SOASTA
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SOASTA, Inc. is a privately-held
American
technology company that provides services to test website
s and web application
s.
It is the leading provider of cloud-based testing
services,
and created the industry's first browser-based website testing product.
Website tests include load testing
, performance testing
, functional testing
and user interface
testing.
SOASTA provides cloud website testing with their product CloudTest, which simulates thousands of users visiting a website simultaneously
using the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
(EC2) service.
SOASTA allows customers to use predefined tests or create customized tests to automatically test their web applications.
In the first half of 2010, SOASTA was selected by The Wall Street Journal as a “Top 50” Venture-backed company, by AlwaysOn as an OnDemand Top 100 Winner, and by the Red Herring as a Top 100 North America Tech Startup.
SOASTA was founded by Ken Gardner and is based in Mountain View, California
.
Tom Lounibos has been CEO
since September 2006.
In September 2008, SOASTA raised USD $6.4 M in financing from Formative Ventures, Canaan Partners
and The Entrepreneur's Fund.
In December 2008, SOASTA announce an alliance with SAVVIS
to provide SAVVIS customer's with SOASTA's cloud testing services.
American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
technology company that provides services to test website
Website
A website, also written as Web site, web site, or simply site, is a collection of related web pages containing images, videos or other digital assets. A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network through an Internet...
s and web application
Web application
A web application is an application that is accessed over a network such as the Internet or an intranet. The term may also mean a computer software application that is coded in a browser-supported language and reliant on a common web browser to render the application executable.Web applications are...
s.
It is the leading provider of cloud-based testing
Cloud testing
Cloud testing is a form of software testing in which web applications use cloud computing environments to simulate real-world user traffic.- Overview :Cloud Testing uses cloud infrastructure for software testing....
services,
and created the industry's first browser-based website testing product.
Website tests include load testing
Load testing
Load testing is the process of putting demand on a system or device and measuring its response. Load testing is performed to determine a system’s behavior under both normal and anticipated peak load conditions. It helps to identify the maximum operating capacity of an application as well as any...
, performance testing
Performance testing
In software engineering, performance testing is in general testing performed to determine how a system performs in terms of responsiveness and stability under a particular workload...
, functional testing
Functional testing
Functional testing is a type of black box testing that bases its test cases on the specifications of the software component under test. Functions are tested by feeding them input and examining the output, and internal program structure is rarely considered .Functional testing differs from system...
and user interface
User interface
The user interface, in the industrial design field of human–machine interaction, is the space where interaction between humans and machines occurs. The goal of interaction between a human and a machine at the user interface is effective operation and control of the machine, and feedback from the...
testing.
SOASTA provides cloud website testing with their product CloudTest, which simulates thousands of users visiting a website simultaneously
using the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud is a central part of Amazon.com's cloud computing platform, Amazon Web Services . EC2 allows users to rent virtual computers on which to run their own computer applications...
(EC2) service.
SOASTA allows customers to use predefined tests or create customized tests to automatically test their web applications.
In the first half of 2010, SOASTA was selected by The Wall Street Journal as a “Top 50” Venture-backed company, by AlwaysOn as an OnDemand Top 100 Winner, and by the Red Herring as a Top 100 North America Tech Startup.
SOASTA was founded by Ken Gardner and is based in Mountain View, California
Mountain View, California
-Downtown:Mountain View has a pedestrian-friendly downtown centered on Castro Street. The downtown area consists of the seven blocks of Castro Street from the Downtown Mountain View Station transit center in the north to the intersection with El Camino Real in the south...
.
Tom Lounibos has been CEO
since September 2006.
In September 2008, SOASTA raised USD $6.4 M in financing from Formative Ventures, Canaan Partners
Canaan Partners
Canaan Partners is a multi-billion dollar global venture capital firm focusing on investments in early stage companies in the technology and healthcare sectors....
and The Entrepreneur's Fund.
In December 2008, SOASTA announce an alliance with SAVVIS
SAVVIS
Savvis – A CenturyLink Company is a subsidiary of CenturyLink, a company headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana. Savvis provides information technology solutions for enterprises and government agencies...
to provide SAVVIS customer's with SOASTA's cloud testing services.
External links
- Chegg.com Goes Back to School With Cloud Testing From SOASTA, Press Release