{"id":4596,"date":"2012-11-14T16:11:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-14T16:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cloudnewsdaily.com\/?guid=6fd3a6076ca4516575ee3c2a5718996a"},"modified":"2012-11-14T16:11:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-14T16:11:00","slug":"soasta-launches-mobile-services-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/soasta-launches-mobile-services-division\/","title":{"rendered":"SOASTA Launches Mobile Services Division"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"org fn\">Cloud and mobile testing provider\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.soasta.com&amp;esheet=50477668&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=SOASTA\u00ae%2C+Inc&amp;index=1&amp;md5=caf43c60d8c600d7b9369e847003d717\">SOASTA<\/a> today announced the launch of its Mobile Services Division (MSD) to help companies deliver\u00a0 quality user experience for their mobile and web apps. SOASTA\u2019s MSD, headed by mobile testing and big-data industry veteran Mahesh Gidwani, focuses on helping its customers build and manage mobile test labs by combining SOASTA\u2019s best practices and proven test methodologies to ensure successful mobile application delivery using the company\u2019s CloudTest, TouchTest, and mPulse products. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>In addition to SOASTA\u2019s own MSD, SOASTA is also introducing a Mobile Test Automation Network made up of mobile test professionals from around the world that will be accredited to deliver SOASTA\u2019s mobile test methodologies. Joining this network today are partners focused on Mobile Test Automation including ProtoTest, <a href=\"http:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.totalperform.com&amp;esheet=50477668&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=Total+Performance+Consulting&amp;index=7&amp;md5=43255af5f1f1865ebb773b9abf21101b\">Total Performance Consulting<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.utopiasolutions.com%2F&amp;esheet=50477668&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=Utopia+Solutions&amp;index=8&amp;md5=e47b08f82dd4aa717d36287af7dd6d3f\">Utopia Solutions<\/a>, that extend SOASTA\u2019s services reach to clients across geographies and industry verticals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe explosion of mobile development has created a capability gap in the services market that SOASTA uniquely fills with our elite team of experts and partners who have pioneered mobile test automation and cloud testing,\u201d said Tom Lounibos, SOASTA CEO. \u201cWe launched the SOASTA Mobile Services Division after our customers told us that they often lacked the expertise to implement and execute effective mobile and cloud-based testing strategies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-13341\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs enterprises struggle to match the pace of consumer demand via mobile and web properties, they are finding it hard to adapt their quality processes,\u201d said Tom Murphy, Gartner Research Director. \u201cGartner sees the growth and expansion of specialized professional services as a natural response to the market need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new Mobile Services offered by SOASTA span strategy, methodology, accreditation, implementation and ad-hoc services focused on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"bwlistitemmargb\">Mobile Test Automation Architects (On-Demand, On-Premise)<\/li>\n<li class=\"bwlistitemmargb\">Mobile Test Automation Experts (On-Demand, On-Premise)<\/li>\n<li class=\"bwlistitemmargb\">Mobile Performance Engineers (On-Demand, On-Premise)<\/li>\n<li class=\"bwlistitemmargb\">Continuous Integration Test Methodologies<\/li>\n<li class=\"bwlistitemmargb\">Building and Management Services for Internal and External Mobile<br \/>\nApplication Test Labs<\/li>\n<li class=\"bwlistitemmargb\">Mobile App Testing Accreditation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The demand for mobile testing expertise, coupled with the compression of delivery cycles, drives growth for our specialized services,&#8221; said Lee Barnes,\u00a0the founder and CTO of Utopia Solutions. \u201cWith this expansion, joint SOASTA and Utopia customers will experience rapid return and expert guidance of seasoned mobile testing experts resulting in the highest quality mobile apps to their end-users.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m excited to be leading the charge into mobile test services for SOASTA,\u201d said Mahesh Gidwani, SOASTA\u2019s new VP, Professional Services. \u201cSOASTA is excited match our product innovations with equally innovative services that help our customers with mobile automation.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/pixy.gif?x-id=7a92cc9a-f5ef-4eed-a0fb-475eda6a8b6a\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/xmXNXORT22Q2p6duFbowgaDk5rU\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/xmXNXORT22Q2p6duFbowgaDk5rU\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/xmXNXORT22Q2p6duFbowgaDk5rU\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/xmXNXORT22Q2p6duFbowgaDk5rU\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/CloudNewsDaily\/~4\/aSCICwXvY6s\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOASTA Adds Specialized Services and Expertise for Building Test        Centers of Excellence around Mobile Application Quality     MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;SOASTA&#xae;,        Inc., the leader in cloud        and mobile testin&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[140,143,511,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mobile","category-mobile-application-development","category-soasta","category-tools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4596\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}