BT Selects Fanfare as Key Component of Its Strategic Platform for Automating Network...

BT Selects Fanfare as Key Component of Its Strategic Platform for Automating
Network Testing

Enterprise-Wide Deployment of Fanfare's iTest(R) Products Will Reduce Testing
Costs and Enhance Service Quality for BT Customers

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Fanfare, delivering innovative
testing solutions to service providers (SPs), network equipment manufacturers
(NEMs), and enterprises, today announced that BT has chosen Fanfare's
iTest(R), the company's flagship test automation product, as a key component
of the strategic testing platform it is putting in place to automate complex
system testing. BT will deploy iTest in an enterprise-wide initiative to
standardize the communication of test assets across the company, as well as
between BT and its suppliers.

"With Fanfare in place on a company-wide scale, we will be able to streamline
the testing process and lower the costs involved with bringing new and complex
products to market," said Steve Thomas, Test Tools & Automation Strategy
Manager, BT. "Having a standard platform in place that automates the basic
communication of finding and reporting a bug, reproducing it, and verifying
the fix will be of tremendous value to both BT and its suppliers."

BT, which has already implemented Fanfare's products in a number of its
divisions, is expanding its use of Fanfare products in a move to establish a
unified communication platform that facilitates the sharing of test assets
between BT and its suppliers. Fanfare's products serve as the common language
that enables all parties to seamlessly share test assets to quickly improve
product quality and speed the deployment of new equipment and services to
market. With Fanfare in place, BT can integrate test assets and automate
complex system testing regardless of the testing hardware and software being
used by its suppliers.

As a world leader in communications services and business offerings, BT must
collaborate with its NEMs to ensure that new devices work properly with
existing network devices before they are placed in the network. This process
enhances the quality of products and services for BT customers around the
globe, reduces time to market, and improves productivity across the entire
product development and service development life cycle.

"BT is demonstrating its leadership in the industry by making Fanfare the de
facto standard for communicating test assets, both within the company and with
its suppliers," said Tom Ryan, president and CEO of Fanfare. "As a world
leader offering telecommunications services to some of the world's largest
organizations, it is evident that BT is committed to the highest quality
standards possible. We are pleased to expand our relationship with a company
of this caliber."

About Fanfare
Fanfare provides automated testing solutions that enable service providers,
network equipment manufacturers, and enterprises to enhance productivity
throughout the quality workflow by streamlining system and device testing,
reducing product cycles, and lowering costs. Using Fanfare, quality assurance
teams and developers can leverage a common testing platform to deliver quality
services and products to market faster and more efficiently. For more
information, please visit www.fanfaresoftware.com.

SOURCE Fanfare

Mary Devincenzi of Big Sky Communications, +1-408-436-3902, mary@bigskypr.com,
for Fanfare