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ALSO CALLED: Stress Testing DEFINITION: Stress testing is the process of determining the ability of a computer, network, program or device to maintain a certain level of effectiveness under unfavorable conditions. The process can involve quantitative tests done in a lab, such as measuring the frequency of errors or system crashes. The term also refers to qualitative evaluation of factors such as availability or resistance to denial-of-service … Definition continues below.
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Mobile load: Performance testing for mobile applications sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: Mobility presents a new set of challenges for your dev and testing teams - ensuring consistent quality is much more difficult when you've got several devices to consider. Check out this resource to learn about the particular testing challenges that come with mobile apps, and how mobile testing really differs from traditional performance testing. Posted: 21 May 2013 \| Published: 21 May 2013 TOPICS: Application Development \| Application Life-Cycle Management \| Application Performance Management \| Load Testing \| Mobile Device Management \| Performance Testing \| Software Quality Assurance \| Software Testing

3 Tips to Load Testing Flex Applications Whitepaper sponsored by Neotys WHITE PAPER: Load testing is typically one of the last crucial tasks completed before launching a web application, and as a result it's usually done under pressure with tight time constraints. View this informative white paper to learn more about three tips that will help you save time, effort and money the next time you're load testing. Posted: 14 Jan 2013 \| Published: 14 Jan 2013 TOPICS: Data Management \| Data Management Software \| HTML \| Load Testing

NeoLoad 30 Day Free Trial sponsored by Neotys TRIAL SOFTWARE: As expectations for application availability, speed, and reliability increase daily, ensuring the performance of your apps prior to production has become critical. Download a free, fully featured trial of NeoLoad – a load testing software solution for the latest Web applications and complete mobile application performance testing solution. Posted: 02 Jan 2013 \| Premiered: 31 Jan 2013 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Load Testing \| Mobile Middleware \| Performance Testing \| Software Quality Assurance \| Software Testing \| Web Applications Management

Optimizing Web and Mobile App Testing to Manage Peak Traffic Periods sponsored by Neotys WEBCAST: In this webinar, discover how one company (with some of the largest traffic spikes in North America) prepared for 1.2 million user sessions and hundreds of thousands of complex transactions per hour in a few days. Learn to apply their approach on your applications so you can relax with confidence Posted: 02 Jan 2013 \| Premiered: Jan 2, 2013 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Load Testing \| Performance Testing \| Software Quality Assurance \| Software Testing

3 Tips to Improve Silverlight Load Testing sponsored by Neotys WHITE PAPER: Innovative RIA technologies like Silverlight present new challenges with respect to emulating a realistic load. If you're developing or deploying applications in this newer technology, successfully addressing these challenges requires thinking about load testing in new ways. In this paper, learn 3 important tips to help you with RIA load testing. Posted: 28 Dec 2012 \| Published: 28 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Load Testing \| Performance Testing \| Software Quality Assurance \| Software Testing \| Web Development \| Web Development Tools

The Cloud Is Revolutionizing Load Testing: Here's How to Take Advantage sponsored by Neotys WHITE PAPER: The cloud is revolutionizing load testing and how it helps ensure your web apps perform well. Discover the limitations of a solely cloud-based test strategy and why you need a complementary internal testing solution. Posted: 28 Dec 2012 \| Published: 30 Nov 2012 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Application Performance Management Software \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Load Testing \| Performance Testing \| Software Quality Assurance \| Software Testing

3 Important Basics of Mobile Load Testing sponsored by Neotys WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses the challenges associated with mobile load testing, as well as solutions and best practices for recording mobile load test scenarios, conducting realistic tests, and analyzing the results. Posted: 21 Dec 2012 \| Published: 21 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Application Development \| Applications Management \| Load Testing \| Mobile Device Management

Load factor: performance testing for Web applications sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to discover best practices for load and performance testing of today's high-performance Web and mobile applications. Posted: 07 Nov 2012 \| Published: 31 May 2012 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Load Testing \| Performance Testing \| Web Applications Management

Testing and Quality Management - Best Practices sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn the best practices for testing and configuration that Aberdeen's best-in-class designated organizations used to reduce operating costs by 26% and improve process efficiencies by 41% so you can adopt them to create a streamlined, stable IT environment for your business. Posted: 07 May 2012 \| Published: 28 Feb 2010 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Application Security \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Modeling \| Integration Testing \| Load Testing \| Performance Testing \| Software Configuration Management \| Software Testing \| Testing

