Load and Performance Testing in the Cloud: Myth vs. Reality

Is the cloud just another overhyped IT buzzword or a transformational technology wave? Steve Weisfeldt helps you get past all the noise and identify how you can leverage the cloud’s flexibility and scalability to save time and money on load and performance testing. Steve describes ways to generate user loads that are more geographically accurate and easily scaled to large user loads. He explores the myth that “generating load from the cloud” is the only valid testing approach and discusses when it is—and is not—important to test from the cloud for web and mobile apps. Learn specific tactics including load generator provisioning approaches for generating load from the cloud and identify the advantages of a “hybrid” approach for combining testing from within the LAN and the cloud. Take back a new approach to performance testing that enhances your “inside the firewall” load generation techniques.