To certify SAP releases, the Dell performance engineering team needs to rely on strong expertise and a robust performance testing platform. The group acts as a gatekeeper and has the power to stop any release that does not meet the expected level of performance. To provide customers and employees the best performance and user experience in production, the performance engineering team certifies every release. Slow SAP processes or outages due to performance bottlenecks directly impact the business. 35,000 orders per quarter are supported by the application. Ranbir Singh, Management Information Systems Director, describes SAP as the “backbone of the business,” accessed daily by 2,000 sales representatives, and managing the entire ordering flow. As the largest supplier, Dell accounts for over one-fifth of the total worldwide enterprise storage systems volume.
Although the 35-year old information technology mogul has experienced its share of performance testing, its latest NeoLoad engagement – SAP application testing – is likely the greatest Dell performance testing success yet.Īccording to IDC, the total enterprise storage market revenues have eclipsed $25B. As a NeoLoad user for many years, Dell was undeniably familiar with the product.