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? That’s exactly what Google, Amazon, and Meta are doing today. They start to collect robber baron rents.

Social Media 108

Social Media Google Internet Internet 108

Dynatrace

DECEMBER 16, 2021

In this article, we’ll answer some of the most frequently asked questions about the Log4Shell vulnerability, and continue to add on as new questions come up. In the consumer sector, Log4j 2 can also be found in network-enabled storage and smart home equipment, which users should disconnect from the Internet until updates are available.

Internet 261

Internet Internet Games Java 261

Percona

MAY 29, 2023

With the Percona Operators, businesses can manage multi-cloud or hybrid-cloud PostgreSQL deployments with ease, ensuring that critical data is always available and secure, no matter what happens. In this article, you will learn how to set up disaster recovery with Percona Operator for PostgreSQL version 2.

Storage 124

Storage Cloud Network Traffic 124

Scalegrid

MAY 13, 2020

Greenplum interconnect is the networking layer of the architecture, and manages communication between the Greenplum segments and master host network infrastructure. Here are the two different database management and support options available for Greenplum: ScaleGrid for Greenplum® Database – Open Source Version.

Big Data 321

Big Data Database Artificial Intelligence Open Source 321

Scalegrid

JANUARY 12, 2024

This article analyzes cloud workloads, delving into their forms, functions, and how they influence the cost and efficiency of your cloud infrastructure. All rely heavily on utilizing allocated portions from existing pools made available through specific providers as part of their service offerings.

Cloud 130

Cloud Virtualization Storage Efficiency 130

Dean Hume

MAY 16, 2018

Have you ever been on a website and noticed a popup notification that suggests that there is a new version of the site available? I recently visited Google’s Inbox and noticed a notification a little like the image below. This article is a bit of a lengthy beast, so strap in tight and get comfy!

Availability 100

Availability Cache Code Google 100

Scalegrid

MARCH 14, 2024

This article will explore hybrid cloud benefits and steps to craft a plan that aligns with your unique business challenges. When delving into the networking aspect of a hybrid cloud deployment, complexities arise due to the requirement of linking or expanding existing on-premises network architectures into the cloud sphere.

Strategy 130

Strategy Cloud Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure 130

Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2021

I’ve written a few articles here before on Core Web Vitals, and am always interested to see what’s in their annual Web Performance Checklist. LCP, or Largest Contentful Paint , is one of the three Core Web Vitals that you must “pass” to get the full search ranking boost from Google as part of their Page Experience Update.

Google 143

Google Traffic Mobile Website 143

Smashing Magazine

MARCH 7, 2022

In my last article , I suggested using the SaveData API to deliver a different, more performant, experience to users that expressed that desire. In this article, I want to spend a bit more time on this, and also look at other signals we can similarly use to help us make decisions on what to load on our websites. Barry Pollard.

Website 103

Website Media Mobile Network 103

O'Reilly

APRIL 30, 2024

By Rufus Rock , UCL ; Tim O’Reilly , UCL ; Ilan Strauss , UCL ; and Mariana Mazzucato , UCL This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Together, these factors influence how strong the network effects and economies of scale and scope are in a market, including the rewards to market dominance.

Social Media 88

Social Media Artificial Intelligence Innovation Logistics 88

Dean Hume

JULY 30, 2018

Without fail, there is this spot along the line where my network connection drops from a clear 4G signal to a 2G signal at best. This is where the Network Information API aims to change things. There are a number of use cases for the Network Information API. My journey to and from work involves a small journey on a train.

Network 40

Network Speed Google Mobile 40

Dean Hume

JULY 30, 2018

Without fail, there is this spot along the line where my network connection drops from a clear 4G signal to a 2G signal at best. This is where the Network Information API aims to change things. There are a number of use cases for the Network Information API. My journey to and from work involves a small journey on a train.

Network 40

Network Speed Google Mobile 40

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2022

Essentially, a web vital is a quality standard for UX and web performance set by Google. It measures the web performance of a single page using Google PageSpeed Insights. Network and CPU are throttled for lab data tests for more realistic conditions. The audits can be performed across various devices and network conditions.

