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Midnight Coders Launches CloudPuncher.com for Cloud-Based Stress Testing at TechCrunch50 For immediate release Dallas, Texas – September 14,2009 – Midnight Coders is launching CloudPuncher.com, a software stress testing service that supports load and performance testing of traditional web applications, websites and Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) using Amazon’s EC2 cloud as the infrastructure. This is significant for the web community, especially for website owners, website operators and web application developers hardpressed to effectively test their newer applications using traditional and/or homegrown tools, which lack the techniques to test certain RIA functionality. As a result, full and reliable testing cannot be done using traditional tools and developing home-grown solutions takes time away from actual application development. CloudPuncher is unique in that it emulates the behavior of real browser navigation through a website or web application, which makes it possible to stress test without the expense, configuration delays and limited feature-set of existing offerings. By fully automating the test process using a rich application interface and the cloud as the infrastructure, CloudPuncher makes it possible for companies to test any website or web application with an unlimited number of virtual users at a comparatively low cost. The features that set CloudPuncher apart from other testing solutions include: Support for unlimited number of virtual users Robust Recording for traditional websites and Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) Test Randomization - allows contents of the requests to be randomized for realistic testing Custom Client Allocation - supports multiple policies for creating new virtual users during a test. Test administrators can select and modify test duration, user roles, types of browsers emulated, etc. Multiple Workflow Support - allows definition of multiple paths through a tested application and percent allocation for each path. Server-side monitoring using built-in or user-defined monitors for instrumentation of the server-side processes during a stress test Rich Client Support for Flex, Flash and Silverlight applications Agnostic Approach – supports multiple platforms, clients, servers, databases, operating systems, etc. CloudPuncher is opening up a Beta stress testing program shortly after launch. You can pre-register by visiting www.cloudpuncher.com or email info@cloudpuncher.com.
Midnight Coders, Inc – The RIA Company is the only U.S.-based software developer of cross-
platform, client-agnostic Rich Internet Application (RIA) solutions used for development, testing, runtime
execution and application intelligence needs. The company’s products and services drastically reduce total time and cost to build RIAs created in Flex, Flash, Silverlight and Ajax with better outcomes in application performance and breadth of offering. About TechCrunch50 Founded in 2007 by leading technology blog TechCrunch and entrepreneur Jason Calacanis, the TechCrunch50 conference provides a platform for early-stage, and frequently unfunded, companies to launch for the first time to the technology industry’s most influential venture capitalists, corporations, angel investors, fellow entrepreneurs and the international media. Companies are selected to participate exclusively on merit. TechCrunch50 is supported by corporate sponsors Google, Microsoft, Bing, MySpace and Facebook, as well as venture capital and legal-advisory firms including Sequoia Capital, Charles River Ventures, Founders Fund, Redpoint Ventures and Perkins Coie.