DELHI, INDIA: Micro Focus, a provider of enterprise application modernization, testing and management solutions, today announced the availability of SilkTest 2009 R2 and Silk4J 2009 R2 from Borland Software Corporation (a Micro Focus Company).

This latest software release continues on the theme of openness and technical excellence with improvements in test creation, execution and maintenance and provides support for new technologies and the Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 operating systems.

SilkTest 2009 R2 provides functional and regression test automation for a number of important technologies like Web 2.0/RIA, Java, and Microsoft technologies in a seamless fashion, which enables the testing of work-flows that span multiple applications or multi-technology applications. It also supports testers and developers by offering a robust and powerful environment that improves effectiveness by allowing different stakeholders to build true test automation frameworks and maximize ROI.

Joachim Herschmann, product director Test Automation at Borland said, “Early adopter customers have already noticed the speed and automatic synchronization enhancements provided by this new version. SilkTest 2009 R2 allows customers to reduce the cost, risk and complexity of testing state-of-the-art applications, increasing confidence in the quality of their applications.”

“In addition to the SilkTest interface, which has proved very popular with Quality Assurance professionals, the Silk4J Eclipse plug-in is bringing testing capabilities to the developer environment,”  Herschmann added.

The new version of SilkTest includes :

* Improved Open Agent Technology – Dynamic Object Recognition allows for a decoupling of an
   application’s Graphical User Interface (GUI) object hierarchy from its representation in test scripts,
   resulting in significantly lower script maintenance. Advanced synchronisation capabilities eliminate
   the need to modify test scripts to include wait times, providing advanced automation for testing
   today’s dynamic Web applications.

* Full cross-browser AJAX support – SilkTest now provides completely automatic synchronisation for
   testing Web2.0 applications on Firefox 3.0 and 3.5 as well as Internet Explorer, 6, 7 and 8 through its
   open agent technology.

* Enhanced support for system functions by the SilkTest Open Agent.

* Dynamic Port Allocation – The SilkTest Open Agent also now uses dynamically allocated ports. The
   dynamic port allocation feature for the open agent makes it possible to leverage the supported
   technologies for SilkPerformer 2009 R2 GUI value unit tests.