Performance Lifecycle Management

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Performance Lifecycle Management

• Klaus Fellner, Product Marketing Manager

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Relevant Industry Trends (1/2)

• Organizations are Adopting an Ecosystem Approach
  to Application Quality/Performance
• QA is becoming a horizontal discipline covering
  the complete software life-cycle instead of a
  silo
• Center of Excellence for Quality and Performance
• Standardization, centralization and consolidation
  of software, processes and people
• Rapid Enterprise Adoption of Web Services Dev
  Frameworks and SOA
• Enables an enterprise to build more loosely
  coupled systems
• Complexity of application increases, so does the
  risk to the enterprise
• Rush to deployment (load testing is done usually
  3-5 days prior deployment)
• Increase in Value Outsourcing (Add Skills Instead
  of Cost Savings)
• More and more become the clients QA department
• Need to embrace automation and implement a set of
  repeatable processes for the app development
  lifecycle

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Relevant Industry Trends (2/2)

• APM/NSM Market is Merging
• NSM platforms move upward to include Application
  Performance Management
• APM vendors integration and cooperation with NSM
  vendors is of critical importance
• IDEs Evolving to Application Lifecycle
  Development Platforms
• Eclipse TPTP
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
• Load Testing is Becoming a Core, IT Operational
  Discipline
• Problem resolution/troubleshooting capabilities
  are most critical
• Integration of operational and development best
  practices is important
• Support for heterogeneous environments is a must
• Message-driven SOA platforms make protocol
  recording a requirement
• Control frameworks that help to deliver on
  expectations are increasingly important
  especially for value outsourcers with their
  increased responsibility

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Review of Product Releases 2005-to-Date

• Q1 2005
• SilkPerformer 7.0
• SilkCentral Performance Manager 2.8
• Q2 2005
• SilkPerformer 7.1
• Q3 2005
• SilkPerformer 7.2

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SilkPerformer 7.0 (Q1 2005)

• SAP Support
• Java RMI Recorder
• JUnit/NUnit Integration Component Testing
  Enhancements
• Simple MAPI Support for Accessing
  Outlook/Exchange
• Adjustable Web-User Tolerance Levels
• Ease-of-Use Enhancements
• Visual scripting using TrueLog
• Link TrueLog to error analysis in Performance
  Explorer

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SilkPerformer 7.1 (June) SCTM8.0 Integration

• Two-Way Integration with SilkCentral Test Manager
  8.0
• SCTM -gt SP
• Integration of SilkPerformer projects into SCTM
  test plans and execution directly on any remote
  SP MMC from SCTM Web GUI
• Unattended execution of multiple load tests
  projects with automated results evaluation
• Linkage of performance results to requirements
• SP -gt SCTM
• Access to SCTM test plans directly from the
  SilkPerformer 7.1 Workbench, allowing you to
  easily open, edit and upload your load test
  projects.
• Creation of SilkPerformer related SCTM test plans
  directly from SilkPerformer

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SilkPerformer 7.1 (June) SCTM8.0 Integration

• Test Results Stored in the Test Manager
  Repository
• One single location for all data generated during
  load test runs (time series data, TrueLog files,
  result files, ...)
• Simple access over the SCTM Web GUI
• Cross Load-Test Analysis
• Compare up to four load-test runs
• Heat fields and rankings help you to analyze the
  results of your optimization efforts across runs
• Source Code Control Integration (Check-In/Out) on
  Project Level
• Microsoft Visual SourceSafe
• PVCS (Serena ChangeMan Version Manager)

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SilkPerformer 7.2 (Q3)

• SAP eCatt Integration
• Integration into SAP eCatt test management
  console for maintaining test scripts, conditions
  and results
• Certification "Certified for SAP NetWeaver"
• Additional SAPGUI Monitors
• Enhanced Source Code Control Integration on File
  Level (SP Standalone)
• MSVSS
• PVCS

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Product Roadmap 2006

• Q4 2005
• SilkPerformer 7.3
• SilkCentral Performance Manager 2.9
• Q2 2006
• SilkPerformer 8.0
• SilkCentral Performance Manager 3.0

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SilkPerformer 7.3 (Q4)

• Enhanced Green-Screen Support
• TrueLog and visual script customization for
• TN3270e
• TN5250e
• VT Terminal

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SilkCentral Performance Manager 2.9 (Q4)

• Enhanced Web Service Control Interface
• Create, update, and delete projects, locations,
  monitors
• User management
• Enhanced Green-Screen Support
• TrueLog and visual script customization for
• TN3270e
• TN5250e
• VT Terminal

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SilkPerformer 8.0 (Q2 2006)

• Eclipse CTE Plug-In
• HTTP/Java unit test
• HTTP/Java recorder
• Framework
• Small load tests
• Fat Client Replay
• SilkTest integration
• Diagnostics
• Network latency
• JMX
• Client-side network breakdown
• Code-level diagnostics
• i18n
• Multi-byte support

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SilkCentral Performance Manager 3.0 (Q2 06)

• Life-Cycle Integration of SCTM SCPM
• Common meta data repository
• Feedback of production-relevant quality data into
  pre-production testing
• Smooth SilkTest Integration
• Fat client monitoring
• SilkPerformer Enhancements
• i18n / multi-byte support
• Diagnostics

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Topics for 2H 2006 - 2007

• SOA Web Service Testing
• Testing individual, integrated application
  components through an integrated test bed
  emulating clients and external server components
• Diagnostics
• Market-driven update
• Enhanced Integration with Tools from Adjacent
  Markets
• Application management and monitoring solution
  vendors