Performance estimation techniques for browser-based applications

Corporate application services using cloud computing are coming into wide use. These services include SaaS (Software as a Service), a delivery model for cloud-hosted software applications, and are provided via networks. Therefore, the state of the network and of the user terminal determines whether the performance assumed in the application development is achieved. This article describes methods we developed for estimating the waiting time experienced by the user and for determining whether or not a decrease in performance was caused by the user terminal. These methods make it possible to visualize application performance and to provide support when performance declines in browser-based applications, which are the main type of corporate application services.