We will be going through a multi-part series which describes ways that we can speed up our web page. Even though caching helps to speed up subsequent visits to our webpage, it’s the first visit and experience the...
We live in a complex world and the IT services we operate are increasingly complex. It is not unusual for major IT services to deliver hundreds of business processes.
A few weeks ago we discussed how using minimum utilisation could help characterise operational issues. A server had failed and some ‘after the fact’ analysis had shown that its CPU utilisation had increased on a...
The challenge of integrating performance testing into agile development methodology is not inconsiderable and often involves a steep learning curve. Performance testing pressures are amplified by constraints such as...
I’m going to make this a two part series in which we can look at the basics and then we can move onto more advanced functionality. So, before we get down to the technical stuff lets quickly look at what a cookie is....
Last week I noticed this headline on BBC News: 'Smarter' South East airport capacity needed. Having a natural interest in capacity, and also airports, the title sounded intriguing – what does the BBC actually mean...
