Performance Testing in the Enterprise

As the Web interface and IT infrastructure become increasingly crucial factors in the success of any enterprise business, measuring performance takes on a new importance as well. When users—employees, business partners, customers—rely on portals, applications, and data to do their jobs and to perform business transactions, the cost of failure can be devastating. While many IT services are well-suited to outsourcing in general—and global outsourcing in particular—performance testing can take special advantage of the benefits involved in this approach.