Checkpoint Technologies
Corporate Overview
Faraz Syed
VP of Technical Sales
Email: fsyed@checkpointech.com
Office: 704.625.2477
About Checkpoint Technologies….
Incorporated in January, 2003
HP Software Specialist Partner & Authorized Training Partner
HP Authorized Software Support Partner
HP Enterprise Server, Storage &
Networking Partner
• Experts in:
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• IT Strategy
• IT Operations
• IT Application Delivery
Services
IT
Performance
Software
Solutions
Hardware
Solutions
Solution Offerings
Solutions
Services
• HP Software Solutions
• HP Enterprise Server, Storage, &
Networking
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Staff Augmentation
HP Tier 1 Software Support
Outsourcing, US based
Consulting
Training & Mentoring
Unique Qualifications
• Developed HP’s QC suite ASE exam
• Developed HP’s BPT course “BPT for the Automation Engineer”
• Reviewers of HP’s PC suite ASE exam
• HP Authorized Training Partner
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started as Mercury Training Partner in January, 2003
• Outsource Testing Lab and Training Center
Performance Application
Lifecycle
Performance Application Lifecycle (PAL)
What?
Managing performance and availability in both pre-production and production
How?
By integrating testing and monitoring solutions to drive efficiency, mitigate
risk, and reduce costs
Deployment
By utilizing the Performance Application Lifecycle management module in
Performance Center
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Why is it important?
Performance
Requirements?
Testing
Record
Business
Processes
Operations
Run Load
Tests
Record
Business
Processes
Deploy and
Monitor
“86% of IT projects experience performance problems
when first put in production”
Gartner
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Why is it hard to achieve?
SOA, Shared Services, Web 2.0,
Enterprise 2.0
Failur
e
Distributed and
Offshore teams
Integrated
business
processes
New and Agile Business Capabilities
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Business Services
Increasing
complexity
CRM
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Operations
e-Commerce
CIO
Increasing time and
cost pressures
Finance
PAL scenarios – attributes of a real-time enterprise
TESTING
OPERATIONS
Record
Business
Process
Scripts
Test
and Optimize
Bidirectional
Asset Reuse
New application
deployment
Continuous
improvement
Reuse
Business
Process
Scripts
Major upgrades
(Hot packs, fixes etc)
Reuse Business Processes Scripts/SLAs from Testing in Production
Leverage Real User Information in Pre-Production
Unified Diagnostics
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Monitor and
Optimize
Introduction to PAL and process flow
Step 1:
Import
production
data
Data can be imported
from Business Service
Management 9.2 and
Webtrends 9.0 or
later
Production data
includes information
such as user traffic
and monitoring data
Data is imported in
XML format from BSM
Step 2:
Create
Production
Report
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Production report
is created in
Performance
Center
Report includes
different activities
observed in
production
Introduction to PAL and process flow
Step 3:
Design and
Run load
test
Production
report is used
to design load
test and scripts
Execute load
test to capture
results on test
environment
Load test
execution is a
iterative
process
Step 4:
Add load test
data to the
report
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Add test execution
result to the report
and compare to
production data
Use the data to
tune the load test
until it resembles
production
behavior
Introduction to PAL and process flow
Step 5:
Export data to
production
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Various assets can
be exported to
monitor application
in production
Application should
be certified for
release before
exporting data
Summary
1. Lifecycle must start with
clear business requirements
Without it IT cannot set, test,
measure, or deliver on
expectations
2. Testing must be done based
on actual production
measures
Without it Quality will suffer
3. An accurate view of service
level must be measured and
monitored
Without it Service
degradation
is inevitable
“If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it” - Dave Packard
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More information
Thank you! For more information, please contact:
Faraz Syed
VP of Technical Sales
Email: fsyed@checkpointech.com
Office: (813) 818-8324 x128
Charles King
Account Executive
Email: cking@checkpointech.com
Office: (813) 818-8324 x107
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