Shunra Software Joins Microsoft Visual Studio Industry Partners Program to Help Bring...

Shunra Software Joins Microsoft Visual Studio Industry Partners Program to
Help Bring Software Performance Testing to Developers

Virtual Enterprise Desktop helps provide real world network testing for
application and software developers who create and support network-aware
applications

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Shunra Software (www.shunra.com), the
market's leading provider of WAN emulation and software development testing
solutions, today announced that it has joined the Visual Studio Industry
Partners (VSIP) Program, to help closer align the WAN emulation capabilities
of Virtual Enterprise (VE) Desktop with Microsoft Visual Studio. By
integrating VE Desktop with Visual Studio, customers will more easily be able
to ensure that their applications run as expected over the production network.
This capability comes in the form of a plug-in, which enables developers to
easily determine whether their software code will encounter performance
problems when deployed over the live network.
With almost 200 partners, the VSIP Program provides technical and marketing
support to partners who have integrated their products with Visual Studio.

"By working with Microsoft, we are confident that VE Desktop will help provide
developers using Visual Studio with the ability to better understand and
resolve application performance issues before the QA process and prior to
end-user impact," said Matt Reid, Shunra VP of worldwide marketing. "VE
Desktop for Visual Studio enables this huge developer community to finally
take a proactive stance in creating applications that perform as expected and
are network-aware. The bonus is that organizations deploying this solution
will significantly reduce costly redesigns, application rollbacks, or
prolonged testing that commonly occurs in early stage network testing
processes."

"Microsoft is pleased to have Shunra Software join the VSIP Program and add
more depth to software development processes," said Joe Marini, Director,
Development Tools Ecosystem at Microsoft Corp. "Integrating VE Desktop with
Visual Studio will help customers design their software with the network in
mind from the beginning. Ultimately, this will benefit developers and
companies that expect high performing applications to run optimally over the
WAN."

When used regularly, this new capability serves as a routine check so
applications don't get sent back to development after QA testing. Other uses
include database testing, assessing authentication efficiencies, testing Web
page design, SOA or mash up design testing.
"This integration is an exciting step forward for application development
professionals who recognize the importance of designing software for the
network and want to reduce cost and time to market," said Julie Craig, senior
analyst, Enterprise Management Associates. "Bugs found early in the Software
Development Lifecycle (SDLC) are exponentially cheaper to fix than those found
during QA or production."

VE Desktop for Visual Studio is an easy to install plug-in and available for
purchase online for $99 per desktop at http://www.shunra.com/shunra_store. A
free trial of the solution can be downloaded as well at
http://www.shunra.com/free_ve_desktop_microsoft_visual_studio_trial .

About Shunra Software
Shunra Software is the market leader in WAN emulation solutions for
application performance testing throughout the entire application development
lifecycle. Shunra's award-winning solutions enable development, quality
assurance, pre-deployment and operations teams to create an exact replica of
their production environment or design what-if network scenarios; allowing
them to predict exactly how applications or infrastructure changes will
perform in any networked environment--before rollout. Shunra's solutions and
services are typically deployed in projects including data center
consolidation; application performance readiness testing; VoIP testing;
website testing and WAN optimization technology testing.

Shunra's solutions and services are used by thousands of customers worldwide.
Clients include 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, the
UK and Singapore. Shunra is also supported through a global network of channel
partners. For more information on Shunra, please visit www.shunra.com.

Shunra is a trademark of Shunra Software Ltd. All other trademarks and
registered trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners.

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Rhoan Morgan of Shunra Software, +1-267-519-5109, rhoan.morgan@shunra.com