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IBM Expands Mobile Cloud Capabilities With Test Automation Service From SOASTASOASTA, the leader in performance analytics, announced today that developers building mobile apps on the MobileFirst Platform can now use mobile testing offerings from SOASTA. SOASTA's Mobile Test Cloud and TouchTest 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 device can be tested and optimized in real time for peak performance and quality faster and more often. Developers building apps with the MobileFirst Platform can improve collaboration and shorten release cycles by deploying SOASTA TouchTest and Mobile Device Cloud with the most popular MobileFirst development frameworks and CI/deployment automation tools, including native, Cordova, Dojo, JQuery Mobile, Jenkins and IBM (News - Alert) Urbancode. SOASTA's Device Cloud delivers access to hundreds of mobile device and O/S combinations, with flexible options for public, private or on-premise access, allowing developers to focus on creating an optimal customer experience for all of their users and eliminating the expense of building and operating device testing infrastructure. "SOASTA has greatly accelerated our time-to-market while ensuring reliability of our mobile apps. Using the SOASTA TouchTest and CloudTest solutions, we were able to test our apps for every code change, on any number of real devices, while providing continuous feedback to our developers on the quality and reliability of our apps. We have gained a real competitive advantage in today's mobile marketplace," said Sunitha Nidamanuri, Sears Manager of Test Automation. "Enterprise mobile application developers will hugely benefit from the partnership between SOASTA and IBM with the best end-to-end solution to create apps that will perform at the optimal level," said Tom Lounibos (News - Alert), CEO, SOASTA. "SOASTA customers use the platform because they are committed to providing the highest level of user experience. Now, IBM customers and developers can leverage the same market-leading digital performance management platform to optimize their mobile and web applications." Availability The combined IBM MobileFirst and SOASTA offering is available immediately. For more information and to sign up for a trial account or to evaluate products, visit http://www.soasta.com/mobile-testing/touchtest-ibm/. SOASTA has been recognized by Gartner (News - Alert) as a "Leader" in its Magic Quadrant for Integrated Software Quality Suites report published August 28, 2014. About SOASTA SOASTA is the leader in performance analytics. The SOASTA platform enables digital business owners to gain unprecedented and continuous performance insights into their real user experience on mobile and web devices in real time and at scale. With more than 100 million tests performed and more than 200 billion user experiences measured, tested and optimized, SOASTA is the digital performance expert trusted by industry-leading brands, including 47 of the Top 100 Internet retailers, six of the Forbes Top 10 media companies and seven of the Forbes Top 10 tech companies, including Apple, Target, Nordstrom, Staples, Home Depot, Sears, Walmart, Etsy, Nike, Best Buy, Adobe, Intuit, Microsoft (News - Alert), DIRECTV, Netflix and CBS. SOASTA is privately held and headquartered in Mountain View, Calif. For more information about SOASTA, visit http://www.soasta.com. SOASTA is a registered trademark of SOASTA, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. Other product or company names mentioned may be trademarks or trade names of their respective companies. About IBM MobileFirst IBM's 6,000 mobile experts have been at the forefront of mobile enterprise innovation. IBM has secured more than 4,300 patents in mobile, social and security, which have been incorporated into IBM MobileFirst solutions that enable enterprise clients to radically streamline and accelerate mobile adoption, help organizations engage more people and capture new markets. For more information on IBM MobileFirst, visit the press kit or www.ibm.com/mobilefirst. Follow @IBMMobile on Twitter (News - Alert), and see IBM MobileFirst on YouTube, Tumblr and Facebook. About IBM Cloud For more information on IBM Cloud visit: www.ibm.com/cloud-computing.
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