Gomez Expands Web Performance Load Testing and Monitoring Network to Over 100,000 Locations Worldwide

Gomez Last Mile™ Network Delivers Realistic Insight into End-Users' True Web Experiences

Lexington, Massachusetts, June 29, 2009 - Gomez, Inc. (www.gomez.com), the leader in Web application experience management, today announced that the Gomez Last Mile™ Web performance load testing and monitoring network now exceeds 100,000 consumer-grade desktop computers in 168 countries using 2500 local Internet Service Providers (ISPs). The Gomez Last Mile is the industry's only network that provides businesses with the broadest geographic insight into how their Web applications perform at the "edge" of the Internet on real, consumer-grade desktop computers connected via dial-up, DSL, cable, and low and high broadband.

Today's Web applications are delivered to end-users' computer via a Web application delivery chain that includes multiple third-party content providers, cloud and web services, content delivery networks (CDNs), ISPs and wireless carriers. Successful execution hinges on all these services working together and the application ultimately assembling in an end-user's browser. However, at any point in this fragile chain ? from the data center to the browser ? issues can occur, leading to frustration for the end-user and problems for a business' brand and revenue. Because the Gomez Last Mile network is the largest, most distributed testing and monitoring network, organizations can use it to hone in on localized performance issues and their root causes such as local CDN nodes, or third-party elements blocking content from downloading. Web performance testing via the Gomez Last Mile network provides object-level detail about the speed and availability of Web applications as experienced by real consumer-grade computers connected via consumer-grade ISPs, information that cannot be obtained by just testing Web performance from computers located in enterprise-grade data centers.

"Web application performance measurement is getting more complex due to the dozens of end-user connection models around the world, from dial-up to DSL, cable modem, satellite, cell phone, and fiber optic models. Even as Internet core performance has improved, end-users still suffer through poor experiences. Measurement at or very close to the customer-deployed edge has become even more necessary for measuring actual Internet application performance," said Daniel Golding, Vice President and Research Director, Tier1 Research.

The Gomez Last Mile network is also the most accurate resource for realistic Web performance load testing. Gomez's load testing solution uniquely creates load from the geographically-dispersed desktops on the Gomez Last Mile network and from the Internet backbone/cloud. This combination reveals how real-world volume impacts end-users' experiences so that businesses can make corrections before releasing new applications.

"To deliver quality Web experiences, you have to test from wherever your end-users are," said Imad Mouline, Gomez's CTO. "The reach and diversity of the Gomez Last Mile network helps businesses target their Web application performance testing in a laser-like fashion, right down to the city, region or country. For businesses with audiences in specific regions — or planning to move into new markets — it is the only realistic way to find and resolve business-impacting performance issues."

The Gomez Last Mile is a key component of the Gomez Network, the world's most comprehensive Web application performance testing and monitoring network. It comprises 100+ commercial-grade Internet backbone nodes, 100,000+ Last Mile desktop computers, and a virtual test bed of over 500 browsers and operating systems.

To build its Last Mile network, Gomez recruits the computers of "peers", consumer-grade computers from everyday people across the globe connected to the Web. Leveraging unused processing cycles, Gomez instructs these computers to execute Web performance tests on its customers' Web sites. To become a compensated peer, please visit: http://www.gomezpeerzone.com/.

About Gomez
Gomez, Inc. is the leader in Web application experience management, providing an on-demand platform that organizations use to optimize the performance, availability, and quality of their Web and mobile applications. The Gomez platform identifies business-impacting issues by testing and measuring Web applications from the "outside-in" — across all users, browsers, devices, and geographies — using a global network of over 100,000 locations. The self-service Gomez platform integrates Web load testing, Web performance management, cross-browser testing, and Web performance business analysis. Over 2,500 customers worldwide, ranging from small companies to large enterprises — including 12 of the top 20 most visited US Web sites — use Gomez to increase revenue, build brand loyalty, and decrease costs. Gomez is a registered service mark of Gomez, Inc. All other trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective owners.

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Gomez, Inc.
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