Wednesday, 15 December 2010
StressTester CEO Graham Parsons talks to T.E.S.T. Magazine about why websites should not fail under heavy user load
Graham's article in the December 2010 issue of T.E.S.T. Magazine outlines why it's not acceptable for websites to fail under heavy user load. Correct and realistic performance testing enables optimum web application performance even during extreme traffic peaks http://bit.ly/eOdO2g
Thursday, 9 December 2010
CTE Chooses StressTester™ As Recommended Application Performance Testing Tool for Major US Financial Services Client
StressTester™, a new breed of scriptless web performance testing software, and its sister product Sentinel™, have been chosen by Atlanta-based independent testing consultancy, Celtic Testing Experts Inc (CTE), to deliver web performance testing and monitoring for its high profile US financial services client.
CTE selected StressTester following an extensive review of performance testing tools on behalf of its client as part of a strategic review of the company’s web-based applications. Following a rigorous selection process with competition from some of the most recognizable names in performance testing, the consultancy chose StressTester™ with Sentinel due to the combination of world class products, leading technical expertise and testing services offered at a competitive price.
Designed to reduce costs and project timescales by as much as 80 per cent when compared to rival products, StressTester™ offers in-depth analysis of any web application’s performance, scalability and load capacity. The tool, which is already used by other major US organizations, enables enterprise-class, correct and realistic testing, without the need for specialist scripting expertise. This means that testers can focus on regularly testing throughout the development life-cycle rather than expending many man days on writing test scripts.
Sentinel is Reflective Solutions’ performance monitoring software. Based on the same core software used by StressTester, Sentinel can be located in multiple data centers to provide IT managers with automated alerts when an application’s performance falls below acceptable thresholds, on a real-time basis. This ensures that organizations are able to rapidly respond to any problems before they escalate into major operational issues for users.
Hank Rainwater, Chief Technology Officer at Celtic Testing Experts Inc, comments: “We were extremely impressed by the detailed proposal for StressTester and Sentinel put forward by Reflective Solutions. The world class products, testing services and technical expertise they offered, along with its competitive pricing, were what set StressTester apart from its competitors.”
Alan Liggett, Reflective Solutions’ Director for North America, adds: “We are delighted to have been selected by such a highly regarded testing consultancy to provide the performance and web load testing solution for one of its most valued clients. Celtic Testing Experts Inc sets a very high benchmark for professionalism, so we look forward to working with them to successfully meet the requirements of the brief as well as other projects in the future.”
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
New release of StressTester™ offers paradigm shift in performance testing capability to Agile development community
StressTester™ v7.2, the latest release of Reflective Solutions’ performance testing software, has become the first purpose designed tool to enable correct and realistic performance testing during every iteration of an Agile project.
The result is that application software performance issues can be quickly and easily identified and resolved as they are implemented, rather than at the end of the development process, enabling the Agile development community to benefit from greater efficiencies in project management, costs and timescales.
StressTester’s unique offering to the Agile community has been made possible because its zero-scripting approach and rapid configuration make it quick and easy to learn and deploy. By reducing traditional testing timescales from weeks to days, it allows developers to finally treat performance testing with the same importance as unit and acceptance testing and gives them the means to execute a correct performance test at the end of every iteration. Becoming proficient with StressTester typically only requires a couple of hours of watching the tool’s in-built tutorial videos. This means that any member of the Agile team can quickly learn to execute performance tests compared with other tools that require scripting experts.
Prior to the launch of StressTester v7.2, performance testing would typically be executed at the end of the Agile development process. Traditional performance testing tools are not suited for execution during Agile project iterations due to their complex scripting requirements that can add weeks to the project timescale.
Graham Parsons, CEO of Reflective Solutions, said: “The new release of StressTester™ has been designed to respond to a very real and immediate need in the Agile marketplace and initial feedback we’ve received from the Agile community has been overwhelmingly positive. The standard industry practice of performance testing at the end of the Agile development process, is fundamentally flawed. If performance defects implemented in an early iteration are not discovered until a project is nearing completion, the process of identifying and fixing the problem can lead to costly rework and significant delays to the software release schedule. This can easily threaten the overall success of a project.
