iTKO Showcases New SOA Software Quality in March 7 Webinar; Industry Experts Discuss Automated Testing Issues in Applications Created with Next-Generation, Service-Oriented Architecture

Business Wire, Feb 22, 2006

DALLAS -- The next generation of software applications will be delivered with service-oriented architecture (SOA). But will this new multi-component approach herald a higher level of software quality? These are the issues and insights providing during iTKO's upcoming Webinar, March 7. The one-hour online seminar is free.

iTKO explores "Testing SOA Software: Ensuring Quality in Next-Generation Apps," during the Webinar, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Central Standard Time, March 7. Registration is available online at www.itko.com.

The seminar features Lee Copeland, a founding quality consultant with Software Quality Engineering, and John Michelsen, chief scientist and co-founder of iTKO. Copeland offers more than 30 years of experience as a information systems professional. A well-known speaker and teacher, he authored the popular reference book, "A Practitioner's Guide to Software Test Design." Michelsen has 16 years of high-level enterprise development experience and is the chief architect of LISA, a complete SOA testing platform.

"Service-oriented architecture can offer a great deal of flexibility in how businesses create applications from both new and existing technologies," Michelsen said. "But like any new approach, it brings complex quality challenges that must be solved. The practices commonly used to test new applications simply won't work in an SOA environment."

During the Web seminar, Copeland and Michelsen will discuss:

--Why SOA applications may be easier to create and modify, but harder to deeply test

--How enterprise software teams and IT departments can determine who is accountable for quality when the application has so many participants involved in its day-to-day operation

--Why today's composite SOA software requires a collaborative approach to quality, both at the component and the system level

--Practical examples of how organizations can develop effective unit, functional, regression, load and performance testing strategies in an SOA environment

iTKO Inc., based in Dallas, delivers solutions that increase software quality while reducing business risk. iTKO's software ensures that Web sites, Web services, databases, middleware and Java applications perform as designed. iTKO LISA Complete SOA Testing software decreases development risk and accelerates projects by helping clients to deeply test Web sites and back-end systems. In addition, iTKO's no-code, easy-to-use tools can be leveraged by the business team, development team and quality assurance team, enabling the entire organization to "own" quality. Founded as an enterprise software development group in 1999, the privately held company serves a variety of clients that need to ensure software quality at high transaction volume, including Cendant, Sun, EMC, Pfizer and Wyndham International. http://www.itko.com

For more information, contact Roy Miller at 972-716-4070 x235, or via e-mail at rmiller@transsynergy.com.