Testing solutions for network equipment

News was released earlier this week from Fanfare, who deliver innovative testing solutions to network equipment manufacturers (NEMs) and service providers (SPs), that it has launched its latest test automation software product -- Fanfare iTest(TM) Team.
iTest Team isthe latest product offering in the iTest suite of products designed to simplify and accelerate product and system testing. Using iTest Team, SPs can test and verify the functionality,performance and behaviour of a device or group of devices purchased from NEMs. SPs can now perform complex system testing by executing simultaneous commands to a multitude of different devices in their network to simulate real-life network testing.
In addition, iTest Team's Test Audit feature captures and records all testing information. This allows testers to go back in time and access, re-create and re-run every test, action and command that was entered -saving valuable time and resources.
iTest Team is designed to simplify and accelerate device and network testing throughout development and Quality Assurance (QA) teams and between companies. iTest Team provides a communication platform that overcomes barriers such as language, location, and non-existent reporting templates that have made the basic communication of finding and reporting a bug,reproducing it, and verifying the fix a challenge. Fanfare's products serve as the common language between feature testers and developers, enabling them to seamlessly share test assets to quickly improve product quality and speed the deployment of new equipment and services to market.
Additional features of iTest Team include:

• Multi-platform support for Windows, Linux and Solaris
• Multi-threading for complex system testing
• Plug-ins for developers using Eclipse, bringing this emerging platform to commercial use
• Support of SNMP, Web and SSH protocols that enable testers of all skill levels to build automated test scripts for capture/replay capabilities.