Expect customers to only wait 2 seconds on your website during Holidays
Wednesday, November 16, 2016 by Richard Harris
SOASTA has released its 2016 Holiday Retail Insights Report. The report includes new research that covers the ideal load time for peak conversions, how fast shoppers expect a site to load before they will bounce, and what digital downtime actually costs retailers. The report’s key findings include:- 28 percent of customers will not return to a slow site- In 2015, 5...
Study: What Americans Hate Most on Their Mobile Device
Wednesday, September 21, 2016 by Richard Harris
There is new research into one of the most hated new annoyances of the Internet and mobile and its not Donald Trump or the Kardashians. You know those huge ads that take over the entire screen of your computer or mobile devices? These third party resources are the lifeline for media struggling to stay in the black. A typical web request today can r...
DevOps Pros Reveal Their Most Challenging Digital Performance Problems
Monday, June 6, 2016 by Richard Harris
SOASTA has released the results of a recent outreach survey conducted to determine common pain points and digital performance challenges facing the DevOps community, as well as a bonus question on their presidential candidate preferences.The survey was fielded among 45,000 technology professionals and found that Bernie Sanders is a favorite with DevOps pros – 34 percent...
SOASTA Releases Updates to Digital Performance Management Platform
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 by Richard Harris
SOASTA has released the latest version of its Digital Performance Management (DPM) Platform, offering advancements in front-end web and mobile performance optimization and support for open source tools and frameworks such as JMeter.SOASTA’s DPM platform includes CloudTest for integrated load testing, mPulse for real user monitoring, TouchTest for mobile performance and ...
SOASTA Mobile Testing Tools Now Available on IBM MobileFirst Platform
Wednesday, March 2, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
SOASTA has announced that developers building mobile apps on the IBM MobileFirst Platform can now use mobile testing offerings from SOASTA.SOASTA’s Mobile Test Cloud and TouchTest solution’s can record and analyze the quality and performance of mobile applications against the latest mobile device and O/S combinations. Specific details of user interactions on the mobile ...
Online Performance Is as Important as InGame Performance for the Super Bowl
Friday, February 5, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
The biggest sports day of the year will also be a huge day for companies who have an investment in the big game. We visited with Tom Lounibos, CEO of SOASTA, to discuss how digital performance management is particularly important during “spikey” events such as the Super Bowl, where digital performance can make or break a brand.He also provides insights into SOASTA’s Sup...
SOASTA Extends Continuous Integration Visual Studio Online and Azure Cloud Services
Wednesday, April 29, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
SOASTA has announced that it has extended the continuous integration process for developers using Microsoft Visual Studio Online. The integration of SOASTA CloudTest and TouchTest provides the ability to automate the functional and performance testing of mobile and web applications. The combined solution also provides developers with a process for uncovering potential i...
Continuous Integration Has Now Blurred the Lines between Development and Functional Testing
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 by Brad Johnson
The traditional development lifecycle practice was to “huck” code over the fence from stage to stage and huck it back with our bug lists. Continuous Integration has now blurred the line between development and functional testing as the process becomes more automated and iterative. With mobile app testing becoming a clear bottleneck to rapid delivery, cus...
No Tricks Here, Halloween Apps to Take Off This Holiday Season
Monday, October 20, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
SOASTA has released the results of its Halloween Retail Readiness Index which was conducted online in the U.S. by Harris Poll on behalf of SOASTA from October 9-13, 2014 among 2,026 adults, ages 18 and older. The study provides a lesson that is valuable across all app genres. Your app or mobile website better work or it will be abandoned forever - now that’s a scary tho...
Appvance Takes On HP LoadRunner in Automated App Performance Testing Study
Thursday, September 25, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Appvance is touting its automated app performance testing ability, releasing the results of a study that shows its Appvance PerformanceCloud (APC) performed up to 20x faster than legacy market leader HP’s LoadRunner. According to the press release:Validated by Thought Frameworks, an independent third-party with substantial LoadRunner experience, the bench...
Why Saas and Continuous Delivery Is a Match Made in Heaven for Mobile Apps
Tuesday, July 22, 2014 by Steven G. Harris
In recent years, application usage has evolved and grown tremendously. Unlike core IT systems (ERP, HR, etc.) that are under the close scrutiny of corporate IT, Software as a Service (SaaS) and now mobile applications come with very different requirements. What’s valuable and efficient today might not be what’s valued tomorrow: SaaS and mobile applications have to const...
SOASTA Announces Native App Support for Mobile User Monitoring
Monday, June 30, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
SOASTA, a cloud and mobile testing company, has announced it now offers native app support with its mPulse user monitoring solution, which now offers multi-dimensional views of user behavior whether on mobile web, web or native mobile applications. mPulse records precise mobile user gestures and actions to monitor native iOS and Android apps. Native app monito...
SOASTA and CA Technologies to Partner for Integrated Test Web and Mobile Testing Platform
Tuesday, May 20, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
SOASTA, a cloud and mobile testing provider, has entered into a technology and distribution partnership agreement with CA Technologiesa to integrate SOASTA’s Cloud based Web testing solution, CloudTest, with CA Service Virtualization and CA LISA Test software suites. The solutions will be offered by CA Technologies as a new integrated solution, CA LISA Cloud Test, ...
Don't Miss the App Developer Weekly News Roundup
Saturday, October 5, 2013 by Richard Harris
Top Stories for the week of 10/5/2013App Marketing 101; Crush the Competition and Rule the App StoreWhen you’re wrapped up with writing code or testing your app one last time, thinking about marketing it might be the last thing in your mind. After all, building an app is a big accomplishment. But it is just step one on your path to achieving your goals. Whether you’re b...
SOASTA Announces the Launch of a New CloudTest
Wednesday, October 2, 2013 by Richard Harris
SOASTA today announced the launch of a new CloudTest, the industry recognized leading mobile and web app test automation solution, so that speed and quality no longer conflict when bringing a mobile app to market. ANAHEIM, Calif. StarWest Conference - October 2, 2013 SOASTA® Inc., the leader in cloud and mobile testing, today announced the latest release o...
