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August 25, 2011
Gorilla Logic Named to Inc. Magazine Annual List ofAmerica’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies-the Inc. 5000
Company Ranks No. 2925 on the 2011 Inc. 5000 With Three-Year Sales Growth of 96 Percent
NEW YORK, August 25, 2011 — Inc. Magazine today ranked Gorilla Logic (www.gorillalogic.com), a leader in enterprise application development services and creators of open source test tools for mobile and Rich Internet Applications (RIA), No. 2925 on its annual “Inc. 5000,” an exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy -America’s independent entrepreneurs. Companies such as Microsoft, Zappos, Intuit, Jamba Juice, Zipcar, Clif Bar, Vizio, Oracle, and many other well-known names gained early exposure as members of the Inc. 5000.
Gorilla Logic continues to lead the industry in developing open-source automated test tools for emerging development platforms. The company’s open source testing tools have grown out of its extensive experience providing mobile, web and RIA development services to customers, from Fortune 500 companies to Internet start-ups.
The 2011 Inc. 5000, unveiled in the September issue of Inc. (available on newsstands August 23 to November 15 and on Inc.com), is a group of companies that are smaller but much faster-growing than last year’s crop. Aggregate revenue is $10.5 billion, with a median three-year growth of 1,275 percent. The companies on this year’s list employ more than 46,000 people and generated over 35,000 jobs in the past three years. Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found on www.Inc.com/500.
“It is an honor to receive recognition as an Inc. 5000 company,” said Stu Stern, CEO and co-founder of Gorilla Logic. “It is a testament to our people and products and we look forward to continuing to provide excellent services and automated testing tools that help our customers and the communities we serve meet their software development needs.”
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More about Inc. and the Inc. 500|5000 |
Methodology
The 2011 Inc. 500|5000 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2007 through 2010. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2007. Additionally, they had to be based in the United States, privately held, for profit, and independent-not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies-as of December 31, 2010. (Since then, a number of companies on the list have gone public or been acquired.)
The minimum revenue required for 2007 is $100,000; the minimum for 2010 is $2 million. Revenue figures given in the company profiles are for calendar years, as are employee counts. Full-time and part-time employees are included in the employee counts; independent contractors are not.
As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Companies on the Inc. 500 are featured in Inc.’s September issue. They represent the top tier of the Inc. 5000, which can be found at www.inc.com/500.
About Inc. Magazine
Founded in 1979 and acquired in 2005 by Mansueto Ventures LLC, Inc. (www.inc.com) is the only major business magazine dedicated exclusively to owners and managers of growing private companies that delivers real solutions for today’s innovative company builders. With a total paid circulation of 710,106, Inc. provides hands-on tools and market-tested strategies for managing people, finances, sales, marketing, and technology. Visit us online at www.inc.com.
About the Inc. 500|5000 Conference
Each year, Inc. and Inc.com celebrate the remarkable achievements of today’s entrepreneurial superstars-the privately held small businesses that drive our economy. The Inc. 500|5000 Conference & Awards Ceremony brings together members of the Inc. community, both a new class of Inc. 500|5000 honorees and the list’s alumni, for three days of powerful networking, inspired learning, and momentous celebration. Please join us September 22-24, 2011, at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, located minutes from downtown Washington, D.C. For more information about the 2011 Inc. 500|5000 Conference & Awards Ceremony and to register, visit www.inc500conference.com or call 866-901-3205.
About Gorilla Logic
Gorilla Logic provides custom enterprise application development services to many of the world’s leading software-driven organizations. It has a rich history of applying software engineering best practices to reduce the time and cost of delivering high-quality, full-featured applications with advanced functionality. Its technical leadership in mobile, rich Internet and enterprise applications showcases its broad platform expertise and exemplifies its commitment to software development best practices and quality. Its innovative work with emerging development platforms led to the creation of two industry leading open source tools for automated testing, FlexMonkey (Flex applications) and FoneMonkey (iPhone/iPad Apps). To download Gorilla Logic’s open source tools, and to learn more about the company and its services, please visit (www.gorillalogic.com).
