Dynatrace

APRIL 24, 2024

To help our customers confidently navigate the complexities of the cloud and innovate faster and more securely, the Dynatrace platform must be delivered reliably. Service Level Agreements (SLA) bridge your business objectives with our commitment to excellence. To transparently manage expectations and maintain trust with our customers, we expanded the Dynatrace SLA beyond accessing the user interface to cover the full range of relevant product categories, such as processing and retaining incoming

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InfoQ

APRIL 26, 2024

Allegro experimented with different performance optimization options to improve Apache Kafka producer tail latency and eventually switched all its clusters to the XFS filesystem. The company used Kafka protocol sniffing, JVM profiling, and eBPF, which proved instrumental in identifying and eliminating performance bottlenecks.

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InfoQ

APRIL 9, 2024

Zahan Malkani talked during QCon London 2024 about Meta’s journey from identifying the opportunity in the market to shipping the Threads application only five months later. The company leveraged Instagram's existing monolithic architecture and quickly iterated to create a new text-first microblogging service in record time.

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Percona

APRIL 16, 2024

Percona is proud to formally state our support for the Valkey project and its community. We will soon offer commercial support for the open source Redis alternative, Valkey.The world of open source is no stranger to controversy.

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O'Reilly

APRIL 23, 2024

Why is it that Google, a company once known for its distinctive “Do no evil” guideline, is now facing the same charges of “surveillance capitalism” as Facebook, a company that never made such claims? Why is it now subject to the same kind of antitrust complaints faced by Microsoft, once the “evil empire” of the previous generation of computing? Why is it that Amazon, which has positioned itself as “the most customer-centric company on the planet,” now lards its search results with advertisements

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Percona Community

APRIL 18, 2024

Welcome to this blog post! Today, our primary goal is to guide you through deploying Percona Everest on GCP using Kubectl, specifically for users on Windows 11. It’s been some time since I last used Windows, so this will be an excellent opportunity to do it from scratch. Let me tell you a little bit about Percona Everest. You may have already heard it recently.

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Dynatrace

APRIL 23, 2024

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) looms large on the horizon, casting its regulatory shadow over financial institutions. DORA is a European Union (EU) regulation that took effect on January 16, 2023, with full implementation starting January 17, 2025. DORA aims to bolster the IT security of financial entities such as banks, insurance companies, and investment firms.

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O'Reilly

APRIL 9, 2024

A recent article in Fast Company makes the claim “ Thanks to AI, the Coder is no longer King. All Hail the QA Engineer.” It’s worth reading, and its argument is probably correct. Generative AI will be used to create more and more software; AI makes mistakes and it’s difficult to foresee a future in which it doesn’t; therefore, if we want software that works, Quality Assurance teams will rise in importance.

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Speed Curve

APRIL 22, 2024

Celebrating performance wins is critical to a healthy, well-supported, high-performing team. This isn't a new idea. In fact, it's something that started in the early days of web performance when Lara Hogan , who was an engineering manager at Etsy at the time, discussed the practice of empowering people across the organization by celebrating 'performance heroes'.

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Dynatrace

APRIL 22, 2024

In trans-Atlantic and global business relationships, the privacy frameworks and regulations in various regions must be aligned to allow efficient collaboration between enterprises and other involved institutions. To enable participating organizations to meet the EU requirements for transferring personal data to the U.S., the Data Privacy Framework (DPF) is designed to serve as an adequate data transfer mechanism under the GDPR.

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InfoQ

APRIL 15, 2024

At the QCon London 2024 conference, Félix GV from LinkedIn discussed the AI/ML platform powering the company’s products. He specifically delved into Venice DB, the NoSQL data store used for feature persistence. The presenter shared the lessons learned from evolving and operating the platform, including cluster management and library versioning.

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Percona

APRIL 23, 2024

Apples or oranges?Tea or coffee?Books or eBooks?Each of these comparisons has very similar features and serves many of the same purposes, but in the end, they are different choices people make. Do you know what else belongs on this list?MariaDB or MySQL?

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Official Blog - World Web Technology

APRIL 8, 2024

Identifying the WordPress development company in the United States that is the ideal match for your project may be a challenging endeavor due to the vast number of options available. As there is such a wide variety of choices accessible, ranging from independent contractors to well-established organizations, it is essential to make an educated selection that is in accordance with your particular requirements and goals.

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Abstracta

APRIL 23, 2024

Load Test vs. Stress Test. This is one of the most frequent topics that people look at when developing a performance testing strategy. But, in fact, it doesn’t make sense to compare performance testing vs load testing as if they were competitors. Yet, understanding the. The post Performance Testing VS Load Testing appeared first on Abstracta Software Testing Services.

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Dynatrace

APRIL 8, 2024

In the ever-shifting landscape of financial markets that makes managing risk a pressing challenge, banks are facing significant turbulence. Macroeconomic trends are unfolding under a backdrop of geopolitical conflict. Firms are facing higher funding costs and softening demand due to rising interest rates. Labor trends and supply chains are unpredictable.

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InfoQ

APRIL 12, 2024

Yao Yue recapitulates scaling a project at Twitter while summarizing some key lessons learned about effective performance engineering.

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Percona

APRIL 11, 2024

JSON_TABLE() will be in PostgreSQL 17! It almost made it two years ago but was yanked away at the last minute. We will get it shortly when PostgreSQL 17 is officially released this year! Please see this.Why is this important?JSON has become the data interchange format of choice for most developers.

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n0derunner

APRIL 18, 2024

How to use some of Linux’s standard tools and how different types of memory usage shows up. Examples of using malloc and writing to memory with three use-cases for a simple process In each case we run the example with a 64MB allocation so that we can see the usage from standard linux tools. We … The post Fun with Linux memory appeared first on n0derunner.

