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LOAD TESTING SOFTWARE LAUNCHED BY WEB PERFORMANCE, INC.
NEW SOFTWARE UPGRADE SIMULATES TENS OF THOUSANDS OF SIMULTANEOUS USERS TO HELP COMPANIES FIND PERFORMANCE BOTTLENECKS, INCREASE PERFORMANCE, AND PLAN FOR FUTURE CAPACITY.
Raleigh, N.C, May 23, 2001 - Web Performance, Inc. announced today the release of Web Performance Trainer 2.2, the latest upgrade to their powerful, easy-to-use load-testing tool. This release adds enterprise features including SSL and unlimited load generation capacity which meets their goal of bringing affordable load testing tools to all stages of web-based application development.
"Many enterprise sites are designed to handle tens of thousands of users at one time. Web Performance Trainer 2.2 generates this load capacity by distributing the task of simulating users among any number of computers," says Web Performance Product Manager Michael Czeiszperger. "We go beyond the competition in terms of ease of use in simulating large numbers of users by using load balancing technology."
The task of configuring a computer to simulate users is automated, so there is not a need to spend time tuning and configuring client-generating engines. Although load testing can be done on a finished, live site, the biggest cost savings is achieved by load testing Web pages during development. Web Performance Trainer is designed to help development teams test the performance of Web-based applications from inception through field roll out without spending weeks or months writing scripts.
"We are thrilled about the usability of this software," said Czeiszperger. "A company can measure incremental performance changes in less than an hour, making it easy to repeat the test during every stage of development."
The software not only supports all browsers, web servers, and application servers, but also runs on most platforms. Release 2.2 builds on its history of complete support for Linux, Solaris and Windows NT/2000. Czeiszperger says, "When we talk about Unix support, we mean all parts of our program runs on Unix, not just the load generators." 
Availability and Pricing
Web Performance Trainer 2.2 shipped on May 23, 2001. It is available for purchase through Web Performance sales and authorized resellers. Pricing starts at $1,495 for 100 simultaneous virtual users, with typical deployments between $5,000 and $10,000. For more information and a full list of product features visit: http://www.webperformanceinc.com/products or call 919-845-7601.
About Web Performance, Inc.
North Carolina based Web Performance was founded in 1999 by technology experts who saw a growing demand for web testing software during early development stages. Web Performance Trainer (all versions) simulates multiple users hitting your web site to find performance bottlenecks, increase performance or plan for future capacity. Web Performance partial client list includes Motorola, Polaroid, Toyota, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Ziff Davis, and the governments of France, Canada and Quebec.
KAPITEC Software is a French VAR company which was founded in 2000. The company is the reseller of Web Performance Trainer in Europe.