Many organizations fail to utilize automated tools as a means to test the large scale performance of applications. This significantly limits their ability to adequately measure the capabilities of programs under various user loads, network conditions and server and database utilization rates. This Podcast details best practices for performance testing, highlighting the various errors that such testing can bring to light.
This Podcast highlights the best practices necessary for effective software performance testing. In this Podcast, you will learn about:
The components of performance testing
Issues performance testing uncovers
Important factors affecting software performance
The impact of Web 2.0 and Ajax on software performance testing
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SPEAKERS:
Paul Gillin
Principal, Paul Gillin Communications
Paul Gillin is a veteran technology journalist with more than 23 years of editorial leadership, including positions as chief editor of TechTarget and Computerworld. He is now a content marketing consultant specializing in technology and new media. He advises business-to-business marketers on how to optimize online channels to reach buyers most cost-effectively. His forthcoming book about social media, The New Influencers, will be published by Quill Driver Books in Spring, 2007.
Siva Darivemula
Director of Product Marketing, Hewlett-Packard Company
Siva Darivemula is the Director of Product Marketing for the HP Performance Center software product line. In this role, he is responsible for the go-to-market strategy of performance testing solutions. He has many years of experience with enterprise software and solutions and product marketing. He has worked at IBM, Microsoft and Adobe Systems with industry-leading solutions such as WebSphere, Microsoft Office, and Flex.