“With the new release of StressTester, Agile projects can now execute a performance test during every iteration, if not every day. When a performance defect is created in the code, it will be detected during the current iteration and will be simple and quick to fix. StressTester’s ease-of-use means it can be used by all members of the project team, and its rapid configuration allows performance tests to be executed without delaying the project.”
StressTester is an enterprise class performance testing tool used by global organisations to verify the performance of their mission critical systems. Designed to reduce costs and project timescales by as much as 80 per cent when compared to rival products, the solution offers in-depth analysis of any web application’s performance, scalability and load capacity. The tool provides a feature-rich testing environment, yet does not require a single line of testing script to be written, making StressTester highly accessible and simple to implement.
Click here to visit the StressTester website.
The result is that application software performance issues can be quickly and easily identified and resolved as they are implemented, rather than at the end of the development process, enabling the Agile development community to benefit from greater efficiencies in project management, costs and timescales.
StressTester’s unique offering to the Agile community has been made possible because its zero-scripting approach and rapid configuration make it quick and easy to learn and deploy. By reducing traditional testing timescales from weeks to days, it allows developers to finally treat performance testing with the same importance as unit and acceptance testing and gives them the means to execute a correct performance test at the end of every iteration. Becoming proficient with StressTester typically only requires a couple of hours of watching the tool’s in-built tutorial videos. This means that any member of the Agile team can quickly learn to execute performance tests compared with other tools that require scripting experts.
Prior to the launch of StressTester v7.2, performance testing would typically be executed at the end of the Agile development process. Traditional performance testing tools are not suited for execution during Agile project iterations due to their complex scripting requirements that can add weeks to the project timescale.
Graham Parsons, CEO of Reflective Solutions, said: “The new release of StressTester™ has been designed to respond to a very real and immediate need in the Agile marketplace and initial feedback we’ve received from the Agile community has been overwhelmingly positive. The standard industry practice of performance testing at the end of the Agile development process, is fundamentally flawed. If performance defects implemented in an early iteration are not discovered until a project is nearing completion, the process of identifying and fixing the problem can lead to costly rework and significant delays to the software release schedule. This can easily threaten the overall success of a project.
“With the new release of StressTester, Agile projects can now execute a performance test during every iteration, if not every day. When a performance defect is created in the code, it will be detected during the current iteration and will be simple and quick to fix. StressTester’s ease-of-use means it can be used by all members of the project team, and its rapid configuration allows performance tests to be executed without delaying the project.”
StressTester is an enterprise class performance testing tool used by global organisations to verify the performance of their mission critical systems. Designed to reduce costs and project timescales by as much as 80 per cent when compared to rival products, the solution offers in-depth analysis of any web application’s performance, scalability and load capacity. The tool provides a feature-rich testing environment, yet does not require a single line of testing script to be written, making StressTester highly accessible and simple to implement.
Click here to visit the StressTester website.
Wednesday, 17 November 2010
Stress At Speed
Performance testing must be executed in real time, but crucial time can be saved in test design and specification. Graham Parsons describes an urgent test project and how StressTester helped to deliver it.
At Reflective Solutions we believe our product StressTester is a completely new breed of performance testing tool. Its totally scriptless nature makes it capable of delivering realistic testing with accurate results much faster than can be achieved with other tools. To explain how, I will describe a recent client project: a new web-based enterprise resource planning web application using IBM Maximo was performance tested in less than five days…
To read more, click here to visit the StressTester website and download a PDF of the full article.
At Reflective Solutions we believe our product StressTester is a completely new breed of performance testing tool. Its totally scriptless nature makes it capable of delivering realistic testing with accurate results much faster than can be achieved with other tools. To explain how, I will describe a recent client project: a new web-based enterprise resource planning web application using IBM Maximo was performance tested in less than five days…
To read more, click here to visit the StressTester website and download a PDF of the full article.
It’s not too late to maximise online Christmas revenues
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For more information on StressTester, visit www.stresstester.com.
Tuesday, 9 November 2010
On The Road With StressTester
Just a quick update on the London Tester Gathering sessions I attended last week. Both resulted in very late nights, but everything else was positive! Both sessions were very well attended – over 45 attendees at each. The majority of attendees were testers and there was a lot of interest in StressTester. The ‘StressTester for Agile’ demo I delivered was well received. It seems we are very well positioned in this space, with very little competition.
