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Eran Yaniv, Perfecto Mobile
Mobile application development testing is pne of the major challenges facing the industry. Handset manufacturers, application developers, carriers and others must ensure that mobile applications and software run flawlessly on hundreds–if not thousands–of mobile handsets around the world.
As smartphones and other mobile computing devices increase in complexity, mobile application development is hindered without proper testing.
Perfecto Mobile, a company based in Israel, has developed an mobile application testing service on the Internet to quickly and efficiently test new mobile applications and mobile content in a market changing daily.
Mobile Application Development Process
The Perfecto Mobile system is a hardware and software solution. Mobile handsets are mounted on cradles and they connect to the Perfecto Mobile system through their data ports. Users access the handsets via a web-based UI.
When a user clicks on a handset’s key in the GUI, the Perfecto Mobile system sends a command to the real handset and the same key on the actual device is pressed. A video camera captures the real user experience as it is displayed on the handset’s screen and streams it back to the user’s PC. The system also captures and records the handset’s audio.
The Perfecto Mobile system is non-intrusive, so adding, reconfiguring or replacing a handset is really easy, making it ideal for testing various handset models and especially pre-launched handsets in a constantly changing environment.
Perfecto Mobile’s service significantly reduces the complexity involved in launching and sustaining mobile services. The service streamlines the development, testing and monitoring processes of mobile applications and content across devices, networks and geographies.
Perfecto Mobile enables users to control remote handsets and use automated procedures that test and monitor performance and monitoring tasks more efficiently and effectively.
Users can test each device and ensure compatibility of their products or services with more devices and more networks, which improves quality, shorter time to market, and overall reduction in costs and logistical efforts.
Eran Yaniv Bio
Eran Yaniv came to Perfecto Mobile from Comverse America where he was VP of product marketing. At Comverse America, Eran increased the revenue generated by the company’s data products to 30% of total product sales. He ‘s also served as the general manager of the Comverse Mobile Data Division and led a major turnaround in the performance of the division by bringing in accounts such as Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile.
Prior to assuming his responsibilities at Comverse, Eran was the general manager of the Valisys Quality Management business unit as well as Director of R&D at Tecnomatix in Israel, managing the company’s development activities.
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From Reuters: September 15, 2009
TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ — Perfecto Mobile, a global leading
provider of remote access and automated testing solutions for mobile devices,
today announced that it has closed a $7 million second round of financing. The
sum was raised from existing investors: Carmel Ventures and Vertex Venture
Capital. Perfecto Mobile will use the proceeds of this financing round to
expand its Handset Cloud testing service as well as for ramping up marketing
and sales activities.
“We are very excited about the new investment from our long-term supporting
venture funds,” said Eran Yaniv, CEO of Perfecto Mobile. “The emergence of new
business models and open technologies in the mobile industry, such as mobile
application stores, mobile widgets and open device platforms increases the
need for testing on mobile devices and thus creates a great opportunity for
Perfecto Mobile.”