Retailers competing in the high-pressure world of e-commerce have many challenges. Not only do you need to provide a compelling online shopping experience, you also need to make that experience fast and reliable.

In a traditional brick-and-mortar scenario, abandoning one store for another requires leaving the outlet and physically traveling to another. On the web, if a shopper finds themselves waiting for the site to load, competitors are just a couple of clicks away.

To avoid slow or unavailable sites, download this best practices guide that includes:

• Getting started with performance testing
• 3 requirements for successful live testing
• The different types of performance tests
• Testing in production vs. in the lab