More and more of my clients recently asked me about performance engineering best practices for mobile applications. This came as no surprise as we observe the paradigm shift represented by more and more consumers performing more and more of their daily tasks via a mobile device. Here at Shunra we have been working with a [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 19, 2010
HP today announced an agreement with Amazon Web Services that enables you to run HP LoadRunner v9.5 in Amazon EC2. The project is currently in beta, so it’s limited to the East US EC2 region, but does already include pre-built AMIs for your Controller (250 VUs) and any size of Load generator (32 or 64 [...]
Continue reading...Friday, March 12, 2010
Virtualization has emerged as one of the leading technologies in today’s market; enabling businesses to more effectively scale operations to meet demand while significantly reducing costs at the same time. Everyone seems to understand what virtualization is, but it’s actually rather difficult to define because the term is used interchangeably to describe a plethora of [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 24, 2010
A pilot is now under way at one of Arizona’s school districts, where a couple of school buses are being equipped with an innovative Wi-Fi technology, allowing students to log into the Internet and start their homework while on route. For years, students at this district, outside Tucson, not unlike millions of students in the [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Since Steve Jobs presented Apple’s new addition, the IPAD, the press and the blogosphere are trying to assess the real impact on the new gadget. Is it a passing fad, like the Newton or the attempts by IBM to implement a tablet computer or a real game changer that finally, after almost 30 of personal [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 30, 2009
One of the topics we are frequently asked is to explain or clarify the difference between WAN Emulation and WAN Simulation. WAN Simulation methodology is a set of theoretical algorithms which are usually applied on a trace file. These algorithms aim to predict applications response times with different conditions and then applied to the captured [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 21, 2009
One student at a time… Recently, I visited a company that develops and distributes software for Independent School District’s across USA. Their main product, originally developed for challenged kids, centers around dynamic computerized teaching and testing programs. This product proved to be so successful among this population that the company adapted it for other kids [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 9, 2009
VMware is releasing a new technology, developed by Teradici that may greatly improve the performance of remote desktops, quintessence filling a gap in the Cloud Computing paradigm. It will allow the use of PCoverIP protocol instead of using slower methods like RDP. PCoIP is a type of display protocol used by remote desktops when doing [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 1, 2009
I/ITSEC Conference Orlando 2009 November 30 – December 4 Orange County Convention Center Orlando, Florida Stop by the Shunra Booth #2715 Understanding our network is even more critical then ever before, yet we often guess on how applications will perform when rolled out across the network. Military IT organizations use Shunra’s virtual network solutions to [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Chat with your peers and share everyday challenges, experiences and tips & tricks on the HP Software solutions for application performance testing and management. 10:45 AM to 2:00 PM – The Governors Club – Chapel Hill, NC VENUE & FACILITIES: The Governors Club – Chapel Hill, NC DIRECTIONS: To The Governors Club – Chapel Hill, [...]
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