Salesforce.com and Rackspace gear up for mobile developers
Industry giants are adding more development and platform goodies for mobile app developers. This may have the more targeted MBaaS providers a little perplexed. Read more »
SOASTA buys LogNormal to beef up mobile app testing
The two companies were already working together on mPulse when they decided a deal was in order. The new product aims to give mobile and web developers a real-time look at how their apps are perfroming in the field, said SOASTA CEO Tom Lounibos. Read more »
How NASA battle-tested its Mars rover live stream
With millions of viewers expected to watch history Sunday night, NASA couldn’t afford to let the live stream of its Mars rover Curiosity landing go untested. Here’s how NASA put its Amazon Web Services-based infrastructure through its paces to ensure it keeps up with demand. Read more »
Subscriber Content
Cloud testing market heats up
IBM’s snapping up Green Hat and CA’s acquisition of ITKO indicate that the market for cloud-based testing services is hot. And since software testing represents more than 50 percent of overall development costs, developers would do well to keep an eye on this quickly growing ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »
SOASTA, the granddaddy of cloud testing, gets $12M
SOASTA has raised a $12 million Series D round as a throng of competitors jockeys for position behind it. SOASTA’s vision of using cloud resources for load testing is very relevant today as new applications web, mobile and even Facebook applications pop up by the minute. Read more »
When TV Spots Cause Traffic Spikes, Broadcast Turns to the Cloud
A single, well-placed TV spot can rapidly direct millions of visitors to a site, creating traffic spikes most advertisers and broadcasters would struggle to cope with — and a potential headache for those tasked with keeping those sites online and responsive. But that’s a near-perfect use case for the ‘elastic’ nature of cloud computing. Read more »
Subscriber Content
From Spots to Spikes: TV Taps Into the Cloud
Big media events don’t come along every day, so when you’re betting the company’s growth on driving traffic to your web site from a single exorbitantly priced Super Bowl ad or a trail in a popular TV program, it pays to make sure that your IT ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »
