voke Analyst Firm Identifies Test Automation as Next Big Advancement in Network Equipment Manufacturing

voke's New Report Supports Fanfare's Mission to Deliver Commercial Testing Tools to Speed Delivery of High Quality Products

Mountain View, California – January 10, 2007 – The Fanfare Group, Inc., delivering innovative testing solutions to network equipment manufacturers, applauds a new industry report from voke, inc. The report substantiates Fanfare's mission to supply networking equipment manufacturers with robust commercially supported solutions that help their quality assurance (QA) organizations improve team-wide efficiencies.

"The voke report reinforces what we are seeing in the industry," says Tom Ryan, Fanfare CEO. "Senior management at leading networking equipment manufacturers are telling us test has become a critical function for delivery of the highest quality products that customers are demanding. As a result, initiatives are being launched to improve and manage quality. The availability of commercial tools that facilitate higher levels of automation and reuse are the next big advancement for improved testing within equipment manufacturers and are key to achieving quality goals."

Fanfare helps equipment vendors improve their testing processes and break the QA backlog by radically simplifying and accelerating test automation. With Fanfare, testing activities that used to take weeks can now be performed in hours. The company's flagship product, FanfareSVT®, is the first commercially developed test automation software for validating the functionality of high-tech equipment. FanfareSVT detects defects earlier in the product development cycle and automatically generates documented test cases that are reusable for new product and subsequent software releases. This allows QA teams to focus on increasing test coverage, product innovation and time to market.

"The voke Market Snapshot report clearly shows that network equipment testing is certainly poised for the introduction and use of commercial products, tools and services," says Theresa Lanowitz, voke CEO. "Customers and potential customers have a unique opportunity to forge relationships with commercial providers to create best practices in their testing organizations."

More information about the voke Network Equipment Testing Market Snapshot report can be found on Fanfare's Web site: http://www.fanfaregoup.com/downloads/documentLibrary/index.aspx

About The Fanfare Group

Fanfare is revolutionizing how high-tech equipment vendors manage product release cycles. By combining test development, execution, documentation, and automation into a single step, the company offers the first commercially developed test automation software for validating the functionality of high-tech equipment. Using the FanfareSVT™ family of products, quality assurance teams improve customer satisfaction and reduce QA costs. Founded in 2004, Fanfare is a private company based in Mountain View, California, with venture backing from Matrix Partners and Redpoint Ventures. More information about the company and FanfareSVT can be found at www.fanfaregroup.com

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