Performance 130

Performance Benchmarking Website Metrics 130

CSS Wizardry

MARCH 28, 2022

The important thing to note here is that Google doesn’t care how you get to LCP, as long as you get there fast. Google doesn’t (currently) care about your TTFB, but a good TTFB is going to help get closer to a good LCP. For the purposes of this article, I built a series of reduced demos showing how each of the LCP types behave.

Virtualization 330

Virtualization Google Metrics Testing 330

Smashing Magazine

APRIL 19, 2021

Google has announced that from 1st May, they will start to consider “Page Experience” as part of Search ranking , as measured by a set of metrics called Core Web Vitals. even the Google tools like PageSpeed Insights and the Core Web Vitals report in Google Search Console seem to give confusing information. Barry Pollard.

Google 140

Google Metrics Mobile Analytics 140

Smashing Magazine

MAY 5, 2021

Here’s another article about reducing JavaScript dependencies and the bundle size sent to the client. This article is about a couple of things that Bookaway faced and we (as a company in the traveling industry) managed to optimize our pages, so that the HTML we send is smaller. Both for Google bots (SEO) and to actual clients.

Google 110

Google Architecture Servers Speed 110

Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Preparing For Interaction To Next Paint, A New Web Core Vital Preparing For Interaction To Next Paint, A New Web Core Vital Geoff Graham 2023-12-07T21:00:00+00:00 2023-12-08T00:07:18+00:00 This article is sponsored by DebugBear There’s a change coming to the Core Web Vitals lineup. That’s what this article is all about.

Traffic 94

Traffic Metrics Google Monitoring 94

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Kubernetes Dashboard as a part of a comprehensive monitoring solution This article introduces the key building blocks to consider when designing your Kubernetes monitoring solution. A wide range of monitoring products with distinct functions, alerting methods, and integrations are available. The Kubernetes experience.

Virtualization 161

Virtualization Infrastructure Monitoring Cloud 161

Percona

APRIL 12, 2023

We’re equally convinced on both counts, but in this blog article, we’re focusing on why MongoDB is not open source. Let’s start with this: MongoDB is accurately referred to as source-available software. We agree with the OSI’s determination that any software under the SSPL cannot be open source.

Open Source 85

Open Source Programming Database Servers 85

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 10, 2023

Running A Page Speed Test: Monitoring vs. Measuring Running A Page Speed Test: Monitoring vs. Measuring Geoff Graham 2023-08-10T08:00:00+00:00 2023-08-10T12:35:05+00:00 This article is sponsored by DebugBear There is no shortage of ways to measure the speed of a webpage. Lighthouse results. Real usage data would be better, of course.

Speed 81

Speed Monitoring Testing Network 81

Scalegrid

JANUARY 8, 2024

This article delves into the specifics of how AI optimizes cloud efficiency, ensures scalability, and reinforces security, providing a glimpse at its transformative role without giving away extensive details. Exploring artificial intelligence in cloud computing reveals a game-changing synergy.

Artificial Intelligence 147

Artificial Intelligence Cloud Scalability Analytics 147

Speed Curve

MARCH 7, 2022

But pages keep getting bigger and more complex year over year – and this increasing size and complexity is not fully mitigated by faster devices and networks, or by our hard-working browsers. How does page bloat affect other metrics, such as Google's Core Web Vitals? This falls short of Google's threshold of 2.5

Mobile 145

Mobile Benchmarking Google Metrics 145

CSS Wizardry

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Historically, I’d maybe look at Google Analytics—or a RUM solution if the client had one already—but this is only useful for showing me particular outliers, and not necessarily any patterns across the whole project. In a separate sheet—available at the same link as before —I’ve simply graphed the data by page type. See entry 6.

Speed 292

Speed Ecommerce Metrics Analytics 292

Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

That was when I first got to witness the power of network headers. This article focuses on various approaches to modify headers in a Selenium automation setup. This is only available as a Python module. There are tools like Requestly which is a one-stop tool to debug & modify network requests. Adding Request Headers.

Testing 99

Testing Network Website Google 99

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

Assets Optimizations Brotli, AVIF, WebP, responsive images, AV1, adaptive media loding, video compression, web fonts, Google fonts. Networking, HTTP/2, HTTP/3 OCSP stapling, EV/DV certificates, packaging, IPv6, QUIC, HTTP/3. You can download the spreadsheet as Google Sheets, Excel, OpenOffice document or CSV. Large preview ).

