BlazeMeter

BlazeMeter was originally founded in 2011 and was acquired by CA Technologies in 2016, which became a subsidiary of Broadcom Inc. in 2018.{{Cite web |last=Vizard |first=Mike |date=2021-10-07 |title=Perforce Charts Testing Course After BlazeMeter Acquisition |url=https://devops.com/perforce-charts-testing-course-after-blazemeter-acquisition/ |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=DevOps.com |language=en-US}}  

In October 2021, BlazeMeter was acquired by Perforce as part of its application quality and testing portfolio.

BlazeMeter is also a major contributor to open-source Apache JMeter, through JMeter plugins, fixes, and documentation.

In December 2011, BlazeMeter announced raising $1.2 million financing from YL Ventures.{{cite news |last=Roizen|first=Bambi Francisco|url=http://vator.tv/news/2011-12-06-cloud-self-service-start-up-blazemeter-raises-12m |title=Cloud self-service start-up BlazeMeter raises $1.2M| publisher=Vator.TV| date=December 6, 2011|accessdate=November 20, 2015}}

BlazeMeter provides developers with tools using the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) service that provides mobile, web application, website, web service, or database testing that can simulate thousands of users{{cite news|last=Bridgwater|first=Adrian|title=Development In Hope (and Fear) Of Viral Success:BlazeMeter extends its JMeter cloud tool to high-volume interactive Facebook apps|url=http://www.drdobbs.com/web-development/240001261| publisher=Dr. Dobbs | date=May 31, 2012|accessdate=November 20, 2015}} visiting a website simultaneously.{{cite news|last=Asay|first=Matt|title=Code-probing, not Angry Birds, will define cloud's success|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/12/06/load_testing_a_killer_app/| publisher=The Register | date=December 6, 2011|accessdate=November 20, 2015}}

BlazeMeter can be extended with a series of custom plug-ins. BlazeMeter provides a free plugin to JMeter,{{cite web|last=Rao|first=Raja|url=http://www.toolsjournal.com/testing-articles/item/676-blazemeter-adds-a-free-feather-for-opensource-apache-jmeter|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130109115547/http://www.toolsjournal.com/testing-articles/item/676-blazemeter-adds-a-free-feather-for-opensource-apache-jmeter|title=Blazemeter Adds A Free Feather To OpenSource Apache JMeter|publisher=Tools Journal|date=June 14, 2012|archive-date=January 9, 2013|access-date=November 20, 2015|url-status=dead|df=}} a Drupal module,{{cite web|url= http://apmdigest.com/blazemeter-releases-new-drupal-module-for-load-and-performance-testing | title= BlazeMeter Releases New Drupal Module for Load and Performance Testing | publisher= APM Digest| date= August 10, 2012|accessdate=November 20, 2015}} and a Jenkins CI plugin and Vegeta program{{Cite web |last=Levental |first=Alla |date=August 26, 2021 |title=Vegeta Load Testing |url=https://www.blazemeter.com/blog/vegeta-load-testing |access-date=August 27, 2022 |website=BlazeMeter |archive-date=August 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828040933/https://www.blazemeter.com/blog/vegeta-load-testing |url-status=live }} for load testing.

In 2012, BlazeMeter was selected by CRN as an "Emerging Cloud Computing Vendor" for 2012{{cite news|title=Emerging Vendors 2012: Cloud Computing Vendors: BlazeMeter |url=http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/cloud/240006197/emerging-vendors-2012-cloud-computing-vendors.htm?pgno=4 | publisher=CRN| date=August 31, 2012}} and "One of the 25 Coolest Emerging Vendors For 2012" by CRN and UBM Channel.{{cite news|title=BlazeMeter Named One of the 25 Coolest Emerging Vendors by CRN and UBM Channel|url=http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/channel-programs/240005642/the-25-coolest-emerging-vendors-for-2012.htm?pgno=4| publisher=CRN| date=August 28, 2012}}

In August 2012, BlazeMeter announced a partnership with Acquia{{cite news|last=Sztulwark|first=Daniela|title=BlazeMeter and Acquia: The Yin and Yang of Drupal Performance|url=https://www.acquia.com/blog/blazemeter-and-acquia-yin-and-yang-drupal-performance|publisher=Acquia|date=August 6, 2012|accessdate=November 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121021504/https://www.acquia.com/blog/blazemeter-and-acquia-yin-and-yang-drupal-performance|archive-date=November 21, 2015|url-status=dead}} a commercial open-source software company providing products, services, and technical support for the open source Drupal content management system.{{Cite web |title=PFLB Platform - testing platform support |url=https://platform.pflb.us/ |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=platform.pflb.us |language=en}}

In May 2013, BlazeMeter was named one of the top testing tools by Dr. Dobbs 'Jolt Awards: The Best Testing Tools.'{{cite news|title=Jolt Awards: The Best Testing Tools: BlazeMeter |url=http://www.drdobbs.com/joltawards/jolt-awards-the-best-testing-tools/240155296?pgno=4 | publisher=Dr. Dobbs| date=May 21, 2013|accessdate=November 20, 2015}}

The company was acquired by CA Technologies in September 2016.{{Cite news |title= BlazeMeter Will Join Enterprise Software Leader CA Technologies |date= September 20, 2016 |author= Alon Girmonsky |work= Company blog |url= https://www.blazemeter.com/blog/blazemeter-joining-forces-enterprise-software-leader-ca-technologies |accessdate= October 7, 2016 }} In 2021, it was acquired by Perforce.{{cite news|title=SD Times news digest: Perforce completes acquisition of BlazeMeter; OctoML raises $85 million in Series C funding; Snyk to acquire CloudSkiff |url=https://sdtimes.com/softwaredev/sd-times-news-digest-perforce-completes-acquisition-of-blazemeter-octoml-raises-85-million-in-series-c-funding-snyk-to-acquire-cloudskiff/ | publisher=SD Times| date=November 1, 2021|accessdate=December 13, 2021}}

BlazeMeter offers many continuous testing capabilities as part of its cloud testing platform, including:

• Performance testing
• Functional testing
• API testing & monitoring
• Mock services (also known as service virtualization)
• Test data creation & management  

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