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4/2008 - J9 Technologies delivers new JDBC Protocol Add-in solution for HP LoadRunner to Help Customers Streamline Middleware Testing - J9 Technologies Inc. today announced a new solution in its JDBC Protocol Add-in product line, enabling customers to extend the capabilities of HP LoadRunner, to stress and isolate problems in the backend data tier and deploy new applications with confidence. J9 is a member of the HP Quality Management Ecosystem, which provides alliance members the ability to develop test accelerators for HP Quality Center and HP Performance Center to support additional platforms, applications and environments. Enables Direct Testing of Backend Systems Without Writing Java Code.
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The JDBC Protocol Add-in leverages HP LoadRunner technology, capturing all SQL traffic going from a Java application to the backend database and playing it back to directly exercise the data tier for high concurrency testing. This helps QA teams apply a measurable and repeatable load to the database and expose potential performance problems early in the development cycle. The auto-generation of database testing scripts replaces the need for writing complex Java code and frees up QA resources for other QA activities.

The JDBC Protocol Add-in from J9 Technologies is fully tested with the full suite of HP LoadRunner solutions, and can easily be used alongside all other HP LoadRunner protocols to create a more realistic and comprehensive load test.

"For the last 6 years, J9 Technologies has been working closely with HP to ensure that customers get more out of their HP LoadRunner and HP Performance Center investments," said Clay Roach, President and CEO for J9 Technologies. "We are very excited about this latest addition in our new line of JDBC Protocol Add-ins and the value it will deliver to our mutual customers for simplifying their JDBC testing efforts. The JDBC Protocol Add-in can help reduce testing cycles dramatically and enable QA, Dev and DBA teams to collaborate on fine-tuning database testing."

"HP is committed to helping our customers rapidly deliver critical business applications that function and perform according to the needs of the business," said Erez Barak, director of product marketing, Software, HP. "HP's collaboration with J9 helps our customers increase efficiency by streamlining the complex process of database testing."

About J9 Technologies Inc. -

J9 Technologies leads the field in application performance analysis and diagnostics. Working side by side with our clients, J9 consultants utilize proven methodologies to solve mission critical application performance issues and maximize the scalability of complex application architectures. As a certified Hewlett Packard partner and reseller, J9 consultants can also install and train clients to use HP's best-of-breed monitoring tools in-house so that firefighting becomes a thing of the past. J9 fine tunes business to ensure peak performance, scalability and optimization so clients can focus on their bottom line.

About HP -

HP focuses on simplifying technology experiences for all of its customers - from individual consumers to the largest businesses. With a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure, HP is among the world's largest IT companies, with revenue totaling $97.1 billion for the four fiscal quarters ended April 30, 2007. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at www.hp.com.

6/2007 - HP Announces Business Technology Optimization Partner Award Winners - HP honored six partners with the 2007 Americas Business Technology Optimization (BTO) Awards at its Software Universe event in Las Vegas. The awards recognized resale and implementation partners from Canada and the United States who best helped their customers optimize the business outcome of their IT investments this past year. "Partners are a critical component of our success at HP," said Chuck Neal, vice president of alliances, channels and telesales, Software, HP. "These six partners delivered innovative solutions which helped our customers reduce risk, maximize return and deliver compelling business value."
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The 2007 winners of the Americas BTO Awards are:

· BTO Partner of the Year: Management Information Consulting, Inc. (Canada); Pepperweed Consulting (United States)
· Best Strategy Solution Implementation Partner: Acquity Group
· Best Applications Solution Implementation Partner: Wipro
· Best Operations Solution Implementation Partner: Melillo Consulting
· Emerging Partner of the Year: J2EE 911

Winners were selected by an independent panel of judges who evaluated entries based on the achievement of outstanding business results and measurable IT improvements.

About HP -

HP focuses on simplifying technology experiences for all of its customers - from individual consumers to the largest businesses. With a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure, HP is among the world's largest IT companies, with revenue totaling $97.1 billion for the four fiscal quarters ended April 30, 2007. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at www.hp.com.