It's been a busy summer at Keynote as we've been preparing to launch KITE. We've been happy to get really positive early feedback from demos we've been doing. And for those who signed up for and were accepted into the early adopter program, download is available as of yesterday. If you didn't get the info send an email to: kite.labs@keynote.com. (And if you're still interested in joining the KITE community you can still sign-up.)
Whenever you launch a new product you wonder how users will respond. With KITE what's impressed us is how easily folks have seen the need for a desktop tool that lets them test Web sites for performance. It's like the old "the car that sells itself" ads. Duh - of course. Just because Web infrastructure is better understand today than a decade ago doesn't make it easier.
And from what we see from KITE registrations, there are many more departments - from dev to QA - that are interested in Web performance than you might have thought. It ain't just for ops anymore and isn't that better for us all.
Side Reading: For those of you looking to put KITE and your Web performance skills to the test, a new book is out by Andy King called "Website Optimization Secrets". Steve Souders' 14-steps to fast Web sites is also must reading.
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