BlazeMeter

BlazeMeter
SaaS
Genre Load Testing
Founded 2011[1]
Founder Alon Girmonsky
Website BlazeMeter.com

BlazeMeter was a company that existed from 2011 to 2016. BlazeMeter provides load testing for software developers.[2] They marketed a commercial, self-service load testing platform as a service (PaaS), which is compatible with open-source Apache JMeter, the performance testing framework from the Apache Software Foundation.[3]

Company

In December 2011, BlazeMeter announced raising $1.2 million financing from YL Ventures.[4]

BlazeMeter provides developers with tools using the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) service that provide mobile, web application, website, web-service or database testing that can simulate thousands of users.[5] visiting a website simultaneously[6]

BlazeMeter can be extended with a series of custom plug-ins. BlazeMeter provides a free plugin to JMeter,[7] a Drupal module,[8] and a Jenkins CI plugin for load testing.

In 2012, BlazeMeter was selected by CRN as a "Emerging Cloud Computing Vendor" for 2012[9] and "One of the 25 Coolest Emerging Vendors For 2012" by CRN and UBM Channel.[10]

In August 2012, BlazeMeter announced a partnership with Acquia[11] a commercial open source software company providing products, services, and technical support for the open source Drupal content management system.

In May 2013, BlazeMeter was named one of the top testing tools by Dr. Dobbs 'Jolt Awards: The Best Testing Tools.'[12]

The company was acquired by CA Technologies in September 2016.[13]

References

  1. ↑ Rosenberg, Dave (June 12, 2011). "BlazeMeter raises funds for cloud-based load testing". CNet. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
  2. ↑ Bridgwater, Adrian (December 6, 2011). "Cloud App Testing on a "Testing Cloud"". Dr. Dobbs. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
  3. ↑ Kerner, Sean Michael (December 6, 2011). "BlazeMeter Brings Apache JMeter to the Cloud". Datamation. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
  4. ↑ Roizen, Bambi Francisco (December 6, 2011). "Cloud self-service start-up BlazeMeter raises $1.2M". Vator.TV. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
  5. ↑ Bridgwater, Adrian (May 31, 2012). "Development In Hope (and Fear) Of Viral Success:BlazeMeter extends its JMeter cloud tool to high-volume interactive Facebook apps". Dr. Dobbs. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
  6. ↑ Asay, Matt (December 6, 2011). "Code-probing, not Angry Birds, will define cloud's success". The Register. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
  7. ↑ Rao, Raja (June 14, 2012). "Blazemeter Adds A Free Feather To OpenSource Apache JMeter". Tools Journal. Archived from the original on 2012-06-14. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
  8. ↑ "BlazeMeter Releases New Drupal Module for Load and Performance Testing". APM Digest. August 10, 2012. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
  9. ↑ "Emerging Vendors 2012: Cloud Computing Vendors: BlazeMeter". CRN. August 31, 2012.
  10. ↑ "BlazeMeter Named One of the 25 Coolest Emerging Vendors by CRN and UBM Channel". CRN. August 28, 2012.
  11. ↑ Sztulwark, Daniela (August 6, 2012). "BlazeMeter and Acquia: The Yin and Yang of Drupal Performance". Acquia. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
  12. ↑ "Jolt Awards: The Best Testing Tools: BlazeMeter". Dr. Dobbs. May 21, 2013. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
  13. ↑ Alon Girmonsky (September 20, 2016). "BlazeMeter Will Join Enterprise Software Leader CA Technologies". Company blog. Retrieved October 7, 2016.

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