Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 56 | Page 25

TRENDING LOADRUNNER CLOUD – HOW SAVVY IT DEPARTMENTS TEST MORE WITH LESS It has been a volatile start to 2020 and IT departments are providing increased services while using fewer resources. As organisations strive to provide uninterrupted services and maintain Business Continuity, many are looking to the cloud for critical functions such as load testing. As the world moves towards the ‘new normal’, Mohammed Arafat, Director of Pre-Sales, Emerging Markets – Micro Focus, tells us how the company is working to ensure customers have the tools they need to succeed. To say that the first quarter of 2020 has been challenging for small to medium-sized businesses would be an understatement. Amid a global pandemic, enterprises have been obligated to not only move entire workforces to work from home but also on a much tighter budget and with an uncertain financial future. On the other side of the IT coin, preventative measures like load testing are more important now than ever before. With more users, bigger workloads and more demands are brought on by remote workers and customers. Therefore, core applications, computing power and network load balancers are being stretched to their limits. As the increased remote access and functionality demands continue to grow into the ‘new normal’, the situation seems ripe for Business Continuity disruption. With heavier loads and limited budgets, organisations with online services such as retail, government public services, banking and telecommunication may struggle to meet performance expectations in terms of speed, scalability and end-user satisfaction. “ CLOUD-BASED HOSTING SAVES BOTH TIME AND MONEY, ALLOWING BUSINESSES TO CONTINUE SCALING UP WITHOUT THE MONEY DRAIN OF EXPANDING THEIR ARCHITECTURE. www.intelligentcio.com INTELLIGENTCIO 25