SAP AG Adopts Mercury BTO Products to Optimize Corporate Portal

by PR Newswire

SAP Uses Mercury to Test, Diagnose and Monitor Performance of Corporate Portal From Pre-production Through Production

Deploys Mercury End-User Monitoring in 11 Locations Worldwide in Less Than 30 Days for Critical Implementation of SAP NetWeaver(R) Portal

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today, Mercury Interactive Corporation , the global leader in business technology optimization (BTO) software, announced that SAP AG, the world's leading provider of business software solutions, is using Mercury BTO software to test, diagnose and monitor the performance of its new internal corporate portal from pre-production through production.

With more than 32,000 customers in more than 120 countries, SAP is the world's third-largest independent software provider. SAP recently deployed a new corporate portal to provide more than 35,000 employees in 120 countries with a single source for internal corporate information. The portal is a mission-critical application and knowledge system used by all SAP employees and its performance has a direct impact on employees' productivity.

With Mercury BTO software, SAP's IT group manages the performance lifecycle of applications that are integrated into the portal. SAP's IT group uses Mercury LoadRunner(R), part of Mercury Performance Center(TM) to help perform load and stress testing of new functionality being added into the portal. Once in production, SAP's IT group uses Mercury Business Availability Center(TM) to help monitor applications, to identify and resolve potential problems before they impact the users of the portal.

Mercury Business Availability Center helps SAP's IT group to understand the portal's impact on the business, understand the end-user experience, manage service levels and report this information from multiple locations worldwide to key stakeholders. SAP's IT group was able to deploy Mercury Business Availability Center very rapidly, with the first location online within three days and all 11 locations around the world up and running in less than 30 days.

"At SAP, the performance of our internal systems is essential for successful business operations," said Michael Golz, regional CIO, SAP Americas. "Mercury BTO software allows us to test the performance of new functionality in development and then monitor the impact this functionality has from the moment it goes into production. We can easily manage performance across the lifecycle of the applications and pinpoint the specific areas where performance can be optimized for the end user."

"SAP has adopted Mercury's industry-leading application delivery and application management software to optimize the performance and availability of its internal corporate portal," said Yuval Scarlat, senior vice president of products at Mercury. "This is strong testimony to the value of Mercury's BTO offerings as well as the strength of our relationship with SAP."

ABOUT SAP

SAP is the world's leading provider of business software*. Today, more than 33,200 customers in more than 120 countries run SAP(R) applications -- from distinct solutions addressing the needs of small and midsize enterprises to suite offerings for global organizations. Powered by the SAP NetWeaver(R) platform to drive innovation and enable business change, SAP software helps enterprises of all sizes around the world improve customer relationships, enhance partner collaboration and create efficiencies across their supply chains and business operations. SAP solution portfolios support the unique business processes of more than 25 industries, including high tech, retail, financial services, healthcare and the public sector. With subsidiaries in more than 50 countries, the company is listed on several exchanges, including the Frankfurt stock exchange and NYSE under the symbol "SAP." (Additional information at http://www.sap.com/ )

(*) SAP defines business software as comprising enterprise resource planning and related applications such as supply chain management, customer relationship management, product life-cycle management and supplier relationship management.

MERCURY AND SAP

Mercury and SAP have worked together since the mid-1990s. As an SAP Software Partner, Mercury has developed a set of BTO software offerings specifically designed to help optimize the quality, performance and scalability of SAP solutions. Many Mercury products have been integration certified by SAP, which helps assure customers that the interfaces between Mercury products and SAP solutions are reliable and seamless. In February 2005, Mercury announced a multi-year commitment with SAP AG to offer Mercury LoadRunner, the industry's leading performance optimization product, as part of the SAP Going-Live(TM) Check service for customers using the SAP NetWeaver(R) platform. In addition, SAP resells Mercury LoadRunner, under the brand, SAP(R) LoadRunner(TM) by Mercury.

ABOUT MERCURY

Mercury Interactive Corporation, the global leader in business technology optimization (BTO) software, is committed to helping customers optimize the business value of information technology. Founded in 1989, Mercury conducts business worldwide and is one of the largest enterprise software companies today. Mercury provides software and services for IT Governance, Application Delivery, and Application Management. Customers worldwide rely on Mercury offerings to govern the priorities, processes and people of IT and test and manage the quality and performance of business-critical applications. Mercury BTO offerings are complemented by technologies and services from global business partners. For more information, please visit www.mercury.com.

NOTE: Mercury, Mercury Business Availability Center, Mercury LoadRunner, Mercury Performance Center and the Mercury logo are trademarks of Mercury Interactive Corporation and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.

SAP, SAP NetWeaver and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and in several other countries all over the world.

All other company, brand and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

Source: Mercury Interactive Corporation

CONTACT: Scott Pace of Mercury, +1-650-603-4675, or space@mercury.com;
Elizabeth Crosta of Ogilvy Public Relations, +1-415-677-2800, or
Elizabeth.Crosta@ogilvypr.com

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