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10 Top Predictions for 2012
What is the IT crystal ball telling you about what’s hot in 2012? Shunra’s CEO Gary Jackson shares his 10 – no make those 11 – top projections in the IT world for this new year. It’s a tough market out there with the economy still muddling, but nonetheless, users expect faster responses and greater [...]
Continue reading...Real-world Performance Testing Explained
19. December 2011
I have heard every new generation of performance testers debate the same old things: What's the difference between load and stress testing? What's the definition of performance testing vs. load testing? What are all the different types of performance testing and when to conduct them? How is performance engineering different from performance testing?
Continue reading...Just a Second
19. December 2011
1001, 1002, 1003, 1004…. That didn’t take much time, what could have happened? Actually when it comes to mobile websites, those few seconds can have a major impact on your revenue. Look what happens to mobile users when a minimal delay in response time is introduced. How many users will leave a mobile site with [...]
Continue reading...SSL: Addressing Data Security in Application Performance Testing
19. December 2011
Federal organizations alike expend great effort to ensure the security and integrity of their digital data. When it comes to application testing and the ability to ensure applications will perform when deployed to the real-world, it is necessary to bring real-world conditions into the test lab. But, how can this be done with confidence in data security?
Continue reading...Etsy’s Mobile App – Attack of the Clones
23. November 2011
With the pre-holiday “how am I going to buy all those presents” panic in full swing, it was a relief to see that Etsy now has a mobile app for iOS. Considering how successful the Etsy website has been in marketing vintage and handicraft items, the accessibility of the mobile app should make finding gifts [...]
Continue reading...Fitfu for iPhone – Bigger, Stronger but not Faster
13. September 2011
If you’re looking for a fun way to stay in shape without going to the gym, take a look at FitFu. It’s an iPhone app that allows you to exercise at home with your iPhone, and while you’re buffing up you can also see how well your friends are doing. Lately, its developers announced that [...]
Continue reading...LinkedIn’s new mobile app considered wasteful
29. August 2011
Two weeks ago Linkedin released their new HTML5 based mobile app with much fanfare. For example see this article on VentureBeat titled “How LinkedIn used Node.js and HTML5 to build a better, faster app“. Here’s an interesting quote by mobile development lead Kiran Prasad: We don’t use the browser’s caching system, so once you’ve brought [...]
Continue reading...Can Mobile Performance Engineering Help Conserve Battery Life?
26. August 2011
Can Mobile Performance Engineering Help Conserve Battery Life? The following article builds a case for how performance engineering can help build more energy efficient mobile applications. Very interesting read, with strong reasons for why mobile performance engineering should be a critical part of mobile application development. http://www.research.att.com/articles/featured_stories/2011_03/201102_Energy_efficient?fbid=dekBGE2Kx9k I can picture how energy conservation will soon [...]
Continue reading...Video over IP and Video Streaming – Managing Video Quality and Performance
16. August 2011
I recently had the privilige to work with one of the world’s largest cable and media provider. They were challenged with managing the quality of their new adaptive streaming video player. This was such a great example to the value delivered from using Shunra on such projects, that I took the time to summarize it [...]
Continue reading...42% of organizations are moving apps to the Cloud. How many will fail?
29. July 2011
According to the World Quality Report, Performance is the second greatest risk in moving to the Cloud, and I think it should be #1 There are several nebulous concepts thrown around when Cloud as a topic is discussed. However, there is one thing for sure: for as many concepts there are discussed, many more risks, [...]
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4. January 2012