New Release Information

11.1a, June 16th, 2021 (build 5522)

• SECURITY: Fixed and improved the file handler

11.1a, April 29th, 2021 (build 5475)

• NEW FEATURE: New percentile quality testing helps determine the highest available bandwidth for a connection. Note, requires latest Satellites (latest install for software satellites. Latest firmware for hardware) and latest BCS (5.51+) for browser tests.
• NEW FEATURE: Speed test permits RFC6349 test, new metrics in plugin, latest Satellites (latest install for software satellites. Latest firmware for hardware) are required.
• NEW FEATURE: New order field to dictate the order of metrics in reporting
• SECURITY: Checking of URL parameters restructured
• NEW FEATURE: Event based on timer for detecting disconnected satellites

11.0b, January 26th, 2021 (build 5382)

• SECURITY: Published reports now secured by individual access codes

11.0b, January 7th, 2021 (build 5363)

• PERFORMANCE: Improved the efficiency of reports being published after finite Satellite Work Orders complete

11.0b, January 4th, 2021 (build 5360)

• NEW FEATURE: SYNC Timers, which allow Satellites to sync their work orders, now supports grouping
• IMPROVEMENT: ISP lookups have been streamlined to improve efficiency
• IMPROVEMENT: Standard reports added to publishing portal for improved data analysis

11.0b, November 26th, 2020 (build 5321)

• NEW FEATURE: The firewall test can now test port availability to a remote server (BCS 5.4.9+)
• SECURITY: Improvements in data security
• IMPROVEMENT: BCS auto download now supports HTTPS

11.0a, September 4th, 2020 (build 5237)

• PERFORMANCE: Vast memory usage improvement to the Satellite protocol
• PERFORMANCE: Efficiency improvements for MCS data retrieval

11.0a, October 28th, 2020 (build 5295)

• SECURITY: MCS user password are moving from SHA1 to SHA256. Any user logging in with a SHA1 password will have to create a new password.
• SECURITY: MCS user password expiry can now be set.
• PERFORMANCE: Satellite protocols have been improved.
• PERFORMANCE: Whois logic for ISP names in test result has been improved in both speed and accuracy.
• PERFORMANCE: The Satellites page has been redesigned to include filters and reimagined to improve performance for larger numbers of Satellites.

11.0a, September 4th, 2020 (build 5237)

• PERFORMANCE: Vast memory usage improvement to the Satellite protocol
• PERFORMANCE: Efficiency improvements for MCS data retrieval

11.0a, June 27th, 2020 (build 5211)

• NEW: Advanced data publishing system (requires license) for automated reports such as VoIP assessment or throughput assessment. Supports automated report generation and distribution. The system interfaces to the testing process to automatically generate reports when the testing has completed. (learn more)
• NEW: Business Calendar. The business calendar allows testing and reporting to integrate into business timetables, end-of-week report or run a capacity test at 3 am on Sunday(learn more)
• NEW: Work Order Actions. Satellite work orders can now be set up to initiate an action(s) on completion of a work order or part work order. Actions deliver the flexibility for work order data collection to automatically interface to assessment report publication. (learn more)
• NEW: Behavioral Testing. Automated test processing now supports the ability to synchronize remotely distributed satellites. This interface allows a network to be tested across any size of enterprise. For example, a 1000 concurrent VoIP call simulation could be configured to run 100 G711 concurrent call simulations from 10 call center locations at the same time. Network behavioral testing allows the network configuration and policies to be challenged at any level of bandwidth including the integration of competing traffic to assess application coexistence, such as a heavy download or other data traffic. (learn more)
• NEW: User and work order accounts. Automated assessment testing can now be directed to run under an account ownership structure. The application of the account structure allows data to be partitioned by user or business project.
• NEW: Web-socket testing. MCS 11 supports the ability to run a basic data test administered only by the browser with no plug-in. Advanced protocol testing such as accurate RFC6349 data, VoIP, Route, Firewall, Capacity etc. naturally requires a plug-in. It should be noted that, as the browser is the initiator of the data transfer, any web-socket compliant test results will vary based on the performance of the browser used.