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Dynatrace news. If you’re a Dynatrace administrator who’s responsible for installing and updating OneAgent or ActiveGate instances or you’re simply interested in learning how to get new functionality from Dynatrace as soon as possible, this blog post is for you. MORE
Dynatrace news. Consumer demand for digital services has soared in the past year, steeply accelerating a trend that was already well underway. MORE
As I started to work for MongoDB, I started to get questions about MongoDB performance. We do have a lot of great resources that can help with MongoDB performance. First of all, it is MongoDB and Atlas documentation: Performance , Monitoring , and Query Optimization. MORE
ConsoleMe: A Central Control Plane for AWS Permissions and Access By Curtis Castrapel , Patrick Sanders , and Hee Won Kim At AWS re:Invent 2020, we open sourced two new tools for managing multi-account AWS permissions and access. MORE
Dynatrace news. Our customers use Dynatrace to transform and improve the way they work. The Dynatrace Software Intelligence Platform provides automatic and intelligent observability for multiple teams across development, operations, and line of business. MORE
The CMG Impact conference (February 10-12, 2020 in Las Vegas) is coming. Looking at the program I have the same problem as I always had with CMG conferences – how could I attend all the sessions I want considering that we have multiple tracks? Even when I took out the sessions that don’t directly cover the topics of my primary interests as well as mainframe-specific presentations, I ended up with 21 sessions in 2.5 MORE
Dynatrace news. According to Gartner , “the long-term impact of AIOps on IT operations will be transformative.” ” AIOps will have a long-term and transformative impact on IT operations. MORE
* The Wiz: [link] 200518_2J_70c5f6c1c92a1cd436e525ac2b895f51 200518_AY_290d20f93c0e4b469e0bbe60a63f678e 200518_8F_49cb76e22485f51fad729e085a8bd08e 200518_4W_7d70995268b4aa4f495304063d449ae3&thumbSize=150&ival=100&end=all * harry.is: [link] --> For the most part, web fonts nowadays are faster than ever. MORE
MongoDB has the most advanced continuous performance testing I know about. It quite could be that some other companies have something interesting too – but they are not sharing that. Another interesting project in that area is keptn , but that is about it. MORE
I am pleased to share that the AWS Asia Pacific (Osaka) Region has transitioned from a Local Region into a standard region with three Availability Zones (AZs), a broader (and growing) service portfolio, free tier option, and new pricing options. MORE
Dynatrace news. Monitoring and observability are important topics for any developer, architect, or Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), and this holds true independent of the language or runtime of choice. MORE
In the second and final part of our mysqldump best practices we will talk about how to handle the migration and import for stored program objects and views from your MySQL database. MORE
Dynatrace news. The 2014 launch of AWS Lambda marked a milestone in how organizations use cloud services to deliver their applications more efficiently, by running functions at the edge of the cloud without the cost and operational overhead of on-premises servers. What is AWS Lambda? MORE
Dynatrace news. I am delighted to share, Dynatrace has been named a Leader for the 11 th consecutive time in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring (APM) report. MORE
If you’re hosting your databases in the cloud, choosing the right cloud service provider is a significant decision to make for your long-term hosting costs. This is especially apparent in today’s world where organizations are doing whatever they can to optimize and reduce their costs. MORE
If you are in the world of software development, you must be aware of Node.js. From Amazon to LinkedIn, a plethora of major websites use Node.js. Powered by JavaScript, Node.js can run on a server, and a majority of devs use it for enterprise applications. MORE
How can the difference between two Linux core dumps be identified and why would this even come up? This is going to be lengthy, but will hopefully give you your answer to both of those questions. The Case for Comparing Core Dumps. MORE
I am looking forward to share my thoughts on ‘Reinventing Performance Testing’ at the imPACt performance and capacity conference by CMG held on November 7-10, 2016 in La Jolla, CA. I decided to publish a few parts here to see if anything triggers a discussion. It would be published as separate posts: – Introduction (a short teaser). – Cloud. – Agile. Continuous Integration (this post). – New Architectures. – New Technologies. MORE
