Machine Configuration -- Number of Master SLBs	1
Machine Configuration -- Number of Agent SLBs (Playback Only)	9
Minimum simulated user capacity per machine (Assumes properly configured XP box)	125
Total simulated user capacity	1,000
Normal business hours in a year (40 hours/week, 52 weeks).	2,080
Total simulated user hours available in a year.	2,080,000
Average cost per simulated user hour based on a $10K investment in eValid.	< 0.5¢

The point is this: eValid offers a potential average cost of < 0.5¢ per simulated user hour when spread out over an entire year. If you spread out the work to the full 168 hours per week the costs per simulated user hour drops even more!

• Automated Specification and Verification of Web Systems (5th International Workshop), 17 July 2009, Castle of Hagenberg, Austria, EU
• Ninth International Conference on Web Engineering , 24-26 June 2009, San Sebastian, Spain, EU.
• Fourth Internatinal Workshop on Automation of Software Test (AST 2009), 18-19 May 2009, Vancouver, Canada.
• 7th International Symposium on Automated Technology for Verification and Analysis, , 14-16 October, 2009, Macao SAR, China
• IEEE Internet Computing: Special Issue on Cloud Computing , Sep/Oct 2009.

As we come to the end of the calendar it seems to be shaping up that for many, 2008 will have been a really tough year. So we're doubly thankful that for eValid it has actually been a fairly good year!

Recall that the Chinese word for "crisis" is composed of two symbols: one for "danger" and the other for "opportunity." Crisis = "dangerous opportunity" is the way that's usually interpreted, and we have a strong commitment to making the best of this difficult circumstance!

So this may be a good opportunity for those of us in the quality and productivity business. It seems to us that products and technologies that make life easier, get the work done quicker and more efficiently, make better use of resources, and do the job better are going to be extremely important as the world economy gets back on track.

Here is a summary of what you can expect from eValid in the coming days and weeks:

• eValid's V9 Release, after the first of the year, with many new features and performance improvements. (All V8 support will be ending a few months after V9 is released.)
• There'll be several special offers for regression suite creation, for package pricing involving server loading work, and for monitoring script development.
• Realigned product bundle compositions that, among other changes, will see the EPI feature added to both the WebMaster Bundle and to the Regression Test Bundle.
• Revisions to some aspects of eValid pricing, including introduction of SAAS-type fees and full virtualization support.
• Enhanced DOM programming support: you'll now be able to do ANYthing you can imagine with DOM scripting based on "from life" recording.

We wish you all the very happiest of New Years celebrations, and we wish for the best for everyone in 2009.

• Watch some of our Annotated/Animated Movies. You'll see how eValid works from the GUI level, and see how eValid deals with specific testing situations.
• If you run into a tricky problem testing a website, you might consider checking out the 40+ entries in our Worked Solutions Resource. You'll find a wide range of already-worked examples showing how eValid solves typical testing situations.
• For general eValid usage you may wish to check into the set of our "top 99" Power User Tips & Tricks. They cover everything from simple functional testing to detailed LoadTest experiment development.