Juniper Networks Taps Fanfare for Test Automation

Industry leader looks to Fanfare for continued product excellence

Mountain View, California - May 21, 2007 - Fanfare, delivering innovative testing solutions to network equipment manufacturers, today adds industry leader Juniper Networks, Inc. to its growing customer list. The FanfareSVT® test automation software provides Juniper Networks optimal product testing and quality assurance and enables faster time to market for continued customer satisfaction.

Today, verification and quality assurance (QA) in the networking equipment market can account for as much as 50 percent of a product's development cycle. FanfareSVT is the first commercially developed test automation software that enables testers and developers to define and execute tests that verify the functionality, performance, and behavior of a device or group of devices. These tests can then be used to find, reproduce, and resolve defects more quickly and to enable an automated regression system. This enhances creativity and efficiency in testing and helps companies deliver products of exceptional quality. Fanfare customers are reporting greater testing coverage, earlier defect detection, faster testing cycles, and reduction of testing backlogs.

"FanfareSVT is a productivity-enhancement tool that enables us to maintain our competitive advantage and deliver best-in-class enterprise products to market in a timely manner," said Pankaj Malhotra, director of engineering at Juniper Networks. "With the ability to automate testing earlier in the process, we can run test cases several times during the cycle. This not only allows us to accelerate our testing process, but it also allows us to be proactive and detect and resolve issues quickly and accurately."

"We are excited to add Juniper to a growing list of customers who recognize the value that Fanfare's solutions bring to the table," said Tom Ryan, Fanfare CEO. "With today's increasingly complex networking devices, the ability to automate the testing process not only speeds quality products to market, but frees up time to innovate on next generation features. Innovation and the ability to differentiate products is what keeps companies like Juniper at the forefront of their industries."

Equipment vendors interested in learning more about the benefits of deploying a fully automated testing methodology can download Fanfare's newest white paper, The Innovation Barrier, as well as market studies and survey reports on the current state of networking equipment testing at: http://www.fanfaregroup.com/downloads/documentLibrary

About Fanfare

The Fanfare Group, Inc. provides software solutions to high-tech equipment vendors that simplify and accelerate device testing in industries such as communications, aerospace and defense, consumer electronics, automotive, industrial, and medical devices. Fanfare's technology enables QA teams and developers to build and run automated tests, measure pass-fail criteria, and automatically generate documentation that can be easily shared. With Fanfare solutions, companies can move along the path toward automation while accelerating QA cycles, reducing time to market, and increasing the quality of released products. For more information about Fanfare and its products, please visit www.fanfaregroup.com.

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