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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 16, 2013-- SOASTA(R), Inc., a leader in cloud and mobile testing, today announced the launch of the global PERFORM partner program. PERFORM is designed to accelerate a partner's growth in revenue and market share by combining access to SOASTA's disruptive, industry-leading technologies, aggressive financial incentives and comprehensive, flexible training and enablement programs. The new PERFORM program will equip Value Added Resellers (VARs), Managed Service Providers (MSPs), complementary technology partners (ISVs), and Systems Integrators (SIs) to deliver the full SOASTA platform of products in key markets worldwide. Potential new partners should immediately submit their application to www.soasta.com/partners. (more…)

SOASTA has beefed up its CloudTest platform with the new Spring Release. Production loads of mobile and web apps can now be tested on over 750,000 cloud-based load servers worldwide simulating hundreds of thousands of users. It was already supposed to be the largest test cloud of available load generators around when it was only at a half-a-million servers and SOASTA preens that it can scale to any level of traffic as global public and private cloud computing expands. It’s even got a patent protecting the widgetry’s speed, scalability and affordability. (more…)

SOASTA, Inc., a leader in mobile and cloud testing, today announced expanded capabilities of the CloudTest product on the SOASTA platform. Driven by customer load testing in production environments, CloudTest now includes new features to further improve testing time-to-results. SOASTA has also added new cloud capacity across Asia – increasing the Global Test Cloud to include over 750,000 globally distributed, cloud-based load servers. (more…)

今月初め，SOASTAとCloudBeesがJenkinsのプラグインをリリースした。継続的インテグレーション(Continuous Integration/CI)サーバであるJenkinsで，モバイルデバイスの実機を使用した自動テストを行うためのプラグインだ。SOASTAがリリースしたこのプラグインには，Jenkinsの作者であるKohsuke Kawaguchi氏の手による最適化が含まれている。最低限のSOASTA CloudTest Server設定情報を入力するだけで，モバイルデバイス上でテストを行うビルドステップの実行が可能になる。 (more…)

For the fourth year in a row, AlwaysOn has chosen SOASTA as one of the 2013 OnDemand Top 100 Private Companies in the Cloud Management and Tools category. Each year AlwaysOn looks at the top emerging companies that are creating game-changing approaches, technologies and new business opportunities in the world of cloud infrastructure, Software-as-a-Service and on-demand computing. We’re excited to be part of this prestigious list that includes many of our partners and customers. Later this month, the winners will be honored at OnDemand’s exclusive executive summit, Where the Internet Meets the Enterprise, at HP Executive Briefing Center in Palo Alto, Calif. A complete list of the winners can be found on the AlwaysOn website. (more…)

Cloud and mobile testing provider SOASTA, Inc. has been named a leader in the cloud testing arena by market analyst IDC. The company's "IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Cloud Testing and ASQ SaaS 2012-2013 Vendor Analysis - Enabling Business Agility and Quality in the Cloud" report names SOASTA as a major contender in the space. (more…)

A plug-in intended to make it easier for mobile developers to test applications and deploy them to the cloud is available for download. The open source plug-in, called the Soasta CloudTest Plugin for Jenkins, links the Jenkins continuous integration system to the Soasta Touchtest platform for testing multi-touch, gesture-based applications on the CloudBees Java platform-as-a-service. Applications would be deployed on CloudBees. (more…)

Soasta, Cloudbees partner to connect mobile app dev to Jenkins continuous integration server, for easier testing, deployment to the cloud. A plug-in intended to make it easier for mobile developers to test applications and deploy them to the cloud is available for download. The open source plug-in, called the Soasta CloudTest Plugin for Jenkins, links the Jenkins continuous integration system to the Soasta Touchtest platform for testing multi-touch, gesture-based applications on the CloudBees Java platform as a service. Applications would be deployed on CloudBees. (more…)

We’re 100% cloud computing-focused this week. First Gordon Haff (@ghaff), cloud evangelist from Red Hat, stops by to talk about the rise of Platform as a Service (PaaS) especially in the enterprise space. Then Tom Lounibos (@lounibos), CEO of SOASTA, discusses three products: 1. CloudTest, a test automation suite for mobile developers to test their app and associated workload, 2. TouchTest, an environment for mobile developers to test apps on hundreds of different permutations, and 3. Real User Measurement (RUM), a developer view of every user on a Website or mobile site. (more…)

Salesforce.com came out ahead of the pack years ago by offering CRM business SaaS. Now all the major software vendors are making their wares available through the cloud, while younger companies are creating new cloud environments to offer a variety of software products and services. Here we take a look at the coolest cloud software vendors to make this year's Cloud 100 list. (more…)

With the beginning of the NCAA Basketball tournaments, otherwise known as March Madness, it’s not just the teams that are feeling the anxiety. There are a lot of owners of Web sites out there that have applications that are either specifically tied to the games themselves or are connected to advertising campaigns that have the potential to go viral at any moment. Providers of mobile applications in particular are likely to find that their sites are about to put to the ultimate test. (more…)

At last we can answer Bobbie Gentry's question. What you get when you fall in love these days, it seems, is an e-card on Valentine's Day. One in every three Americans, according to a new survey by U.S. technology company Soasta, is intending to send one of these digital greetings next week. (more…)

(CNN) -- Choosing the right Valentine's Day gift can be tricky. Is your paramour into the the textbook red roses and box of chocolates, or would they prefer a romantic home-cooked meal? When in doubt, ask the Internet. Google has combed through recent search trends to get an idea of what people are thinking this Valentine's Day. (It's on Thursday, folks, in case it slipped your mind. Better get busy.) (more…)

A new candy trend is emerging and it just may be the ultimate Valentine's gift for 2013: Chocolate molded in the image of you. Using 3D printing technology, the chocolates are as personal as you can get. But is inviting your loved one to eat food crafted in your image creepy or cute? View the video to decide. Other Valentine's trends for 2013: More growth of virtual cards in lieu of the traditional printed variety. A new study done by mobile testing company Soasta reveals that over one third of Americans will send an electronic love note this year, with men more likely to do so than women. No surprise there, ladies. (more…)

In this Hyper-Connected, Online Age of ours, digital gestures that replace physical or tactile ones have grown increasingly accepted by etiquette mavens and average Joe Six-Packs alike. Just scanning the e-pages of the venerable The New York Times, for example, you can begin to comprehend this trend toward digital gestures: We are introducing ourselves to prospective employers via email, sending and receiving e-wedding invitations and even announcing our divorces on Facebook. And though I couldn't find Times corroboration, I hear that some people are even having sex on the Internet nowadays. (more…)

Valentine’s Day is hard upon us. Love is in the air, or rather in the ether. In fact, according to a new study for cloud and mobile testing company, SOASTA, by Harris Interactive, one in three Americans will send an e-card for Valentine’s Day. (more…)

Appcelerator, who’s got a mobile development platform called Titanium 3.0, and SOASTA, who does cloud and mobile testing and has a mobile test automation solution called TouchTest, have integrated their widgetry to make things easier for developers. (more…)

High-end menswear seller Bonobos’ e-commerce site went down in 2011 on Cyber Monday, the online shopping holiday that falls on the Monday after Thanksgiving and is one of the retailer’s peak sales days of the year, says chief technology officer Michael Hart. But the next year did not bring a repeat calamity. (more…)

Aiming to ultimately give developers an end-to-end mobile application life-cycle-management platform, Appcelerator on Thursday announced partnerships with Crittercism and SOASTA that add needed functionality to Appcelerator Titanium 3.0, the company’s development platform for mobile applications. (more…)