Load Testing 2.0 for Web 2.0: Simplifying performance validation for Rich Internet Applications sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: 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. Posted: 06 Apr 2012 \| Published: 28 Feb 2010 TOPICS: .NET \| AJAX \| Functional Testing \| Load Testing \| Performance Testing \| Software Testing \| Web 2.0 \| Web Applications Management \| Web Development Tools

Expert Tips for Performance Testing sponsored by Neustar® EGUIDE: As you're well aware, Web applications and architectures have become very complex, making performance testing equally as difficult to navigate. Read this expert e-guide to learn about the types of testing that exist for Web applications and the best strategies to use when it comes to measuring performance. Posted: 19 Mar 2012 \| Published: 19 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Applications Management \| Load Testing \| Performance Testing \| Software Quality Assurance \| Software Testing \| Testing \| Web Applications Architectures \| Web Applications Management

High Availability and Load Balancing sponsored by Progress Software WHITE PAPER: This paper, the third in a series on enterprise data integration, examines how "connection-weighted load balancing" provides fast, reliable, highly available cluster processing. Posted: 28 Nov 2011 \| Published: 31 Dec 2010 TOPICS: Cluster Management \| Cluster Software \| Clustering \| Data Integration \| High Availability \| Load Balancing \| Load Testing

Best Practices for Load Testing: Do Try This At Home sponsored by Neustar® WHITE PAPER: This white paper breaks load testing down into the following key activities: planning, configuration, scripting, execution, and analysis. Posted: 14 Oct 2011 \| Published: 12 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Load Testing \| Software Maintenance \| Software Quality Assurance \| Software Testing \| Testing

E-Book: Definitive Guide to Exchange 2010 Migration Chapter 4: Load Testing and Security Exchange 2010 sponsored by Mimecast EBOOK: This chapter explains how to test Exchange 2010 with native and third-party management tools and how best to protect your investment. Posted: 04 Oct 2011 \| Published: 04 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Email \| Email Management \| Email Security \| Load Testing \| Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 \| Security Management

Advanced ADCs Take Over Where Server Load Balancers Leave Off sponsored by Coyote Point Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Access this whitepaper and learn what to look for when evaluating an application delivery solution. Get the tools you need to develop a successful virtualization strategy while improving your data center to obtain your business objectives. Posted: 19 Jul 2011 \| Published: 19 Jul 2011 TOPICS: Application Deployment \| Application Hosting \| Application Infrastructure \| Application Integration \| Data Center Management \| Load Balancing \| Load Testing

Micro Focus SilkPerformer sponsored by Micro Focus TRIAL SOFTWARE: IT Problem: SilkPerformer enables the rapid creation of performance tests that accurately simulate peak demand loads and isolate performance bottlenecks. Posted: 08 Apr 2011 \| Premiered: 08 Apr 2011 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Application Performance Management Software \| Applications Management \| Applications Management Software \| Enterprise Applications Software \| Load Testing \| Performance Testing \| Software Quality Assurance \| Software Testing \| Testing

Application Performance Testing sponsored by Neotys EGUIDE: Application performance is always in the minds of development lifecycle professionals. This e-guide explores effective strategies for managing some of the tradeoffs associated with application performance testing and monitoring. Learn performance testing strategies for improving application performance without touching a performance test tool. Posted: 22 Mar 2011 \| Published: 22 Mar 2011 TOPICS: Application Development \| Application Monitoring \| Application Monitoring Software \| Application Performance Management \| Application Performance Management Software \| Load Testing \| Metrics \| Software Metrics \| Software Quality Assurance \| Software Testing \| Test Results \| Testing

Optimizing Capacity and Efficiency in a Diverse and Variable Load Environment sponsored by Tate WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper explains the need for local and dynamic airflow delivery technology and illustrates how these technologies work together with existing IT cooling systems to meet this variable load demand while maintaining high reliability and lowering energy costs. Posted: 13 Dec 2010 \| Published: 13 Dec 2010 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cooling Capacity \| Cooling Equipment \| Data Center Cooling \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Power Management \| Load Testing

