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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 of instructions per second) at which a system functions. Qualitative attributes such as reliability, scalability and interoperability may also be  … 
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Presentation Transcript: Address The End-To-End Challenges Of Mobile Application Delivery With HP Software
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
TRANSCRIPT: As adoption of mobile enterprise applications increases, it's important to take the necessary measures to ensure performance and security. Read this presentation transcript to find out what you need to know about functional testing for mobile apps, including considerations for native vs. browser-based apps, proof of concept case studies, and more!
Posted: 24 Jan 2012 | Published: 24 Jan 2012

Hewlett-Packard Company

Quickcast 2: The four main challenges of mobile applications
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WEBCAST: Today's enterprise reliance on mobile applications has some serious implications for functional, performance, security and operational testing. View this webcast to find strategies for addressing these four mobile challenges.
Posted: 24 Jan 2012 | Premiered: 24 Jan 2012

Hewlett-Packard Company

Webcast: Address the end to end challenges of mobile application delivery with HP Software
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WEBCAST: As adoption of mobile enterprise applications increases, it's important that organizations take the necessary measures to ensure performance and security. View this webcast to find out what you need to know about functional testing for mobile apps, including considerations for native vs. browser-based apps, proof of concept case studies, and more!
Posted: 17 Jan 2012 | Premiered: 17 Jan 2012

Hewlett-Packard Company

Buying Guide: Virtualization Management Tools
sponsored by SearchServerVirtualization
EGUIDE: Virtualization management has evolved significantly as products mature and IT shops become more savvy. This expert buying guide explores third-party tools in five key areas of virtualization management. Gain insights on what you should consider, whether you're a first-time purchaser or looking to upgrade.
Posted: 10 Jan 2012 | Published: 10 Jan 2012

SearchServerVirtualization

Improve end-users experiences with application monitoring
sponsored by Nimsoft, Inc.
WEBCAST: This insightful on-demand webcast discusses web application performance monitoring, offering hints and tips for improving end-user response times from Forrester Research analyst Jean-Pierre Garbani.
Posted: 05 Jan 2012 | Premiered: 05 Jan 2012

Nimsoft, Inc.

Top strategies for monitoring Cisco UCS
sponsored by Nimsoft, Inc.
WEBCAST: For many businesses, tracking Vblock, Flexpod, or Cisco UCS performance can be complex and time-consuming, but there are certain strategies that can help to mitigate these challenges. This webcast provides best practices for monitoring Cisco UCS and introduces an advanced system that can offer significant benefits.
Posted: 04 Jan 2012 | Premiered: 04 Jan 2012

Nimsoft, Inc.

Scaling VDI without Sacrifice - A Principled Technologies Test Report
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
RESEARCH CONTENT: This report tests various VDI hardware components, including one and seven blade servers, and presents the key findings. Discover which platform supported more users and enabled higher levels of scalability and obtain guidelines for effective configuration.
Posted: 22 Dec 2011 | Published: 22 Dec 2011

Cisco Systems, Inc.

The Top Five Corporate Actions of 2010 White Paper
sponsored by Advent Software, Inc
WHITE PAPER: Accounting for corporate actions accurately is one of the biggest challenges for investment managers, with significant portfolio valuation, performance and tax implications for investors. And its only going to get more challenging due to reporting requirements and mounting activity. Learn how to get a handle on the 5 most common corporate actions.
Posted: 09 Dec 2011 | Published: 09 Dec 2011

Advent Software, Inc

Proving the value of IT
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: This white paper introduces a new executive scorecard that automates data collection and analysis from multiple sources, including third-party products, to provide a single view of IT performance metrics.
Posted: 28 Nov 2011 | Published: 28 Nov 2011

Hewlett-Packard Company

Gartner Evaluates Five Performance Monitoring Vendors
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: This paper evaluates application performance monitoring (APM) vendors in each of five categories of functionality: end-user experience monitoring; application runtime architecture discovery, modeling and displays; user-defined transaction profiling; component deep-dive monitoring in application context; and application performance analytics.
Posted: 28 Nov 2011 | Published: 28 Nov 2011

Hewlett-Packard Company

Two IT pros show how VDI can change the desktop management game
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc and Citrix
EGUIDE: Building reliable performance requires measurement, testing and validation -- three items that often become afterthoughts during a VDI deployment. In this expert e-guide, learn how to select performance measurement and management tools that can optimize VDI.
Posted: 22 Nov 2011 | Published: 22 Nov 2011

Cisco Systems, Inc and Citrix

Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
ANALYST REPORT: This paper sets out the five functional dimensions of application performance monitoring (APM) and assesses the current state of its market. A brief study of participating vendors' APM strengths and weaknesses is included.
Posted: 18 Nov 2011 | Published: 18 Nov 2011

Hewlett-Packard Company

CW+: Quocirca report: Enterprise performance management cycle 2
sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com
WHITE PAPER: In February 2009, Quocirca interviewed 800 individuals across 8 geographies for their views on, and usage of, enterprise performance management (EPM) tools and processes.
Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

