The tool was originally developed by Segue Software, which was later acquired by Borland in 2006.
It is designed to identify performance issues through integrated diagnostics and provides trending reports for analysis.
"[citation needed] Silk Performer supports major Web 2.0 environments like Adobe’s Flash/Flex, Microsoft Silverlight, and HTML/AJAX.
Silk Performer also supports load testing Web applications at the protocol level (HTTP).
[2][3] Load testing is also made with the help of JMeter, LoadRunner, WebLoad, etc.