Web applications that perform well can strengthen a company's brand, reputation, and create customer loyalty. Web applications that perform poorly put all of that at risk. Web load testing is a critical component to any risk management plan for web applications. Join Scott Barber, President of PerfTestPlus and Colin Mason, Product Manager, Compuware to learn the whys and wherefores of Web Load Testing as they present Web Load Testing for Dummies. You will learn: * The ins and outs of web load testing — know what to expect from web load testing * The importance of outside-in load testing — determine what the performance feels like to an actual user * Why and when to test — set goals, gather your team, and implement * How to manage ongoing analysis— monitor how your testing is going * How diagnostics tools combined with web load testing dramatically reduces time to problem resolution Scott Barber, Chief Technologist, President and CEO of PerfTestPlus is a writer, consultant, and speaker. He is a prominent thought-leader in the area of software system performance testing and served as the Executive Director of the Association for Software Testing, and is the co-founder of the Workshop on Performance and Reliability. He has contributed to several books including the upcoming How to Reduce the Cost of Testing, Taylor & Francis. Colin Mason, Product Manager for Gomez Web Load Testing, at Compuware, has over a decade of performance testing experience and has conducted over hundreds of load tests for companies world wide. He has presented at numerous industry conferences, including STAR, and has authored industry-acclaimed papers on performance testing web applications.

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