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The Importance of Selecting the Proper Azure VM Size

SQL Performance

Memory optimized – High memory-to-CPU ratio, relational database servers, medium to large caches, and in-memory analytics. The common trend is to choose a VM based exclusively on vCPU, memory, and storage capacity without benchmarking the current IO and throughput requirements. Benchmark Test. Generation.

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An Opinionated Guide to Performance Budgets

Speed Curve

Throughout this post I've used examples from our public Industry Benchmarks dashboard , which I'd encourage you to check out so that you can explore these metrics on your own. Media sites are particularly guilty of this. Look at your own industry/competitor benchmarks and your own data! Is it loading?

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Introducing Page Speed Benchmarks – a new resource for the performance community

Speed Curve

What are some good sites I can use for benchmarking? Page Speed Benchmarks is an interactive dashboard that lets you explore and compare web performance data for leading websites across several industries – from retail to media. Identify sites you can use for your own competitive benchmarking. How awesome is that?!

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Web Performance Bookshelf

Rigor

When it comes to web content, you can easily find what you need through many different paths, from search engines and social media to playlists and blogs, jumping from one source to another with just a tap of a finger. Designing for Performance. High Performance Responsive Design. Complete Web Monitoring. Speed Up Your Site. Still good.

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Why is Wordpress Slow?

KeyCDN

Check out our performance benchmarks that we ran against WP Super Cache and W3 Total Cache. Occasionally, they are for adding functionalities like social media sharing, analytics, etc. It's a lightweight caching plugin for WordPress that makes your website faster by generating static HTML files.

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This week in review: GPUs, Zombies, Biomimicry and Tom Waits.

All Things Distributed

There was an excellent first benchmarking report of the Cluster GPU Instances by the folks at Cycle Computing - " A Couple More Nails in the Coffin of the Private Compute Cluster " The Top500 supercomputer list. Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics. The Amazon Web Services received ISO 27001 certification this week.

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The State Of Mobile And Why Mobile Web Testing Matters

Smashing Magazine

After all, when we look at our analytics, we will hardly find any customers browsing our sites or apps with a mid-range device on a flaky 3G connection. While a vast majority of the time is spent in just a few mobile apps, social media platforms provide a gateway to the web and your services — especially in education.

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