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.

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Graham Parsons Is The Star Of The Show

Graham Parsons, CEO of Reflective Solutions is inviting fellow testing professionals to attend his informative and engaging technical workshop, which is taking place at this year’s STARWEST conference.

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/.

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.

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.

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/

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.

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...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11034030

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.

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.”