Archive | March, 2009
What’s new in LoadRunner 9.5 – the rest of the story
One of my favorite partners to work with is LoadTester. Not only are they competent and efficient, but they are nice and will tell you what they really think. Their latest update on HP’s latest release of LoadRunner 9.5 goes into a lot more detail than any readme file will, with perspective and colorful commentary [...]
Continue reading...Challenges in Modeling Diverse Federal Network Topologies
16. March 2009
If you work for the federal government in IT then you know first hand that the complexity of Federal network and application deployments frequently include a diverse mix of many transport technologies. Standard terrestrial connectivity is frequently linked via satellites to enable a global reach for solutions accessed by both civilian and military personnel. The [...]
Continue reading...Make Lemonade when an Outsource Gives You Lemons
12. March 2009
Outsourcing has become a reality in a larger companies IT strategy and budget. Whether it’s long or short term, companies find they need outside help with the complexities of technology from testing, to implementation, to management. I ran across a really interesting article out of InfoWorld (article here) that gives advice about what to do [...]
Continue reading...I Will be Teaching at the Next Shunra University in Philadelphia – April 14 – 16
11. March 2009
One of the highlights of my work at Shunra is being able to teach at the Shunra University. I get to work with a handful of great IT professionals as we drill down into the best practices and challenges of making applications perform well across networks. As much as I love teaching, the biggest value [...]
Continue reading...On Line Medical Records – Anytime Soon?
10. March 2009
The new administration plans to spend 19 Billion, yes, big B, to accelerate the implementation and adoption of electronic medical records. As reviewed recently by the Technology section of the New York Times, the logic behind such a large expenditure is that electronic records can lower costs, increase safety and availability of the records and [...]
Continue reading...Adding Network Analysis to a LoadRunner 9.5 Scenario
10. March 2009
In a previous post I explained how to add network conditions to a LoadRunner scenario, answering the question, “How will this application perform in a remote site?” The results from running a LoadRunner test with network conditions will highlight transactions that perform well under network conditions as well as pinpoint transactions that will degrade in [...]
Continue reading...VE Desktop for HP Software 5.0 versus LoadRunner MWE
6. March 2009
Earlier this week, Shunra announced the release of a new product, VE Desktop for HP Software 5.0. This product is embedded into HP’s LoadRunner 9.5 and Performance Center 9.5 products and from the surface, looks a lot like a previous feature in LoadRunner called Mercury WAN Emulation (MWE). Because of the obvious similarities, there have [...]
Continue reading...Maybe IT Doesn’t Matter – but performance does
2. March 2009
I recently read an article that is probably one of the most thought provocative pieces written about IT in recent years. It is titled is “IT Doesn’t Matter” written by Nicolas Carr and can be found here. As you can guess from the title it lays out a strong argument that as IT becomes more [...]
Continue reading...Adding Network Conditions to a QTP Script – Part 1
2. March 2009
Quick Test Pro (QTP) is a very useful functional testing tool and now as a result of the Shunra-HP partnership, QTP can integrate with Shunra VE Desktop Professional to automate the testing and analysis of applications under network conditions. In the following series of posts I will walk you through the process of extending QTP scripts [...]
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25. March 2009