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Interview with Head Geek Andrew Lombardi

Posted Wed, 02/17/2010 - 8:04pm by Scott Price

Andrew LombardiAndrew Lombardi is a Java Software Engineer and Head Geek of Mystic Coders, LLC in Santa Ana, California. His blog provides insight into many aspects of technology.

Our thanks to Andrew for taking the time to share some information with us.

Stress Testing Vs. Performance Testing - Different Opinions

Posted Mon, 01/25/2010 - 1:35pm by Scott Price

Today I read an article by Omer Brandis on IT Toolbox about SAP stress testing versus performance testing. Maybe his perspective differs from mine because he is not focused on web applications. I just haven't seen other technologists use the definitions and goals of the two types of testing like Omer uses them.

Performance Testing Interview with Ricardo Sueiras

Posted Mon, 11/02/2009 - 9:04am by Scott Price

performance testing with RicardoRicardo Sueiras is a self-professed "IT professional and geek" (found that on his blog. His formal title is J2EE Systems Architect at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in Canterbury, United Kingdom.

Regression Load Testing

Posted Wed, 10/28/2009 - 3:36pm by Scott Price

NetworkWorld's Senior Editor Denise Dubie provides her views on What is considered good application performance?

The article essentially concludes that whatever the end user can tolerate is probably adequate performance. I was hoping for more technical content and details of studies or something like that.

Don't Get Caught With Your Britches Down (hat tip to Capt Kirk in Wrath of Khan)

System Performance: Dr. J Singh Interview

Posted Fri, 03/27/2009 - 8:37am by Scott Price

The following is an interview with Dr. J Singh, and he shares his thoughts with us on software testing.

system performance interview
Dr. J Singh is a principal of Quantitecture and 20+ year veteran with extensive experience with system performance. Dr. Singh has served as a technology leader at several companies, including the Director of Software Development at Fidelity Investments. He is a wise, yet humble, man that prefers to be called J rather than Dr. Singh. Being a lifelong basketball fan, I would prefer to call him Dr. J. :)

Performance Testing from an eCommerce Perspective

Posted Mon, 03/16/2009 - 12:25pm by Scott Price

performance testing for ecommerce
Bob Williams, Senior Manager e-Commerce Marketing at Harland Clarke, has a nice post about performance testing, load testing, and stress testing. He titles it Customer focused eCommerce: Volume testing techniques

Trends in Load and Performance Testing by J Singh

Posted Fri, 03/13/2009 - 3:18pm by Scott Price

Load Testing Trends

Dr. J Singh is a principal of Quantitecture where he helps clients improve the success rate of large software development projects. Dr. Singh has been associated with system performance for 20+ years, and was the Director of Software Development at Fidelity Investments. He managed a system performance group and created several successful new products.

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