SOASTA

Infobox_Company
company_name = SOASTA, Inc. | company_type = Private
company_slogan = Automated web testing.
foundation = February 2006
location = Mountain View, CA
key_people = Ken Gardner, Executive Chairman and Tom Lounibos, CEO
industry = Web testing
products = SOASTA Concerto
num_employees = approx. 20
homepage = [http://www.soasta.com/ www.soasta.com]

SOASTA, (pronounced "sō'-sta"), is an automated web testing company based in Mountain View, California. SOASTA is best known for its founder, Executive Chairman Ken Gardner, and for its CEO Tom Lounibos.

Gardner is a software-industry veteran and six-time entrepreneur, having previously been the founder and CEO of Istante (acquired by Oracle Corporation in December 2004); Sagent Technology (IPO in April 1999); ReportSmith (acquired by Borland in March 1994); and ViewPoint Systems (acquired by KnowledgeWare in June 1992). Lounibos most recently served as president and chief executive officer of Kenamea. Prior to Kenamea, Lounibos was president and CEO of Dorado Corporation, a financial services software provider.

SOASTA's primary product, SOASTA Concerto, automates the testing, certification, and demonstration of web services, SOA implementations, BPEL orchestrations, and web applications typical of Service oriented architecture (SOA). SOASTA Concerto is capable of performing functional , load or stress, as well as performance testing.

SOASTA Concerto's drag-and-drop user interface is modeled after mixing-board and multimedia player applications. When applied to the XML message units used within web services this design eliminates the need for extensive scripts in Perl or Python and as a result lowers the expertise necessary to certify and test web services.

Users can access the SOASTA Concerto service via the Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers.

External links

[http://www.soasta.com/ SOASTA Homepage]

Articles

* [http://ajax.sys-con.com/read/541659.htm SOASTA Named 2008 'Cool Vendor' by Gartner Group]
* [http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtalk/wpn-58-20061019SOASTAFounderTalksSOAandServices.html SOASTA Founder Talks SOA and Services]
* [http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bda/2006/09/the_power_of_visualization_hum.php The Power of Visualization: Human Oriented Design and SOA Testing]
* [http://scobleizer.com/2006/10/19/how-can-microsoft-keep-its-platform-alive/ How Can Microsoft Keep Its Platform Vibrant]
* [http://www.podtech.net/scobleshow/technology/1236/a-look-into-startup-soasta-automated-web-testing-tool-maker The Scoble Show: A look into startup SOASTA, automated web testing tool maker]