OpenDemand Systems, Inc., an Advanced IBM Business Partner, today announced that its OpenLoad™ Testing solution, which is designed to help midmarket firms and small departments within large enterprises ensure Web performance and availability, has been selected as a finalist in this year's IBM Beacon Awards under the category of "Most Innovative Built on IBM Express Portfolio Solution". Powered by IBM WebSphere Express and IBM DB2 Express, OpenLoad™ is the industry’s first easy-to-use and affordable, browser-based, web site stress and load testing application.
Finalists for these prestigious industry awards are recognized for excellence and innovation in e-business hardware and software solutions, and services. Advanced and Premier IBM Business Partners from all PartnerWorld communities submitted nominations in 36 categories and each nomination was critically assessed by a panel of IBM executives, and leading industry and press analysts who selected three finalists in each category. The winners will be announced at the IBM PartnerWorld Beacon Awards Invitational to be held on March 12-15, 2006, at PartnerWorld 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
"It's an honor to be recognized for three consecutive years by IBM and our peers for delivering one of the industry's most innovative software solutions", said President & CEO, Donald Doane. "Our next generation load testing solution is designed to maximize performance of Web applications, including Portal, Commerce and Business Integration solutions. By leveraging IBM WebSphere Express and IBM DB2 Express, the world's leading middleware and data management platforms, we are able reduce total cost of ownership and accelerate overall time to value for our customers. Recognition of our achievements by IBM serves to further validate our focus on delivering easy-to-use and affordable testing solutions for companies of all sizes."
About OpenDemand
OpenDemand Systems, Inc. specializes in helping midmarket firms and small departments within large enterprises to quickly uncover opportunities to improve performance, availability and reliability of applications and IT infrastructure in order to increase revenue, reduce costs and improve productivity. Our next generation load testing products and services are built upon a foundation of proven success and customer-driven innovation with a high focus on simplicity and affordability. Some of the world’s leading corporations have selected our solutions to isolate performance bottlenecks and optimize the end user experience, including America Online, Deutsche Bank, Nationwide Global, Sunoco, McGraw Hill and many others.
OpenDemand Systems was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Newark, New Jersey. For more information on how OpenDemand can help your company maximize IT potential, visit www.opendemand.com or contact us at 973-494-8064.
About OpenLoad™
OpenLoad™ is the industry’s first easy-to-use and affordable, browser-based, enterprise web site testing and monitoring solution geared for midmarket firms and small departments within the large enterprise. With OpenLoad™, you can accurately emulate the traffic of thousands of users to identify, verify expected functional behavior and optimize the user experience within minutes.
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