Web Performance Trainer™ 2.2 Released
Raleigh, N.C, May 23, 2001 – Web Performance, Inc. announced today the
release of Web Performance Trainer™ 2.2, the latest upgrade to their
powerful, easy-to-use load-testing tool. This release adds enterprise
features including SSL and unlimited load generation capacity which
meets their goal of bringing affordable load testing tools to all
stages of web-based application development.
"Many enterprise sites are designed to handle tens of thousands of users
at one time. Web Performance Trainer™ 2.2 generates this load capacity
by distributing the task of simulating users among any number of
computers," says Web Performance Product Manager Michael Czeiszperger.
"We go beyond the competition in terms of ease of use in simulating
large numbers of users by using load balancing technology."
The task of configuring a computer to simulate users is automated, so
there is not a need to spend time tuning and configuring client-generating
engines. Although load testing can be done on a finished, live site,
the biggest cost savings is achieved by load testing Web pages during
development. Web Performance Trainer™ is designed to help development
teams test the performance of Web-based applications from inception
through field roll out without spending weeks or months writing scripts.
"We are thrilled about the usability of this software," said Czeiszperger.
"A company can measure incremental performance changes in less than
an hour, making it easy to repeat the test during every stage of
development."
The software not only supports all browsers, web servers, and application
servers, but also runs on most platforms. Release 2.2 builds on its
history of complete support for Linux, Solaris and Windows NT/2000.
Czeiszperger says, "When we talk about Unix support, we mean all parts
of our program runs on Unix, not just the load generators."
Availability and Pricing
Web Performance Trainer™ 2.2 shipped on May 23, 2001. It is available for
purchase through Web Performance sales and authorized resellers. Pricing
starts at $1,495 for 100 simultaneous virtual users, with typical
deployments between $5,000 and $10,000. For more information and a full
list of product features visit: https://www.webperformance.com/load-testing
or call 919-845-7601.
About Web Performance, Inc.
North Carolina based Web Performance was founded in 1999 by technology
experts who saw a growing demand for web testing software during early
development stages. Web Performance Trainer™ (all versions) simulates
multiple users hitting your web site to find performance bottlenecks,
increase performance or plan for future capacity. Web Performance partial
client list includes Motorola, Polaroid, Toyota, Blue Cross/Blue Shield,
Ziff Davis, and the governments of France, Canada and Quebec.