VI Technology was a privately owned company based in

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, that provided enterprise test solutions and services. These solutions ranged from benchtop test systems to enterprise-wide test solutions. VI Technology's main product, Arendar, was used by engineering teams in design, characterization, validation, and manufacturing. Working together with key partners,

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, VI Technology had worked with companies from the semiconductor, communications, high-tech electronics, defense, biomedical, and automotive industries. VI Technology original corporate headquarters was located in Austin, Texas, with branch locations in

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. VI Technology was bought by

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in 2009.

History

VI Technology was founded in Austin, Texas, in 1991 by an

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from the

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. Founded to develop software instrument drivers for measurement instruments, the company expanded to develop automated test systems and enterprise test data management solutions for industry.

Enterprise Test

Enterprise test is a concept that combines automated test systems and information technology to solve company-wide test problems. This concept extends the main goal of traditional test instrumentation and software which solve the problems related to individual test stations. The idea of enterprise test encompasses multiple aspects such as enterprise test software, enterprise software platforms, engineering and business intelligence consulting services, data management, collaboration, workflow, reporting capabilities, and asset management all focused on solving the enterprise-wide testing needs.

Arendar

Arendar is Enterprise test software which enables users to make reports and share test data throughout the organization through drag-and-drop report creation and Web-based accessibility. The enterprise test solution consists of a server module built on Microsoft SQL Server database with extensions for SQL Server Reporting Services and interfaces to standard automated test software including

LabVIEW, TestStand, LabWindows/CVI, and

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.NET. Arendar uses a Web dashboard that enables users to display test results over the Web in advanced reports which automatically update with the latest data acquired from all test systems. Authorized users can access test results from anywhere on the network using a

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Web browser. Arendar was a Test and Measurement World Award Winner for Best in Test in 2004 and an Honorable Mention for Best in Test in 2006."2006 Best in Test Awards—Honorable Mentions
Test and Measurement World 1 December 2005
Retrieved on 2007-11-23.

External links

Aeroflex

References

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