Micro Focus unveils load testing tool for cloud

Micro Focus unveils load testing tool for cloud

Launches CloudBurst, which extends Micro Focus’s load and performance testing solution to Cloud
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
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ROCKVILLE, MD.: Micro Focus, provider of enterprise application modernization, testing and management solutions, announced the availability of SilkPerformer CloudBurst, a load testing capability based on Micro Focus Enterprise Cloud Services (ECS) technology.

CloudBurst extends Micro Focus’s load and performance testing solution SilkPerformer out to the cloud.

As organizations develop web applications that will be used by many thousands of users worldwide, traditional load testing methods have fallen short. These methods require far too much hardware and are not able to scale to meet the demands of today’s web applications. SilkPerformer CloudBurst utilizes the cloud to meet these resource demands using a flexible, pay-as-you-go, consumption-based pricing model, said a press release.

By extending SilkPerformer’s on-premise model with cloud load-generation technology, CloudBurst enables customers the flexibility to drive load from either on-premise or in the cloud or both at the same time.

This model also has the advantage of being able to monitor the underlying systems and provide performance diagnostics with one integrated product.

“CloudBurst’s unique approach to leverage the Cloud gives our customers the advantage of being able to load test and analyze the performance of all of their applications whether they are Internet facing or internal and mix-and-match permanent or consumption-based licensing models to meet their needs,” said Rich Novak, president and general manager of the Micro Focus Application Management and Quality Division.

He added that their solution allows them to help customers drive Continuous Quality Assurance methods in terms of performance testing.

In order to handle the complexity of today’s web 2.0 applications, Micro Focus SilkPerformer CloudBurst also delivers a new generation of load-generation technology called Browser Driven Load Testing, which cuts scripting and script maintenance time in half and more accurately emulates end user loads on Web 2.0 applications, the release said.
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