As a result of attending, I have invitations to speak at an Agile Evangelist meet-up in the New Year and another testing event soon after. Further details to follow. In light of the success of the meet-ups, I’m certainly planning on attending on a regular basis. If anyone out there is interested in a StressTester demo at a tester gathering, get in touch.
Ian Tunnicliffe
www.stresstester.com
As a result of attending, I have invitations to speak at an Agile Evangelist meet-up in the New Year and another testing event soon after. Further details to follow. In light of the success of the meet-ups, I’m certainly planning on attending on a regular basis. If anyone out there is interested in a StressTester demo at a tester gathering, get in touch.
Ian Tunnicliffe
www.stresstester.com
Monday, 1 November 2010
Most Major Ticketing Websites Crashed This Morning As Take That 2011 Tour Tickets Went On Sale
Graham Parsons, CEO of Reflective Solutions and one of the UK’s leading experts in website performance testing, explains why it is totally unacceptable – and preventable – for websites to fail under the weight of heavy user traffic:
“There is absolutely no need for websites to crash under heavy traffic load; consumers should realize that it is totally preventable. Site owners blame the ‘technology’ behind the site for not being able to cope at peak traffic times, but the truth is that web development teams have the power to do something about it. While sites can crash under heavy user loads for various reasons, this type of failure can actually be prevented if the actual web application itself and the hardware/network resources including the capacity of the Internet connection, are correct and realistically tested.
“Testing a website under conditions which simulate hundreds or thousands of users logging on simultaneously, allows site owners to correct errors and failures. This will ultimately ensure that the site performs optimally under heavy traffic in the real world. The reason that most site owners do not undertake performance testing which accurately reflects real user traffic numbers is because performance testing traditionally takes weeks to undertake and requires the expertise of expensive script writers. Corners are often cut to allow development and site launch timescales to be realized and budgets to be kept on track.
“A new breed of scriptless performance testing software is now available which allows non-testing experts to undertake correct and realistic performance testing in days rather than weeks. These tools – including StressTester™ – really are revolutionizing site performance testing. Ultimately, their availability means that there can be no excuse for websites to fail under heavy user traffic.”
http://www.stresstester.com/
“There is absolutely no need for websites to crash under heavy traffic load; consumers should realize that it is totally preventable. Site owners blame the ‘technology’ behind the site for not being able to cope at peak traffic times, but the truth is that web development teams have the power to do something about it. While sites can crash under heavy user loads for various reasons, this type of failure can actually be prevented if the actual web application itself and the hardware/network resources including the capacity of the Internet connection, are correct and realistically tested.
“Testing a website under conditions which simulate hundreds or thousands of users logging on simultaneously, allows site owners to correct errors and failures. This will ultimately ensure that the site performs optimally under heavy traffic in the real world. The reason that most site owners do not undertake performance testing which accurately reflects real user traffic numbers is because performance testing traditionally takes weeks to undertake and requires the expertise of expensive script writers. Corners are often cut to allow development and site launch timescales to be realized and budgets to be kept on track.
“A new breed of scriptless performance testing software is now available which allows non-testing experts to undertake correct and realistic performance testing in days rather than weeks. These tools – including StressTester™ – really are revolutionizing site performance testing. Ultimately, their availability means that there can be no excuse for websites to fail under heavy user traffic.”
http://www.stresstester.com/
Friday, 22 October 2010
StressTester At London Tester Gathering
StressTester is delighted to sponsor the next London Tester Gathering, being held on Tuesday 2 November. The regular events are a chance for testing professionals to meet and discuss everything to do with the testing industry, from the latest technological advancements to quality assurance, accessibility and business analysis.
The meeting, being held in function room 125-129 at The Shooting Star on Middlesex Street, E1 7JF, will begin at 5pm. Reflective’s Ian Tunnicliffe and Dave Clarke will be at the event demonstrating StressTester™ v7.2 the only scriptless enterprise-class performance testing tool designed for the Agile development methodologies; bringing non-functional testing right into the heart of scrum teams, easily, effectively and at low cost.