I am looking forward to share my thoughts on ‘Reinventing Performance Testing’ at the imPACt performance and capacity conference by CMG held on November 7-10, 2016 in La Jolla, CA. I decided to publish a few parts here to see if anything triggers a discussion. It would be published as separate posts: – Introduction (a short teaser). – Cloud. – Agile. – Continuous Integration. New Architectures (this post). – New Technologies. MORE
I am looking forward to share my thoughts on ‘Reinventing Performance Testing’ at the imPACt performance and capacity conference by CMG held on November 7-10, 2016 in La Jolla, CA. I decided to publish a few parts here to see if anything triggers a discussion. It would be published as separate posts: – Introduction (a short teaser). – Cloud. Agile (this post). – Continuous Integration. – New Architectures. – New Technologies. MORE
There was a rather heated discussion around A Context-Driven Approach to Automation in Testing by James Bach and Michael Bolton (referred below as the article and the authors – other references would be explicit). Here are a couple of places where it got fiercely attacked Reviewing “Context Driven Approach to Automation in Testing” by Chris McMahon. and Open letter to “CDT Test Automation” reviewers as well as in many other different places. MORE
Dynatrace news. In February 2021, Dynatrace announced full support for Google’s Core Web Vitals metrics , which will help site owners as they start optimizing Core Web Vitals performance for SEO. This is good news if you’ve been tasked with leading a Core Web Vitals SEO project. MORE
I am very excited by the upcoming CMG imPACt performance and capacity conference. This year it would be held on November 6-9, 2017 in New Orleans, LA. It is only such vendor-neutral, 4-day, 5-track conference devoted completely to performance, capacity, scalability, and adjacent topics. It is organized by CMG (Computer Measurement Group) , a not-for-profit, worldwide organization of performance and capacity planning professionals. MORE
I am looking forward to share my thoughts on ‘Reinventing Performance Testing’ at the imPACt performance and capacity conference by CMG held on November 7-10, 2016 in La Jolla, CA. I decided to publish a few parts here to see if anything triggers a discussion. It would be published as separate posts: – Introduction (a short teaser). – Cloud. – Agile. – Continuous Integration. – New Architectures. New Technologies (this post). MORE
An interesting discussion started around a very good post Open Source Load Testing Tool Review by Ragnar Lönn. Somehow the latest comment, which I got in my e-mail, didn’t get published. So I decided to copy the discussion as is and publish the comment (and my answer) here. Check the original post (as well as many other great posts) following the link above – but the discussion below is somewhat independent. MORE
I was honored to write a preface to the great new book Master Apache JMeter. From load testing to DevOps. Here it is: An important event, directly related to this book, happened recently and probably went unnoticed. It appears that Apache JMeter became the most popular load testing tool. In 2014, I was preparing a presentation about load testing tools and criteria for their selection. One criterion was the existence of ecosystem (documents, expertise, people, services, etc). MORE
Dynatrace news. User experience now defines website success. Ben Rushlo, Dynatrace Vice President of DEM Services, puts it this way: “As performance degrades, user experience degrades, engagement degrades, and business outcomes degrade.” ” The solution? MORE
One software vendor ask me, along with a few other performance professionals, to answer questions related to performance trends. But they changed their mind and never published it – leaving me to contemplate which particular thought they didn’t like… Well, here are their questions and my answers: What do you think is the “next big thing in performance” – or what should we all keep an eye out for in 2018? MORE
Guest Post by Wendy Dessler. Source- Pixabay. When trying to develop a new piece of software or an app, one of the first things a developer has to do is pick a programming language. For years, the debate has raged on regarding which programming language is better, Java or Scala. While some argue that just because Java is older it is better, others believe Scala is better for a variety of reasons. In essence, Java is classified as an object oriented programming language. MORE
