All Things Distributed

APRIL 20, 2021

I recently posted about Amazon S3 and how it’s evolved over the last 15 years since we launched the service in 2006 as “storage for the internet.” ” We built S3 because we knew customers wanted to store backups, videos, and images for applications like e-commerce web sites.

Internet 218

Internet Internet Storage Design 218

Brendan Gregg

JULY 4, 2021

It's an exciting time for developments in computer performance, not just for the BPF technology (which I often [write about]) but also for processors with 3D stacking and cloud vendor CPUs (e.g., This was a chance to talk about other things I've been working on, such as the present and future of hardware performance.

Performance 140

Performance Latency Hardware Storage 140

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

At USENIX SREcon22 APAC I gave the opening keynote on the future of computer performance, rounding up the latest developments and making predictions of where I see things heading. This talk originated from my updates to [Systems Performance 2nd Edition], and this was the first time I've given this talk in person! Or even on a plane.

Performance 110

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 110

The Morning Paper

OCTOBER 4, 2020

Understanding operational 5G: a first measurement study on its coverage, performance and energy consumption , Xu et al., Does 5G improve the end-user experience for applications (web browsing, and 4K+ video streaming)? Application performance. What about UHD video? SIGCOMM’20. The 5G network is operating at 3.5GHz).

Energy 130

Energy Latency Performance Network 130

MachMetrics

OCTOBER 16, 2019

A lot of coverage on this project is centered (rightfully) around the potential of this project to deliver fast internet to underdeveloped nations at a minimal cost. Starlink’s Goal: Reduce Internet Latency. The post SpaceX Spending $10 Billion to Make the Internet 20ms Faster appeared first on MachMetrics Speed Blog.

Internet 44

Internet Internet Latency Speed 44

Dynatrace

DECEMBER 27, 2022

When organizations implement SLOs, they can improve software development processes and application performance. SLOs can be a great way for DevOps and infrastructure teams to use data and performance expectations to make decisions, such as whether to release and where engineers should focus their time. SLOs improve software quality.

Software 262

Software Software Benchmarking Latency 262

Rigor

JUNE 12, 2019

“The Best in Performance” video series from Rigor gives you the chance to eavesdrop on conversations with web performance industry experts, thought leaders, and technologists. Listen in as they talk about current trends, challenges, and lessons that impact the APM and performance space today. Mythbusting. Lessons learned.

Performance 72

Performance Social Media Internet Internet 72

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

At USENIX SREcon22 APAC I gave the opening keynote on the future of computer performance, rounding up the latest developments and making predictions of where I see things heading. This talk originated from my updates to Systems Performance 2nd Edition , and this was the first time I've given this talk in person!

Performance 52

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 52

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2019

How Improving Website Performance Can Help Save The Planet. How Improving Website Performance Can Help Save The Planet. You may not think about it often, but the Internet uses a colossal amount of electricity. Jack Lenox. 2019-01-15T13:30:32+01:00. 2019-04-29T18:34:58+00:00. This electricity needs to be produced somewhere.

Website Performance 73

Website Performance Website Energy Performance 73

Brendan Gregg

JULY 4, 2021

It's an exciting time for developments in computer performance, not just for the BPF technology (which I often [write about]) but also for processors with 3D stacking and cloud vendor CPUs (e.g., This was a chance to talk about other things I've been working on, such as the present and future of hardware performance.

Performance 52

Performance Latency Hardware Storage 52

Testsigma

MAY 5, 2021

To ensure the features run uniformly across various browsers and OS versions that our users have, we should perform multi-browser testing. You can also check out our post on the most common issues one can face while performing browser compatibility tests. Let us understand the importance of multi-browser testing before we proceed.

Testing Tools 74

Testing Tools Testing Internet Internet 74

Rigor

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Reading time 16 min Whether you’re a web performance expert, an evangelist for the culture of performance, a web engineer incorporating performance into your process, or someone new to the web performance entirely, you probably identify as curious, excited about new ideas, and always learning. Rick Byers.

