Web 2.0-enabled applications leveraging RIA technologies provide end users with a richer, faster, more interactive experience and reduce the time and resources required for organizations to deploy them. However, because of their unique ability to exchange small and granular amounts of data continually with a server, when thousands of users are interacting nearly continuously with an application, the strains on the back-end servers can be enormous.

Before Ajax or other RIA technologies can be ready for prime time in your business, you need to verify that they can deliver enterprise-scale performance that won't lag or crash under peak loads. Read this white paper to learn best practices for load testing that will help you make sure that they're ready.