One thing a number of our customers have in common is that they truly believe load testing—and the impact it has on website performance—is tied directly to the sales process. Service providers and vendors that provide value-added services, demonstrate improved system performance and reduce service outages often see increased trust in their capabilities from their customers.
Cyber #Fun, or Cyber #Fail? Cyber Monday Could Go One Way or the Other. You Decide.
Today, otherwise known as ‘Cyber Monday’ kicks off the holiday shopping season, and has become one of the biggest days for online shopping for the entire year. The term was coined after the ever-famous ‘Black Friday’.
Traffic Tuesday: Ericsson Predicts Mobile Data Traffic Will Increase Tenfold by 2016
We all know mobile device usage is on the rise—but what is driving this technological evolution? According to Ericsson’s newest Traffic and Market Data report, we can expect traffic generated by advanced smartphones to increase 12-fold to roughly equal mobile PC-generated traffic by 2016. Mobile broadband, new smartphone launches and applications uptake will continue to [...]
Straight From the Horse’s Mouth: Load Testing Best Practices from Our Customers
As you’ve likely seen, we pulled together a comprehensive list of load testing best practices for you to visit, and revisit, at your convenience to help you maintain high performance websites and applications that keep your customers happy.
Traffic Tuesday: Gartner says half of Web sales will come via social and mobile applications by 2015
We are in the midst of a game-changing shift in the e-commerce market. Consumers are no longer willing to wait to get in front of a PC to purchase goods or engage with brands. According to Gartner, as much as 50% of company Web sales will come through social and mobile applications by 2015. Furthermore, [...]
Professional Services Series: Leveraging the Cloud for Network Throughput Testing
We recently completed a very large load test of a storage platform for one of our Customers. The goal of the testing was to verify that the storage platform could handle the upload of multiple terabytes of data within a 60-minute period that simulated peak usage. Before Cloud Computing and the advent of a true [...]
Website Monitoring Is Just as Important as Analyzing Traffic Data
A LinkedIn user recently posed the question: “What are the best practices for monitoring, collecting and analyzing traffic data for a large content site?” Ian White, lead engineer at Neustar, jumped into to tell readers why active monitoring is just as important as analytics. Website monitoring ensures your site is functioning properly anytime from anywhere. [...]
Traffic Tuesday: 1 out of 10 Web Visitors Use a Mobile Device
Walker Sands Communications highlighted the results of its Q3 Web Traffic Report earlier this month—and the results are no surprise. The study, which tracked website trends across a number of B2B and B2C web clients, found that 10% of web visitors use a mobile device, which is a 153% increase in just one year. This [...]
Infrastructure Intelligence Success: Keeping Up with Internet Usage Growth
The Internet is ever evolving and shows no sign of stopping. According to a ComScore Q3 State of the Internet report: 215.1 million Americans used the Internet in July 2011 The average user was online 25.3 days in the month, for a total of 34.8 hours, and viewed 3,029 pages 86% of Internet visitors viewed [...]
Repost: How to Keep Up With the Holiday Rush: 8 Tips for Retailers Looking to Conquer Spikes in Website Traffic
It’s almost that time of year again. Holiday shoppers looking to stay at arm’s length from the seasonal mall madness will undoubtedly turn to the Internet to make their gift purchases. In fact, ShopperTrak predicts national retail sales will rise 3% during November and December this year as compared to the same time period last [...]
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In the Driver’s Seat: Load Testing Best Practices – Planning
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Twitter Chat: Worry Less Load Test
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Mobile Marathon: Top 5 KPIs to Keep Mobile Sites “Always Running”
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Cloud Computing: A Platform Analysis – Webcast
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In the Driver’s Seat: Load Testing Best Practices – Execution
- Infrastructure Intelligence Success: Load Testing Is Part of the Sales Process
- Cyber #Fun, or Cyber #Fail? Cyber Monday Could Go One Way or the Other. You Decide.
- Traffic Tuesday: Ericsson Predicts Mobile Data Traffic Will Increase Tenfold by 2016
- Straight From the Horse’s Mouth: Load Testing Best Practices from Our Customers
- Traffic Tuesday: Gartner says half of Web sales will come via social and mobile applications by 2015
