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Black Friday traffic exposes gaps in observability strategies

Dynatrace

If the mantra in sales is “Always be closing,” the mantra for online retail storefronts is “Always be online.”. in 2020, ecommerce grew 14.2% in 2021. Peak loads can overload and crash retailer websites and derail customer interactions. What’s the problem with Black Friday traffic? In the U.S.,

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2021 in review: It was a big year!

Speed Curve

2021 has been a full year. We also added a "Performance 101" section that includes articles like: Synthetic vs. Real User Monitoring. Performance Budgets 101. Performance Culture Best Practices. Web Performance for Product Managers. Web Performance for Retailers. SEO and Web Performance.

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