service testing

How fast are my services? Is NetTcpBinding really that fast?

Submitted by Jesus Rodriguez on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 15:12

NetTcpBinding is often assumed to offer the best performance of all WCF bindings. When working on WCF implementations, I often hear from developers argue about the performance benefits that their solution gain by using nettcp endpoints but rarely see any benchmarks to confirm that assertion for their specific scenario.

Load Testing your WCF service in two clicks

Submitted by Jesus Rodriguez on Mon, 03/21/2011 - 14:18

A few months back I was talking to a VP of Architecture from one of our customers about service testing practices and he expressed a very blunt viewpoint about load testing: “Developers don’t load test their web services because it's to F…. difficult”.

Agile SOA Governance: SO-Aware and Visual Studio Integration

Submitted by Jesus Rodriguez on Wed, 03/09/2011 - 13:14

One of the major limitations of traditional SOA governance platforms is the lack of integration as part of the development process. Tools like HP-Systinet or SOA Software are designed to operate by models on which the architects dictate the governance procedures and policies and the rest of the team members follow along. Consequently, those procedures are frequently rejected by developers and testers given that they can’t incorporate it as part of their daily activities.

Using a service registry that doesn’t suck part II: Dear registry, do you have to be a message broker?

Submitted by Jesus Rodriguez on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 17:49

Continuing our series of posts about service registry patterns that suck, we decided to address one of the most common techniques that Service Oriented (SOA) governance tools use to enforce policies.

Listening to customers: A simpler SO-Aware installer

Submitted by Jesus Rodriguez on Tue, 08/31/2010 - 10:34

Simplicity and the ability to listen to customers are some of the principles behind SO-Aware and Tellago Studios for that matter. Building sophisticated software that is still simple and intuitive from the user/operator perspective is one of those fundamental missing links in enterprise software.

The ability of incorporating valuable customer feedback into your product quickly is one of those things that everybody says they do but only a handful of companies truly believe on.

Common questions about SO-Aware?

Submitted by Jesus Rodriguez on Mon, 08/16/2010 - 14:55

During the first few weeks after the lunch of SO-Aware we have had a few very interesting sessions with customers. Interestingly enough, our customers seem to have similar questions when comes to evaluating the SO-Aware value proposition.

SO-Aware is on Channel9: Part I

Submitted by Jesus Rodriguez on Wed, 08/11/2010 - 13:04

A few days ago we had the opportunity to sit down with Microsoft's Technical Evangelist Ron Jacobs to record two Channel9's Endpoint TV episodes on which we discuss the architecture and capabilities of SO-Aware(our WCF Registry).

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