Auditing in information technology (IT) is a process of examining an organization’s IT infrastructure to ensure compliance with the requirements imposed by recognized standards or established policies. MORE
Life of a Netflix Partner Engineer?—?The The case of the extra 40 ms By: John Blair , Netflix Partner Engineering The Netflix application runs on hundreds of smart TVs, streaming sticks and pay TV set top boxes. MORE
Greenplum Database is a massively parallel processing (MPP) SQL database that is built and based on PostgreSQL. MORE
Introduction. Lately, while working on a new project, I had a chance to think about the proper way to handle control flow. As all developers might know well, the most common approaches used are try-catch and if-else. So far, I haven't thought deeply about the difference between these two. MORE
My post Good Times for Load Testing was published in 2014. It is difficult to believe that 5 years passed… Are times still good for load testing? Well, yes and no. I am not so upbeat as I was in 2014. If we speak about commercial load testing tools, we see rather a shrinking market and not too much innovation recently. MORE
Dynatrace news. What is going to happen to those companies that don’t invest [in digital transformation] and is the demand still going to be there in five years’ time for brick-and-mortar organizations? MORE
Some time ago Federico Toledo published Performance Testing with Open Source Tools- Busting The Myths. While Federico definitely has good points there, there is some truth in these myths too. Otherwise we wouldn’t see so many commercial tools built on the top of open source including BlazeMeter (it is ironic that the article is posted on the BlazeMeter site), Flood, and OctoPerf. MORE
Dynatrace news. As more and more consumers are using mobile apps to engage with their favorite brands and services, the expectation that businesses provide a perfect mobile experience 24/7 also increases. MORE
Introduction. Today, the demand for software is higher than ever. Lines of code govern almost everything we do in our day-to-day activities. The way we buy, the way we sell, even the way we communicate. In 2019, according to Evans Data Corporation, there were 23.9 million developers worldwide. MORE
15 years is a long time in the world of technology. Back when S3 launched on March 14, 2006 (also known as “Pi Day” to some), iPhones didn’t exist, neither did tweets or likes, Facebook was still only used by a few colleges and universities, and you couldn’t hail a ride or order lunch with an app. MORE
Dynatrace news. While today’s IT world continues the shift toward treating everything as a service, many organizations need to keep their environments under strict control while managing their infrastructure themselves on-premises. The monitoring challenges of on-premises environments. MORE
Following up my post Are Times still Good for Load Testing? , I decided to answer multiple comments here separately. First, I’d like to elaborate on “It may be less need for simple load testing due to increased scale and sophistication of systems” I meant that the traditional way – testing the system before deploying in production using production-type workload – is not the only way anymore. MORE
Dynatrace news. Recently, after an unusual year for most, Dynatrace was joined by Grant Hedley, from Laithwaite’s, and a range of customers and prospects from the financial services and media industries for a return to normality – Drinking wine. MORE
By Michelle Brenner Netflix is poised to become the world’s most prolific producer of visual effects and original animated content. To meet that demand, we need to attract the world’s best artistic talent. MORE
Mysqldump is a client utility that is used to perform logical backups of the MySQL database. This popular migration tool is useful for various use cases of MySQL such as: Backup and restore of databases. Migrating data from one server to another. MORE
Alex Podelko
APRIL 18, 2021
MongoDB has the most advanced continuous performance testing I know about. It quite could be that some other companies have something interesting too – but they are not sharing that. Another interesting project in that area is keptn , but that is about it.
Alex Podelko
FEBRUARY 28, 2021
As I started to work for MongoDB, I started to get questions about MongoDB performance. We do have a lot of great resources that can help with MongoDB performance. First of all, it is MongoDB and Atlas documentation: Performance , Monitoring , and Query Optimization.