Performance 145

Performance Cache Media Metrics 145

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 25, 2022

This article is sponsored by imgix. How do I account for different network speeds in different environments? This solution is fine when network speeds are fast, but it can be problematic when network speeds are not fast (or fluctuate). Doug Sillars. 2022-08-25T08:00:00+00:00. 2022-08-25T13:03:51+00:00.

Media 106

Media Speed Network Analytics 106

Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 23, 2020

However, let’s take a step further and learn how to deploy modern qualities to PWAs, such as offline functionality, network-based optimizing, cross-device user experience, SEO capabilities, and non-intrusive notifications and requests. The following qualities are considered great additions to the basic PWA by Google developers.

Cache 123

Cache Internet Internet Google 123

Scalegrid

MARCH 22, 2024

In this article, we will explain the multi-cloud challenges and explain how using multiple cloud services can make your business more adaptable, ensure that your operations continue without interruption, and help you control your spending.

Strategy 130

Strategy Cloud Government Innovation 130

CSS - Tricks

APRIL 1, 2021

Google’s industry benchmarks from 2018 also provide a striking breakdown of how each second of loading affects bounce rates. Source: Google /SOASTA Research, 2018. Speed is also something Google considers when ranking your website placement on mobile. The code for the site is available on GitHub for reference. Lighthouse.

Cache 92

Cache Social Media Media Website 92

Speed Curve

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Google recommends that TTFB be 800ms at the 75th percentile. The use of server-timing headers by content delivery networks closes a big gap. This data is available by enabling the mPulse behavior in property manager. For more years than I care to mention, I've been advising folks that their TTFB should be under 500ms.

Servers 57

Servers Cache Retail Benchmarking 57

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The Fight For The Main Thread The Fight For The Main Thread Geoff Graham 2023-10-24T18:00:00+00:00 2023-10-24T22:02:26+00:00 This article is sponsored by SpeedCurve Performance work is one of those things, as they say, that ought to happen in development. But does it need to be available immediately ? Analytics is a good example.

Google 90

Google Analytics Traffic Metrics 90

MachMetrics

APRIL 3, 2020

These authors are experts and many have a ton of additional articles and resources that you can check out. And if you absolutely have to have it on a device, most of them are available via Kindle as well. High Performance Web Sites: Essential Knowledge For Front-End Engineers. , and the Head Performance Engineer at Google.

Speed 85

Speed Performance Best Practices Website 85

KeyCDN

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Google Chrome is currently one of the most popular web browsers used by developers today. According to StatCounter , as of September 2019, Google Chrome holds 63.72% browser market share across the globe. What Are the Google Chrome DevTools? They provide developers deeper access into their web applications and the browser.

Google 85

Google Website Network Media 85

Dean Hume

MAY 16, 2018

Have you ever been on a website and noticed a popup notification that suggests that there is a new version of the site available? I recently visited Google’s Inbox and noticed a notification a little like the image below. This article is a bit of a lengthy beast, so strap in tight and get comfy!

Availability 40

Availability Cache Code Google 40

Dean Hume

MAY 16, 2018

Have you ever been on a website and noticed a popup notification that suggests that there is a new version of the site available? I recently visited Google’s Inbox and noticed a notification a little like the image below. This article is a bit of a lengthy beast, so strap in tight and get comfy!

Availability 40

Availability Cache Code Google 40

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2023

While paid marketing strategies like Google Ads play a part in our approach as well, enhancing our organic traffic remains a major priority. It was only in 2020, though, that Google shared its concept of Core Web Vitals and how it impacts SEO efforts. SEO is key to our success. Bookaway site search.

Performance 74

Performance Cache Traffic Metrics 74

Smashing Magazine

JULY 29, 2019

This article is part of a series in which I attempt to use the web under various constraints, representing a given demographic of user. Failing that, we are usually able to connect to home or public WiFi networks that are on fast broadband connections and have effectively unlimited data. As for mobile network connection type, 84.7%

Cache 96

Cache Google Mobile Network 96