Program for:

Track:	e-Commerce
Presentation Level:	All Levels

Thursday, July 13, 2000

Web Performance

Harold Melamed
Metamor Industry Solutions

Time:	Place:
3:15 - 3:30 PM - Registration 3:30 - 5:00 PM - General Meeting	Ridgedale Hennepin Area Library 12601 Ridgedale Dr Minnetonka MN 55305 (612) 541-8530 Map & Directions

About the Presentation:

As corporate America embraces eCommerce and eBusiness applicatons, new areas of risk are emerging. Most of these applications have database servers, multiple application servers, backend legacy systems and web servers. This n-tier architecture provides multiple opportunities for performance problems within one system. Many applications are being used directly by external customers and poor performing systems result in lost customers and lost revenues.

Load and performance testing tools are used to test the infrastructure of these complex systems. This presentation will cover concepts, strategies and a demonstration of an actual test using Mercury Interactive’s LoadRunner. Although the demo will use Mercury Interactives’ LoadRunner, the concepts presented are non-tool specific and will apply to any load or performance testing tool. Learn the answers to these questions:

What resources will you need for a successful test?
When in the development cycle should you start load and performance testing?
How do you develop a Performance Test Plan?

About the Presenter:

Harold Melamed is an Advisory Consultant in load and performance testing with Metamor Industry Solutions. He is a certified product specialist and certified instructor for Mercury Interactive’s LoadRunner tool.

Harold has worked in the IT industry for over 20 years with a wide range of experiences. His background includes extensive work in development and database architecture. Over the last 3 years he has focused on load and performance testing. Harold has worked on a wide range of n-tier application testing projects using Mercury Interactive’s LoadRunner