YuniquePLM demonstrates enterprise-class scalability

Gerber Technology, a business unit of
Gerber Scientific, announced the results of load and scalability
performance testing of its industry-leading YuniquePLM software
solution. The tests were conducted by the independent software
testing and quality management company, AppLabs. Findings of the
tests validate the capacity of the browser-based product lifecycle
management application to easily scale to meet the needs of up to a
1,000 concurrent user workload-the equivalent of more than 3,300
total seats in a typical fashion industry enterprise deployment.

According to Ashwin Palaparthi,
VP-Innovation, AppLabs said, “Our testing validated that
YuniquePLM can comfortably scale to satisfy the requirements of small
to large enterprise client deployments. In a heavy-load environment,
the system sustained a load of 1,000 concurrent users while providing
consistent response times for a wide range of critical business
transactions. The fact that this impressive performance was
accomplished without the need for an exotic hardware or software
configuration further demonstrates the capacity of YuniquePLM to
deliver a winning combination of high scalability with low total cost
of ownership.”

Conducted in August and September 2010,
the tests measured scalability and performance in a realistic data
environment representing 100, 250, 500, and 1,000 concurrent user
loads. Testing scenarios were designed to model a true enterprise
customer experience within a fashion/retail PLM application. Each
test scenario included a mix of typical PLM tasks; including
searching styles, images, and materials; uploading images and
attaching files; and creating new materials, new styles, and tech
packs. During a two hour period, YuniquePLM created 2797 new images,
3057 new materials, 2063 new styles and 742 new tech packs.

“We are proud to share the results of
this rigorous testing with our industry,” said Daniel Pak, Chief
Software Architect-Software Solutions, Gerber Technology. “More
and more of the industry's largest retailers and manufacturers are
looking to YuniquePLM for its unmatched usability and performance.
These companies are also increasingly interested in deploying PLM
through the lower total cost of ownership platform offered by the
Microsoft application platform. These independent test results
clearly demonstrate that YuniquePLM offers compelling price,
performance and scalability results suitable for even the largest
fashion enterprise,” concluded Pak.