It’s nice to be wanted, and if you’re an MSP, SOASTA wants you!
The company, focused on mobile and cloud testing, just launched its PERFORM partner program around the world.
The pitch is two-fold. On the tech side, SOASTA has three main test automation tools: CloudTest, which as you already guessed is for the cloud, TouchTest for the mobile market, and mPulse for application performance testing. The tools are designed to make testing faster, and “streamlines test creation, automates provisioning and execution, and distills analytics to deliver actionable intelligence faster. With SOASTA, companies can have confidence that their applications will perform as designed, even in peak traffic,” the company argues.
SOASTA boasts a diverse customer base, including Microsoft, Netflix and American Girl.
On the pure dollars and cents side, SOASTA thinks it has a lot of offer MSPs and VARs. The program includes “aggressive financial incentives” and training.
“PERFORM is built on a globally consistent engagement model designed to accelerate participating partners’ time to revenue and increase the velocity in customer relationships, while still allowing for the flexible adaptation to each partner’s business model – no matter if they are vendor agnostic, a product reseller, a complimentary technology vendor or an MSP,” the company said.
SOASTA lined up the troops in touting its new partner program.
SKY IT Group, an IT Solution provider, backs the SOASTA play.
“With the escalating growth of the ‘app economy,’ we are seeing an explosion in the demand for automated testing solutions to provide an exceptional user experience while also safeguarding web and mobile revenue,” said Jay Hakami, president and CEO of SKY IT Group. “SOASTA has the right mix of tools to meet this rapidly growing market need correctly, and that’s why we are excited to make available and expand our solutions portfolio within cloud testing with SOASTA.”
Mobile services vendor InfoStretch is already doing business with SOASTA. “Working with SOASTA has been a seamless process,” said Rutesh Shah, CEO of InfoStretch. “SOASTA is a leader in performance testing, and we are glad to leverage them to fill strategic needs in our mobile solution portfolio to offer our clients the best-of-breed.”
Appcelerator sells a mobile platform and was happy to weigh in on the SOASTA strategy. “Appcelerator believes all development will become mobile development, mobile drives the key requirements for the cloud, and mobile drives the need for a new platform,” said Jeff Haynie, Appcelerator CEO. “This requires a different approach and products that are built from the ground-up for a mobile first world. Appcelerator chose to partner with SOASTA since their product was created in a post-smartphone world to reduce release cycles, improve overall application quality and ensure the best possible end user experience.”
IDC Weighs In
Last month, IDC analyzed the cloud automation testing market in its "IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Cloud Testing and ASQ SaaS 2012-2013 Vendor Analysis - Enabling Business Agility and Quality in the Cloud" report.
IDC decided that SOASTA was a serious and solid player in this market, and found that the SOASTA technology could help shops as they migrate to the cloud.
Edited by
Alisen Downey
