Shunra Was Named as a Finalist in eWeek's 7th Annual Excellence Awards Program

Shunra Virtual Enterprise (Shunra VE) chosen a finalist in the IT Quality Assurance Tools category.

New York, NY (PRWEB) June 5, 2007 -- Shunra Software announced today that eWEEK, a Ziff Davis Media publication and one of the IT industry's leading enterprise magazines, has named Shunra Virtual Enterprise (Shunra VE) a finalist in eWEEK's seventh Annual Excellence Awards program, in the IT Quality Assurance Tools. Winners will be announced on June 11 at eWEEK.com, and will be published in a special report in the June 25th edition of eWEEK.

"Given the intense competition, we are honored that eWeek has recognized Shunra VE as an Excellence Awards Finalist. In addition, we are delighted that eWeek chose Shunra VE as a 'Top Pick' at the recent Interop Conference and Exposition for its superior capabilities in helping companies select the right WAN optimization solution for their organizations. These prestigious awards underscore the superiority of Shunra's network simulation solutions over competitors' products, and reaffirm Shunra's leadership of this market place," said Thomas Charlton, Shunra CEO. "Furthermore, Shunra is the only company to deliver software and hardware solutions and turnkey services that enable application and network experts to work together in an integrated approach for a successful production rollout."

The eWEEK Excellence Awards program provides enterprise professionals with a comprehensive benchmark for assessing a wide range of technology products and services. Evaluating the entries is a panel of experts including eWEEK Labs analysts and eWEEK Corporate Partners - senior enterprise IT professionals who act as reader representatives.

"We were very impressed by the quality of the entries we received this year, as well as by the number of entries--more than 800," said eWEEK Editorial Director Eric Lundquist. "It was a real challenge to choose the finalists because all of the entries reflect the tremendous effort the industry is making to respond to the increasing demands businesses are placing on technology."

eWEEK is the essential technology information source for builders of enterprise infrastructure. eWEEK helps its readers successfully evaluate, deploy and leverage new technology solutions for competitive advantage. The publication delivers news, technology evaluations and strategic analysis on the technologies, platforms and trends that affect enterprise-wide computing.

Products and services were awarded in the following categories:

•    Analytics & Reporting

•    Application Development

•    Business Integration Systems

•    Business Relationship Management

•    Desktop & Mobile Hardware

•    E-Business Foundations

•    E-Mail Management & Security

•    Enterprise Collaboration

•    Enterprise Storage Hardware

•    Enterprise Storage Software

•    IT Quality Assurance Tools

•    Productivity Applications

•    Server Hardware

•    Networking & Management Tools

•    Networking Infrastructure

•    Systems & Application Management

•    Authentication & User Management

•    Network Data-stream Protection

•    Vulnerability Assessment & Remediation     

About Shunra VE

Shunra VE is a highly robust, comprehensive network simulation solution that creates a virtual network environment in the performance and pre-deployment network lab. It delivers a powerful, flexible and easy way to test the performance of applications and network equipment under a wide variety of network impairments - exactly as if they were running in a real production environment. With Shunra VE, users understand the impact that the network and applications have on each other's performance and on remote end-users' experiences, and can uncover and resolve production-related problems - before rollout.

About Shunra Software

Shunra is the pioneer and market leader in testing the performance and behavior of services across today's complex networks. The Shunra VE network simulation solutions let users know exactly how their voice, video and business applications will perform in any network environment - before they are rolled out into production. Many leading companies worldwide use Shunra's award-winning solutions, including 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 and the UK. Shunra is also supported through a global network of channel partners. A free trial of Shunra's network simulation technology is available at http://www.shunra.com/content.aspx?page=network_simulation_trial_download. For more information on Shunra, please visit www.shunra.com.

About eWEEK

eWEEK, "the enterprise newsweekly," is the essential technology information source for builders of enterprise infrastructure. eWEEK enables readers to successfully evaluate, deploy and leverage new technology solutions for competitive advantage. The publication delivers to its readers news, technology evaluations, and strategic analysis on the technologies, platforms, and trends that impact enterprise-wide computing. eWEEK reaches 400,100 enterprise technology buyers who are evaluating and purchasing technology solutions for their company. eWEEK delivers news, analysis and technology reviews in print and on a daily basis on the Web.

Shunra is a trademark of Shunra Software Ltd. All other trademarks and registered trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners.

Note to Editors:

See also the eWeek article from May 11, 2007 entitled "Shunra VE Helps with WAN Optimization Decisions" - http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2128939,00.asp

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