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Performance Testing

ALSO CALLED: Performance
DEFINITION: Performance testing is the process of determining the speed or effectiveness of a computer, network, software program or device. This process can involve quantitative tests done in a lab, such as measuring the response time or the number of MIPS (millions  … 
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Ten Key Steps to Effective Succession Planning
sponsored by Halogen Software
WHITE PAPER: Read this whitepaper to learn 10 Key Steps to Effective Succession Planning. It also discusses best practices, replacement planning, talent pools, and the aging workforce.
Posted: 21 Aug 2008 | Published: 20 Aug 2008
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The Keys to the Boardroom: Helping HR Drive Strategy in the Mid-Market Enterprise
sponsored by Halogen Software
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper provides a summary of three case studies presented during a January 17, 2008 webcast with the Human Capital Institute. The organizations implemented HR technology solutions to help them grow and keep up with the competition.
Posted: 21 Aug 2008 | Published: 20 Aug 2008
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Employee Performance Management: Making It a Reality in Your Organization
sponsored by Halogen Software
WHITE PAPER: The advantages of Employee Performance Management (EPM) are widely recognized today. This white paper details an approach for implementing EPM, outlines the key steps involved, and indicates the best ways to get benefits from EPM.
Posted: 21 Aug 2008 | Published: 20 Aug 2008
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Why Most Organizations Miss User Response Monitoring - and What to Do about It
sponsored by Nimsoft, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This guide explains the challenges of user response monitoring and how to overcome these challenges. It also teaches you how to get a real handle on infrastructure performance and shows you how it will impact user experience.
Posted: 15 Aug 2008 | Published: 15 Aug 2008
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Service Level Management: On the Level
sponsored by Nimsoft, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This paper explains an evolutionary approach to Service Level Management (SLM) that enables organizations at any stage of IT development to successfully implement SLM and begin contributing more to the business bottom line.
Posted: 15 Aug 2008 | Published: 15 Aug 2008
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Chapter 1: Purchase Considerations
sponsored by Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This Buying Guide helps readers identify prospective tiered storage products. Tiered storage reduces expenses by keeping critical data on the fastest disk platforms, while less valuable data goes to slower and less expensive storage.
Posted: 01 Aug 2008 | Published: 30 Jul 2008
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12 Pitfalls of IT Systems Management: Maximize Performance and Availability While Lowering Cost
sponsored by uptime software inc.
WHITE PAPER: Monitoring servers and proactively managing capacity helps companies maintain service level agreements, meet contractual obligations, improve customer and partner satisfaction, and move forward into new markets.
Posted: 28 Jul 2008 | Published: 28 Jul 2008
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Strategic Insight for Your SAP Deployment: The Top 3 Techniques for Capacity and Performance Management
sponsored by HyPerformix
WHITE PAPER: The emerging best practice of predictive analysis provides accurate predictions of performance and capacity, hands-on real observed results, that allow you to make informed business decisions about IT investments.
Posted: 16 Jul 2008 | Published: 16 Jul 2008
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Selecting a Commision and Incentive Compensation System
sponsored by ACTEK, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: There are a number of companies offering software products to manage commission, sales incentive, and bonus programs. This whitepaper provides a framework for selecting the right one for your organization.
Posted: 10 Jul 2008 | Published: 09 Jul 2008
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BI: Confronting the Gap Between Strategy & Execution
sponsored by Business Objects
WHITE PAPER: Business Inetlligence platforms are becoming essential for today's organizations. BusinessObjects XI 3.0 helps transform the way your organization works - making every person, process, and decision more intelligent. Read this paper to learn more.
Posted: 04 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Feb 2008
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Interpreting Events with Intelligence to Find Root Cause
sponsored by CA
WHITE PAPER: Download now to learn how root cause analysis technology can enable your organization to achieve reliability, efficiency and effectiveness in managing your IT infrastructure.
Posted: 12 May 2008 | Published: 01 May 2008
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Web Acceleration 2.0: Now No One Has to Wait
sponsored by F5 Networks
WHITE PAPER: If you are worried about the performance of your web applications, you are not alone. Learn how F5's approach to Application Delivery Networking eliminates the bottlenecks inherent in browsers, in the network, and in the data center.
Posted: 28 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Aug 2007
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Infrastructure Performance Management Empowers You and Your Company
sponsored by CA
WHITE PAPER: This report introduces IPM, offers tips for successful IPM implementation, and explores how IPM can benefit your enterprise as well as your career.
Posted: 28 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Apr 2008
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The Road to IT Governance Excellence
sponsored by SERENA Software, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper details a case study of Brigham Young University and how they established an award-winning IT Governance structure as a foundation for improving the business value of their office of Information Technology.
Posted: 26 Mar 2008 | Published: 01 May 2007
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Best Practices in Java Environment Performance Testing
sponsored by Quest Software
WHITE PAPER: This paper is concerned with providing the capability to deliver optimized and bug-free code to production, both in a proactive sense and as a response to troubleshooting issues in production.
Posted: 20 Mar 2008 | Published: 01 Mar 2008
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Part I - Extending the Continuous Integration Environment with Performance
sponsored by Quest Software
WHITE PAPER: This paper is the first part of a two-part series, and discusses the theory behind Continuous Performance Management whereas part two examines how to achieve Continuous Performance Management.
Posted: 20 Mar 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007
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Pillars of Application Quality: Security, Functional, and Performance Testing
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: HP QAInspect delivers automated security information that QA professionals and software testers can access at any point in the application development process to identify and remediate potential security defects.
Posted: 25 Feb 2008 | Published: 01 Dec 2007
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Emerging Best Practices for Carrier IP Transformation
sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent
WHITE PAPER: This vendor white paper - prepared by Alcatel-Lucent - identifies emerging best practices for planning, implementation, migration, and operations based on hands-on experience with IP Transformation initiatives across the globe.
Posted: 31 Jan 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007
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Software Project Management: The Nine Essential Stages for Software Testing
sponsored by Wipro Technologies
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the nine essential stages of effective software testing during the development lifecycle, detailing tools and techniques which enhance productivity during each phase.
Posted: 29 Oct 2007 | Published: 29 Oct 2007
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Load Testing 2.0 for Web 2.0: Simplifying Performance Validation for Rich Internet Applications
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: While rich next generation applications promise a radically improved customer experience, they also have the potential to overwhelm your servers. This paper examines a set of sophisticated tools for load testing your new high -powered apps.
Posted: 14 Jun 2007 | Published: 01 Aug 2008
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Advanced PHY Layer Technologies for High-Speed Data over Cable
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER:This paper highlights the major differences between DOCSIS 2.0 and earlier versions, and discusses advantages of deploying the advanced PHY technology available today.
Posted: 08 Dec 2003 | Published: 01 Sep 2003
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PERFORMANCE TESTING DEFINITION (continued): …  of instructions per second) at which a system functions. Qualitative attributes such as reliability, scalability and interoperability may also be evaluated. Performance testing is often done in conjunction with stress testing.

Performance testing can verify that a system meets the specifications claimed by its manufacturer or vendor. The process can compare two or more devices or programs in terms of parameters such as speed, data transfer … 
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