Application Component Testing
Performance should be considered before the first line of code is ever written. Complexus provides Enterprise Application Services which will help your development staff avoid the common performance pitfalls when designing J2EE or Windows based applications. Once the code is at a a point where components or areas of code can be extracted and tested, performance testing should begin. Complexus uses a variety of tools to test various "pieces" of your application before the final product is complete. Testing the scalability of COM components, Enterprise Java Beans (EJB's), or web services directly through SOAP calls would be examples of this. Finding performance issues at this stage will save you money and time. By finding most of the performance issues during the development phase, you eliminate time on the back end of the project where time to market dates are critical.

Performance Tuning
When bottlenecks and scalability issues are discovered, an iterative testing process called Performance Tuning takes place. This can happen at any phase of the project for various reasons. Partnering with your staff, Complexus will take apart the application layer by layer and identify key areas that can cause performance problems. The tuning process has yielded performance gains of 1000% and higher. Let us help you do more with what you already have available and make the most of the application.

Integrated Load/Stress Testing
A performance test is executed after the functional quality assurance testing is complete and just prior to deployment. Load testing is getting a sense of how the concurrent user population reacts with the application in reality. Stress testing's objective is to find the maximum concurrent user load. Volume testing is a way to find out if your infrastructure will crack under pressure. The risk of not knowing these key metrics can be costly. The tremendous return on investment (ROI) of proper performance testing can be realized in a single project. Complexus has certified performance engineers at the instructor level for tools like Mercury LoadRunner, Compuware QALoad and Application Expert, and Chariot's NetIQ. Don't let just anyone do your performance testing!

Application Performance Monitoring
What happens to your application after if gets deployed? Even if it has been fine tuned in the Quality Assurance environment, there is a % it will have performance issues in production. While fault management is important, applications should be monitored from an end user perspective. Organizations should know the stability and performance of a business process and identify trouble before their clients do. Complexus can implement a solid application performance monitoring solution that meets your specific needs.