HP announced major new releases of software and services designed to help IT organisations better manage performance across the entire application life cycle.
HP announced HP Performance Center 9.5, a suite of enterprise-class performance testing software that includes HP LoadRunner, the industry’s best-selling load testing software. HP Performance Center lets customers validate application performance against business requirements during the testing cycle to mitigate the risks associated with application deployment and upgrades when they go live.
HP also updated its Application Lifecycle Management services to help IT organisations create Centers of Excellence (CoE) to increase the quality of applications while reducing IT costs.
HP’s new offerings help IT organisations adopt a business-centric – rather than a development-centric – view of the application life cycle. This approach helps IT organisations focus on business requirements to better meet service expectations.
“There is a strong correlation between application performance and customer satisfaction,” said Theresa Lanowitz, founder of analyst firm voke inc. “Businesses can increase their competitive advantage by incorporating performance into the entire application life cycle – defining performance requirements up front, testing to eliminate performance defects before applications are released into production, and monitoring performance in production.”
Center of Excellence saves money and improves quality
To improve service performance, many HP Performance Center customers are adopting a CoE model.
“Our Central Performance Testing Service team uses HP Performance Center and HP Quality Center software as part of a robust and auditable testing solution,” said Peter J. Pinto, performance test manager, Friends Provident, a UK-based financial services company. “This has helped us build collaboration across teams, decrease test administration, reduce cycle times and achieve exceptional service levels, which has clearly benefited the business.”
The new HP Performance Center 9.5 software and HP Application Lifecycle Management services help companies address challenges that may come with new Web 2.0 applications.