ComputerWeekly.com

CW+: Quocirca report: Enterprise performance management
sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com
WHITE PAPER: Monitoring, measuring and reporting on the financial health of an organisation is a basic need that requires effective tools and processes to optimise the end result.
Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

ComputerWeekly.com

CW+ Quocirca report: Beating IT recession blues
sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com
WHITE PAPER: IT spending is often an issue for any organisation, but especially in harsh economic times it is even more important to see what benefit IT brings to the business. This report looks at the degree to which UK organisations understand what IT is doing for their business, and in particular how some companies measure this and benefit from it.
Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011

ComputerWeekly.com

Top 10 Tips for Optimizing SQL Server Performance
sponsored by Quest Software
WHITE PAPER: SQL Server performance management requires serious time, energy and patience! In this new white paper by Kevin Kline, discover detailed guidance on the issues you can relate to—from cache trashing to bad T-SQL that can return to haunt your applications.See how to maximize database scalability and efficiency with ease. Read the white paper today.
Posted: 03 Oct 2011 | Published: 03 Oct 2011

Quest Software

3 Steps to Service Assurance: Fostering Effective Data Collection, Analytics, and Reporting
sponsored by CA Technologies.
WHITE PAPER: The process of capturing and analyzing data from many sources for a clear picture of network performance and distributing these metrics can pose a complicated challenge. The effort is worthwhile - successfully performing these activities helps IT identify and isolate problems before they cripple the delivery of critical business services.
Posted: 24 Jun 2011 | Published: 24 Jun 2011

CA Technologies.

Fine-Tuning Windows Servers for Performance
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel
VIRTUAL SEMINAR: Simple adjustments to server settings and parameters can have a huge affect on performance. A properly designed Active Directory will also make a difference. With the right tuning and server management tactics, you can keep your data center humming at peak performance. Check out these lessons to find out how.
Posted: 22 Jun 2011 | Premiered: 22 Jun 2011

Dell, Inc. and Intel

CIOs Say: Application Performance is Top Priority, End User is King
sponsored by CA Technologies.
WHITE PAPER: This IDG Research Services study demonstrates that CIOs and IT leaders recognize the business impact of application performance. It's all about end-user and customer satisfaction, increasing productivity, and lowering costs. 
Posted: 08 Jun 2011 | Published: 08 Jun 2011

CA Technologies.

E-Guide: Improving Business Intelligence Performance
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel
EGUIDE: This SearchSQLServer.com E-Guide offers expert insight about what organizations can do to improve the performance of their BI system and new ways to improve BI performance and scalability. In addition, you'll learn how to meet BI performance challenges.
Posted: 19 May 2011 | Published: 19 May 2011

Dell, Inc. and Intel

Optimizing Desktop Virtualization with Dell Equallogic Hybrid Arrays
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: In recent years, we have witnessed great technology leaps from all of the leading VDI software vendors. In this part of our series, we take a close look at a recent performance benchmark to evaluate in detail how Dell’s innovations reduce complexity, improve performance and lower the cost of VDI.
Posted: 26 Apr 2011 | Published: 26 Apr 2011

Dell, Inc.

Intel Turbo Boost Technology
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel
VIDEO: Access this video overview to learn about Intel's Turbo Boost Technology and its ability to monitor and boost IT performance in the enterprise.
Posted: 06 Apr 2011 | Premiered: 06 Apr 2011

Dell, Inc. and Intel

Business Intelligence and Analytics Fundamentals
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This paper from looks Ovum Research examines the key criteria and considerations you need to be aware of when evaluating your organizations BI and analytics strategy.
Posted: 28 Oct 2010 | Published: 28 Oct 2010

IBM

Reduce Costs & Increase Microsoft SQL Server OLTP Workload Service Levels: PowerEdge 2850 Consolidation to PowerEdge 11th Generation
sponsored by Dell and Microsoft SQL
WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper for an exploration of how organizations can gain significant performance and cost benefits by upgrading legacy 2-socket servers to new Dell PowerEdge 11th generation 4/2-socket servers.
Posted: 12 Jul 2010 | Published: 12 Jul 2010

Dell and Microsoft SQL

Best Practices in Performance Measurement and Reporting: Understanding the Global Investment Performance Standards®
sponsored by Advent Software, Inc
WHITE PAPER: Whether you are just starting a compliance program or need to fine-tune your existing process, this document will help you understand the steps involved in becoming GIPS compliant. It is not a substitute for the Standards themselves. It is designed to help you understand the value of compliance, what’s needed to achieve it, pitfalls to avoid.
Posted: 23 Apr 2010 | Published: 23 Apr 2010

Advent Software, Inc
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PERFORMANCE TESTING DEFINITION (continued): …  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 rate, bandwidth, throughput, efficiency or reliability. Performance testing can also be used as a diagnostic aid in locating communications bottlenecks. Often a system will work much better if a problem is resolved at a single point or in a single component. For example, even the fastest computer will … 
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