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August 1, 2011
GORILLA LOGIC ANNOUNCES FLEXMONKEY 5 OPEN SOURCE AUTOMATED TEST SOFTWARE FOR ADOBE FLEX AND AIR
FlexMonkey 'Reloaded’ offers completely new testing platform, including new console, additional testing commands, tighter integration with FlexUnit, and new test-trace options
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Aug. 1, 2011 – Gorilla Logic, (www.gorillalogic.com), a leader in enterprise application development services and creators of open source test tools for mobile and Rich Internet Applications (RIA), today announced the availability of FlexMonkey 5 (http://www.gorillalogic.com/flexmonkey), the industry’s leading open source automated testing tool for Adobe Flex and AIR. FlexMonkey 5 represents a major re-write of the FlexMonkey core open source test tool, resulting in better performance and increased reliability.
“Functional user experience testing is more critical than ever with the explosion of new consumer computing and devices.” explained Stu Stern, CEO and co-founder of Gorilla Logic. “This latest version offers the community the next-generation of FlexMonkey, making it more extensible and supportable. It showcases our passion for quality, our technical expertise, and our connection to the tools and culture of Agile delivery.”
FlexMonkey is the most widely used open source tool for testing Adobe Flex and AIR applications. With more than 11,000 downloads, FlexMonkey has established itself as the de-facto standard in the industry. It allows developers and testers of RIA to record, playback and verify real-world user interactions. If desired, the test automation tool can also generate ActionScript test scripts that teams can easily use within a continuous integration environment. Gorilla Logic created FlexMonkey in 2008, and continues to contribute to the Flex ecosystem with ongoing enhancements and dedicated support to the community.
New enhancements contained in FlexMonkey 5 include:
- l A new console interface
- l A new test execution model based on FlexUnit 4
- l New SetProperty, StoreValue, and CallFunction commands providing increased power and expressiveness without modifying Actionscript
- l A new test-code generation model, friendlier to customization of generated code
- l Plus hundreds of other changes driven by real-world feedback from the FlexMonkey community and Gorilla Logic’s customers
Stern says these new features translate into some powerful benefits to the FLEX open source functional testing community. Teams delivering Adobe Flex applications can reap the dramatic quality and speed gains delivered from automated user experience testing. “User experience testing for the Adobe Flex/AIR platform now is more powerful, easier to use, faster, and more reliable – plus, it is free because it is open source.” he says. “For FlexMonkey customers that use Agile methods and have complex testing needs, FlexMonkey 5 offers new improvements in test extensions and Continuous Integration (CI) environments.”
Gorilla Logic continues to lead in developing open-source automated test tools for emerging development platforms. In addition to FlexMonkey, Gorilla Logic recently released FoneMonkey 5 (http://www.gorillalogic.com/fonemonkey), bringing record-and-playback automated testing capabilities to the iPhone and iPad for the first time anywhere. Gorilla Logic’s open source testing tools have grown out of the company’s extensive experience providing mobile, web and RIA development services to customers, from Fortune 500 companies to next-generation Internet start-ups.
FlexMonkey 5 is upward-compatible for tests recorded with FlexMonkey 4.1. The FlexMonkey development team intends to support the 4.1.x version for sustaining development for six months. To download a copy of FlexMonkey 5, visit (http://www.gorillalogic.com/flexmonkey).
About Gorilla Logic:
Gorilla Logic provides custom enterprise application development services to many of the world’s leading software-driven organizations. It has a rich history of applying software engineering best practices to reduce the time and cost of delivering high-quality, full-featured applications with advanced functionality. Its technical leadership in mobile, rich Internet and enterprise applications showcases its broad platform expertise and exemplifies its commitment to software development best practices and quality. Its innovative work with emerging development platforms led to the creation of two industry leading open source tools for automated testing, FlexMonkey (Flex applications) and FoneMonkey (iPhone/iPad Apps). To download Gorilla Logic’s open source tools, and to learn more about the company and its services, please visit (www.gorillalogic.com).
