QualiSystems releases TestShell Resource Manager

Jan 18 2010

QualiSystems today announced the release of TestShell Resource Manager, an advanced application for lab resource reservation, scheduling and management. Resource Manager is the latest module in the award-winning TestShell end-to-end test automation framework (http://tinyurl.com/TestShell ).

TestShell Resource Manager (http://tinyurl.com/ResMngr) is a significant solution for optimized and efficient testing processes that can minimize cost and efforts in networking and electronic test labs. Designed to improve test lab efficiency including in complex networking labs or distributed organizations, Resource Manager maximizes all lab resource utilization and significantly accelerates testing team performance.

The solution enables multiple users to load, create, lock and reserve any number, type or brand of test resource, allowing them to be automatically scheduled and coordinated between various users, including across distributed sites.

With embedded layer1 switch control, Resource Manager automatically reserves all paths required for test execution and wraps multiple switches into an easy-to-control cloud, using a shortest-path algorithm to guarantee effective monitoring. A built-in tracking system reports on resource use for increased efficiency in the lab management.

TestShell Resource Manager has been designed to address key customer issues across the whole testing cycle. Eitan Lavie, QualiSystems Director of Technologies, said: "We realized that one of the greatest challenges our customers face is to manage and control multiple testing resources. Test errors and interruptions are all too common due to a lack of resource reservation capabilities, resulting in time and data loss as well as repeated efforts. Test instruments are extremely costly so ensuring their optimal utilization becomes a critical issue. TestShell Resource Manager answers these challenges while reducing lab setup time and maximizing all lab resource usage, even in complex setups and across large testing teams."

The new Resource Manager seamlessly integrates with existing TestShell test automation solutions for advanced test optimization. It is now available from QualiSystems' global sales offices and partner network as an optional (client-server) module for the TestShell Team and Enterprise Editions.