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TestPlant partners with ZhongYi Tech in China; IT provider to supply and support eggPlant products for growing Chinese software development market(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) London, UK and Shenzhen, China - - TestPlant, the maker of the eggPlant range of software quality tools, today announced that it has formed a business partnership with ZhongYi Tech, a Chinese provider of IT products and services. ZhongYi Tech, which will provide and support eggPlant products to its customers, is headquartered in Shenzhen, southern mainland China's major financial center and home to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange as well as the headquarters of numerous high-tech companies. With the deep knowledge and experience in areas including application lifecycle management, cloud computing, big data, and mobile application development, ZhongYi Tech provides consulting, software products and customized development services for its enterprise customers. The company has established partnerships with major industry players including IBM, Microsoft, VMware, and also has set up a branch office in San Francisco to bridge between Silicon Valley and the Chinese market. "China's burgeoning software development sector represents a significant opportunity for the eggPlant range of software testing tools and we are delighted to be working with ZhongYi Tech to help achieve our goals in the country," said George Mackintosh, TestPlant CEO. "As a range of products that are noted for their ease-of-use, while offering powerful, cross-platform functional and performance testing, the eggPlant products are very well-suited to the Chinese market." The eggPlant range of products includes the only test automation tool that uses patented image recognition technology to allow software developers to test any application from mainframe to mobile, by looking at and interacting with the screen exactly as a real user does. A Chinese version of the company's flagship product, eggPlant Functional, was recently launched, and TestPlant further demonstrated its commitment to China by opening an office in Shanghai. "We are excited by the potential of the eggPlant products to help enhance our customers' software development environments," said Mr. Eric Li, General Manger, ZhongYi Tech. "TestPlant is clearly fully committed to China and we are looking forward to working together in this country." ZhongYi Tech's customers are spread across several industries in China including telecommunications, energy, manufacturing, government, education, and financial services. About TestPlant TestPlant is an international software business based in London. It has development centers in the USA and the UK with sales and support centers in the USA, the UK and Asia as well as an extensive network of business partners. The company was founded in 2008 by George Mackintosh and Jon Richards with venture capital backing and it has shown rapid revenue growth organically and through the acquisitions of Redstone Software and Facilita. TestPlant's products are used in over 30 countries by well over 300 enterprise customers in sectors which include Financial Services, Automotive, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Media and Entertainment, Retail and Defense and Aerospace. The eggPlant range is a set of software quality tools which supports the design, development, test and management of software applications for mainframe, desktop and mobile use in any technology platform environment. The tools are relevant in agile, mobile, web and DevOps deployments. eggPlant use improves and reports on the quality and responsiveness of software systems, reduces time to market and lowers costs by introducing process automation. eggPlant tools have been granted patents with several applications pending. The company's achievements have been recognised within the software industry and by the venture capital community. TestPlant is also a Red Herring Global Top 100 company and was awarded a Queen's Award for Enterprise in 2013. www.testplant.com Media contact: Danny Sullivan PERGALI Ltd. Tel: +44 772 497 4255 Email: [email protected] . (c) 2014 M2 COMMUNICATIONS |