If you would like to attend, please click here to register your interest in the event.
The StressTester team looks forward to seeing you there.
Friday, 24 September 2010
StressTester contributes to Internet Retailing
Graham Parsons, the driving force behind StressTester, has submitted a guest comment for esteemed industry website, Internet Retailing. In the article, Graham discusses how the new breed of performance testing tools like StressTester allow e-tailers to take full advantage of bumper Christmas revenues.
For the full article and to register your comments, please click here
Graham Parsons Is The Star Of The Show
STARWEST is the premier software testing conference that brings you the most up-to-date information, tools and technologies available in the testing industry. This year’s conference takes place from 26 September – 1 October in San Diego, California.
On Thursday, September 30, between 1.30pm and 2.30pm, Graham will be delivering his ‘Realistic Performance Testing in Days not Weeks’ technical workshop, which will give participants the chance to:
- Discover how global organisations such as Nissan, JP Morgan and Vodafone are reducing their testing time by as much as 50% without lowering testing standards.
- Learn how to spend more of your time testing instead of writing complex testing scripts; carry out correct and realistic tests within days not weeks and ensure your applications are fit for purpose.
- Find out how to ensure accurate testing in the Agile development process without disrupting or delaying production schedules.
As well as this you can also come and visit us in the exhibition where you can find out more about Reflective Solutions and the latest version of StressTester™.
To find out more about Reflective Solution’s involvement in the event please visit http://www.sqe.com/StarWest/.
Thursday, 9 September 2010
Reflective Solutions CEO discusses Agile issues
Graham Parsons, CEO of Reflective Solutions has hit the headlines with an article entitled ‘Integrating Performance Testing into the Agile Development Process’. Writing on Agile Journal - the premiere social media community for the agile sector – Graham discusses integrating Performance Testing into the Agile Development Process. Visit http://www.agilejournal.com/articles/columns/column-articles/3229 for the full article and your chance to post a comment if you agree – or disagree – with Graham’s views.
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
Don't miss out, whatever your deadline day
Transfer deadline day is one of the most hotly anticipated events of the football season. Fans of the national game have been keeping up with the gossip on the movers and shakers for weeks. All the rumour and speculation accumulates on a frenzied day of multi-million pound deals – heroes departing for pastures new and the heroes of tomorrow arriving from foreign shores.
You don’t have to be a football expert to understand that for football news websites, August 31 is traditionally one of the busiest days of the year, both in terms of news and traffic. Football fans hang around sites all day, often switching between sources to check the common consensus on the latest Brazilian superstar to grace the Premier League with his presence.
You don’t have to be a football expert to understand that for football news websites, August 31 is traditionally one of the busiest days of the year, both in terms of news and traffic. Football fans hang around sites all day, often switching between sources to check the common consensus on the latest Brazilian superstar to grace the Premier League with his presence.
Due to the peaks in traffic, it’s vital that football news sites can cope under the increased pressure. Performance testing-savvy sites will have been evaluating their resource weeks in advance of deadline day to ensure that they are able to offer visitors a seamless user experience.
StressTester™ is an enterprise class performance testing tool from Reflective Solutions, used by global organisations to verify the performance of their mission critical systems. Designed to reduce costs and project timescales by as much as 80 per cent when compared to rival products, the solution offers in-depth analysis of any web application’s performance, scalability and load capacity. The tool provides a feature-rich testing environment, yet does not require a single line of testing script to be written, making StressTester™ highly accessible and simple to implement.
For more information visit http://www.stresstester.com/
Wednesday, 25 August 2010
StressTester targets test consultancies
Our friends at Professional Tester magazine recently ran a story on the relevance of StressTester to test consultancies. Read it here.
Did you also know that Reflective Solutions is on Twitter? For more information on StressTester in the media, opinions on the latest industry developments and anything else we think is of interest, follow us at Reflective_S.
Did you also know that Reflective Solutions is on Twitter? For more information on StressTester in the media, opinions on the latest industry developments and anything else we think is of interest, follow us at Reflective_S.
Monday, 23 August 2010
Are you up to the test?
