Mercury Interactive 2534233 221789244 2008-06-26T02:59:41Z Elvo86 3392265 pointed Primavera to correct page (avoiding disambiguation) {{dablink|For another company with a similar name, see [[Mercury Computer Systems]].}} '''HP Mercury''' (formerly Mercury Interactive) is a subsidiary of [[Hewlett-Packard]] that is a market leader{{Fact|date=February 2008}} in automated software quality assurance and offers products in other areas such as diagnostics, monitoring, and IT governance. Mercury was founded in [[1989]] and is based in [[Mountain View, California]]. Its largest R&D facility is in [[Yehud]], [[Israel]], and has many offices around the world. On July 25, 2006 Hewlett-Packard announced that it would pay $4.5 billion to acquire Mercury, offering to pay $52 a share, which was a 33 percent premium over its close of $39 a share on the day of the announcement. Mercury became part of HP as of November 7th, 2006. {{Portal|Software Testing}} {{Cleanup-section|date=April 2008}} == Acquisitions == '''Conduct Ltd''' was a privately-held software [[vendor]] of visualizes topology, pinpoints bottlenecks, and isolates the location of network problems both across the infrastructure. The main product was SiteRunner, which later transformed and became Prism and used for monitoring web server traffic. Today the product is called RUM (Real User Monitor) and is part of the Business Availability Center (BAC). On February 2000 acquired by Mercury Interactive. '''Freshwater Software''' was an independent software [[vendor]] of a monitoring tool SiteScope, focused on testing and tracking the response time and availability of software applications. In 2001 acquired by Mercury Interactive. '''Kintana''' was an independent software [[vendor]] of IT Governance products. On June 2003 was acquired by Mercury Interactive for $225M. Today Kintana's products are sold under the PPM [[Project Portfolio Management]]. '''Appilog''' was an independent software [[vendor]] of IT application discovery and mapping. Appilog's products mapped the relationships among applications and their underlying infrastructure. On May 2004 was acquired by Mercury Interactive for $49M. Today Appilog products' are sold under the uCMDB (Universal [[CMDB]] part of HPSW's BSM products. '''Systinet''' (formerly named ''IdooX'') was an independent software [[vendor]] of registry and enablement products for standard service-oriented [[Software architecture|architecture]] ([[Service-Oriented Architecture|SOA]]). On February 1, 2006, Systinet was acquired by Mercury Interactive. == Corporate malfeasance == From [[4 January]], [[2006]] until its purchase by Hewlett-Packard, Mercury was traded via [[Pink Sheets]] as a result of being delisted from the NASDAQ due to noncompliance with filing requirements{{ref|thestreet-1}}. This situation occurred as a result of Mercury having to restate financial results due to improprieties by executive management regarding stock [[options backdating]]. The executive officers who precipitated the delisting, Chief Executive Officer [[Amnon Landan]], Chief Financial Officer Douglas Smith, and General Counsel Susan Skaer, resigned on November 2, 2005 when it became known that these officers were aware of, and participated in, the manipulation of stock options purchase dates on 49 occasions between 1995 and 2004. In addition to these manipulations, the Chief Executive Officer, Amnon Landan, misreported personal stock option exercise dates to increase his profit on transactions three times between 1998 and 2001. Other improprieties on Amnon Landan's part include a 1 million dollar personal loan in 1999, which was not authorized by the board of directors, and was not clearly disclosed in the company's filings with the SEC. The SEC initiated legal proceedings against Landan and Skaer in 2007. The company is under new management. Mercury's former GC, Susan Skaer, changed her last name to Tanner after marrying in the summer of 2006 and no longer practices law; she now sells residential real estate in Palo Alto.