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Alex Podelko
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
Some time ago Federico Toledo published Performance Testing with Open Source Tools- Busting The Myths. While Federico definitely has good points there, there is some truth in these myths too. Otherwise we wouldn’t see so many commercial tools built on the top of open source including BlazeMeter (it is ironic that the article is posted on the BlazeMeter site), Flood, and OctoPerf.
Alex Podelko
AUGUST 18, 2019
Following up my post Are Times still Good for Load Testing? , I decided to answer multiple comments here separately. First, I’d like to elaborate on “It may be less need for simple load testing due to increased scale and sophistication of systems” I meant that the traditional way – testing the system before deploying in production using production-type workload – is not the only way anymore.
Alex Podelko
JUNE 12, 2019
My post Good Times for Load Testing was published in 2014. It is difficult to believe that 5 years passed… Are times still good for load testing? Well, yes and no. I am not so upbeat as I was in 2014. If we speak about commercial load testing tools, we see rather a shrinking market and not too much innovation recently.
Alex Podelko
DECEMBER 19, 2019
The CMG Impact conference (February 10-12, 2020 in Las Vegas) is coming. Looking at the program I have the same problem as I always had with CMG conferences – how could I attend all the sessions I want considering that we have multiple tracks? Even when I took out the sessions that don’t directly cover the topics of my primary interests as well as mainframe-specific presentations, I ended up with 21 sessions in 2.5
Alex Podelko
NOVEMBER 21, 2018
I was honored to write a preface to the great new book Master Apache JMeter. From load testing to DevOps. Here it is: An important event, directly related to this book, happened recently and probably went unnoticed. It appears that Apache JMeter became the most popular load testing tool. In 2014, I was preparing a presentation about load testing tools and criteria for their selection. One criterion was the existence of ecosystem (documents, expertise, people, services, etc).
Alex Podelko
JULY 13, 2018
One software vendor ask me, along with a few other performance professionals, to answer questions related to performance trends. But they changed their mind and never published it – leaving me to contemplate which particular thought they didn’t like… Well, here are their questions and my answers: What do you think is the “next big thing in performance” – or what should we all keep an eye out for in 2018?
Alex Podelko
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
Guest Post by Wendy Dessler. Source- Pixabay. When trying to develop a new piece of software or an app, one of the first things a developer has to do is pick a programming language. For years, the debate has raged on regarding which programming language is better, Java or Scala. While some argue that just because Java is older it is better, others believe Scala is better for a variety of reasons. In essence, Java is classified as an object oriented programming language.
Alex Podelko
OCTOBER 3, 2017
I am very excited by the upcoming CMG imPACt performance and capacity conference. This year it would be held on November 6-9, 2017 in New Orleans, LA. It is only such vendor-neutral, 4-day, 5-track conference devoted completely to performance, capacity, scalability, and adjacent topics. It is organized by CMG (Computer Measurement Group) , a not-for-profit, worldwide organization of performance and capacity planning professionals.
Alex Podelko
AUGUST 15, 2017
An interesting discussion started around a very good post Open Source Load Testing Tool Review by Ragnar Lönn. Somehow the latest comment, which I got in my e-mail, didn’t get published. So I decided to copy the discussion as is and publish the comment (and my answer) here. Check the original post (as well as many other great posts) following the link above – but the discussion below is somewhat independent.
Alex Podelko
OCTOBER 28, 2016
I am looking forward to share my thoughts on ‘Reinventing Performance Testing’ at the imPACt performance and capacity conference by CMG held on November 7-10, 2016 in La Jolla, CA. I decided to publish a few parts here to see if anything triggers a discussion. It would be published as separate posts: – Introduction (a short teaser). – Cloud. – Agile. – Continuous Integration. – New Architectures. New Technologies (this post).
Alex Podelko
OCTOBER 20, 2016
I am looking forward to share my thoughts on ‘Reinventing Performance Testing’ at the imPACt performance and capacity conference by CMG held on November 7-10, 2016 in La Jolla, CA. I decided to publish a few parts here to see if anything triggers a discussion. It would be published as separate posts: – Introduction (a short teaser). – Cloud. – Agile. – Continuous Integration. New Architectures (this post). – New Technologies.
