Agitar Honored by InfoWorld Magazine With Technology of the Year 2005 Award

Agitar's Enterprise Developer Testing Solution Wins 'Best Java Development Tool'

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Agitar Software, the leader in enterprise developer testing, today announced that it has been named by InfoWorld Magazine as the recipient of the 2004 Technology of the Year award for Best Java Development Tool. Chosen by the editors at the InfoWorld Test Center, the awards go to products deemed most important to enterprises. The complete article is available at www.infoworld.com and in the January 3, 2005 print edition.

“This award recognizes not only the critical importance of enterprise developer testing but also Agitar's breakthrough technology in this important emerging market,” said Jerry Rudisin, CEO of Agitar. “We think that effective, large-scale implementation of developer testing — as the code is created — will be a top priority for every enterprise that really cares about improved software quality and economics in 2005. Our solution directly addresses this need and has provided significant value to our customers.”

“Practical, high-quality, software test automation has been a software development challenge for decades,” said Alberto Savoia, Agitar CTO and co-founder. “With Agitator we are pushing the envelope of what can be done when you combine the speed and power of today's processors with a modern programming language such as Java.”

In its product review, InfoWorld Labs concluded: “If your organization is doing serious Java work, Agitator makes building unit tests almost enjoyable. And that's saying a lot.”

 

About Agitar Technologies, Inc.
Using unprecedented JUnit Generation and software agitation techniques, and Java functional testing coverage capabilities, Agitar Technologies enables the enterprise to save time and money, releasing Java applications faster with fewer bugs. The “AgitarOne” product family enables software teams to create, use, and manage the extensive set of unit tests needed to be truly agile. Customers have cut legacy maintenance efforts by 50%, released new applications 30% faster with fewer bugs, and cut the cost of finding and fixing post-release bugs by 90%. Agitar Technologies is a privately-held company headquartered in Cranston, RI. For more information visit www.agitar.com.