SmartBear Software Further Expands by Acquiring World’s Most Widely Used Web Services Testing Tool soapUI
Combination with Eviware, creators of soapUI and loadUI, adds Dedication to Large Open Source Projects and 800,000 Users to SmartBear’s Global User Community
Beverly, MA, and Stockholm, Sweden, July 5, 2011 – SmartBear Software today announced the acquisition of Eviware, creators of soapUI and loadUI, the world’s leading testing software for Web Services. After tripling SmartBear’s business in just one year, this acquisition further accelerates SmartBear’s momentum and significantly expands its global user community of developers, QA and IT professionals.
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) has become a mainstay of software development, and the need for automated testing of web services has advanced to one of the fastest growing segments in the testing market. SmartBear tools help improve quality and performance throughout the entire software development lifecycle, anywhere – on the desktop, mobile and in the cloud. The addition of soapUI and loadUI expands SmartBear’s functional and load testing capabilities into Web services, enabling customers to efficiently advance the testing and quality of their SOA-based applications.