HiSoftware announces new integrations for Mercury Interactive's Topaz® and SiteScope®

New Integrations greatly enhance the post deployment monitoring of content accessibility

Concord, NH – October 29, 2002 – HiSoftware, Inc., a leading provider of Web content accessibility solutions, announced today the integration of its award winning accessibility testing solution, AccMonitor Server and /or AccVerify, HiSoftware’s automated accessibility testing solution for Web sites or for use in conjunction with intranet servers or file servers, with Mercury Interactive’s application performance management (APM) software, Topaz and Freshwater Software's SiteScope. This new integration will provide an unparalleled solution to monitor compliance with accessibility requirements in the post deployment environment for organizations required to attain Section 508, W3C® WCAG 1.0 “Priority 1-3” and CLF accessibility guideline conformance. The expanded alliance demonstrates HiSoftware’s commitment to delivering the industry's first applications to address accessibility throughout the application lifecycle.

Used in conjunction with HiSoftware’s AccMonitor Server and or AccVerify, Topaz/SiteScope will enable users to monitor the accessibility status of their Web sites post-deployment, through a remote, automated and scheduled system. The AccMonitor Integration Pack for Topaz/SiteScope provides users with the tools to monitor the accessibility of their mission critical Web sites, around the clock from within SiteScope or via a Topaz SiteScope Monitor.

The AccMonitor and AccVerify integration with Topaz/SiteScope enables delivers the following integrated custom content accessibility monitors:

• The HiSoftware Image Accessibility Statistics Monitor

• The HiSoftware Table Accessibility Statistics Monitor 

• The HiSoftware Applet Element Accessibility Statistics Monitor

• The HiSoftware Object Element Accessibility Statistics Monitor 

• The HiSoftware Form Accessibility Statistics Monitor 

• The HiSoftware Frame Accessibility Statistics Monitor

• The HiSoftware Script Accessibility Statistics Monitor 

• The HiSoftware Content Accessibility Statistics Monitor

• The HiSoftware Watch List Accessibility Statistics Monitor 

Results of the reports on the monitored elements can be viewed from within Topaz and SiteScope. Previously, Mercury Interactive Corporation the leading provider of software and services that optimize automated business processes, provided validation for HiSoftware’s integration of AccVerify® and AccMonitor with Mercury Interactive’s global test management software, TestDirector® and AccVerify for Mercury Interactive's functional and regression testing software packages, WinRunner® and QuickTest™ Professional. WinRunner, QuickTest Professional and TestDirector, along with HiSoftware’s solutions, enable project teams to verify Web site accessibility in compliance with Section 508 and W3C® WCAG 1.0 “Priority 1-3” accessibility guidelines from the initial design stage through final quality assurance testing.

Together, these solutions allow organizations to incorporate accessibility testing into the application lifecycle through regular testing process to ensure compliance with accessibility requirements, and 24X7 monitoring of Web sites for ongoing post-deployment compliance assurance. These integrations provide organizations with a simple, cost-effective way to manage accessibility testing within their existing IT infrastructure.


HiSoftware and Mercury Interactive Online Seminar
November 5, 2002 at 2:00 p.m. EST - This webcast will discuss developing a Section 508 testing strategy using HiSoftware’s and Mercury Interactive’s solutions. For more information, visit http://www.hisoftware.com/co/events.htm


 

ABOUT HISOFTWARE
HiSoftware Company, the leader in enterprise content quality management solutions, provides innovative products that empower quality assurance teams, content developers, Web site architects, and company executives to work collaboratively on their efforts to create and manage corporate Web standards for Accessibility, Privacy, Searchability, Usability and custom guidelines and policies. HiSoftware’s integrated, full lifecycle solutions dramatically reduce the time required to test, manage and deploy e-business Web sites.

HiSoftware works closely with industry leaders and visionaries to provide solutions for today's information accessibility, content quality, search and retrieval needs. HiSoftware’s customers represent Fortune 500 companies, and many of the largest e-commerce, government, and educational sites in North America and around the world and include ChevronTexaco, Commerce One, Mercury Interactive, and Microsoft Government.

Founded in 1998, HiSoftware Company maintains North American corporate headquarters in Concord, New Hampshire. Further information about HiSoftware can be found online at www.hisoftware.com

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