DETROIT, Aug. 17, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gomez, the web performance division of Compuware Corporation (Nasdaq:CPWR), today launched several new international industry benchmarks that provide companies with an unbiased view of the state of web and mobile site performance to improve customer experiences online, provide brand support and drive revenue.
Gomez's benchmarks, recognized as a comprehensive set of global independent web performance metrics, have been expanded to include benchmarks in eight new countries: Australia, Brazil, France, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Singapore and Sweden. These new international benchmarks measure the performance of the home page--the front door--of the websites of the selected companies in each industry.
"Because benchmarking helps companies to better understand the connection between web and mobile application performance, business results, and improved process discipline, it has become a valuable tool in today's competitive online marketplace among leading international companies," said Matt Poepsel, VP Performance Strategies, Gomez. "The demand for benchmark metrics has been steadily increasing across the globe, and we are meeting that demand by expanding our benchmarks in eight new countries, with more to come."
New international home page benchmarks include:
- Australia Benchmarks: Australia Banking, Australia Insurance
- Brazil Benchmarks: Brazil Banking, Brazil Retail, Brazil Telco
- France Benchmark: France CAC40
- Hong Kong Benchmarks: Hong Kong Banking, Hong Kong Employment, Hong Kong Government, Hong Kong Hotels, Hong Kong Insurance, Hong Kong Media Entertainment, Hong Kong Retail, Hong Kong Telecom, Hong Kong Transportation
- Italy Benchmarks: Italy Automotive, Italy Banking, Italy Retail, Italy Telco, Italy Travel
- Japan Benchmarks: Japan Airlines, Japan Banking, Japan Brokerage, Japan Newspaper, Japan Real Estate
- Singapore Benchmarks: Singapore Banking, Singapore Consulting, Singapore Education, Singapore Government, Singapore Healthcare, Singapore Hotels, Singapore Insurance, Singapore Manufacturing, Singapore Media Entertainment, Singapore Real Estate, Singapore Retail, Singapore Technology, Singapore Telecom, Singapore Transportation, Singapore Utilities
- Sweden Benchmarks: SwedenEntertainment, Sweden News/Info, Sweden Retail
Gomez has doubled the number of global web performance benchmarks it has published for over ten years to more than 100 that include more than 2,000 companies in dozens of industries. Gomez web benchmarks involve testing the websites of target companies using a subset of the Gomez Network, which features more than 150 high-bandwidth "backbone" locations and more than 150,000 actual end-user "Last Mile" locations around the world. Gomez Mobile benchmarks test mobile-specific versions of target websites. These are typically "streamlined" versions of websites that were created specifically with the mobile form factor and throughput speeds in mind. Gomez Business Process benchmarks measure typical multistep processes--such as purchasing a product or performing a stock trade--across major brands in the same industry. For more details on Gomez benchmark methodology, go to: http://www.gomez.com/benchmarks/methodology/.
About Compuware Gomez
Gomez, the web performance division of Compuware, provides the industry's leading solutions for optimizing the performance, availability, and quality of web and mobile applications. The on-demand Gomez platform integrates solutions for web load testing, web performance management, web cross-browser testing, and web performance business analysis that test and measure web and mobile applications from the "outside-in" – across all users, browsers, devices, and geographies – using a global network of over 150,000 locations. When combined with Compuware Vantage, Gomez offers the industry's only solution for optimizing application performance across the Enterprise and the Internet. Over 3,000 customers worldwide, ranging from small companies to large enterprises – including 12 of the top 20 most visited US websites – use Gomez solutions to increase revenue, build brand loyalty and decrease costs.
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