Shunra Virtual Enterprise (Shunra VE) chosen a finalist in the IT Quality Assurance Tools category.

New York, NY (PRWEB) June 5, 2007 — Shunra Software announced today that eWEEK, a Ziff Davis Media publication and one of the IT industrys leading enterprise magazines, has named Shunra Virtual Enterprise (Shunra VE) a finalist in eWEEKs seventh Annual Excellence Awards program, in the IT Quality Assurance Tools. Winners will be announced on June 11 at eWEEK.com, and will be published in a special report in the June 25th edition of eWEEK.



“Given the intense competition, we are honored that eWeek has recognized Shunra VE as an Excellence Awards Finalist. In addition, we are delighted that eWeek chose Shunra VE as a Top Pick at the recent Interop Conference and Exposition for its superior capabilities in helping companies select the right WAN optimization solution for their organizations. These prestigious awards underscore the superiority of Shunras network simulation solutions over competitors products, and reaffirm Shunras leadership of this market place,” said Thomas Charlton, Shunra CEO. “Furthermore, Shunra is the only company to deliver software and hardware solutions and turnkey services that enable application and network experts to work together in an integrated approach for a successful production rollout.”



The eWEEK Excellence Awards program provides enterprise professionals with a comprehensive benchmark for assessing a wide range of technology products and services. Evaluating the entries is a panel of experts including eWEEK Labs analysts and eWEEK Corporate Partners - senior enterprise IT professionals who act as reader representatives.



“We were very impressed by the quality of the entries we received this year, as well as by the number of entries–more than 800,” said eWEEK Editorial Director Eric Lundquist. “It was a real challenge to choose the finalists because all of the entries reflect the tremendous effort the industry is making to respond to the increasing demands businesses are placing on technology.”



eWEEK is the essential technology information source for builders of enterprise infrastructure. eWEEK helps its readers successfully evaluate, deploy and leverage new technology solutions for competitive advantage. The publication delivers news, technology evaluations and strategic analysis on the technologies, platforms and trends that affect enterprise-wide computing.



Products and services were awarded in the following categories:



Analytics & Reporting Application Development Business Integration Systems Business Relationship Management Desktop & Mobile Hardware E-Business Foundations E-Mail Management & Security Enterprise Collaboration Enterprise Storage Hardware Enterprise Storage Software IT Quality Assurance Tools Productivity Applications Server Hardware Networking & Management Tools Networking Infrastructure Systems & Application Management Authentication & User Management Network Data-stream Protection Vulnerability Assessment & Remediation

About Shunra VE

Shunra VE is a highly robust, comprehensive network simulation solution that creates a virtual network environment in the performance and pre-deployment network lab. It delivers a powerful, flexible and easy way to test the performance of applications and network equipment under a wide variety of network impairments - exactly as if they were running in a real production environment. With Shunra VE, users understand the impact that the network and applications have on each others performance and on remote end-users experiences, and can uncover and resolve production-related problems - before rollout.



About Shunra Software

Shunra is the pioneer and market leader in testing the performance and behavior of services across todays complex networks. The Shunra VE network simulation solutions let users know exactly how their voice, video and business applications will perform in any network environment - before they are rolled out into production. Many leading companies worldwide use Shunras award-winning solutions, including 3M, Boeing, Cisco, Dow Chemical, EMC, FedEx, General Motors, JPMorgan Chase, Kelly Services, Merrill Lynch, Motorola, Nestle, Pitney Bowes, and Vodafone. Shunra has offices in New York City, Philadelphia, Israel and the UK. Shunra is also supported through a global network of channel partners. A free trial of Shunras network simulation technology is available at http://www.shunra.com/content.aspx?page=network_simulation_trial_download. For more information on Shunra, please visit www.shunra.com.



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