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The psychology of site speed and human happiness

Speed Curve

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. In fairness, that was in the early 2000s, and site speed was barely on anyone's radar.

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Application vulnerabilities: Important lessons from the OWASP top 10 about application security risks

Dynatrace

Continuously monitor applications in runtime for known vulnerabilities and prioritize patching based on criticality: for example, adjacency to the internet and/or critical data. Continuously monitor environments for vulnerabilities in runtime.

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Why Page Speed Scores can be Dangerous

MachMetrics

All of the popular speed testing tools typically provide a page speed score along with their objective results. Google PageSpeed Insights has a their “Speed Score.” While these do have a purpose, most people use them incorrectly, in a way that can be dangerous to your real site speed. seconds to.27

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The Importance of Monitoring SSL Certificates

Dotcom-Montior

Usage. This monitors certificate usage to verify that intermediate certificates are not misused. . The aim is to deliver content on the internet in a faster and smoother way. CDNs essentially act as the backbone for high speed internet content delivery and performance. Why SSL Certificate Monitoring is Helpful.

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What is software automation? Optimize the software lifecycle with intelligent automation

Dynatrace

DevSecOps and ITOps teams can then perform tasks with accuracy at the speed a business requires. The core benefits of an AIOps-automated software analytics platform include the following: Infrastructure monitoring. Applications and microservices monitoring. Digital experience. Business analytics. Cloud automation.

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How the Great Firewall of China Affects Performance of Websites Outside of China

Dotcom-Montior

The Great Firewall of China, or as it’s officially called, the Golden Shield Project, is an internet censorship project to block people from accessing specific foreign websites. It is the world’s most advanced and extensive Internet censorship program. The How and What of The Great Firewall of China. Deep Packet Inspection.

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The Great Firewall of China: Obstacles to Monitoring Performance

Dotcom-Montior

The entire country of China’s internet connectivity is shielded by the Great Firewall (GFW). There are three state-owned ISP providers, China Unicom, China Telecom, and China Mobile , that control internet in China. The most recent technology automatically shuts internet off whenever blacklisted URLs are accessed.