Mumbai: Sierra Atlantic, a leader in offshoring enterprise applications, today announced a path-breaking service for hardware and software product developers globally through the world''s first interoperability lab at Hyderabad.

This lab provides reliable, low cost testing services that enable software and hardware vendors to certify their products prior to release and allow enterprises to test products before deployment by the end-users. This maintains scalability, performance and functionality on par with specifications.

This also enhances Sierra Atlantic''s offerings of software application development, testing and support services for software product and appliance companies.

"Our deep R&D experience with virtually every major enterprise software vendor gives us the expertise and proven track record to manage outsourced quality assurance and interoperability testing," says Sarath Sura, managing director, Sierra Atlantic. "This gives software and hardware vendors and enterprise end users assurance that a given product works the way they need it to, without incurring high post-deployment re-engineering costs."

Integrating new hardware and software into an existing IT infrastructure without adequate testing can result in flawed systems that incur high cost above the initial investment to repair. Sierra Atlantic draws upon best practices, tools and processes to provide a complete environment of industry-leading enterprise applications (Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP and Siebel) installed in its interoperability lab.

Interoperability testing includes functionality, performance, scalability, compatibility and connectivity testing. By using the Interoperability Lab, QA engineers can cut clients'' in-house costs, shorten time-to market and ensure all tested applications are totally compatible and fully interoperable with leading Enterprise Applications and infrastructure products.

According to Sharam Hakimi of Array Networks; the world''s largest integrated web traffic management appliance company, "Sierra Atlantic''s application knowledge and adaptive Interoperability Lab made them a perfect fit to ensure our Array SP''s operation with a range of Web-based applications. They provided us with the expertise and resources needed to validate our secure global access for enterprises quickly and cost-effectively."

Sierra Atlantic is a leader in offshoring enterprise applications, helping our customers optimize their investments in Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP and Siebel. With expertise derived from deep R&D relationships with enterprise software leaders, the company offers complete lifecycle application management solutions — strategy, implementation, integration, upgrade and support .