SQA ships SQA Suite for Delphi; SQA only vendor to demonstrate automated test tool with object-level Delphi integration at Borland Developer's Conference

Business Wire, Sept 5, 1996

BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 5, 1996--SQA Inc. (NASDAQ:SQAX), the leader in automated testing of Windows client/server applications, today announced the shipment of a special Preview Evaluation version of SQA Suite for Delphi, a new version of SQA Suite that supports Delphi Client/Server Suite 2.01, Borland's 32-bit visual component-based rapid application development (RAD) tool for Windows NT and Windows 95. Demonstrated at the Borland Developer's Conference on July 28 - 31, 1996, SQA Suite for Delphi is the industry's first and only test tool to support Borland's popular new Delphi Client/Server Suite 2.01. SQA Suite for Delphi is being offered at a discount until September 30, 1996 as part of a special promotion program, which includes a free evaluation copy.

Qualified applicants can receive a free Preview Evaluation copy of SQA Suite for Delphi as part of SQA's Special Preview Program that is running until September 30, 1996. More than 100 attendees at the Borland Developer's Conference have already taken advantage of this program. A Special Discount Program is being run in conjunction with the Special Preview Program. SQA Suite for Delphi can be purchased at a special discount price of $2,395, a savings of $600 over the normal price of $2,995 for a single user license of SQA Suite: TeamTest Edition. The Special Discount Program is also effective until September 30, 1996.

"SQA Suite is the industry's first automated test tool with object-level integration for Delphi," said Zack Urlocker, Borland's director of product management. "SQA offers the fastest, most comprehensive test tool for Delphi users. SQA and Delphi deliver major benefits to anyone building enterprise client/server applications."

SQA Suite for Delphi takes advantage of Borland's Open Tools API to bring its industry-leading Object-Oriented Recording and Object Testing technologies to Delphi Client/Server Suite. SQA has been working with Borland on the testability interfaces in Borland's Open Tools API. This object-level integration allows users of SQA Suite to rapidly create reliable, position-independent test scripts for Delphi applications, and automatically test the properties and data of objects in 32-bit Delphi applications, including over 30 Delphi Visual Component Library (VCL) objects, as well as ActiveX and OLE controls. In addition, SQA Suite for Delphi provides integrated load, stress, and multi-user testing of Delphi applications in LAN and WAN environments, along with integrated test management and defect tracking.

"We integrated SQA Suite with Delphi very quickly and very thoroughly," said Eric Schurr, SQA's vice president of product management. "Our architecture is optimized for object-level integration, and the Borland Open Test API meets our specifications perfectly. As a result, SQA now offers the industry's first and most comprehensive test tool for Borland Delphi."

Through Sept. 30, 1996, SQA Suite for Delphi is available at a discounted price of $2,395 for a single-user license of SQA Suite: TeamTest Edition. For a free evaluation copy of SQA Suite for Delphi -- normally $99 per copy -- contact Mike Drew at 800.228.9922 ext. 3699. For more information about SQA Suite for Delphi, or any SQA product or service, contact SQA at 800.228.9922 or 617.229.3500.

About SQA Inc.

SQA Inc. (NASDAQ:SQAX) is the leader in automated testing of Windows client/server applications. SQA has received more industry awards than any other testing solution, winning the PC Week Labs Corporate IT Excellence (ITX) Award, PC Week Labs' Analyst Choice Award, the PowerBuilder Developer's Journal Product Excellence Award twice, the 1994 and 1995 DBMS Readers' Choice Award, and three Software Development Productivity Awards. SQA offers information about SQA's products and services via the World Wide Web at http://www.sqa.com. SQA can be contacted at SQA, Inc., One Burlington Woods, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803. -0-

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