Alex Podelko wrote about the state of load testing in 2014. He recently did a load testing comparison to see what changed since then. And he realizes that the winds of change have changed it a lot. It’s titled “Are Times still Good for Load Testing?” and is an excellent read. Alex currently serves as a board director for the Computer Measurement Group (CMG), a worldwide organization of performance and capacity management professionals. Read his full bio. It’s crazy (butRead More →

SOASTA is a leading name within the testing industry, offering a great range of testing solutions. Not only do they have load testing solutions, they also offer real user monitoring services, continuous mobile app testing, expert support, and much more. SOASTA offers feature-rich tools and solutions that are ideal for large businesses, however the biggest downside with SOASTA is cost: their plans are expensive. So what if there was a way that you could access what SOASTARead More →

We got this from a new user: “We are doing a campaign with an creative firm and a TV program.  It is a real time campaign that will be live for 1 hour.  The TV company ran a load test using SOASTA.  The actual running of the tests was less than 2 hours.  I believe there were three tests following the format below. @2500 concurrent users 15 minutes to ramp up to 2500 continue for 15 testRead More →