UAE Bank Confirms System Capacity with Solutions from Paragon Application Systems and Quality Kiosk

Paragon Application Systems and Quality Kiosk partner on system migration project for a leading UAE bank

(Holly Springs, NC—June 22, 2010) Paragon Application Systems recently partnered with Quality Kiosk to perform a stress testing engagement using Paragon’s stress testing solution, FASTress and Paragon Professional Services at a leading retail bank in the United Arab Emirates. The bank was migrating their host operating system to Postilion and required stress testing to confirm that their network of 800 ATMs could handle the transaction volume. With the ATM ePayment testing expertise of Paragon and the testing proficiency of Quality Kiosk, the engagement was successfully completed in just one month.

During the stress test engagement, Paragon’s Regional Director of Asia Pacific, Wynn Lam, built FASTress agents for the bank’s ATM network. FASTress simulated the actual percentage of withdrawal, balance inquiries, fund transfers, cash deposits, and utility bill payments incurred in the production ATM environment. To confirm that the system had room for growth, FASTress simulated a 25% increase in ATM throughput.

“By combining our expertise with Paragon’s proven ePayment performance testing solution FASTress, we were able to prove our customer’s system capacity in only one month,” says Milan Gandhi, Vice President of Quality Kiosk. “We are committed to providing our customers with the highest quality solutions to meet their business objectives and look forward to partnering with Paragon on future engagements. “

“Using FASTress and working with Quality Kiosk, we were able to benchmark the bank’s ATM switch up to 10 transactions per second which will enable the network to grow by 25%,” says Wynn Lam. “Quality Kiosk brings professional testing services, expertise in stress testing, and strong relationships with banks in the Middle East. We look forward to working together on future engagements in the Middle East and Asia Pacific.”

About Quality Kiosk

Established in 2000 by a team of IT graduates, Quality Kiosk is a leading worldwide provider of software testing services. With over 350 testing engineers, the company has completed over 700 testing projects, served over 150 customers and has more than 10 million hours of testing experience. Today Quality Kiosk services more than 14 of the Fortune 500 companies. Clients include the top three Industrial houses, 7 of the Top 10 Banks, and 4 of the top 5 Insurance companies in the region. Visit Quality Kiosk at www.qualitykiosk.com.

About Paragon Application Systems

Paragon Application Systems is a leading global provider of ePayment simulation, configuration and testing software solutions to the financial industry. More than 450 financial institutions in over 80 countries use Paragon tools to improve quality and reduce time-to-market. Paragon’s broad customer base includes major interchanges, processors, leading software providers, merchant acquirers, banks and credit unions. Visit Paragon Application Systems at www.paragonedge.com or email info@paragonedge.com.