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June 14, 2011
Gorilla Logic Announces Its Nomination for the 2011 Technology Apex Awards
Gorilla Logic’s outstanding work and dedication in enterprise application development leads to recognition in the 11th annual CSIA Apex Awards
BROOMFIELD, Colo., June 14, 2011 – Gorilla Logic, (www.gorillalogic.com), a leader in enterprise application development services and creators of open source test tools for mobile and rich Internet applications, announced today it has been nominated for the 2011 Apex Awards, the prestigious technology awards recognizing outstanding accomplishments and leadership by Colorado’s advanced technology companies and professionals. The winners and finalists will be announced live on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at The Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Denver.
Since the program’s inception in 2000, CSIA’s Apex Awards have provided well-deserved recognition to the numerous technology companies in Colorado by highlighting their success stories and technical advancements. Presented in five categories for companies and five categories for professionals, the awards recognize success, innovation, vision, leadership, excellent customer support and community contributions.
“We are honored to be named a nominee for these prestigious awards that recognize technology excellence,” said Stu Stern, CEO of Gorilla Logic. “This nomination reinforces the overall mission of Gorilla Logic, to help each and every customer exceed their software development business goals through the delivery of exceptional application development services.”
“Colorado’s technology industry has experienced much growth over years, and it’s important for these successful companies to be recognized,” said Su Hawk, president, CSIA. “Our Apex Awards provide the industry a once-a-year opportunity to celebrate their success, and generate awareness around these notable companies, which includes Gorilla Logic.”
About Gorilla Logic
Gorilla Logic provides custom enterprise application development services to many of the world’s leading software-driven organizations. It has a rich history of applying software engineering best practices to reduce the time and cost of delivering high-quality, full-featured applications with advanced functionality. Its technical leadership in mobile, rich Internet and enterprise applications showcases its broad platform expertise and exemplifies its commitment to software development best practices and quality. Its innovative work with emerging development platforms led to the creation of two industry leading open source tools for automated testing, FlexMonkey (Flex applications) and FoneMonkey (iPhone/iPad Apps). To download Gorilla Logic’s open source tools, and to learn more about the company and its services, please visit (www.gorillalogic.com).
About CSIA:
CSIA is the technology industry leader in uniting and growing Colorado’s information technology industry by providing advocacy, education, business connections, and information, while supporting economic development, unification of technology stakeholders, and larger recognition of the industry and the people involved to develop and promote Colorado’s technology industry. CSIA also works nationally to ensure Colorado’s technology voice is heard, through TECNA, a coalition of technology associations across the United States and Canada, as well as with TechAmerica, the national lobbying organization for federal issues. Since 1994, CSIA has been involved in legislative issues and public policy to represent the information technology industry in Colorado, and has provided a number of annual programs, events and connections to support business success. For more information on CSIA please call (303) 592-4070 or visit www.coloradotechnology.org
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March 3, 2010
THOUGHTWORKS STUDIOS’ NEW TWIST 2.0 PROVIDES COLLABORATIVE AGILE TEST MANAGEMENT
Latest update to Adaptive ALMTM suite drives productivity of QA, developers and business analysts, reduces development rework while keeping pace with rapid Agile releases
SAN FRANCISCO and BANGALORE, March 1, 2010 – ThoughtWorks Studios, (www.thoughtworks-studios.com) a global leader in Agile ALM and training, today announced the latest version of its Agile test automation solutions, Twist® 2.0. Designed to manage the rapid pace of software testing within Agile environments, Twist 2.0 helps testers, developers and business analysts work together to ensure testing is highly efficient and collaborative, resulting in faster release cycles of quality applications.
“It’s very common for people involved in software testing to spend more time trying to keep their automated tests in synch with development rather than actually testing applications,” said Cyndi Mitchell, managing director, for ThoughtWorks Studios. “Twist provides a framework for test automation and test-driven development that allows all stakeholders to build test suites and scenarios using plain English, thereby mitigating the complexity of traditional test automation.”
