(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Software developer Gomez (www.gomez.com) has upgraded its performance managing platform, featuring support for multiple browsers and load testing of both mobile and web applications, as well as the detection of performance issues created by cloud and third-party service providers.
According to the Monday announcement, the new capabilities help organizations optimize web and mobile experiences for all of their end-users, regardless of location, choice of browser or device. Gomez, the web performance division of Compuware Corporation (www.compuware.com), records and executes performance tests using Firefox and Internet Explorer test agents across the Gomez global network and on a local PC.
This approach provides an instant comparison of application performance by browser with granular detail about overall response time, number of connections and sequence of object downloads, helping developers optimize performance for different browsers and IT operations teams improve troubleshooting.
“As applications are increasingly built from multiple third-party components and accessed via an expanding choice of browsers and mobile devices, preventing and resolving Web performance problems becomes exponentially greater and more time-consuming,” Gomez chief technology officer Imad Mouline said in a statement. “The upgraded Gomez platform addresses all these issues, helping businesses spend less time troubleshooting and more time delivering great Web and mobile experiences.”
Delivering quality web and mobile application performance is not only an IT challenge but also a business imperative. Poor website performance can drive end-users away, impacting a brand and, in turn, revenues. Today’s web and mobile applications are increasingly rich, with content and functionality such as advertisements, video, web analytics and shopping tools sourced from cloud providers and multiple third-parties.
Ultimately, all these components must assemble and work in the end-user’s browser, however, these third-party objects or services can degrade the overall performance of the application. Additionally, the expanding choice of browsers, browser versions and mobile devices further complicates the performance challenge. Each browser and device operates differently, creating substantial and often unpredictable performance differences.
Addressing this issue, the on-demand Gomez platform tests and measures web and mobile applications from the “outside-in” – across all users, browsers, devices, and geographies – using a global network of more than 100,000 locations to provide load testing, performance management, cross-browser testing, and performance business analysis.
All solutions in the Gomez platform-wide upgrade are available immediately on a subscription basis. When combined with Compuware Vantage, Gomez offers a complete solution for optimizing application performance across the enterprise and the Internet.
