NEW YORK----Shunra, the world’s leading provider of
network simulation solutions, today announced version 3.0 of its Shunra
VE Desktop client/server network simulation software. Designed primarily
for developers, Shunra VE Desktop simulates a Wide Area Network WAN
link, enabling users to test applications or code under a variety of
current and potential network conditions –
directly from their desktops or laptops - early in the development
process. The new version includes a silent installation process,
enabling quick and automatic enterprise-wide deployments of Shunra VE
Desktop via any software distribution system. In addition, Shunra VE
Desktop now supports the Microsoft Windows Vista™
operating system. Shunra VE Desktop is now offered in two versions: “Standard”
for individual users and “Professional”
for multi-user enterprise development teams. A free trial of the Shunra
VE Desktop “Standard”
is available at: http://www.shunra.com/network_simulation_trial_download
With the release of version 3.0, Shunra VE Desktop is the only network
simulation solution that facilitates collaboration between the different
enterprise IT teams to understand the performance impact that
applications and the network have on each other during the development
stage of the application lifecycle. With Shunra VE Desktop, companies
can now deliver higher quality applications that provide an exceptional
user experience when the network impact is tested by development and QA
teams. Organizations that realize this include Boeing, General Dynamics,
National Instruments, The Carphone Warehouse, Siemens, Texas
Instruments, Washington Mutual, and Xerox.
“This new release is a direct result of our
customers asking us to deliver a product that enables developers to
understand how their applications will perform when exposed to real
network conditions,” said Thomas Charlton,
CEO of Shunra. “Building and testing an
application without this information is similar to designing a car
without knowledge of the terrain over which it will travel. The result
is an application that, if it were a car, might have the performance of
Ferrari with Hummer wheels. Shunra is the only company with the
technology to enable collaboration between those who develop the
application and those responsible for providing the network over
which an application’s functionality is
made available to the end user. With the release of this version we are
now providing a true enterprise-scale integrated solution that includes
software, hardware and professional services.”
Shunra VE Desktop is a Windows-based software solution that simulates a
WAN link, enabling users to test applications or code under a variety of
current and potential network conditions, including bandwidth, latency,
and packet loss, directly from their desktops or laptops. With this
insight, users can proactively determine real-life application
performance over the network, find and fix problems, and determine
capacity requirements during the development process. The Professional
edition of Shunra VE Desktop enables test scenarios to be stored in a
central repository and used by multiple users.
The new features of Shunra VE Desktop 3.0 are available for both the
standard and professional editions, and are available immediately.
Shunra VE Desktop is part of Shunra’s
industry-leading family of hardware and software-based network
simulation solutions. The Shunra VE solutions are the only suite of
network simulation products in the industry that can support the
application lifecycle at any organization –
from small businesses to multinational enterprises.
In addition to Shunra VE Desktop, the family includes Shunra VE, its
flagship solution for large enterprises. Shunra VE simulates a global
network environment in the pre-deployment lab so that network and QA
professionals can test the performance of applications and
infrastructure under a wide variety of network impairments, topologies
and technologies, as if they were running in a real production
environment. The family also includes Shunra VE SMB Edition, a software
version of the Shunra VE hardware solution specifically designed for the
needs of small to medium-size businesses.
About Shunra Software
Shunra is the pioneer and market leader in testing the performance and
behavior of services across today’s complex
networks. The Shunra VE network simulation solutions let users know
exactly how their voice, video and business applications will perform in
any network environment – before they are
rolled out into production. Many leading companies worldwide use Shunra’s
award-winning solutions, including 3M, Boeing, Cisco, Dow Chemical, EMC,
FedEx, General Motors, JPMorgan Chase, Kelly Services, Merrill Lynch,
Motorola, Nestle, Pitney Bowes, and Vodafone. Shunra has offices in New
York City, Philadelphia, Israel and the UK. Shunra is also supported
through a global network of channel partners. A free trial of Shunra's
network simulation technology is available at www.shunra.com/content.aspx?page=network_simulation_trial_download.
For more information on Shunra, please visit www.shunra.com.
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