Reality Load XF(SM) Combines End-user Experience Testing with Traditional Load Testing LEXINGTON, Mass., May 27
LEXINGTON, Mass., May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Gomez, Inc., a leading provider
of web experience management services, today introduced an updated version of
its self-service load testing solution, Reality Load XF. Part of the Gomez(R)
ExperienceFirst(SM) platform, Reality Load XF combines traditional high volume
web application load testing with broad geographic end-user experience
testing, generating real-world, browser-driven traffic from a global network
of over 40,000 locations. An on-demand, software-as-a-service solution,
Reality Load XF addresses the performance challenges of today's composite and
browser-based rich Internet technologies, such as Ajax, and extends beyond
traditional load testing services to reveal the impact of load on the
end-user's experience.
"Businesses today are challenged to deliver increasingly complex
applications and struggle to use best practice approaches to load test across
all application and infrastructure changes," said Gartner, Inc. analyst Thomas
E. Murphy. "Solutions that are flexible and provide a more realistic and
cost-effective analysis of the end-user's actual web experience will be a
valuable addition to current approaches."
For quality assurance teams, Reality Load XF augments existing internal
load testing with the end-user perspective, helping to determine system
capacity and address end-user experience issues before launching or changing
web applications, or investing in infrastructure upgrades or third party
services such as content delivery networks. For IT operations, Reality Load
XF helps to quickly identify weaknesses or break points in end-user experience
under real-world load conditions prior to seasonal promotions, new product
introductions, or entry into new markets. Most tests can be up and running
after an hour and users can view the results live in near real-time.
"At EveryScape, delivering a quality online experience is a must in our
market today," said Mok Oh, founder & CTO of EveryScape, Inc., which provides
an interactive visual platform for local search by creating virtual
experiences of metropolitan, suburban and rural areas. "Even in the current
Internet age, risk is always introduced whenever we make changes to our
product or infrastructure, or are in situations where increased traffic is
expected. Being able to use Reality Load XF on-demand whenever we feel the
need to assess the potential impact on our users' experiences has been a great
confidence booster."
"Today's composite web applications are assembled in the end-user's
browser. So many elements -- from browser, platform and device type, to third
party content, connection speed and ISP -- can affect performance," said Imad
Mouline, Gomez's chief technology officer. "Reality Load XF provides
e-commerce, IT and quality assurance teams with confidence when deploying
applications and infrastructure."
New features
Originally released in April 2007, the new version of Reality Load XF,
available today in the U.S., delivers an almost 10x capacity increase. New
features include:
-- More ISPs and geographies covered,
-- Self-service test scheduling with diverse load testing profiles,
-- Live reporting to see the impact of system tuning in real-time,
-- New reports to see how load affects experience across geographies,
pages and objects, and
-- Enhanced administrative features that simplify multiple testing
scenarios.
Pricing and Datasheet
Reality Load XF, like all Gomez services, is sold on an annual
subscription basis. A Reality Load XF datasheet can be downloaded from:
http://www.gomez.com/products/reality-load-testing.php
About Gomez
Gomez, Inc. is a leading provider of web experience management services,
which businesses use to test their web applications while in development and
to monitor their web applications after deployment. More than 2,000 customers
use Gomez's on-demand services to improve the quality of the web experience in
order to increase their revenue from web applications, reduce their operating
costs, and extend their brand reputations. For more information, please visit
http://www.gomez.com.
Gomez and gomez.com are registered service marks, and ExperienceFirst and
Reality Load XF are service marks, of Gomez, Inc. All other trademarks and
service marks are the property of their respective owners.
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