Twist offers simplicity and an intuitive user experience to create highly robust and reusable test automation frameworks for both manual and functional automated tests. An integral part of ThoughtWorks Studios’ Adaptive ALM solution, Twist provides continuous visibility into testing activities across distributed projects and teams.
Unlike traditional test tools, Twist uses Behavior Driven Development (BDD) and Domain Specific Language (DSL) to allow test automation specialists, developers and business analysts to work collaboratively as a means of ensuring testing efforts match the exact, intended functionality of new applications. This unique approach of using the English language to build test scripts expands the testing process to the “business side” of software development, reducing development re-work and faulty software that does not meet strategic business goals. Twist allows teams to adjust and/or react to change effectively through an open and flexible framework conducive to testing within short sprints or iterations. Ultimately, it allows the testing effort to keep pace with the increasingly rapid rate of application delivery.
New features in Twist 2.0 include:
- Hybrid Test Execution – allows for manual and automated test steps within the same scenario. This improves collaboration and execution efficiency of both automated and manual testing efforts.
- Improved Workflow Reuse – provides high level test scenarios and steps (manual and automated) that can be reused and shared within and across multiple projects.
- Groovy Scripting – supports the Groovy dynamic Agile language for Java. It makes modern programming features available to Twist users with almost zero learning curve.
- Additional Web Driver support for Sahi – testers have the option of using Sahi or Selenium for Web testing. The benefit of using Sahi is that it abstracts out most difficulties that testers face while automating Web applications.
- SWTBOT support – allows Twist users to test Java SWT-based applications
- Data Driven Scenarios – build data-driven tests on the fly for increased test coverage
ThoughtWorks Studios is the products division of the industry leading Agile consultancy ThoughtWorks®. Its Adaptive ALMTM solution includes Mingle® (project management), Twist® (test automation) and Cruise® (release management), to manage all aspects of the software development and delivery lifecycle – from requirements definition and portfolio management to test automation, quality assurance and release management.
Twist supports Agile ALM by combining requirements and test specification management and creation, and by providing manual and test automation to ensure quality throughout the application lifecycle. It plays a significant role in ThoughtWorks Studios’ Adaptive ALM by providing a robust, reusable, multi-platform testing capability that ensures testing keeps pace with application development. Twist increases visibility and awareness of Agile testing activities by providing test results for processes managed by Mingle and Cruise. Together with Mingle, it connects directly to Mingle repositories and links story cards directly to Twist test scenarios. This provides full traceability of test and requirements coverage. When integrated with Cruise, Twist can export all of the necessary libraries to run test scenarios and suites. This allows tests to be run as part of a build (with reports of test results).
For more information on ThoughtWorks Studios’ new Twist 2.0 please visit http://www.thoughtworks-studios.com/agile-test-automation Users can also access a free, 30-day download by visiting: (http://www.thoughtworks-studios.com/user/register&destination=forms/form/twist/download).
About ThoughtWorks Studios
ThoughtWorks Studios is a global leader in Agile ALM tools and training. Its products and services are used by organizations as a foundation for sustainable Agile adoption, where project management, automation and engineering best practices are required. The company’s Adaptive ALM solution provides a platform for managing all aspects of the software development lifecycle – from requirements definition and project management to test automation, quality assurance and release management. The three products that make up Adaptive ALMTM, Mingle® (project management), Twist® (test automation) and Cruise® (release management), are available as an integrated solution or as stand-alone products. The company also provides in-depth training courses that cover all aspects of Agile ALM through its Agile Workshops series. Backed as an independent division of ThoughtWorks®, the pioneering leader in Agile development and best-practices, ThoughtWorks Studios’ customers include 3M, Barclays, BBC, eBay, Honeywell, McGraw-Hill, Rackspace and Vodafone. It is headquartered in San Francisco and Bangalore, with offices in London and select cities in Europe, Asia and Australia. For more information, please visit www.thoughtworks-studios.com.
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