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Eclipse Test and Performance Tools Platform 4.0 Released - Available on Yoxos; Open Source Testing and Performance Tuning for Eclipse - Accessible on Yoxos and new Eclipse MirrorKARLSRUHE, Germany --(Business Wire)-- Aug. 1, 2005 -- In coordination with the recent 4.0 release of the Eclipse Test & Performance Tools Platform (TPTP), Innoopract announced the availability of TPTP 4.0 in its Yoxos Eclipse Distribution. TPTP extends the recently published Eclipse 3.1 development platform with tools for profiling, system monitoring, log file analysis and testing of multi-tiered applications. Yoxos provides Eclipse users an efficient and easy way to keep their Eclipse installations up-to-date. Eclipse users will be able to install or update the features they want from TPTP with just a few clicks through the Yoxos Install Manager. The TPTP features will be grouped according to the three functions of Monitoring, Testing, Tracing and Profiling. Says Innoopract President Jochen Krause: "We are excited about the new version of TPTP and the availability of end-user tools for testing and performance tuning. TPTP provides developers with the out-of-the-box tools for monitoring multiple operating systems and application servers all as open source. This is great alternative to commercial tools that cost thousands of dollars. It is important to us to make sure that our Yoxos customers benefit from the new TPTP features and can easily update their Eclipse environments as quickly as possible." Some additional new features and improvements of the TPTP project are improved and expanded support for the JUnit regression testing framework, improved usability, sophisticated filtering capabilities and improved scalability and performance. "Yoxos' integration, validation, installation, and update features make it easier for developers to manage their Eclipse environments," stated Tyler Thessin, project lead for the Eclipse TPTP Project and engineering manager for Intel(R) Software Development Products. "For developers to realize the benefits of TPTP 4.0 and future releases, it is important that they keep their Eclipse and TPTP environments current. The TPTP project team is pleased that Innoopract has developed Yoxos which delivers an update service designed to simplify that process." Innoopract Provides an Eclipse Mirror In other news, Innoopract announced today that it will be supplying a mirror for Eclipse.org download site helping to improve download times for developers. The mirror will provide up to 100 mbit per second of additional bandwidth and host the full spectrum of projects and builds of the Eclipse.org community. "One of the big advantages of Yoxos is that users can quickly update their Eclipse installation with a consistent set of plugins at any time through an Internet service," stated Jochen Krause. "We are thrilled with the high number of downloads at Eclipse since the release of 3.1. Our infrastructure is able to handle hundreds of thousands of requests per day and since our success is closely aligned with Eclipse's, we decided to make some of that available to Eclipse to help it achieve its goals. About Yoxos Yoxos is the only specialized Eclipse distribution. Yoxos aims to provide a valuable service to the Eclipse developer community by extending the manageability of the Eclipse platform for users who utilize open-source plugins. With Yoxos, developers are spared the significant investment in time and effort of, on the one hand finding, downloading and installing plugins and, on the other hand getting the mix of plugins to function properly with Eclipse and with each other. Using the Yoxos Install Manager, each user can choose his or her preferred plugins and managed scenarios and create a pre-configured single install of his or her Eclipse environment. More information can be found at www.yoxos.com About Innoopract Yoxos is a trademark of Innoopract, a provider of Eclipse-based software and services with the purpose of increasing developer productivity. As a founding member of the Eclipse foundation and with its long history of consulting and plugin development for the Eclipse platform, Innoopract is the ideal partner for realizing high returns in adopting Eclipse. For more information on the company, visit www.innoopract.com. About Eclipse Test & Performance Tools Platform Project The Eclipse Test and Performance Tools Platform (TPTP) Project provides an open platform supplying powerful frameworks and services that allow software developers to build unique test and performance tools--both open source and commercial--that can be easily integrated with the platform and with other tools. The TPTP Platform addresses the entire test and performance lifecycle, from early testing to production application monitoring, including test editing and execution, monitoring, tracing and profiling, and log analysis capabilities. The platform supports a broad spectrum of computing systems including embedded, standalone, enterprise, and high-performance and will continue to expand support to encompass the widest possible range of systems. Full details of the Eclipse Test & Performance Tools Platform Project are available at www.eclipse.org/test-and-performance. About Eclipse Eclipse is an open source community whose projects are focused on providing an extensible development platform and application frameworks for building software. Eclipse provides extensible tools and frameworks that span the software development lifecycle, including support for modelling, language development environments for Java, C/C++ and others, testing and performance, business intelligence, rich client applications and embedded development. A large, vibrant ecosystem of major technology vendors, innovative start-ups, universities and research institutions and individuals extend, complement and support the Eclipse Platform. The Eclipse Foundation is a not-for-profit, member-supported corporation that hosts the Eclipse projects. More information on Eclipse is available at www.eclipse.org. |
