Tag Archive | "Application Performance"
“From the Boulevard of Broken Dreams…”
I was recently requested to support a Federal Agency that was tasked with validating the performance of an application to be globally deployed. Due to current events the timelines for testing and certification had become critical and the contractor responsible for the project was under enormous pressure to complete this engagement quickly. In conversations with [...]
Continue reading...Is the Internet in the United States slowing down?
Thursday, January 21, 2010
A post found today in Mashable, a blog focusing on social technology, reports that the Internet in the US is showing signs of slowing down, as measured by Aramaic, the global content provider. The performance in Q3 was bad enough to displace the US from the 10 top countries with fastest Internet access in the [...]
Continue reading...WAN Emulation vs WAN Simulation
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
One of the topics we are frequently asked is to explain or clarify the difference between WAN Emulation and WAN Simulation. WAN Simulation methodology is a set of theoretical algorithms which are usually applied on a trace file. These algorithms aim to predict applications response times with different conditions and then applied to the captured [...]
Continue reading...Why Has MPLS Become So Pervasive on Today’s Global Networks?
Monday, December 28, 2009
Many of the largest networks today employ Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) for a myriad of reasons. So what are some of the key motivators that would entice an organization to make the leap to MPLS? Protocol neutrality, extensibility, adaptability and scalability are among some of the many reasons. Additionally, because MPLS was designed to openly [...]
Continue reading...Is IPTV coming to your home sooner than expected?
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
In today’s Business section of the New York Times, there is an article by Brian Stelter (December 22, 2009) about a proposal by Apple computer to offer TV subscription packages via the Internet. The article points out that ABC and CBS are actively considering joining the Apple venture. Disney, who owns ABC, was the first [...]
Continue reading...Improving the Quality for the End User
Monday, December 21, 2009
One student at a time… Recently, I visited a company that develops and distributes software for Independent School District’s across USA. Their main product, originally developed for challenged kids, centers around dynamic computerized teaching and testing programs. This product proved to be so successful among this population that the company adapted it for other kids [...]
Continue reading...Applications, Applications, Applications
Monday, December 21, 2009
I have been asked by a colleague “Why would someone use Application Virtualization?” You may already know that adopting the likes of Application Virtualization is not an easy task. Many applications are simply not built to be deployed in such an environment. Not to mention all the other challenges faced within the IT organization. One [...]
Continue reading...HP tackles the challenges of load testing
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Video: Mark Tomlinson and Steve Feloney from HP address the risk of load testing Web 2.0 applications without considering WAN latency
Continue reading...Video: Test Mobile Performance with Shunra
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Traveling to this week’s HP Software Universe in Hamburg with Mark Tomlinson was a real treat. Not only do Mark and I share many non-professional interests, but our lives as product managers give us plenty to chat about. On our train ride from Berlin to Hamburg, Mark’s insatiable blogging appetite bared itself while we were [...]
Continue reading...Impact of Latency on Cloud Computing
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
The new buzzword around the IT block is “Cloud Computing”, the ability to avoid deploying costly infrastructure on each location by contracting a “virtual” infrastructure environment from dedicated vendors. Need to expand? Just call your provider and double your server capacity and triple your storage. However, we may need to apply a sobriety test, where [...]
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Friday, January 22, 2010
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