate, who will be leading and developing Ascert’s Customer Communications & Service Division, a new organization within Ascert.  “Jill has built a rock solid sales department here at Ascert, says Mould.  She’s highly regarded by our customers and she’s a natural to be developing this department, which will significantly improve customer communications and satisfaction.”

Company Background:

Ascert was founded in 1992 to provide automated software testing solutions that help companies measure the performance, reliability and scalability of their mission-critical back-end servers and applications. With over 100 clients worldwide, Ascert's products and services are used at some of the world's most successful companies. Off-the-shelf simulators include solutions for EFT testing, POS testing, ATM testing, IFX testing, EMV/chip card testing, ISO8583 testing and 3270 & 6530 terminal testing.  Ascert’s custom simulators have been used for testing air traffic control systems and biometric payment systems. Ascert's products assist testing professionals across industry segments to better manage their testing processes and environments through an end-to-end tool set.

For more information on Ascert or its products, contact:

For inquiries in the America’s and Asia-Pacific:

Dr. Richard B. Greene, DBA

Ascert, LLC
759 Bridgeway
Sausalito, CA 94965, USA

Telephone: 1-415-339-8500
Toll Free: 1-877-ASCERT-IT Fax: 1-415-339-8501

E-mail: info @ ascert.com

www.ascert.com

For inquiries in Europe, Middle East, and Africa:

Mr. Mike Wainwright

Ascert, Limited
63 Mansell Street,
London, E1 8AN, England

Telephone: +44 (20) 7488 3470
Fax: +44 (20) 7488 3477

E-mail: ukinfo @ ascert.com

www.ascert.com

RBS Lynk, the US payment processing arm of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group and the third-largest transaction acquirer in the world, has selected VersaTest™ for use in functional interface testing.
   
Faced with extremely short project timeframes, RBS Lynk turned to Ascert rather than use their incumbent testing tool vendor. They then utilized Ascert Professional Servies to develop a simulator script that would generate the full range of test messages they required in order to verify the functionality of a new application interface being developed as part of the project. 

"Ascert proved their ability to delivery quicky and to respond to last minute changes, which was critical to the success of this project."

Ascert is pleased to announce that Swedbank, the leading bank in Sweden, has licensed both our Relate™ and VersaTest™ products for use on the HP NonStop Server platform. 

Swedbank will be using VersaTest™ and Relate™ to support both functional and regression testing for their BASE24 environment.  Swedbank has also engaged Ascert's Professional Services Team to provide an initial set of VersaTest scripts to simulate both front-end devices and back-end authorization systems.  Swedbank personnel attended a VersaTest training class in Ascert's London office.

Swedbank is the leading bank in Sweden, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, offering a full range of  financial services for private individuals, corporates and organisations.  Swedbank also operates in Denmark, Finland, Norway, Western Russia, Luxembourg, Ukraine, US, China and Japan.