Performance Testing Solutions and Services Demystified

Technology trends such as mobile, cloud, social, analytics and IoT (Internet of Things) are changing the way enterprises are doing business. With the advent of making inroads into newer markets, the enterprises also need to meet the rising demand of the customers and that can only be achieved with superior experience and quick delivery. Companies have been investing significantly in order to build next-gen platforms / products using new technologies available in the market. Though, there is no assurance of stability, scalability, and speed. Poor performance or any kind of disruption can impact the brand image and customer loyalty immensely. For instance, if an e-commerce website is experiencing trouble with its performance, consumers are bound to opt for another channel. A good brand image once lost can face difficulties in bringing back its original brand image.

Considering the fact that speed-to-market has become critical to success, enterprises should recognize that their business needs the right tools, processes, and skills for an agile delivery of their product without any defects. This is where the performancesoftware testing comes into the picture.

In order to stay ahead of your competitors and to be innovative, it is imperative to follow a comprehensive test strategy. Enterprises struggle to overcome the challenges involved with performance testing that can have an adverse effect on the overall revenue of the business.

Performance Test Services:

There are various services that can help a business in increasing its productivity and meeting business goals. The services include:

•   Application performance monitoring      
•  Analysis of performance engineering bottleneck and benchmarking        
• Framework development for performance testing      
• Development and maintenance of performance test suite     
• Performance strategy that includes establishing performance goals, planning for availability, scalability, and reliability   
• Stress testing, soak testing, capacity planning, and scalability testing

Tools and technologies used in performance testing: Tools that are used majorly are HPLoadRunner, AppPerfect, JMeter, Microsoft VSTS, OpenSTA.

The Bottom Line

In order to help the business in increasing its productivity, it is imperative to follow a robust and 

agile performance testing methodology. The benefits of the performance testing include early detection of bottlenecks, reduction in the infrastructure costs by facilitating the on-demand test environments at competitive costs.