Leslie Segal

Testware Associates, Inc.

Founder and principal consultant at Testware Associates, Inc., Leslie Segal has consulted and taught about software quality for more than twenty years. Specializing in performance testing and test automation, Leslie has worked with organizations worldwide to implement valid, reusable, efficient, and effective performance testing and test automation and to abolish record-and-playback. She has used a variety of tools and worked on projects in the finance, entertainment, eCommerce, publishing, education, pharmaceutical, travel, telecommunications, government, and medical device industries. Contact Leslie at [email protected].

Speaker Presentations

Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - 12:45pm

Special Topics

Build Your Own Performance Test Lab in the Cloud

Many cloud-based performance and load testing tools claim to offer “cost-effective, flexible, pay-as-you-go pricing.” However, the reality is often neither cost-effective nor flexible. With many vendors, you will be charged whether or not you use the time (not cost effective), and you must pre-schedule test time (not always when you want and not always flexible). In addition, many roadblocks are thrown up—from locked-down environments that make it impossible to load test anything other than straight-forward applications, to firewall, security, and IP spoofing issues.