PHILADELPHIA, August 6 /PRNewswire/ --

- Shunra Virtual Enterprise integrates with VMware deployments creating 
'network aware' virtualized testing environments for a comprehensive 
application lifecycle performance solution

Shunra Software (www.shunra.com), the world's leading provider of network
emulation and application performance testing solutions, today announced it
has joined the VMware Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program. The VMware
TAP program helps technology vendors integrate their products with VMware
virtualization software and deliver timely, joint solutions to mutual
customers.

"We are excited to welcome Shunra Software as the newest member of the
VMware TAP program," said Bernie Mills, senior director, alliance programs,
VMware. "The VMware TAP program offers companies like Shunra the tools and
resources they need to develop high-value solutions that meet the needs of
our mutual customers."

Shunra Virtual Enterprise (VE) Desktop Professional, the VE Suite, and
WAN Emulation appliance facilitate comprehensive application lifecycle
performance management solutions for VMware Infrastructure deployments. Learn
more about how these technologies work together here:
http://www.shunra.com/shunra_and_vmware_.aspx

"Customers use Shunra in conjunction with VMware software to easily
transform their virtual test environment into a complete virtual enterprise
for application testing. This allows IT groups to conduct pre-deployment
application testing in a virtual test lab and avoid the resource intensive
practices traditionally used to ensure successful rollouts; the result is
significant cost savings," said Thomas Charlton, Shunra Software CEO. "This
alliance is a response to market demand for technologies that tackle the
challenge of minimizing resource requirements while reflecting the real world
production environment."

With more than 700 members worldwide, the VMware TAP program works with
best-of-breed technology partners to provide them a comprehensive set of
VMware technical and marketing services, support, tools and expertise to
deliver enhanced value to joint customers.

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.

Web site: http://www.shunra.com
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