Planning a Cloud Migration with Digital Experience Monitoring
By Dennis Callaghan
In our first installment of this blog series, we went over the different
types of applications migrated to the cloud and the benefits IT organizations
hope to achieve by moving applications to the cloud.
Unfortunately, IT can’t just press a button or even whip up a few lines of
code to move applications to the cloud. Like any strategic move by IT, a
cloud migration requires advanced planning. That planning should start by
asking and answering these three questions:
How does the application currently perform? How will moving the application
impact users? Will there be more or less latency? Can the corporate network
support the additional bandwidth requirements that using the cloud will
create?
We’re naturally focusing on performance here because we’re a performance
monitoring company. Bu... (more)
Ten Tips for an Effective Monitoring Strategy
By Dawn Parzych
This is the second blog in a series of three in which I expand on some of the
points raised in O’Reilly Media’s DevOps for Media & Entertainment
report. The first post covered the two essential aspects of DevOps that are
often overlooked: communication and empathy. Today, we dive into a more
technical topic – monitoring.
Monitoring is essential. It tells you if your service is up, down, fast,
slow, and functioning as designed. When something inevitably breaks, a
monitoring tool can notify you via alerts and help diagno... (more)
Web Performance 101: Optimizing JavaScript
By Kameerath Kareem
JavaScript redefined web applications ushering in a new era of dynamic
websites with fluid responsive designs. It has gained a strong following
among developers, popular libraries and frameworks like JQuery and Angular JS
are all built with JavaScript. The endless design possibilities that
JavaScript provides coupled with the numerous libraries available today makes
it an indispensable part of web application development.
Why JavaScript?
Today, almost every website uses JavaScript to provide an interactive digital
exp... (more)
The What, Why, and How of APIs
By Kameerath Kareem
For over a decade, Application Programming Interface or APIs have been used
to exchange data between multiple platforms. From social media to news and
media sites, most websites depend on APIs to provide a dynamic and real-time
digital experience. APIs have made its way into almost every device and
service available today and it continues to spur innovations in every field
of technology.
There are multiple programming languages used to build and run applications
in the online world. And just like every other language, there is al... (more)
DNS Experience Tests: A Key Cog in the Online Ecosystem
By Mehdi Daoudi
A company’s collection of online systems is like a delicate ecosystem –
all components must integrate with and complement each other, and one single
malfunction in any of them can bring the entire system to a screeching halt.
That’s why, when monitoring and analyzing the health of your online
systems, you need a broad arsenal of different tools for your different
needs. In addition to a wide-angle lens that provides a snapshot of the
overall health of your system, you must also have precise, scalpel-like tools ... (more)
Catchpoint radically transforms the way businesses manage, monitor, and test the performance of online applications. Truly understand and improve user experience with clear visibility into complex, distributed online systems.
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