Application Performance Testing with Shunra and HP LoadRunner

The unique integration of HP LoadRunner and Shunra offers SAP customers the tools they need to deploy applications with confidence. Read the paper to learn about a best practice for performance testing distributed applications in virtual environments. Download the Whitepaper »

Satellite Network Simulation

Any application in today's mobile world faces the probability of being used over a wireless network, whether it is being accessed by corporate users with cellular handhelds or a traveling workforce using Wi-Fi hotel connections through mobile combat systems connecting to headquarters over satellite networks. Satellite networks especially introduce challenging conditions for data and voice applications.

The existence of high latency, combined with a higher than usual probability to drop packets can dramatically impact the functionality and performance of data, voice and network services. On top of it, users in a satellite network are also exposed to the dynamics of mobility, where allocated network resources vary between a strong signal through weak or congested channels down to the occasional loss of signal and connectivity.

This overview will address the unique value proposition of using Shunra VE to validate applications, before deployment over satellite networks and thoroughly test products under satellite network conditions. Download the Whitepaper »

Preventative Performance Testing Takes Hold

Now with more focus on cost reduction, organizations are moving toward a much smarter way to enable successful application delivery. This is where the predictive approach of testing performance earlier in the application lifecycle has been long overdue. This approach enables organizations to avoid the risk of application failure leading to revenue loss, and it also increases their time-to-value by not having to fix problems in production.

When it comes down to it, technology is only as good as its availability and performance. Slow movers are pushed aside. However, enterprise applications are typically developed on a LAN and tested on a LAN – yet rollout over a WAN environment. This simple disparity is the cause of countless problems for developers, network managers, business users, and customers alike. It can be a significant gap, leaving room for speculation on how an application will perform.

This overview will address the unique value proposition of how WAN emulation can help organizations reduce deployment failures, speed applications to market, and predict user experience at remote sites – prior to deployment. Download the Whitepaper »

The Evolution of Federal IT Networks: Best Practices to Ensure Success

The demands of converged applications, geographically dispersed users, and OMB mandates (IPV6) have dictated technology upgrades to current Federal IT infrastructures. The complex interaction of all of these elements and their impact on network performance make it impossible to reliably predict successful delivery of services to all users.
 

Pre-deployment testing of systems and applications under real world scenarios mitigate this risk and ensure a higher degree of continuity of operations and end user satisfaction. An efficient and repeatable methodology must be leveraged to evaluate and validate potential solutions and to insure the best possible return on investments.
 

This overview will address the unique value proposition provided in the creation and operation of persistent lab environments dedicated to pre-deployment application testing. It will also incorporate both the potential hardware configurations and specific applications driven under load through real world network link performance. Download the Whitepaper »

Application Performance Management Report (Aberdeen Group)
 

This report examines best practices for managing application performance. The report findings serve as a guideline to organizations looking to improve the performance of their business critical applications. Download the Whitepaper »

Benchmark Report: Optimizing WAN for Application Acceleration
 

This report is a roadmap for organizations that desire to achieve those goals through Best-in-Class use of technology solutions for WAN optimization and application acceleration. Download the Whitepaper »

The Real Value of Network Visibility

This report is a roadmap for organizations that are striving to accomplish their business goals by deploying capabilities and deployment technology solutions for network monitoring, analytics, and simulation. Download the Whitepaper »

Understanding the Impact of Running WAN Emulation with Load Testing
 

This Whitepaper describes the importance of assessing network impact on application performance and the value that is obtained by integrating WAN emulation into load testing. Download the Whitepaper »

Why Every Development Team Needs WAN Emulation
 

This Whitepaper describes how WAN emulation is indispensable for optimizing development in an increasingly networked world. And it enumerates the specific benefits being realized by companies that have already incorporated WAN emulation into their end-to end development and QA processes. Download the Whitepaper »

Managing Application Performance by Understanding Applications
 

IT organizations are considering application delivery from new perspectives due to the automation of key business processes, and the fact that acceptable application performance is continually becoming more difficult. This paper identifies some of the key issues that make ensuring acceptable application performance so difficult. And describes how IT organizations can use WAN emulation tools to improve the performance of applications, plan for change and improve the relationship between the application groups and the network group. Download the Whitepaper »

Network Simulation and Emulation: Best-in-Class Approaches for Dealing with Network Complexity
 

This Research Brief compares the network and application performance of two types of organizations from Aberdeen’s survey: those that have solutions for replicating network and application performance in the preproduction stage, and those that do not. Download the Whitepaper »

Predicting the Impact of Data Center Moves on Application Performance
 

Moving and/or consolidating a data center is a risky business. In fact, 20-40% of applications fail to meet service level objectives after such a move. This paper shows you how to avoid the pitfalls and predict potential application and network related performance issues. Download the Whitepaper »

Best Practices for Selecting a WAN Optimization Solution: Benchmarking Performance ROI
 

As businesses become increasingly dependent on the effective delivery of IT services over far-flung enterprise networks, technologies that optimize the performance of applications over the WAN have become increasingly attractive. In fact, this type of technology may be indispensable for companies operating on a global scale.
 

WAN optimization can ensure that remote users around the world have ready access to critical applications and services. But it’s important to acquire the right solution for the job. This white paper outlines the principles and practices that will ensure that you do so. Download the Whitepaper »

No Weak Links: Mitigating Network-Related Risk Factors in Military Applications
 

While the pre-deployment testing of critical applications in a virtual network environment is a best practice for any IT organization, military developers and planners face a particular set of challenges in discovering and eliminating performance-related risks. Ensure that applications run properly during critical operations through pre-deployment testing of your application and network systems on your emulated real world network. Download the Whitepaper »

Take the Risk Out of VoIP Deployment and Ownership
 

This Whitepaper provides a best practices approach to help you effectively deliver the right VoIP solution for your network. It provides you with practical advice on how to ensure optimal voice quality to end-users, and fulfill service level objectives, and tips on how to guarantee that your VoIP platform will keep on performing well after the contract is delivered – while drastically reducing the risks associated with downtime and/or sub-standard call quality. Download the Whitepaper »