<s>
BlazeMeter	B-Application
is	O
a	O
continuous	O
testing	O
platform	O
that	O
was	O
acquired	O
in	O
2021	O
by	O
Perforce	B-General_Concept
Software	I-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
is	O
based	O
in	O
Minneapolis	O
,	O
Minnesota	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BlazeMeter	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
founded	O
in	O
2011	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
CA	O
Technologies	O
in	O
2016	O
,	O
which	O
became	O
a	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
Broadcom	O
Inc	O
.	O
in	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2021	O
,	O
BlazeMeter	B-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Perforce	B-General_Concept
as	O
part	O
of	O
its	O
application	O
quality	O
and	O
testing	O
portfolio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BlazeMeter	B-Application
is	O
also	O
a	O
major	O
contributor	O
to	O
open-source	O
Apache	B-Language
JMeter	I-Language
,	O
through	O
JMeter	B-Language
plugins	B-Application
,	O
fixes	O
,	O
and	O
documentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2011	O
,	O
BlazeMeter	B-Application
announced	O
raising	O
$1.2	O
million	O
financing	O
from	O
YL	O
Ventures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BlazeMeter	B-Application
provides	O
developers	O
with	O
tools	O
using	O
the	O
Amazon	B-General_Concept
Elastic	I-General_Concept
Compute	I-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
(	O
EC2	O
)	O
service	O
that	O
provide	O
mobile	O
,	O
web	O
application	O
,	O
website	O
,	O
web-service	O
or	O
database	O
testing	O
that	O
can	O
simulate	O
thousands	O
of	O
users	O
visiting	O
a	O
website	O
simultaneously	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BlazeMeter	B-Application
can	O
be	O
extended	O
with	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
custom	O
plug-ins	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
BlazeMeter	B-Application
provides	O
a	O
free	O
plugin	B-Application
to	O
JMeter	B-Language
,	O
a	O
Drupal	B-Application
module	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
Jenkins	O
CI	O
plugin	B-Application
and	O
Vegeta	B-Application
program	O
for	O
load	O
testing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
BlazeMeter	B-Application
was	O
selected	O
by	O
CRN	O
as	O
an	O
"	O
Emerging	O
Cloud	O
Computing	O
Vendor	O
"	O
for	O
2012	O
and	O
"	O
One	O
of	O
the	O
25	O
Coolest	O
Emerging	O
Vendors	O
For	O
2012	O
"	O
by	O
CRN	O
and	O
UBM	O
Channel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2012	O
,	O
BlazeMeter	B-Application
announced	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
Acquia	B-Application
a	O
commercial	O
open	O
source	O
software	O
company	O
providing	O
products	O
,	O
services	O
,	O
and	O
technical	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
open	O
source	O
Drupal	B-Application
content	O
management	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2013	O
,	O
BlazeMeter	B-Application
was	O
named	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
top	O
testing	O
tools	O
by	O
Dr.	O
Dobbs	O
'	O
Jolt	O
Awards	O
:	O
The	O
Best	O
Testing	O
Tools.	O
'	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Perforce	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
BlazeMeter	B-Application
offers	O
many	O
continuous	O
testing	O
capabilities	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
its	O
cloud	B-General_Concept
testing	I-General_Concept
platform	O
,	O
including	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
BlazeMeter	B-Application
provides	O
services	O
to	O
several	O
industries	O
including	O
the	O
financial	O
,	O
insurance	O
,	O
commerce	O
,	O
telecommunications	O
,	O
healthcare	O
,	O
media	O
,	O
and	O
software	O
industries	O
.	O
</s>
