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The total number of survey completions was 319, with respondents representing a broad range of technology-sector employees. A significant percentage of the respondents (66.9%) indicated that they recommend, approve or buy goods or services relating to the technology industry as part of their primary job function. The survey questions consisted of three general types: (1) demographic/informational questions regarding primary job function, buying authority, dollar amount of the organization's IT budget, maximum number of virtual users required for adequate load testing, percentage of total load testing related to web-based applications, current use of load testing tools, and intentions to use such tools within the next 6 months; (2) opinions on the outsourcing of load testing, pricing, testing on different speeds of internet connections, testing on different browsers and different browser versions, importance of complicated scripts, ability to understand load test reports, importance of interpretative consulting, and ability of the load testing tools to predict real world performance; (3) evaluations by survey takers of specific vendors that publicly advertise use of their own proprietary testing software. |
