Blitz is a
cloud-based
Cloud computing is the on-demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage (cloud storage) and computing power, without direct active management by the user. Large clouds often have functions distributed over mult ...
load- and performance-testing service (
SaaS
Software as a service (SaaS ) is a software licensing and delivery model in which software is licensed on a subscription basis and is centrally hosted. SaaS is also known as "on-demand software" and Web-based/Web-hosted software.
SaaS is con ...
) that allows developers to "rush" (
load test) a Web app or Web
API
An application programming interface (API) is a way for two or more computer programs to communicate with each other. It is a type of software interface, offering a service to other pieces of software. A document or standard that describes how ...
with up to 200,000
concurrent user
In computer science, the number of concurrent users (sometimes abbreviated CCU) for a resource in a location, with the location being a computing network or a single computer, refers to the total number of people simultaneously accessing or using t ...
s within seconds from multiple points of presence around the world. The tool allows users to test
web applications
A web application (or web app) is application software that is accessed using a web browser. Web applications are delivered on the World Wide Web to users with an active network connection.
History
In earlier computing models like client-serve ...
, websites, and APIs to identify infrastructure weaknesses.
Capabilities
Blitz is a load-testing tool from the cloud to the cloud. Blitz customers tend to be application and website developers who use the service throughout the iterative build process of mobile applications, websites, and APIs.
Blitz provides developers with several capabilities throughout the build process:
* Load testing for Web apps and APIs to test scalability
* Integration with
PaaS
Platform as a service (PaaS) or application platform as a service (aPaaS) or platform-based service is a category of cloud computing services that allows customers to provision, instantiate, run, and manage a modular bundle comprising a computing ...
providers, continuous integration tools, and browsers
* Scales testing up to 50,000 simultaneous virtual users on a pay-per-test model
* Cloud-based, no client to install. However, this means it is unable to test applications behind firewalls or otherwise protected from the Internet.
Information
Blitz used to be a service from
Mu Dynamics
Spirent Communications plc is a British multinational telecommunications testing company headquartered in Crawley, West Sussex, in the United Kingdom. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
Histor ...
, which was acquired in 2012 by UK-based technology firm
Spirent Communications.
See also
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Cloud testing
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Web testing
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PaaS
Platform as a service (PaaS) or application platform as a service (aPaaS) or platform-based service is a category of cloud computing services that allows customers to provision, instantiate, run, and manage a modular bundle comprising a computing ...
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SaaS
Software as a service (SaaS ) is a software licensing and delivery model in which software is licensed on a subscription basis and is centrally hosted. SaaS is also known as "on-demand software" and Web-based/Web-hosted software.
SaaS is con ...
References
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Software companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area
Companies based in Sunnyvale, California
Software companies of the United States