Compuware Announces QALoad 5.5

Compuware Announces QALoad 5.5

Compuware released a new version of its performancetesting solution, Compuware QALoad 5.5. This new release is designed to extendCompuware s enterprise performance testing capabilities by improving testerefficiency through wizard-driven automation and enabling a collaborativeapproach to improving application quality.

 QALoad is anautomated load-testing tool for .NET, Web, Java, packaged ERP/CRM applications,and distributed environments. QALoad simulates thousands of users performingkey business transactions against an application to ensure its performance andscalability prior to deployment. With QALoad, testers can quickly pinpointproblems, optimize system performance, and help ensure successful applicationdeployment.

 New features andenhancements in QALoad 5.5 include the parameterization wizard, a rules library,an expert user for Web applications, enhanced remote monitoringfor servers, and enhanced reporting.

 The newparameterization wizard simplifies the creation of rules, which define requiredmodifications to data within a business transaction, greatly reducing the needfor users to delve into any code during the scripting process. This automationimproves tester efficiency, saving significant time and allowing testers tocomplete more testing and meet/improve application delivery timeframes.

 Rules created withthe parameterization wizard can be managed in QALoad s Rules Library. They canthen be shared and leveraged for use by the rest of the test team. Thisapproach to scripting leads to consistency and accuracy of test assets and caninvolve more users in the performance testing of an application.

 QALoad 5.5introduces an Expert User for improved diagnostics and root-cause analysis fortroubleshooting performance bottlenecks. Timing of individual components can bebroken down to detail the amount of time spent on the network and at theserver, expediting the resolution of performance bottlenecks.

 QALoad users cancorrelate server metrics for SAP, WebLogic, and WebSphere with the overallperformance of a test to improve root-cause analysis of performance problems inthese environments.

 QALoad 5.5 nowincludes templates for analyzing results, low-level transactional analysis, andidentification and analysis of poor performers.

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