<ref>Zusha Elinson, "GCs Get Optioned Out Over Backdating," ''The Recorder'', 18 April 2008, [http://www.law.com/jsp/ihc/PubArticleIHC.jsp?id=1208435390079 published online through Law.com]. Retrieved on 18 April 2008.</ref> == Products == * [[WinRunner]] is a [[Functional testing|functional]] GUI testing tool. * [[QuickTest Professional]] (QTP) is a [[Functional testing|functional]] GUI testing tool. * [[LoadRunner]] is a [[load testing]] tool. * Performance Center is an enterprise-class application for performance testing manageable via the web. * [[Test Director 7.0|TestDirector]] for [[Quality Center]] is a management tool for all aspects of software testing, ranging from capturing requirements, storing test scripts, test execution and defect management. * [[Business Technology Optimization]] is a new tool built to aid the business philosophy of managing IT resources as a business rather than as a service bureau. * [[Business Availability Center]] is an end-user experience monitoring tool. * [[SiteScope]] is an Agent-less Systems Monitoring tool. * [[Mercury Application Mapping]] is a systems' mapping tool. * Mercury IT Governance (ITG) is an [[IT Governance]] and Project Portfolio Management (PPM)tool. * Mercury Global Monitor (formerly Topaz Monitor)[http://www.mercury.com/us/products/application-management/foundation/monitors/global.html] ==Competitors== Quality Assurance * [http://www.bblsolutions.com BBLsolutions] - ([http://www.bblsolutions.net/products.aspx CompassTMS]) * [[Borland]] (acquired [[Segue Software|Segue]] - [[SilkTest]], SilkPerformer) * [[Compuware]] (TestPartner, QACenter, QALoad) * [[Worksoft]] (Certify) * [http://www.e-valid.com eValid] * [http://www.facilita.co.uk Facilita] (Forecast Studio) * [[IBM]] (acquired [[Rational Software|Rational]] - IBM Rational Functional Tester, Performance Tester, Robot, Watchfire, Test Manager) * [http://www.innowera.com Innowera Process Runner for SAP] * [http://www.opendemand.com/ OpenDemand] - ([http://www.opendemand.com/openload/ OpenLoad]) * [[Opsware]] * [[Parasoft]] * [http://www.radview.com RadView] - ([http://www.webload.org WebLOAD]) * [http://wiki.objectweb.org/salome-tmf Salomé-TMF] (Free Test Management Framework) * [http://www.scapatech.com/ Scapa Technologies] [http://www.scapatech.com/testing.html The Scapa Test and Performance Platform] * [http://www.testit.co.uk/ TestIT] IT Governance / [[ITIL]] / [[ITSM]] * [[BMC Software|BMC]] (BMC Remedy Service Management) * [[CA, Inc.|CA]] Clarity (acquired Niku) * [[Compuware]] (acquired ChangePoint) * [[IBM]] ([[Tivoli Software|Tivoli]] IBM Tivoli Unified Platform) * [http://www.newmerix.com/ Newmerix] * [[Opsware]] * [[Primavera Systems]] * [[Quest Software]] Monitoring and Diagnostics * [[BMC Software|BMC]] (Patrol) * [[CA, Inc.|CA]] (Unicenter, acquired [[Wily Technology]] - Introscope, JProbe) * [[Compuware]] (Vantage) * [[IBM]] ([[Tivoli Software|Tivoli]]) * [[Opsware]] * [[Coradiant]] * [http://www.scapatech.com/ Scapa Technologies] [http://www.scapatech.com/testing.html The Scapa Test and Performance Platform] ==External links== *[https://h10078.www1.hp.com/cda/hpms/display/main/hpms_home.jsp?zn=bto&cp=1_4011_100__ HP's Business Technology Optimization (BTO) Software website] *[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/26/technology/26hewlett.html?ref=business The New York Times - HP to Pay $4.5 Billion to Acquire Mercury] ==References== # {{note|thestreet-1}} {{cite web | title=TheStreet.Com| Tech Stocks: Software | Mercury Interactive Shares to Be Delisted | url=http://www.thestreet.com/tech/software/10259746.html | accessdate=January 3 | accessyear=2006 }} <references /> [[Category:Computer companies of the United States]] [[Category:Companies based in Silicon Valley]] [[Category:Companies established in 1989]] [[Category:Hewlett-Packard]] [[Category:Software companies of Israel]]