Performance 89

Performance Education Google Website 89

All Things Distributed

MARCH 11, 2015

For example many of the Internet of Things innovations that we have seen come to life in the past years on AWS all have a significant analytics components to it. Cloud Analytics enable the Industrial Internet of Things. Often when we think about the Internet of Things (IoT) we focus on what this will mean for the consumer.

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Analytics Cloud Healthcare Retail 135

Rigor

JUNE 20, 2019

“ The Best in Performance ” video series from Rigor gives you the chance to listen in on conversations with web performance industry experts, thought leaders, and technologists as they discuss current trends, challenges, and lessons that impact the APM and performance space today. Setting expectations around performance.

Performance 45

Performance Social Media Metrics Monitoring 45

O'Reilly

MARCH 26, 2024

And the space is moving quickly: SORA , OpenAI’s text-to-video model, is yet to be released and has already taken the world by storm. To zoom out again, we live in a society where mainstream journalism has been carved out and gutted by the internet, search, and social media.

Artificial Intelligence 110

Artificial Intelligence Social Media Google Internet 110

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Now, with viewers all over the world expecting flawless and high-definition streaming, video providers have their work cut out for them. Performing steps like switching from a single-CDN setup to a multi-CDN or separating strategies for content types can make the benefits twofold! Those days are long gone.

Architecture 52

Architecture Performance Internet Internet 52

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Now, with viewers all over the world expecting flawless and high-definition streaming, video providers have their work cut out for them. Performing steps like switching from a single-CDN setup to a multi-CDN or separating strategies for content types can make the benefits twofold! Those days are long gone.

Architecture 52

Architecture Performance Internet Internet 52

High Scalability

JANUARY 4, 2019

Sometimes 15GB+ updates to video games are in fact necessary and unavoidable 2. copyconstruct : "GPUs will increase 1000× in performance by 2025, whereas Moore’s law for CPUs essentially is dead. @scalzi : So, things I've learned in the last few days: 1. I still hate it but UGH OKAY FINE I guess. So many more quotes.

Internet 29

Internet Internet Scalability Healthcare 29

Tech News Gather

MARCH 22, 2022

Yes, an excess of anything is indeed bad but according to a survey, it is said that the person who plays mobile games or video games regularly with a time limit is more focused and physically active in their daily life. Here are the several benefits of gaming: Gaming can Develop better Social Skills. Gaming Improves Mood.

Games 52

Games Mobile Internet Internet 52

Speed Curve

JANUARY 29, 2024

In the fourteen years that I've been working in the web performance industry, I've done a LOT of research, writing, and speaking about the psychology of page speed – in other words, why we crave fast, seamless online experiences. What does this finding mean in web performance terms?

Speed 133

Speed Website Mobile Cloud 133

MachMetrics

DECEMBER 12, 2019

The idea behind these UI decisions is that a badge would let a user know quickly if a site is loading slowly due to a problem on their end (network issue, internet is down, etc) or if the website is known to be built in a way that loads slowly. These are themes that are loaded with Javascript and stylesheets. Wrapping up and looking forward.

Google 86

Google Website Best Practices Internet 86

Speed Curve

JUNE 14, 2021

I’m delighted to be joining some of my favourite web performance people at SpeedCurve! I’ve been a full-time web performance consultant for around nine years. I’ve written a couple of books , spoken at conferences , and become an organiser of London’s Web Performance Meetup.

Retail 52

Retail Internet Internet Education 52

Dotcom-Montior

AUGUST 5, 2020

Page speed has been a key factor in Google’s ranking algorithm since 2010 , so it is essential to understand the various ways you can optimize your pages and why implementing synthetic monitoring can ensure your pages perform flawlessly and revenue isn’t lost. Find Your Performance Baseline. Optimize Your Pages.

Website 92

Website Speed Cache Traffic 92

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 27, 2021

In the late 1990s, marketing and advertising agencies saw the potential of eye-tracking for the Internet and started using the technology to analyze how people consume content online. For instance, Nielsen’s research conducted in 2006 showed that people read content on the Internet in an F-shaped pattern.

