Micro Focus Unveils SilkPerformer CloudBurst

Micro Focus announced the availability of SilkPerformer CloudBurst, a peak demand load testing capability based on Micro Focus Enterprise Cloud Services (ECS) technology. CloudBurst extends Micro Focus’ load and performance testing solution SilkPerformer out to the cloud. With CloudBurst, SilkPerformer enables testing organisations to easily manage large load tests that emulate hundreds of thousands of users from multiple global points of presence and to quickly diagnose and resolve discovered issues.

“Delivering industrial strength peak load testing capabilities, and high flexibility for both on premise and cloud based applications, we believe this will in turn drive smoother and higher quality software applications deployments from India. This unique testing tool comes in time to help both customer and partner organisations to take advantage of benefits of cloud technologies to drive higher ROI and business efficacies,” said Ashish Masand, Country General Manager, Micro Focus India.

By extending SilkPerformer’s on-premise model with cloud load-generation technology, CloudBurst enables customers the flexibility to drive load from either on-premise or in the cloud or both at the same time. This model also has the advantage of being able to monitor the underlying systems and provide performance diagnostics with one integrated product.

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In order to handle the complexity of today’s web 2.0 applications, Micro Focus SilkPerformer CloudBurst also launched a new generation of load-generation technology called Browser Driven Load Testing, which cuts scripting and script maintenance time in half and more accurately emulates end user loads on Web 2.0 applications.

“With CloudBurst, SilkPerformer has become a hybrid on-premise and on-the-cloud product, giving our customers the advantage of being able to load test all of their applications whether they are Internet facing or internal. They can mix-and-match permanent or consumption-based licensing models to meet their needs and have an integrated solution for driving loads and diagnosing performance problems,” said Rich Novak, President and GM, Application Management and Quality Division, Micro Focus.