SOASTA Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustrySoftware Testing
Founded18 February 2006 Edit this on Wikidata
FounderKen Gardner (Executive Chairman)
Headquarters
Mountain View, CA
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United States of America
Key people
Tom Lounibos (CEO)
OwnerAkamai Technologies

SOASTA, Inc. is an American subsidiary of Akamai Technologies[1] that provides services to test websites and web applications.[2][3]

It is a provider of cloud-based testing services, and created a browser-based website testing product.[4] Website tests include load testing, software performance testing, functional testing and user interface testing. SOASTA provides cloud website testing with its product CloudTest, which simulates thousands of users visiting a website simultaneously[5] using the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) service.[6][7] SOASTA allows customers to use predefined tests or create customized tests to automatically test their web applications.[8]

The SOASTA platform further enables digital businesses to gain continuous performance insight into real user experiences on mobile and web devices in real time and at scale, using real user monitoring technology coupled with its mPulse product. SOASTA serves mobile application testing needs through its product TouchTest, which provides functional mobile app testing automation for multitouch, gesture-based mobile applications.[citation needed]

History

SOASTA was founded by Ken Gardner[9] and is based in Mountain View, California.[10] Tom Lounibos has been CEO[11] since September 2006.[12]

In September 2008, SOASTA raised USD $6.4 million in financing from Formative Ventures, Canaan Partners, and The Entrepreneur's Fund.[10][13]

In December 2008, SOASTA announced an alliance with SAVVIS to provide SAVVIS customer's with SOASTA's cloud testing services.[14]

In the first half of 2010, SOASTA was selected by The Wall Street Journal as a “Top 50” Venture-backed company,[15] by AlwaysOn as an OnDemand Top 100 Winner,[16] and by the Red Herring as a Top 100 North America Tech Startup.[17]

In October 2012, SOASTA became a Professional Services partner with ProtoTest.[18][19] [20]

In April 2017, Akamai completed a purchase of SOASTA in an all-cash transaction.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Akamai Completes Acquisition of SOASTA | Akamai". Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  2. ^ King, Rachael (December 14, 2007). "Tech: Let Us Serve You". BusinessWeek. Archived from the original on January 3, 2008. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
  3. ^ Krill, Paul (January 28, 2009). "Cloud computing shapes up as big trend for 2009". InfoWorld. Archived from the original on January 31, 2009. Retrieved February 12, 2009.
  4. ^ "SOASTA to Provide Industry's First Browser-Based Web UI / Ajax Testing Solution". PR Newswire. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
  5. ^ "SOASTA Leverages the Cloud to Test 1,000,000 Users on MySpace". November 17, 2009. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
  6. ^ Barnitzke, Armin (July 2008). "Soasta bringt das Webtesting in die Cloud". Computer Zeitung. Retrieved 2009-02-12.[dead link]
  7. ^ Murphy, Thomas (30 June 2008). "Soasta Is First To Bring Testing to the Cloud". Gartner. Archived from the original on May 24, 2011. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
  8. ^ Hall, Mark (26 February 2007). "Orchestrate SOA app tests". Computerworld. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
  9. ^ Bowles, Jerry (October 19, 2006). "SOASTA Founder Talks SOA and Services". www.webpronews.com. Archived from the original on July 6, 2008. Retrieved February 12, 2009.
  10. ^ a b "Cloud computing company Soasta gets $6.4M". bizjournals. September 8, 2008. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
  11. ^ SOASTA. "Press Release: SOASTA Performs 500th Test in the Cloud". Yahoo! Finance. Retrieved 2009-02-12.[permanent dead link]
  12. ^ "Mountain View's Soasta names CEO". bizjournals. September 11, 2006. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
  13. ^ Croll, Alistair (September 8, 2008). "SOASTA Raises $6.4M to Test in the Cloud". GigaOM. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
  14. ^ "SOASTA Teams With Savvis to Deliver Cloud Testing Service". MarketWatch. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
  15. ^ "The Next Big Thing: The Top 50 Venture-Backed Companies". Wall Street Journal. 9 March 2010. Archived from the original on 12 March 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-22.
  16. ^ "The 2010 OnDemand Top 100 Private Companies". AlwaysOn. 22 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-22.
  17. ^ "Top 100 North America Tech Startups". Red Herring. June 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-07-22. Retrieved 2010-07-22.
  18. ^ "DEMOgala 2012". October 2012. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
  19. ^ "SOASTA Partners - ProtoTest". 2013. Archived from the original on February 16, 2013. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
  20. ^ "Home". alt-cal.com.


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