Over time organisations evolve to use many different platforms and languages to automate key processes. We often see this in complex software environments, where different pieces of an environment can use different teams, and different toolsets to practice testing, both automated and performance. While reviewing a customer environment as part of their Scapa support package, […]
Deep dive into remote client stutter behaviour in VMware protocols While we pride ourselves on our long-standing and proven ability to run large scale performance tests on End-user Computing environments, sometimes we find that a deeper dive is necessary… A customer came to us with a tricky problem that we were only too happy […]
As technology consultants, we are usually focused on the next project coming down the pike, and we often forget to celebrate our successes. We have got a great track record of successful projects delivered by Scapa, which is quite something when you consider that only 31% of software projects are successful, and of these successful […]
Anyone familiar with End-User/Server Based Computing will be well used to the idea of providing Windows desktops to remote users. Good old XenDesktop from Citrix got the ball rolling, and since the Windows Experience became available, DIY solutions leveraging Windows Server have been possible. While XenDesktop and Horizon from VMWare offered hosted desktops built […]
Remedy upgrade – pre and post upgrade performance compared. We undertook a short exercise for a client recently, putting some monitoring in place on their Remedy 9.1 prior and after a hardware upgrade. We set up end user monitoring of certain response times using the Scapa Test & Performance Platform. A simple transaction was recorded […]
Welcome to a special edition of our newsletter, bringing you details of what is effectively “part two” of our investigations into the performance characteristics of BMC’s latest release of its Remedy ITSM system, version 9. Read on to find out more about these tests and about our forthcoming Scapa TPP for Remedy demonstration video. New […]
This latest Scapa Technologies News Update will give you an insight into what’s been keeping us busy here at Scapa Technologies since our last news update and what we are looking forward to. We are excited to tell you about the BMC Remedy ITSM benchmarking project we’ve been working on with Alderstone Consulting, a product and […]
This is the start of something big! A dedicated Scapa TPP Performance Testing blog where you will find articles on the following topics and more: Load Testing Stress Testing End-to-end Testing Scalability Profiling Bottleneck Identification Benchmarking Capacity Planning Performance Comparison Migration Management Server Consolidation Service Availability Diagnostic Testing Desktop Virtualization Testing BMC Remedy ITSM Testing […]
Testing will save you money and time and resource. There, I’ve said it. It’s something we say a lot here at Scapa Technologies. We would do, as testing is our business. And yet, I don’t say it only because that’s what we do. I say it because I’ve seen it, I’ve experienced it…a lot! About […]
Browser Cache and Test Results Interpretation Probably the most critical stage in any testing project is obtaining an accurate interpretation of the test results and combining this with recommendations or suggestions about where problems are coming from and how the system can be improved. The accuracy and reliability of the results depend on how closely […]
