| [ Lexcelerated News ]
October 2004
Lexcel TestSystem® CAPSystem™ Preferred by EFT Industry
LINK Interchange Network Ltd – is the number
one cash machine (ATM) transaction switch in the world.
The network connects over 40,000 ATMs - virtually every
machine in the UK - deployed by 49 Member institutions.
Citicorp EFS - each month processes more than 40 million
transactions and moves more than $1 billion in funds
- supporting over 5 million households or individuals
nationwide.
Interac® Direct Payment (IDP) - the Canadian Debit
Network reached over 2 billion transactions in 2001
at over 328,000 participating merchant locations.
To provide superior service levels and to maintain
data processing integrity, organizations of all sizes
must plan for and test the complete range of operational
extremes. Many times, weaknesses in application software
or hardware systems only surface under extreme operating
conditions.
Configurations range from single interface systems
running 10 TPS to the most complex full production
emulation of ATM, POS, and Network transactions using
true protocol and volume profiles.
Lexcel TestSystem CAPSystem enables users to determine
overall system capacity by driving and measuring transactions
per second (TPS), response time, with real-time and
logged statistics. Lexcel TestSystem CAPSystem creates
an accelerated, rapid-fire progression of production-type
request transactions, while also emulating approved
and declined responses, all within an accelerated transaction
rate environment benchmarked at over 2,000 TPS.
The Lexcel TestSystem CAPSystem platform is built
from existing Lexcel testing applications and Patent
Pending transaction driving and monitoring technology,
modified to perform in an accelerated environment.
Lexcel TestSystem CAPSystem is a suite of modules for
message and script creation, results analysis, generating
specific responses and transaction exchanges. In addition,
Lexcel TestSystem CAPSystem provides logging and reporting
capabilities specifically designed for in-depth post-test
analysis. The result is a fully loaded capacity-testing
system using validated messages from the specified
device and network formats with a full range of protocol
support.
LINK says, "The [Lexcel TestSystem]
CAPSystem product not only allows us to stress the
whole system, but individual components, such as Processor
Interfaces (PI's), PEND, PMC and LOGGER, to ensure
the correct number of each are configured in the production
system."
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