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BlazeMeter
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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.
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History
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
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]
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Products
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
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