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Real user monitoring vs. synthetic monitoring: Understanding best practices

Dynatrace

Data collected on page load events, for example, can include navigation start (when performance begins to be measured), request start (right before the user makes a request from the server), and speed index metrics (measure page load speed). For example, the ability to test against a wireless provider in a remote area.

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A 5G future

O'Reilly

The most obvious change 5G might bring about isn’t to cell phones but to local networks, whether at home or in the office. Back in the 1980s, Nicholas Negroponte said everything wired will become wireless, and everything wireless will become wired. High-speed networks through 5G may represent the next generation of cord cutting.

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The Paradox of Connection

Edge Perspectives

We're seeing the exponential growth of a broad range of digital technologies that are connecting us globally at a speed and scale that would have been unimaginable a few decades ago. The foundation is a digital infrastructure that is exponentially improving in terms of processing power, storage capability and transmission speed.

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Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability For June 29th, 2018

High Scalability

Quirky : Thus there is a tradeoff: separateness enables inventors to create heterodox ideas, but strong cohesive networks are likely to be better for getting them implemented. Mark Lapedus : Costs of developing a complex chip could run as high as $1.5B, while power/performance benefits are likely to decrease.

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HTTP/3: Performance Improvements (Part 2)

Smashing Magazine

As we will see, QUIC and HTTP/3 indeed have great web performance potential, but mainly for users on slow networks. If your average visitor is on a fast cabled or cellular network, they probably won’t benefit from the new protocols all that much. A Primer on Speed. Congestion Control.

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Generative AI in the Enterprise

O'Reilly

AI isn’t yet at the point where it can write as well as an experienced human, but if your company needs catalog descriptions for hundreds of items, speed may be more important than brilliant prose. The same thing happened to networking 20 or 25 years ago: wiring an office or a house for ethernet used to be a big deal.

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HTTP/3: Practical Deployment Options (Part 3)

Smashing Magazine

Next, we’ll look at how to set up servers and clients (that’s the hard part unless you’re using a content delivery network (CDN)). Using just a few (but still more than one), however, could nicely balance congestion growth with better performance, especially on high-speed networks. Servers and Networks.

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