Alex Podelko
OCTOBER 18, 2016
I am looking forward to share my thoughts on ‘Reinventing Performance Testing’ at the imPACt performance and capacity conference by CMG held on November 7-10, 2016 in La Jolla, CA. I decided to publish a few parts here to see if anything triggers a discussion. It would be published as separate posts: – Introduction (a short teaser). – Cloud. – Agile. Continuous Integration (this post). – New Architectures. – New Technologies.
Alex Podelko
OCTOBER 13, 2016
I am looking forward to share my thoughts on ‘Reinventing Performance Testing’ at the imPACt performance and capacity conference by CMG held on November 7-10, 2016 in La Jolla, CA. I decided to publish a few parts here to see if anything triggers a discussion. It would be published as separate posts: – Introduction (a short teaser). – Cloud. Agile (this post). – Continuous Integration. – New Architectures. – New Technologies.
Scalegrid
APRIL 9, 2021
In the second and final part of our mysqldump best practices we will talk about how to handle the migration and import for stored program objects and views from your MySQL database.
Scalegrid
JANUARY 14, 2021
Auditing in information technology (IT) is a process of examining an organization’s IT infrastructure to ensure compliance with the requirements imposed by recognized standards or established policies.
All Things Distributed
MARCH 23, 2021
15 years is a long time in the world of technology. Back when S3 launched on March 14, 2006 (also known as “Pi Day” to some), iPhones didn’t exist, neither did tweets or likes, Facebook was still only used by a few colleges and universities, and you couldn’t hail a ride or order lunch with an app.
CSS Wizardry
MAY 19, 2020
* The Wiz: [link] 200518_2J_70c5f6c1c92a1cd436e525ac2b895f51 200518_AY_290d20f93c0e4b469e0bbe60a63f678e 200518_8F_49cb76e22485f51fad729e085a8bd08e 200518_4W_7d70995268b4aa4f495304063d449ae3&thumbSize=150&ival=100&end=all * harry.is: [link] --> For the most part, web fonts nowadays are faster than ever.
The Netflix TechBlog
MARCH 8, 2021
By Michelle Brenner Netflix is poised to become the world’s most prolific producer of visual effects and original animated content. To meet that demand, we need to attract the world’s best artistic talent.
Dynatrace
APRIL 21, 2021
Dynatrace news. In February 2021, Dynatrace announced full support for Google’s Core Web Vitals metrics , which will help site owners as they start optimizing Core Web Vitals performance for SEO. This is good news if you’ve been tasked with leading a Core Web Vitals SEO project.
The Netflix TechBlog
MARCH 10, 2021
ConsoleMe: A Central Control Plane for AWS Permissions and Access By Curtis Castrapel , Patrick Sanders , and Hee Won Kim At AWS re:Invent 2020, we open sourced two new tools for managing multi-account AWS permissions and access.
Dynatrace
APRIL 19, 2021
Dynatrace news. I am delighted to share, Dynatrace has been named a Leader for the 11 th consecutive time in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring (APM) report.
Dynatrace
APRIL 5, 2021
Dynatrace news. The 2014 launch of AWS Lambda marked a milestone in how organizations use cloud services to deliver their applications more efficiently, by running functions at the edge of the cloud without the cost and operational overhead of on-premises servers. What is AWS Lambda?
Scalegrid
APRIL 28, 2020
If you’re hosting your databases in the cloud, choosing the right cloud service provider is a significant decision to make for your long-term hosting costs. This is especially apparent in today’s world where organizations are doing whatever they can to optimize and reduce their costs.
Scalegrid
DECEMBER 16, 2020
Mysqldump is a client utility that is used to perform logical backups of the MySQL database. This popular migration tool is useful for various use cases of MySQL such as: Backup and restore of databases. Migrating data from one server to another.
