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SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- 31 January 2008 -- Software Research, Inc. announced a major new release of its eValid™ Website Test & Analysis Suite: eValid Version 8.

With an already rich feature set, eValid V8 now offers web application testers: a new programmatic interface to most eValid commands and browser actions; new DOM-element motion commands; the ability to report any browser identity to a server; and, advanced DOM-based AJAX synchronization support.

In addition, the new release includes: options to create "lite" playback scripts; commands to support testing of load balancers; new commands to customize eValid for RIA monitoring applications; and, available converters to feed data to monitoring reporting engines such as Nagios, Hyperic, and GroundWork.

"The V8 release of eValid represents the most powerful version we have ever done. Not only are there many new Rich Internet Application support features, but we also added in the revolutionary EPI interface," said Edward Miller, President of Software Research.

"We learn by listening to our users. Almost all of the features included in this new release are the result of requests by testers in the field. They're the test gurus who are facing the daily challenge of making effective tests of web applications that are becoming more and more efficient, and more and more difficult to test," Miller continued.

"All of the advances and changes we've made in eValid, add up to making V8 the most efficient test engine ever for web applications. With a small product footprint, rich functionality, and the easiest-to-use GUI around, we've really made the work of web application QA and test as simple as possible," Miller concluded.

A detailed list of the many new capacities of eValid Version 8 is shown in the eValid V8 Advances Summary.

About the eValid Suite.

eValid is a test-enabled web browser; the current release supports Windows 2000/XP/Vista. eValid V8 license bundles are available for Application Monitoring, Functional Testing/Validation, Test Programming, Regression Testing, Server Loading, and Site Analysis. There is also an International Edition that supports DBCS and foreign-language environments. Prices for product features start at $995.

Evaluation copies of eValid V8 are available from the eValid V8 Evaluation Download. Complete information about eValid is found at www.e-valid.com.

eValid applications include the following:

• Application Monitoring: To support "monitoring mode" repeated playback of a test to confirm web application operation. Our latest audits of eValid Monitoring Mode operations show that eValid users are collectively running over 3,000,000 tests per month.
• Functional/Regression Testing: To provide test support for advanced AJAX-style web applications that rely on heavy use of XML, JavaScript, with multi-window support.
• Server Loading: To provide realistic server loading capability by running large numbers of eValid browsers simultaneously, coordinated to operate in multiple machines.
• Site Analysis: To provide detailed scanning and analysis of complete websites for quality assurance and comparative analysis purposes.
• International Edition: To support non-English, DBCS (unicode) OS environments and plug-in language sets.

As a solution base for web browser enabled application testing, eVaid offers a number of advantages:

• Patented Technology: A unique patented technology for web application analysis and testing.
• Validation Modes: Comprehensive methods for detailed page validation, including internal DOM validation.
• Accurate Measurement: Very accurate timing of page and component behavior, including AJAX applications.
• Ease-of-Use: The fastest, easiest, most trouble-free way to test any web application.
• Monitoring Standard: The de facto standard for monitoring web application performance and durability.
• Wide User Base: The most widely used in-browser solution available.
• Excellent ROI: Very good Return On Investment (ROI) because unit-costs of eValid licenses are low.
• Low TCO: Very low Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) because eValid is easy to deploy and extremely easy to use.

eValid™, eValid/I™, and InBrowser Technology™ are trademarks or registered trademarks of Software Research, Inc., eValid Division. All other trademarks are owned by their respective companies.