Mobile 112

Mobile Website Hardware Social Media 112

Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2020

It is a huge industry, with its own publications, thought leaders, podcasts, video series, and more. Size Up The Competition The internet is a big place. There’s no question that there exist bad websites that perform well, but more and more are weeded out with each update. This is the internet; you can do just about anything.

Engineering 131

Engineering Google Website Analytics 131

High Scalability

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

New topics range from additional workloads like video streaming, machine learning, and public cloud to specialized silicon accelerators, storage and network building blocks, and a revised discussion of data center power and cooling, and uptime.

Design 54

Design Education Google Internet 54

Testsigma

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Cross-browser testing is performed to be sure that your product is working as expected on the various device, platform, and browser (and their versions) combinations that your customers might be using. Internet-based. The testing needs in today’s world are dynamic and the test environment should complement this behaviour.

Cloud 96

Cloud Testing Infrastructure Internet 96

The Netflix TechBlog

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Say at Netflix that we run a test that aims to reduce some measure of latency, such as the delay between a member pressing play and video playback commencing. Given the variety of devices and internet connections that people use to access Netflix, there is a lot of natural variability in this metric across our users.

Testing 202

Testing Latency Metrics Innovation 202

Testsigma

MAY 6, 2021

They require internet connectivity and a browser to run on. We achieve this by performing web testing on mobile and desktop browser programs. . billion active internet users worldwide – 59.5 billion active internet users worldwide – 59.5 billion) accessed the internet via mobile devices.” percent (4.32

Mobile 52

Mobile Testing Website Internet 52

The Morning Paper

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

That connection could be peer-to-peer across devices, and doesn’t have to be over the Internet. If you have 2 minutes and 10 seconds available, it’s well worth watching this short video showing Trellis in action. ” Visualising document history is important (see the Trellis video!). It should support collaboration.

Cloud 83

Cloud Software Software Internet 83

O'Reilly

MAY 25, 2021

GPT-3 is essentially an auto-complete bot whose underlying Machine Learning (ML) model has been trained on vast quantities of text available on the Internet. Second, the free form text formats and protocols that we’re accustomed to may be too informal and error prone for capturing and reporting facts at Internet scale.

Social Media 138

Social Media Media Internet Internet 138

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 30, 2021

The Problem Of Unpredictable Performance. At the same time, we have a widening performance gap. Low-end phones on the other hand are getting cheaper , making the mobile internet accessible to demographics that previously maybe couldn’t afford it. The performance of the user’s device is completely unpredictable.

Games 145

Games Architecture Code C++ 145

Testsigma

OCTOBER 15, 2021

In general, most websites or web apps run into errors because of a solitary reason: solid cross-browser testing isn’t performed. When you perform cross-browser testing, you validate visual elements and ensure all functional and non-functional aspects of the website are consistent across different browsers.

Testing 52

Testing Testing Tools Analytics Website 52

Speed Curve

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Here at SpeedCurve, we are continually gathering detailed performance data from tens of thousands of web pages. This gives us a relatively unique opportunity to analyse and aggregate performance metrics to gain some interesting insights. The aim of almost any performance optimisation on the web is to improve the user experience.

Metrics 49

Metrics Performance Testing Testing Internet 49

Testsigma

MAY 2, 2020

functional testing reports, performance testing reports, regression testing reports, release certification reports. To improve the quality of remote testing work, try to automate the processes that would help other team members perform better. You need to keep yourself and your internet self safe and secure.

Testing 53

Testing Cloud Internet Internet 53

Alex Russell

JUNE 22, 2022

Past swings away from OS default browsers have hinged on the superior features , better performance , improved security , and adequate site compatibility that come from switching. Without the ability to differentiate on features, security, performance, and privacy, what's to sell? What are those mechanisms? A slightly different UI ?

Engineering 110

Engineering Traffic Government Google 110

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2021

A user unable to perform a task because something is broken will naturally face disappointment they could associate with your brand. Continue reading below ↓ Meet Smashing Online Workshops on front-end & UX , with practical takeaways, live sessions, video recordings and a friendly Q&A. More after jump! Error Equality.

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Network Engineering Monitoring Availability 145