OTIVO

Founded in 1997, OTIVO, INC. is a services company that tests Web sites and finds bugs and problems before the customer does (e.g. test that (1) the stock trade actually happens and (2) the user can figure out how to order the stock trade and (3) the Web server can handle multiple users making multiple stock trades). OTIVO develops test plans, tests a Web server for stress and load, tests a Web site for usability, Web browser issues, functionality, and other bugs and errors, manages the testing from start to finish and provides usable results and suggested solutions for clients to act on immediately. Developing world-class Web sites in today's environment is an art - an art which involves crafting the right experience using the latest tools of the trade. OTIVO understands that art and brings the discipline of science into the process. There's a dizzying matrix of browsers, operating systems and user preferences combined with internet congestion and varying levels of user savviness and the array of static Web pages and dynamic database-driven Web sites. This can result in everything from a problem-free user experience to a user going nuts from frustration because their browser crashed or the server timed out. It might be because of their internet connection or the server's inability to handle multiple users or lack of consistency in the user interface or a problem with the HTML or JavaScript. OTIVO specializes in Web testing services: functionality testing, browser testing, server testing, and usability testing. We develop and implement testing protocols and work with our clients to improve user interfaces, production specifications, visual and style guidelines, and process flow. OTIVO serves a broad spectrum of clients - dotcoms and established companies, from large to small, from content to commerce to community providers, online banking, application service providers, from Web sites to Web developers to advertising agencies - and tests in everything from Lynx to AOL to MSIE to Netscape to WebTV to Net appliances and wireless devices. What ties OTIVO's clients together is the desire to have independent validation that their Web site and server provides a problem-free experience for users - however they surf the Web.