Durham, NC (PRWEB) – Once again Apple is claiming the superiority of its Safari web browser, and once again Web Performance, Inc. (WPI) is testing that claim. WPI used its industry-leading Web performance web load and stress testing software to evaluate Safari’s performance in real time.
WPI tested Safari 4, Internet Explorer 8 (IE8), and Chrome 1, using Firefox 3.0 as a baseline. They tested all of the browsers on the top 15 most popular sites as ranked by Alexa.com as of February 3, 2009. Sites included Facebook, Google, eBay, craigslist, Yahoo, and Wikipedia. The real-time measurements were taken for both … Continue reading »
The latest crop of beta browsers, IE 8, Safari 4, and Google’s Chrome first release are examined using the most popular websites to see if any of them are indeed faster than the competition.
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Michael CzeiszpergerFounder of Web Performance, Inc
B.S. Electrical & Computer Engineering
The Ohio State University
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www.webperformance.com
Society for Human Resources Management website able to service its 250,000 members while introducing potential savings of $200,000.
Durham, NC – February 19, 2009 – The new Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) website was recently given a huge capacity boost in time for its unveiling, enabling the site to handle large amounts of traffic from its 250,000 members. Web Performance, Inc., (WPI) developers of industry-leading Web Performance Load Tester™ software, increased the site’s capacity from 100 to 2000 users, and reduced server requirements to less than 25% CPU utilization, eliminating two servers altogether and reducing potential software license expenses by … Continue reading »
Society for Human Resources Management website able to service its 250,000 members while introducing potential savings of $200,000.
Durham, NC – February 19, 2009 – The new Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) website was recently given a huge capacity boost in time for its unveiling, enabling the site to handle large amounts of traffic from its 250,000 members. Web Performance, Inc., (WPI) developers of industry-leading Web Performance Load TesterTM software, increased the site’s capacity from 100 to 2000 users, and reduced server requirements to less than 25% CPU utilization, eliminating two servers altogether and reducing potential software license expenses by … Continue reading »
This update is rather unusual, as it contains a major new feature. Rather than wait until the next release, we decided to release French language support as a patch in order to get it into everyone’s hands as soon as possible. If you’re one of our French speaking customers please let us know how you like being able to use the program in your language of choice. (Note: To get French language support you’ll need to download and run the installer again, as it includes too many changes to be delivered through the automatic … Continue reading »
The latest installment in our PHP performance series takes a look at the open source APC module, which is described this way: “APC is a free, open, and robust framework for caching and optimizing PHP intermediate code.” The results were dramatic, as the module increased the user capacity of the reference PHP application by 2.8 times.
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Michael CzeiszpergerFounder of Web Performance, Inc
B.S. Electrical & Computer Engineering
The Ohio State University
LinkedIn Profile
www.webperformance.com
The latest minor update includes 12 bug fixes in the Analyzer and Load Tester modules. Complete instructions are available on how to upgrade, but remember, this is for 3.5 licenses only! Installing this update with a license that is not for version 3.5 will render your software inoperable.
Michael CzeiszpergerFounder of Web Performance, Inc
B.S. Electrical & Computer Engineering
The Ohio State University
LinkedIn Profile
www.webperformance.com
Durham, N.C. — Simulating very large numbers of users accessing a website just got much easier with the release of the Instant Load Engine™ from Web Performance, Inc. Companies that rely on their websites to handle thousands of customers at a time know the value of testing to insure their site’s performance and reliability, but the testing process often incurs long delays as the testing software is installed on up to hundreds of computers. For example, generating 50,000 simultaneous users could require anywhere from 40 to 100 computers to be individually configured and calibrated.
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The most recent update to the 3.5 version of Web Performance Load Tester was uploaded to the website today. Only a single issue was addressed in this particular update, so unless you’re having a problem, there is no need to immediately upgrade.
Note that our support system makes all bug fixes visible so you can track and see if your particular issue was addressed in the update.
Complete instructions are available on how to upgrade, but remember, this is for 3.5 licenses only! Installing this update with a license that is not for version … Continue reading »
Load Testing SugarCRM and the Zend Platform
The performance of our reference PHP application under load (a default SugarCRM installation) showed a 140% increase, measured by total system capacity, after installation of the Zend Platform.
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Michael CzeiszpergerFounder of Web Performance, Inc
B.S. Electrical & Computer Engineering
The Ohio State University
LinkedIn Profile
www.webperformance.com
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