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Comparing The Performance of J2EE Servers
The standardization of the application server, thanks to Sun’s J2EE specifications, has spawned a wealth of implementations. There are offerings from big players such as Sun, IBM, BEA and Oracle as well as numerous offerings from low-cost vendors and the open-source community.
Like most developers, I participate in a number of technical forums and mailing lists. A recurring topic on servlet-development forums is “Which J2EE server should I use for my servlet-based application?” There are a number of criteria for selecting a server: ease of installation, quality of documentation, reliability, cost and performance. Some of … Continue reading »
Announcing The WPA Early Access Program
Raleigh, NC– This month WPI released an alpha version of Web Performance Analyzer™, the performance tool for web developers and designers. WPA™ takes the guesswork out of web performance analysis. This new low cost web performance tool allows web page designers to measure, analyze, estimate and track web page performance throughout the design and development process.
Spotlight on Europe
(Translated from the French.)
Founded in 2000, KAPITEC SOFTWARE SAS is based in Toulouse, France. The
mission of the company consists in providing the best software tools to
boost the development, the test and the deployment of e-business
applications (Java and Web).
Web Performance, Inc. Releases Web Performance Trainer™ 2.6
Raleigh, NC –
On October 21, 2003 WPI will release the latest version of Web Performance Trainer™ that adds new high-end features such as IP spoofing, client certificates, VPN support, and scheduled playback, along
with a host of other enhancements.
Web Performance, Inc. Tops Customer Survey
Raleigh, NC, September 12, 2002 –
A new independent survey by Amplitude Research rated Web Performance, Inc. as having the “highest level of satisfaction among those currently performing web server performance tests. […] Web Performance, Inc. demonstrated, on a statistical basis, significantly higher ratings than Mercury Interactive and Empirix among survey takers.”
Web Performance Trainer™ 2.5 Beta Released
Raleigh, NC, August 26, 2002 –
Web Performance, Inc. is proud to announce the beta release of version 2.5 of the load testing product Web Performance Trainer™. Considered to be the price/performance leader in the load testing market, version 2.5 Beta leaps past the competition to offer new automatic analysis reports
Web Performance Trainer 2.4 Released
Raleigh, NC, April 2, 2002 – Web Performance Inc. is proud to announce the release of version 2.4 of the load testing product Web Performance Trainer™. Known to be the price/performance leader in the load testing market, version 2.4 has many new features including improved data replacement, browser auto configuration, and enhanced statistics. Longer descriptions of the new features are given below and in the new manual at http://webperformance.com/support/manual.
Web Performance Trainer™ 2.3 Released
Raleigh, NC, Nov 8, 2001 – Web Performance Inc. is proud to announce the release of version 2.3
of the load testing product Web Performance Trainer&trade containing some
of the most requested features from our customers. Short descriptions
of the new features are given below, or you can check out the new 2.3
manual online. If you have a need for load testing software in the near
future we hope you’ll give this new version a try.
Microsoft Links to Web Performance Inc.
Raleigh, N.C, Sep 27, 2001 – Microsoft provides an
Enterprise Services White Paper for E-Commerce Technical Readiness for
its customers which discusses
"the essential testing stages" that are required to ship a reliable
interactive web site. While it notes that "there is a lot of load-testing
software", Web Performance Inc. is the only vendor mentioned:
For more details on load testing see http://webperformance.com
We feel this is an acknowledgement of our growing visibility in the testing tools
market.
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.