Philadelphia, PA -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/16/2010 -- AppLabs, the world’s largest software testing and quality management company, today announced that it has partnered with Gomez, the web performance division of Compuware. Gomez provides the industry’s leading solutions for optimizing the performance, availability, and quality of web and mobile applications.

This partnership will compliment AppLabs’ comprehensive performance testing services by leveraging Gomez’ easy-to-use, on-demand Web load and performance testing solution built to ensure the success of critical web-based business initiatives. AppLabs’ customers will now be able to generate scalable, high volume load from the cloud and real-world load from over 150,000 Gomez Last Mile desktops around the globe. Gomez customers will have access to AppLabs’ global testing and quality management knowledge, which is built on strong methodologies and developed from decades of experience. Under the agreement, AppLabs will resell Gomez's solutions to provide customers more scalable, easy-to-use, on-demand load and website performance testing solutions as a result of this reseller partnership with Gomez.

“Today’s web applications require a new approach to load testing that allows you to understand the real status of your website by looking across your users, browsers, devices, and geographies,” said Tom Meusel, Vice President of Worldwide Channels, Gomez, the Web Performance Division of Compuware. “With Gomez and AppLabs, companies will have a clear picture of how load impacts the end-users' web experience.”

“As a market leader in the performance/load testing space, AppLabs is enthused to be working with Gomez and is looking forward to delivering enhanced performance testing capabilities to our respective customers. This partnership is a true win for both the companies as we greatly value each others capabilities” said Scott Andress, VP and Global Head, Alliances and Solutions Engineering, AppLabs.

About Compuware Gomez
Gomez, the Web performance division of Compuware, provides the industry’s leading solution for optimizing the performance, availability, and quality of Web and mobile applications. The on-demand Gomez platform integrates Web load testing, Web performance management, Web cross-browser testing, and Web performance business analysis, enabling organizations to test from the “outside-in” – across all users, browsers, devices, geographies, and data centers – using a global network of over 150,000 locations. Gomez is an integral part of Compuware’s end-to-end Application Performance Management offering, the industry’s only solution for optimizing application performance across the Enterprise and the Internet. Over 3,000 customers worldwide, ranging from small companies to large enterprises – including 12 of the top 20 most visited US websites – use Gomez to increase revenue, build brand loyalty and decrease costs.

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Compuware Corporation
Founded in 1973, Compuware provides software, experts, and best practices to ensure applications work well and deliver business value. Compuware solutions optimize application performance across the Enterprise and the Internet for leading organizations around the world, including 46 of the top 50 Fortune 500 companies and 12 of the top 20 most visited U.S. web sites. Learn more at: http://www.compuware.com.

For more information, please visit: http://www.gomez.com

About AppLabs
AppLabs is the world’s largest software testing and quality management company. With over a decade of experience in providing outsourced software and application testing services, AppLabs has become a trusted partner to more than 600 companies, providing both quality assurance and third-party validation. Clients include American Airlines, Experian, JP Morgan, VocaLink and National Australia Bank amongst others. AppLabs goes beyond technical expertise when it comes to IT services and offers customers rigorous risk mitigation processes, a singular focus on quality, expert project management, communication and global delivery capabilities. It is the first software testing company to get appraised at SEI CMMI Level 5, the highest quality standard attainable in software engineering. Headquartered in Philadelphia, the company maintains advanced testing facilities in the US, India and the Europe. For more information, visit http://www.applabs.com

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Sanjeev Juneja
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