Is your head swirling with HP Discover information and sessions? I am here to help you uncover the sessions, booths and events that should be at the top of your list.

Keep reading to follow me as I act as your tour guide through the fun and educational experience of HP Discover.

Connect, learn and share the new performance testing community created in the HP Live Network (HPLN) platform.  This new community, called “HP LoadRunner and HP Performance Center”, brings you the opportunity to connect with other organizations, partners and peers. You’ll be able to share your ideas, scripts, process and best practices while learning from others.

Continue reading to find out what this means for you.

(This post was written by Gal Shadeck and Yuriy Pavlovsky from the LoadRunner R&D team)

As more and more software companies and departments switch to Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery practices, it becomes crucially important to integrate load and performance tests into the process. Developers and DevOps engineers must make sure that each new build which goes directly to QA, or even directly to the end user, doesn’t introduce performance regressions. Additionally, it’s sometimes important to include existing unit tests in load-testing scenarios, or perform additional analysis on unit test execution.

Continue reading to find out about the new features in LoadRunner 11.52 that are aimed at continuous execution of performance tests and integration with unit testing frameworks.

A new HP best practices document has just been published, called "Load Testing Scenarios Best Practices".  It provides concepts and guidelines for designing and executing load testing scenarios, including scenarios involving large numbers of virtual users, large amounts of data, and long-running scenarios.

Continue reading for more information about this document.

Contributor:  Zhi-Yuan Jing (Known as Jason), HP LoadRunner RnD

As part of the new version 11.52 of LoadRunner we have created a new virtual table server (VTS).

Today we will share with you what is VTS and how you can take advantage in this important feature.

For those who have never use VTS before, Virtual Table Server (VTS) is a tool that shares data and parameters between LoadRunner vusers.

Read the full blog to learn more about the "New Virtual Table Server (VTS) in LoadRunner 11.52"

Last week at the StarEast Testing Conference in Orlando, FL we made some pretty big announcements.  We released new versions of our flagship quality and testing software products. We are calling the whole initiative “The new style of IT”.

This new way of thinking about IT is impacting LoadRunner as well. Keep reading to find out the highlights of LoadRunner 11.52 and why I am as excited about the launch as a kid getting a new toy.

LoadRunner scripts that use the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) don’t always replay smoothly.  My colleague Kert (Yang Luo) from the LoadRunner R&D team has collected some tips that will save you time and effort, and help you ensure that your RDP scripts run correctly.   Continue reading to learn more.

Not doing mobile performance testing?  Don’t worry, you will…

Everyone seems to be asking about performance testing in relation to the new reality of mobile access to almost every publicly available application, so I’m picking up the gauntlet and answering the tough questions. Continue reading to find out what people mean when they talk about mobile performance testing, and some best practices.

Last week I attended a class about Mobile application testing and learned a great deal about what needs to be tested and how, specifically from a mobile application point of view. In a matter of minutes, we were able to find all sorts of bugs in the applications. Overall, it was a real fun and empowering experience.  

Is testing mobile applications the same as testing web applications? It seems like it is, but it is so NOT!

Today HP is launching a time limited, bundle incentivized, mobile performance testing promotion to help you get started with this most important initiative.

Read the blog to learn more about mobile application testing and the discounted HP Performance Validation Suite.