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Silk Performer™
Silk Performer

Silk Performer editions

  • Silk Performer. Powerful, enterprise-class load testing of mission-critical applications
  • CloudBurst. Run any size peak-load performance test without the need to manage complex infrastructures
  • SOA Edition. Test server-side application components early and efficiently

Silk Performer 9.5 released

  • Reliable out-of-the-box replay with Next-Generation Brower-Driven Web Load testing
  • IPv6: Ensure that your apps and networks are IPv6 ready
  • Mobile Web & Native Apps: new workflow assists in secure mobile recording

Silk Performer videos

Silk Performer introduction

Silk Performer The applications that run your business must perform and meet the expectations of your customers.

Silk Performer: Product demo

Silk Performer WT See Silk Performer in action: creating a basic Web business-transaction load test, customizing a test script with parameterized user data and verification functions, and analyzing test results.

Silk4Fun - Hear Silk Performer in action!

Silk4Fun It's not often you get the opportunity to hear our software in action, but here is your chance. Silk Performer plays the canon Frère Jacques with three virtual users in a canon on Les Paul's guitar, featured as a Google Doodle. Each virtual user is controlling its own IE instance using the Browser-driven Load Testing feature.

Turn on your speakers and enjoy!

Silk Performer load testing with SAP

Silk Performer

Feature highlights

Silk Performer CloudBurst - Leverage the Cloud to ensure performance at peak-demand

Silk Performer CloudEnd-to-end load tests must ensure that applications are 'battle ready' and can withstand massive, global usage. Silk Performer CloudBurst quickly simulates any size peak-loads from multiple geographies without having to invest in load testing hardware and setup.

How to videos

Silk Performer: Product demo

Silk Performer WT See Silk Performer in action: creating a basic Web business-transaction load test, customizing a test script with parameterized user data and verification functions, and analyzing test results.

Load Testing a Mobile Web Application: Recording with a Web Browser

Load Testing a Mobile Web Application: Recording with a Web BrowserSilk Performer supports performance testing of applications developed for iPhone, Android, Windows Phone and Blackberry. This video shows you how to record a mobile web application using a Web browser on a PC.

Load testing a mobile web application: Recording with a device-emulator

Load Testing a Mobile Web Application: Recording with a Device-Emulator See how to record a mobile web application using a mobile-device emulator.

Load testing a mobile web application: Recording with a mobile device

Load Testing a Mobile Web Application: Recording with a Mobile DeviceThis video shows you how to record a mobile web application using a mobile device.

Silk Performer Webinars

Performance Testing Pitfalls: How 7 seconds can cost you $7 million

Performance Testing PitfallsIt doesn’t matter how much you’ve spent on creating a superior user web experience, you could be gambling with millions more. Even the most usable website or mobile application can be rendered useless if the back end infrastructure can’t handle the volume of traffic during peak times. It’s critical that businesses understand how to properly performance test both web and mobile applications since lost revenue from site crashes and app failures are expensive - and the damage to your reputation could be incalculable. 

How are industry-leading organizations addressing performance testing? What have they learned along the way?

Discover:

  • The difference between performance and load testing
  • Mixed loading with mobile and web testing
  • Why speed simulations are critical
  • The top three load testing mistakes

Make sure performance meets demand. Watch this valuable Borland webinar now.