According to a recent BBC report, internet sales grew at their quickest rate since the recession during July. If forecasters are to be believed, the economy has started on the long road to recovery, meaning people should start having a bit more extra cash in their back pockets to spend online... In fact, UK shoppers spent £5bn online last month – the biggest jump since 2007. With the November code freeze just around the corner, it’s vital that e-retailers ensure that their websites can cope with what is set to be the busiest online shopping period in recent years this Christmas.
StressTester™ is an enterprise class performance testing tool from Reflective Solutions, used by global organisations to verify the performance of their mission critical systems. Designed to reduce costs and project timescales by as much as 80 per cent when compared to rival products, the solution offers in-depth analysis of any web application’s performance, scalability and load capacity. The tool provides a feature-rich testing environment, yet does not require a single line of testing script to be written, making StressTester™ highly accessible and simple to implement.
There couldn’t be an easier way to performance test your website prior to the Christmas rush to ensure you are in a position to cash in on the burgeoning e-commerce sector.
Visit www.stresstester.com for more information.
Thursday, 19 August 2010
Reflective Solutions Appoints Partners and Alliances Director To Bolster Sales
Performance and web load testing specialist Reflective Solutions has announced the appointment of Peter Richardson as Director of Partners and Alliances to capitalise on the success of its market-leading products and services. Peter will target specific sales channels as the firm looks to increase the deployment of its flagship product – StressTester™.
Having worked with leading software, services and hardware companies including CA-Wily, Mindjet, Symantec and Compaq/Digital, Peter has over 25 years’ sales and business development experience in the IT industry and has an impeccable track record in exceeding revenue targets in partners and alliances roles.
Peter’s primary focus at Reflective Solutions will be to develop relationships while communicating the benefits of StressTester™ – an enterprise class, rapid performance testing tool used by global organisations to verify the performance of their mission critical systems. Designed to reduce costs and project timescales by as much as 80 per cent when compared to rival products, the solution offers in-depth analysis of any web application’s performance, scalability and load capacity.
On his appointment, Peter comments: “I’m delighted to have been selected by Reflective Solutions to help develop its already impressive sales figures by focussing on partners and alliances. I strongly believe that the company’s product portfolio, led by StressTester™, is among the very best in the industry and can offer additional profitable revenue streams to hosting companies, SI’s and testing consultancies. I’m looking forward to taking the service offered to our existing partners to a new level as well as opening dialogue with new partners. I have no doubt that we can achieve further growth through the channels.”
Graham Parsons, CEO at Reflective Solutions, adds: “We are pleased to welcome Peter to Reflective Solutions and are looking forward to benefitting from his extensive experience of working within partners and alliances channels. Reflective Solutions sees this as an important route to market for StressTester™ and I am confident that Peter will deliver impressive results and help facilitate the continued success of the company.”
Having worked with leading software, services and hardware companies including CA-Wily, Mindjet, Symantec and Compaq/Digital, Peter has over 25 years’ sales and business development experience in the IT industry and has an impeccable track record in exceeding revenue targets in partners and alliances roles.
Peter’s primary focus at Reflective Solutions will be to develop relationships while communicating the benefits of StressTester™ – an enterprise class, rapid performance testing tool used by global organisations to verify the performance of their mission critical systems. Designed to reduce costs and project timescales by as much as 80 per cent when compared to rival products, the solution offers in-depth analysis of any web application’s performance, scalability and load capacity.
On his appointment, Peter comments: “I’m delighted to have been selected by Reflective Solutions to help develop its already impressive sales figures by focussing on partners and alliances. I strongly believe that the company’s product portfolio, led by StressTester™, is among the very best in the industry and can offer additional profitable revenue streams to hosting companies, SI’s and testing consultancies. I’m looking forward to taking the service offered to our existing partners to a new level as well as opening dialogue with new partners. I have no doubt that we can achieve further growth through the channels.”
Graham Parsons, CEO at Reflective Solutions, adds: “We are pleased to welcome Peter to Reflective Solutions and are looking forward to benefitting from his extensive experience of working within partners and alliances channels. Reflective Solutions sees this as an important route to market for StressTester™ and I am confident that Peter will deliver impressive results and help facilitate the continued success of the company.”
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