QAD Performance On HP Servers White Paper

QAD Inc. (NASDAQ:QADI), a leading provider of enterprise software and services for global manufacturers, announced today its benchmark performance test results for its QAD Enterprise Applications 2010 Enterprise Edition (QAD 2010 EE) software on the new HP Integrity 9300 Series Server Blades, revealing scalable and consistent enterprise performance that exceeds industry expectations.

HP and QAD have shared a close alliance for about 30 years; QAD is an HP Premier Alliance Partner. Prior to launching the new server series, HP invited QAD to benchmark its QAD 2010 EE software performance on its latest blade, featuring the Intel Itanium 9300 Series, against its legacy blades, using the Intel Itanium 9100 Series.

QAD’s 2010 EE application performed extraordinarily, posting amazing gains over the previous generation hardware - delivering twice the responsiveness (response times cut in half) at the same load, and the ability to support even higher loads with minimal response degradation. Specifically, QAD 2010 EE comfortably supported 3500 concurrent users on a single server blade, executing approximately 195,000 ERP transactions during a simulated eight hour shift, while maintaining average response times of less than half a second (<0.5s) and as fast as 200 millisecond (<0.2s) response times at 2500 users. (Response times were defined as the interval between a user action and the produced action on screen.)

“Any organization that is using or considering a QAD solution wants assurances that our software will accommodate their business growth,” explained Bill Keese, senior vice president of Research and Development at QAD. “That’s why, together with HP, we are proud to share these results; they demonstrate our commitment to continued technological innovation and our ability to deliver superior performance that meets our customers’ current and future needs.”

QAD was proud to participate as a featured independent software vendor at the 9300 Series server launch event and speak at the HP Tech@Work 2010 event in Frankfurt, Germany.