E-Zine: Software Testing Vol.3: This Issue of Software Testing Delves Into Mobile Application and Regression Testing sponsored by IBM EZINE: This e-zine covers the topic of testing and retesting defects and cites the Blackberry blackouts of 2007 and 2008 as examples of issues that could have been detected by regressing testing. Posted: 09 Dec 2010 \| Published: 09 Dec 2010 TOPICS: Business Process Management \| Change Management \| Configuration Management \| Load Testing \| Mobile Device Management \| SOA \| SOA Governance \| Software Testing \| Testing \| Wireless Application Development \| Wireless Computing

E-Book: Exchange Server 2010: Migration and Testing sponsored by Iron Mountain. EBOOK: The buzz surrounding Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 isn’t just noise; however, new features fall short without proper setup. Get the lowdown on how to install, test, and protect your Exchange upgrade. Read this E-Book to learn more. Posted: 08 Jul 2010 \| Published: 08 Jul 2010 TOPICS: Email Server Software \| Exchange Virtualization \| Load Testing \| Messaging Software \| Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 \| Security \| Server Virtualization \| Testing \| VMware \| Windows 7

Rapid Bottleneck Identification - A Better Way to do Load Testing sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: Rapid bottleneck identification (RBI) is a new testing methodology that allows quality assurance (QA) professionals to very quickly uncover Web application performance limitations and determine the impact of those limitations on the end user experience. Posted: 12 Oct 2009 \| Published: 01 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Applications Management \| Business Performance Management \| Business Performance Management Software \| Load Testing \| Oracle (Product) \| Performance Testing \| SOA \| Systems Testing

Software Testing Vol.3: This Issue of Software Testing Delves Into Mobile Application and Regression Testing sponsored by SearchSoftwareQuality.com EZINE: This ezine covers the topic of testing and retesting defects and cites the Blackberry blackouts of 2007 and 2008 as examples of issues that could have been detected by regressing testing. Posted: 27 Jul 2009 \| Published: 27 Jul 2009 TOPICS: Business Process Management \| Change Management \| Configuration Management \| Load Testing \| Mobile Device Management \| SOA \| SOA Governance \| Software Testing \| Testing \| Wireless Applications Software \| Wireless Computing

Load Testing 2.0 - The Next Generation of Load Testing for the Web 2.0 World sponsored by Gomez WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn why Load Testing 2.0 solutions are needed and who benefits. Learn best practices to get business value out of advanced load testing features, the limits of load testing 1.0 solutions, how today's approach complements existing 1.0 solutions, and what factors are important for selecting successful Load Testing 2.0 solutions. Posted: 09 Jul 2009 \| Published: 09 Jul 2009 TOPICS: Application Life-Cycle Management \| Application Performance Management \| Cloud Computing \| Content Delivery \| Load Testing \| Software as a Service \| Software Quality Assurance \| Web 2.0 \| Web Applications Management

Best Practices for Provisioning Databases for Test and Development sponsored by Informatica WHITE PAPER: Best practices and new technologies available for provisioning databases for test and development environments are outlined in this white paper. Using this as a guide, organizations can save time and resources, meet regulatory compliance standards, and streamline database provisioning processes for test and development environments. Posted: 01 Apr 2009 \| Published: 16 Jan 2009 TOPICS: Banking Industry \| CRM \| Database Administration \| Database Management \| Databases \| ERP \| Financial Services Industry \| Health Care Industry \| Human Resources Management \| Load Balancing \| Load Testing \| Regulatory Compliance \| Retail Trade Industry \| Storage Best Practices \| Telecommunications Industry \| Testing

Automatic Load Balancing Relieves Administrative Burden sponsored by Dell, Inc. ANALYST BRIEF: Storage consolidation enables organizations to improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, and simplify management. But how does an organization ensure that consolidation does not cause performance issues? To avoid performance utilization problems administrators should provision storage so that loads are balanced across resources evenly. Posted: 25 Mar 2009 \| Published: 01 Dec 2008 TOPICS: Backups \| Data Management \| Disaster Recovery \| Load Balancing \| Load Testing \| NAS \| SAN \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Management

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LOAD TESTING DEFINITION (continued): … (DoS) attacks. Stress testing is often done in conjunction with the more general process of performance testing.When conducting a stress test, an adverse environment is deliberately created and maintained. Actions involved may include: Running several resource-intensive applications in a single computer at the same time Attempting to hack into a computer and use it as a zombie to spread spam Flooding a server with useless e-mail messagesMaking numerous, concurrent attempts to access a single Web site Attempting to infect a system with viruses, Trojans, spyware or other malware.The adverse …
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