Business Capacity Management Seminar, Monday 19th September 2005
*** Special Offer - 50% Reduction for limited period only***

Capacitas will be presenting a half-day seminar on Business Capacity Management covering why it is needed, what value it brings to a business and, most importantly, how to do it effectively. This seminar will cost 90+VAT, but if you register on or before 5th August this will be subject to a 50% discount. To register please email BCM Seminar 2005, or call +44 (0) 20 7841 7431. More details...
PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF DATE FOR THIS EVENT.

itSMF Annual Conference, 7th - 9th November 2005:

The itSMF 2005 Annual Conference is being held at the Hilton Metropole in Brighton. Capacitas will be exhibiting at this event. Our staff will be available to discuss performance assurance, capacity management and other related areas of interest.

Capacitas Microsoft Excel Add-In

Capacitas have released a Microsoft Excel Add-In to support capacity and performance modelling of ICT systems using Excel worksheet functions. Further details are available here.

How to manage and improve web-based application performance

The rise of web services, particularly as revenue-collection systems means that web service performance is becoming increasingly important. It is often difficult to ensure that web services meet SLAs for a number of reasons:

• Service demand may be difficult to predict
• Service demand may be extremely bursty, i.e. large numbers of requests may arrive in a short space of time
• The web service is underpinned by a complex infrastructure, consisting of multiple technology layers

The author has developed a set of tips web performance to help the capacity planner ensure web services meet their performance requirements. More details...

Why and when to use Simulation Modelling

Capacity planners and performance engineers need to build models to predict the expected response times of applications over IT infrastructures. However, there are several different modelling techniques that can be used, including discrete-event simulation modelling. However simulation modelling is often seen as overly-complex, difficult, requiring expensive tools and lengthy. While it doesn't fit all situations simulation modelling is still recognised as the most accurate method of predicting performance and scalability. This article describes when simulation modelling is the appropriate solution and why it is in these situations. More details...

London, UK, Training Centre:

Please click on the above links to review the course descriptions or email us at training@capacitas.co.uk. More details...

Recent EuroCMG Annual Conference, 23rd - 25th May 2005:

Capacitas presented and exhibited at the annual conference of the UK Computer Measurement Group (UKCMG). The presentations given covered ITIL Capacity Management, End-to-End Performance Modelling, Understanding Linux Performance and Performance Anti-Patterns and can be downloaded from our website by following these links. Downloads require registration, which is free.

Please see our Research section for a selection of White Papers and Presentations on various areas of Performance Assurance and Capacity Management. More details...

Ministry of Defence, Allianz Cornhill, EDF Energy, T-Mobile, easyJet, Yell, Capita and Accenture. More details...

If you are interested in learning more about our services please email Enquiries, or call +44 (0) 20 7841 7431.