Press Room: 2009
Keynote Offers FREE Desktop Tool to Help QA, Developers & Webmasters Improve the Mobile Experience
SAN MATEO, Calif., — April 20, 2009 — Keynote® Systems (Nasdaq: KEYN), the global leader in on-demand mobile and Internet test & measurement solutions for continuously improving the online experience, today announced a FREE version of MITE™ (Mobile Interactive Testing Environment™). MITE is the industry’s first desktop testing tool allowing mobile developers to interactively test and validate mobile content across more than 1,600 mobile device profiles and quickly understand the end user experience. To receive your FREE version of MITE click: http://mite.keynote.com/. The free version of MITE is ideally suited for mobile developers with the need to perform quick site validation and application testing.
“Keynote continues to be on the leading edge of providing the critical on demand solutions mobile developers require in order to succeed in today’s fast growing wireless market,” said J. Gerry Purdy, Ph.D., vice president and chief analyst, mobile & wireless at Frost & Sullivan. “A free version of MITE gives developers a quick, easy and very useful way to build high performance, high quality mobile Web sites. This amazing tool underscores yet again Keynote’s market leadership in mobile quality test and measurement.”
With the continued proliferation of smart mobile devices, mobile developers are increasingly challenged to create Web content that will render correctly on devices with varying capabilities, form factors and screen sizes. The added complexity of intricate carrier networks further complicates the process. The lack of testing and validation tools leaves developers with a hope-for-the-best deployment strategy.
MITE helps to solve these challenges by offering developers a FREE tool to test mobile content across thousands of device profiles conveniently from their desktops. As a result, mobile developers, QA professionals and Webmasters can quickly validate mobile content optimized for today's diverse mobile devices. Before MITE, users were limited to repurposed browser plug-ins, expensive rental options or maintaining their own mobile device libraries.
The value of Keynote’s MITE extends far beyond the number of profiles and 11,000 user agent strings (user agent strings tell mobile Web sites what kind of phone is accessing the site and enable the site to send content that will render most appropriately on that particular device). MITE provides diagnostic detailed understanding of what is happening behind the scenes. Redirects, over-sized objects, broken links, supported MIME types, syntax errors, download times and much more are presented for each WAP page tested. Users of the free MITE product can navigate their Mobile Web site and check links from the convenience of a single desktop application.
“The emulation technology behind Keynote MITE will quickly enhance the testing regimen of anyone developing mobile content,” said Nisheeth Mohan, mobile product manager at Keynote. “Developers who are using real device solutions will quickly reduce the number of hours they require with those devices, in some case eliminating them altogether.”
Enhanced Feature Availability
Keynote is also offering an advanced version of MITE with aircard support for users who want real time access to the on-deck content of mobile operators. The paid version of MITE allows customers to attach their aircard and test content on local mobile networks. Mobile application developers using MITE with aircard support are able to access the operator deck or audit SMS and receive actual network diagnostic information, a unique feature unavailable when testing on real devices.
MITE with aircard support also includes MITE’s advanced scripting functionality. Users can record test scripts and then re-run them over other device profiles. Customers will also receive advanced technical support to take advantage of the product’s broad capabilities. Users conducting application support and carrier deck placement verification will find MITE with aircard support invaluable.
Continued Global Leadership
A growing and thriving mobile ecosystem needs testing and monitoring tools to ensure a high quality end-user experience. Offering a FREE version of MITE is another contribution from Keynote to ensure that quality and end-user satisfaction stay at the forefront of the development community. To receive your FREE version of MITE visit: http://mite.keynote.com/
Keynote and its subsidiary Keynote SIGOS provide customers with the ability to test and monitor mobile performance on over 200 mobile networks across more than 70 countries. Keynote’s global network is comprised of real and simulated devices, user-provided SIMs and wireless modems, providing an unparalleled and customizable view into the performance of operator networks, mobile content, applications and services.
About Keynote
Keynote Systems (Nasdaq “KEYN”) is the global leader in on-demand test & measurement solutions for continuously improving the online experience. For over a decade, Keynote has been providing measurement data and testing capabilities that allow companies to understand and improve their customers’ online and mobile experience. Keynote has four test and measurement businesses: Web performance, mobile quality, streaming & VoIP, and customer experience/UX.
Known as The Mobile and Internet Performance Authority™, Keynote has a market-leading infrastructure of 3,000 measurement computers and mobile devices in over 240 locations around the world. Keynote’s 2,800 customers represent top Internet and mobile companies including American Express, Dell, Disney, eBay, E*TRADE, Expedia, Microsoft, SonyEricsson, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, Vodafone and YouTube.
Keynote Systems, Inc. is headquartered in San Mateo, California and can be reached at www.keynote.com or by phone in the U.S. at 1-800-KEYNOTE.
Keynote, The Internet Performance Authority, Perspective and Customer Experience Rankings are registered trademarks and The Mobile and Internet Performance Authority and True Experience are trademarks of Keynote Systems, Inc. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. © 2009 Keynote Systems, Inc.
Editorial Contacts:
Dan Berkowitz, Keynote Systems, (650) 403-3305, dan.berkowitz@keynote.com
