Performance testing is no longer an option nor a task that can be pushed off or delayed in the software development lifecycle (SDLC). Because performance is the number one factor influencing end user adoption and success with any application or infrastructure deployment, performance testing is necessarily shifting left in the SDLC. Organizations now recognize the need to design for performance, develop for performance, test for performance and deploy for performance.

Up to 80% of the total cost of ownership of an application is directly attributable to finding and fixing problems post-deployment. By shifting left and implementing Performance Centers of Excellence (CoE) within their business, organizations worldwide are recovering up to one-third of the traditional costs associated with managing and maintaining applications.  With a corporate mandate to thoroughly test and validate performance of applications before they are deployed, Centers of Excellence centralize the processes and tools needed to deliver assurance throughout an organization that application performance is optimized, applications will run smoothly in production, and applications will deliver the intended value to the business.

A recognized authority in application performance testing, Shunra's application performance engineering and network virtualization solutions have transformed performance testing approaches. With the ability to capture and virtualize real-world network conditions, Shunra enables Performance Centers of Excellence to accurately reflect the network conditions experienced by application users around the world, making test results reliably predictive of how an application will behave once deployed. In addition, Shunra provides the best practices and methodologies needed to effectively deploy a centralized test environment that meets the performance testing needs of the entire organization.