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Abstracta

APRIL 22, 2024

Join us as we delve into the scope of API load testing. In this article, we explore how to simulate real-world conditions, tackle testing challenges, choose the right performance testing tools, and interpret results for performance optimization. Enhance your API’s readiness for diverse load scenarios. The post API Performance Testing Types: Load Testing appeared first on Abstracta Software Testing Services.

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Dynatrace

APRIL 22, 2024

We have released Dynatrace version 1.290. To learn what’s new, have a look at the release notes. The post Dynatrace SaaS release notes version 1.290 appeared first on Dynatrace news.

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InfoQ

APRIL 25, 2024

Jenna Zeigen discusses front-end performance issues encountered by Slack as they continue to grow and evolve the desktop app.

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Percona

APRIL 18, 2024

Welcome to the ultimate guide on how to boost your database performance! We’ve designed it to help you understand and improve the performance of your databases, regardless of your level of experience as a DBA or whether you manage databases for a small or large company.

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Percona Community

APRIL 16, 2024

Percona software releases and updates April 2 - April 17, 2024. Percona is a leading provider of unbiased, performance-first, open source database solutions that allow organizations to easily, securely, and affordably maintain business agility, minimize risks, and stay competitive, free from vendor lock-in. Percona software is designed for peak performance, uncompromised security, limitless scalability, and disaster-proofed availability.

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SQL Shack

APRIL 15, 2024

The purpose of this article is to give newbies some basic advice about SQL performance tuning that helps to improve their query tuning skills in SQL Server.

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Dynatrace

APRIL 18, 2024

DevOps and platform engineering are essential disciplines that provide immense value in the realm of cloud-native technology and software delivery. However, these practices cannot stand alone. Rather, they must be bolstered by additional technological investments to ensure reliability, security, and efficiency. One of these key investments includes observability.

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InfoQ

APRIL 10, 2024

As part of the Super Bowl marketing campaign, Duolingo sent out 4 million mobile push notifications when the company’s five-second ad aired during the commercial break. At QCon London, Doulingo’s engineers presented the asynchronous AWS architecture responsible for broadcasting messages to millions of users across seven US cities.

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Percona

APRIL 10, 2024

February 2024 marked the end of life (EOL) of MongoDB 4.4.Another year, another EOL, is a fitting summary. Time goes by fast, and looking from this perspective, 5.0 is one we will soon also say goodbye to, as this year, 5.0 is also going EOL in October.Why is MongoDB 4.4 EOL significant?

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Percona Community

APRIL 28, 2024

At Percona, we operate on the premise that full transparency makes a product better. We strive to build the best open-source database products, but also to help you manage any issues that arise in any of the databases that we support. And, in true open-source form, report back on any issues or bugs you might encounter along the way. We constantly update our bug reports and monitor other boards to ensure we have the latest information, but we wanted to make it a little easier for you to keep trac

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Speed Curve

APRIL 14, 2024

I've been spending a lot of time looking at the performance of European sites lately, and have found that the consent management platforms (CMPs) are consistently creating a bit of a false reality for folks when trying to understand performance using synthetic monitoring. Admittedly, this is not a new topic, but I feel that it's important enough that it warrants another PSA.

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Dynatrace

APRIL 9, 2024

We have released Dynatrace version 1.289. To learn what’s new, have a look at the release notes. The post Dynatrace SaaS release notes version 1.289 appeared first on Dynatrace news.

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InfoQ

APRIL 17, 2024

During the recent QCon London conference, Trainline’s CTO spoke about the evolution of the company’s system architecture and organizational structure over the last five years. The company had to adapt to market changes and growing customer expectations by improving the performance and reliability of its technology platform.

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Percona

APRIL 9, 2024

We met with Vinicius Grippa, a Senior Support Engineer at Percona. He is also active in the open source community and was recognized as a MySQL Rock Star in 2023.In the previous interview with Vinicius, we discussed the upcoming End of Life (EOL) for MySQL 5.7. Now that MySQL 5.

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Smashing Magazine

APRIL 16, 2024

How To Monitor And Optimize Google Core Web Vitals How To Monitor And Optimize Google Core Web Vitals Matt Zeunert 2024-04-16T10:00:00+00:00 2024-04-16T12:05:36+00:00 This article is sponsored by DebugBear Google’s Core Web Vitals initiative has increased the attention website owners need to pay to user experience. You can now more easily see when users have poor experiences on your website, and poor UX also has a bigger impact on SEO.

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Dynatrace

APRIL 17, 2024

Perform is our company’s event once a year in Las Vegas, where our customers and partners visit us to learn more about our product and industry. It was not my first time in Las Vegas. Therefore, the slot machines next to the baggage carousels and the bright lights that beamed into the night sky did not surprise me when I landed in this desert land’s organized chaos.

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Dynatrace

APRIL 22, 2024

According to recent research from TechTarget’s Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), generative AI will change software development activities, from quality assurance to debugging to CI/CD pipeline configuration. Many organizations are turning to generative artificial intelligence and automation to free developers from manual, mundane tasks to focus on more business-critical initiatives and innovation projects.

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Dynatrace

APRIL 10, 2024

As digital transformation accelerates across all industries, the role of partners in fueling organizational success has never been more crucial. A strategic and intentional partner compensation strategy helps drive that success. Dynatrace believes partnerships are the backbone of innovation and growth, enabling businesses to deliver exceptional customer experiences and navigate the complexities of modern technology landscapes.

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Dynatrace

APRIL 22, 2024

We have released Dynatrace OneAgent and ActiveGate version 1.289. To learn what’s new, have a look at: OneAgent release notes ActiveGate release notes The post OneAgent release notes version 1.289 appeared first on Dynatrace news.

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