All Things Distributed
MARCH 1, 2021
I am pleased to share that the AWS Asia Pacific (Osaka) Region has transitioned from a Local Region into a standard region with three Availability Zones (AZs), a broader (and growing) service portfolio, free tier option, and new pricing options.
Dynatrace
APRIL 21, 2021
Dynatrace news. User experience now defines website success. Ben Rushlo, Dynatrace Vice President of DEM Services, puts it this way: “As performance degrades, user experience degrades, engagement degrades, and business outcomes degrade.” ” The solution?
DZone
MARCH 19, 2021
If you are in the world of software development, you must be aware of Node.js. From Amazon to LinkedIn, a plethora of major websites use Node.js. Powered by JavaScript, Node.js can run on a server, and a majority of devs use it for enterprise applications.
The Netflix TechBlog
DECEMBER 14, 2020
Life of a Netflix Partner Engineer?—?The The case of the extra 40 ms By: John Blair , Netflix Partner Engineering The Netflix application runs on hundreds of smart TVs, streaming sticks and pay TV set top boxes.
DZone
APRIL 21, 2021
How can the difference between two Linux core dumps be identified and why would this even come up? This is going to be lengthy, but will hopefully give you your answer to both of those questions. The Case for Comparing Core Dumps.
Dynatrace
APRIL 13, 2021
Dynatrace news. If you’re a Dynatrace administrator who’s responsible for installing and updating OneAgent or ActiveGate instances or you’re simply interested in learning how to get new functionality from Dynatrace as soon as possible, this blog post is for you.
Dynatrace
APRIL 15, 2021
Dynatrace news. Recently, after an unusual year for most, Dynatrace was joined by Grant Hedley, from Laithwaite’s, and a range of customers and prospects from the financial services and media industries for a return to normality – Drinking wine.
Scalegrid
MAY 13, 2020
Greenplum Database is a massively parallel processing (MPP) SQL database that is built and based on PostgreSQL.
Dynatrace
APRIL 1, 2021
Dynatrace news. Consumer demand for digital services has soared in the past year, steeply accelerating a trend that was already well underway.
DZone
APRIL 16, 2021
Introduction. Today, the demand for software is higher than ever. Lines of code govern almost everything we do in our day-to-day activities. The way we buy, the way we sell, even the way we communicate. In 2019, according to Evans Data Corporation, there were 23.9 million developers worldwide.
DZone
APRIL 5, 2021
Introduction. Lately, while working on a new project, I had a chance to think about the proper way to handle control flow. As all developers might know well, the most common approaches used are try-catch and if-else. So far, I haven't thought deeply about the difference between these two.
Dynatrace
APRIL 16, 2021
Dynatrace news. Monitoring and observability are important topics for any developer, architect, or Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), and this holds true independent of the language or runtime of choice.
Dynatrace
APRIL 8, 2021
Dynatrace news. Our customers use Dynatrace to transform and improve the way they work. The Dynatrace Software Intelligence Platform provides automatic and intelligent observability for multiple teams across development, operations, and line of business.
Dynatrace
MARCH 22, 2021
Dynatrace news. While today’s IT world continues the shift toward treating everything as a service, many organizations need to keep their environments under strict control while managing their infrastructure themselves on-premises. The monitoring challenges of on-premises environments.
Dynatrace
APRIL 8, 2021
Dynatrace news. As more and more consumers are using mobile apps to engage with their favorite brands and services, the expectation that businesses provide a perfect mobile experience 24/7 also increases.
Dynatrace
MARCH 16, 2021
Dynatrace news. According to Gartner , “the long-term impact of AIOps on IT operations will be transformative.” ” AIOps will have a long-term and transformative impact on IT operations.
Dynatrace
APRIL 20, 2021
Dynatrace news. What is going to happen to those companies that don’t invest [in digital transformation] and is the demand still going to be there in five years’ time for brick-and-mortar organizations?
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