NEWTON, Mass., April 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Crosscheck Networks, Inc., the leading provider of Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) testing products today announced that it has been selected to conduct a full-day training program, The Art and Science of SOA Testing, at STAREAST 2007 on Tuesday, May 15, 2007.

Based on emerging web services standards, SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) has ushered in a new era of how applications are designed, developed, tested, and deployed. The promise of SOA to increase development productivity and application flexibility poses new challenges for testers: multiple web services standards and implementations, legacy applications (of questionable quality) now exposed as Web services, weak or non-existent security controls, and services of possibly diverse origins chained together to create applications. At STAREAST 2007, Crosscheck Networks SOA testing instructors will lead attendees through an intensive tutorial that includes hands-on lab work. Beginning with the Four Pillars of SOA testing, attendees will learn new concepts to master SOA testing challenges through techniques such as WSDL chaining, schema mutation, and automated filtration. They will also learn how traditional techniques such as black, gray, and white-box testing are applied to SOA testing to maximize test coverage, minimize effort, and release better products.

"We have seen SOA deployments mature and become progressively sophisticated over the last 2 years," said Mamoon Yunus, Chief Technology Officer of Forum Systems and advisor to Crosscheck Networks. "We are excited to see thought leaders like Software Quality Engineers provide rigorous training for QA Professionals for testing increasingly complex SOA deployments. We believe such training courses will become necessary for enterprises that are serious about SOA."

"With the widespread implementation of SOA applications, QA professionals must select appropriate testing tools, adapt their testing techniques, and develop web services domain expertise to make their SOA deployments deliver business value reliably and securely," said Lee Copeland, Conference Chair of STAREAST 2007. "We are looking forward to Crosscheck Networks introducing SOA testing techniques, tools, and expertise in their tutorial to our delegates."

About Crosscheck Networks
Crosscheck Network's mission is to provide products for testing, diagnosing and controlling enterprise Web Services. Crosscheck Networks' products provide QA professionals, security personnel, and compliance officers with necessary information about the functional completeness, scalability, security and interoperability compliance of their Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). Through SOAPSonar(TM) - industry leading comprehensive SOA testing product - IT professionals make more informed decisions that enable their companies to stay within corporate quality and regulatory boundaries. The SOA diagnostics architecture is the first in the industry to encompass security, compliance, performance and functional regression under a unified architectural framework. The architecture enables the product to be deployed from the core to the perimeter of an enterprise. Visit Crosscheck Networks at http://www.crosschecknet.com/.

About Software Quality Engineering
Software Quality Engineering delivers training, support, research and publications to software managers, developers, test professionals, and quality engineers worldwide. Since January 1986, Software Quality Engineering has been at the forefront of software quality improvement technology, and was instrumental in setting the stage for the software industry to view testing as a distinct discipline. Software Quality Engineering assists software professionals and organizations interested in boosting productivity, improving software practices, delivering more customer value, and increasing ROI. Software Quality Engineering hosts three of the industry's most recognized software quality conferences including the STAR conference series and the Better Software Conference & EXPO. From the classroom to the Web, Software Quality Engineering delivers software testing and development seminars, and provides consulting services, specialized publications, and research. Visit SQE at: http://www.sqe.com/

CONTACT: Rizwan Mallal of Crosscheck Networks, Inc., +1-617-938-3956
Web site: http://www.crosschecknet.com/