Keynote Expands Web Load Testing Network to Canada

Keynote Systems, a provider of on-demand mobile and Internet test and measurement solutions for continuously improving the online experience, said it is taking on the Canadian Web site load testing market.

The company announced the expansion of its footprint for generating Web site load to Toronto and Vancouver and signed an agreement with Ontario-based Blue Sands Technologies to resell Keynote LoadPro in the Canadian market.

The timing of the announcement is important as online retailers are already starting to prepare their sites for the 2009 holiday season. Despite the recession, online retail site visitors and revenues are increasing, as consumers flock to retail Web sites to comparison-shop for the best deal. Additionally, retail bankruptcies and industry consolidation have also resulted in larger load volumes for the remaining retailers. These two facts make the need for accurate and realistic load testing from the end user perspective especially important this holiday season.

By adding two Canadian-based cities from which to generate Web site load, Canadian, European and US-based companies can now assure optimal performance of their Web sites for Canadian site visitors.

With the increased emphasis on Canada, Keynote is underscoring its continued strong commitment to the load testing market. The Canadian news comes fast on the heels of Keynote's launch of LoadPro 2.0, a version of the company's Web site load testing solution delivered as a turnkey managed consulting service.

LoadPro 2.0 includes a brand new end user portal, an expansive overview dashboard, complete and precise visibility into real time tests as they execute and comprehensive enterprise-level account management. LoadPro 2.0 now has the capability to simulate the arrival of over one million concurrent users to a Web site.

"The Keynote LoadPro load testing network is comprised of multiple tier-1 service providers with the capacity to generate Web site load from multiple continents and geographic locations," said Vik Chaudhary, vice president of product management and corporate development. "We're thrilled to now include Canada and to have Blue Sands Technologies as our new Canadian-based reseller of LoadPro."

Jeff Holland, president of Blue Sands Technologies said, "The Canadian online world has expanded dramatically over the past few years with Canadians adopting the Web for everything from online retail to education and health care. Blue Sands Technologies performance and capacity planning services are aimed at helping both large and small Canadian companies deliver top notch service to their Canadian and worldwide clients.

"Utilizing Keynote's world class services and Canadian infrastructure will strengthen Blue Sands Technologies ability to help Canadian-based companies remain globally competitive in a rapidly expanding online world."

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