Case Study
Bswift Chooses WebLOAD for Robust Performance Testing
Overview
Based in Chicago, bswift offers software and services that
streamline benefits, HR and payroll administration for
employers and exchanges nationwide.
bswift’s cloud-based platform reduces administrative costs
and time-consuming paperwork, making life easier for
administrators and consumers. Today, bswift has millions of
customers using its ASP.NET driven website system to enroll
their benefits.
Challenge
Bswift’s primary testing goals was achieving %100 assurance
that their infrastructure would perform under peak load.
Prior to switching to WebLOAD, we were using JMeter,” says Steve Stonebraker, Performance Optimization Engineer. By switching to WebLOAD, the performance testing team could efficiently utilize Amazon Web Services (AWS) to spin up load generators on demand from different geographic locations. “This enabled us to have traffic diversity and freed us from maintaining a complex mix of company owned servers dedicated to load testing.”
Prior to switching to WebLOAD, we were using JMeter,” says Steve Stonebraker, Performance Optimization Engineer. By switching to WebLOAD, the performance testing team could efficiently utilize Amazon Web Services (AWS) to spin up load generators on demand from different geographic locations. “This enabled us to have traffic diversity and freed us from maintaining a complex mix of company owned servers dedicated to load testing.”
Solution
With WebLOAD in place, bswift discovered various
bottlenecks – both hardware and software – as they
continually upgraded their environment.
“We learned that specific virtual appliances needed additional resources or licenses and the limits of our various servers.”
Support was another driver. “I have been and continue to be impressed with the level of expertise and responsiveness of the WebLOAD support staff. Whenever we encountered issues, the support team ensured that my load test goals were met.”
“We learned that specific virtual appliances needed additional resources or licenses and the limits of our various servers.”
Support was another driver. “I have been and continue to be impressed with the level of expertise and responsiveness of the WebLOAD support staff. Whenever we encountered issues, the support team ensured that my load test goals were met.”
User Feedback
Steve Stonebraker, Performance Optimization Engineer, bswift, praised WebLOAD’s capabilities:
“WebLOAD helped us detect various bottlenecks as we continually upgraded our ASP.NET environment"
Industry
Software
Business Type
Enterprise
Country
USA
