BlazeMeter
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| Company type | SaaS |
|---|---|
| Genre | Load Testing |
| Founded | 2011[1] |
| Founder | Alon Girmonsky |
| Headquarters | , United States  |
| Website | BlazeMeter.com |
BlazeMeter is a continuous testing platform that was acquired in 2021 by Perforce Software, which is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It provides enterprise-level GUI functional testing, performance testing, API functional testing, mock services, test data management, API monitoring, and reporting.
History
[edit]BlazeMeter was originally founded in 2011 and was acquired by CA Technologies in 2016, which became a subsidiary of Broadcom Inc. in 2018.[2]
In October 2021, BlazeMeter was acquired by Perforce as part of its application quality and testing portfolio.
BlazeMeter is also a major contributor to open-source Apache JMeter, through JMeter plugins, fixes, and documentation.
Company
[edit]In December 2011, BlazeMeter announced raising $1.2 million financing from YL Ventures.[3]
BlazeMeter provides developers with tools using the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) service that provides mobile, web application, website, web service, or database testing that can simulate thousands of users[4] visiting a website simultaneously.[5]
BlazeMeter can be extended with a series of custom plug-ins. BlazeMeter provides a free plugin to JMeter,[6] a Drupal module,[7] and a Jenkins CI plugin and Vegeta program[8] for load testing.
In 2012, BlazeMeter was selected by CRN as an "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.[12]
In May 2013, BlazeMeter was named one of the top testing tools by Dr. Dobbs 'Jolt Awards: The Best Testing Tools.'[13]
The company was acquired by CA Technologies in September 2016.[14] In 2021, it was acquired by Perforce.[15]
Products
[edit]BlazeMeter offers many continuous testing capabilities as part of its cloud testing platform, including:
- Performance testing
- Functional testing
- API testing & monitoring
- Mock services (also known as service virtualization)
- Test data creation & management
References
[edit]- ^ Rosenberg, Dave (June 12, 2011). "BlazeMeter raises funds for cloud-based load testing". CNet. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ^ Vizard, Mike (October 7, 2021). "Perforce Charts Testing Course After BlazeMeter Acquisition". DevOps.com. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
- ^ Roizen, Bambi Francisco (December 6, 2011). "Cloud self-service start-up BlazeMeter raises $1.2M". Vator.TV. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ^ 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 November 20, 2015.
- ^ Asay, Matt (December 6, 2011). "Code-probing, not Angry Birds, will define cloud's success". The Register. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ^ Rao, Raja (June 14, 2012). "Blazemeter Adds A Free Feather To OpenSource Apache JMeter". Tools Journal. Archived from the original on January 9, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ^ "BlazeMeter Releases New Drupal Module for Load and Performance Testing". APM Digest. August 10, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ^ Levental, Alla (August 26, 2021). "Vegeta Load Testing". BlazeMeter. Archived from the original on August 28, 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
- ^ "Emerging Vendors 2012: Cloud Computing Vendors: BlazeMeter". CRN. August 31, 2012.
- ^ "BlazeMeter Named One of the 25 Coolest Emerging Vendors by CRN and UBM Channel". CRN. August 28, 2012.
- ^ Sztulwark, Daniela (August 6, 2012). "BlazeMeter and Acquia: The Yin and Yang of Drupal Performance". Acquia. Archived from the original on November 21, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ^ "PFLB Platform - testing platform support". platform.pflb.us. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
- ^ "Jolt Awards: The Best Testing Tools: BlazeMeter". Dr. Dobbs. May 21, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ^ Alon Girmonsky (September 20, 2016). "BlazeMeter Will Join Enterprise Software Leader CA Technologies". Company blog. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
- ^ "SD Times news digest: Perforce completes acquisition of BlazeMeter; OctoML raises $85 million in Series C funding; Snyk to acquire CloudSkiff". SD Times. November 1, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.