VeriTest Named Exclusive Testing Provider for EMC Centera Certification Program
New Program Ramps Up With Strong Demand for EMC Centera Certification Through VeriTest
Waltham, Mass. — March 29, 2005 — VeriTest, the testing division of Lionbridge (Nasdaq: LIOX), today announced that EMC has selected VeriTest as the exclusive independent test provider for the EMC Centera Certification Program. The program is aimed at helping customers more efficiently deploy EMC Centera content addressed storage (CAS) with applications from independent software vendors (ISVs).
ISVs with applications that achieve EMC Centera Certification through VeriTest can help their customers realize a number of benefits including faster application deployments and support cost savings. Centera's open application programming interface (API) is supported by more than 400 partners, resellers and many of the world's leading ISVs.
"EMC is committed to strong EMC Centera relationships with ISVs and is offering a powerful set of marketing initiatives that will strengthen these relationships and offer long-term customer benefits," stated Roy Sanford, Vice President, Content Addressed Storage, at EMC. "Through the EMC Centera Certification program, we are enabling our partners to show their customers that their applications will perform to the highest standards of efficiency and quality."
Sanford adds, "VeriTest was a natural fit to facilitate the EMC Centera Certification program. It has the independence, credibility, technical capability and storage expertise to build a program that supports our certification objectives."
The test plan, created by VeriTest and EMC, is based on EMC best practices. Testing concentrates on hardware and software setup, basic Centera capabilities, Centera replication, Centera disaster recovery and offsite backup, compliance and retention, single-instance storage, capacity reporting, technical support, and overall application efficiency.
VeriTest conducts testing for the EMC Centera Certification program in the VeriTest Storage Lab in Oakdale, MN. The lab hosts several Centera systems that are used to perform the certification testing.
"EMC Centera has over 170 third-party applications that are developed and integrated around their infrastructure. By working with VeriTest to develop the rigorous test plan for the EMC Centera Certification program, EMC gives ISVs a technical roadmap for assuring their customers that their products are highly efficient on the platform," says Satish Maripuri, Chief Operating Officer, VeriTest. "ISVs achieving certification can gain competitive advantage by providing industry-proven evidence of their commitment to customer satisfaction."
To learn more about the EMC program and to schedule an application for testing, please visit www.veritest.com/centera.
About VeriTest Services from Lionbridge
As the world leader in independent testing and certification, VeriTest works with clients to create programs that build awareness and customer confidence around technology platforms throughout the industry. With more than 20 years of certification experience, VeriTest also conducts testing for certification programs including Microsoft's Certified for Windows, Novell, Palm, and AT&T. To learn more about VeriTest's certification offerings, visit www.veritest.com/certification.
VeriTest, the testing division of Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:LIOX), is the industry's most trusted brand for high-quality, cost-effective outsourced testing, competitive analysis and certification services. With datacenter-equipped labs in North America, Europe and Asia, VeriTest provides a range of testing services that enable clients to ensure quality, usability, interoperability and performance of products, applications, Web sites and systems. VeriTest also provides certification and competitive analysis services that give customers assurance that the products and systems they are buying meet strict, industry-defined standards for quality and deliver measurable performance against industry standards and competitive offerings. With VeriTest services from Lionbridge, customers have a single global outsourcing partner to support the entire lifecycle of their enterprise applications, from development to localization, to testing and maintenance.
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