Dynatrace

DECEMBER 10, 2020

I recently joined two industry veterans and Dynatrace partners, Syed Husain of Orasi and Paul Bruce of Neotys as panelists to discuss how performance engineering and test strategies have evolved as it pertains to customer experience. Dynatrace news. This blog summarizes our great conversation for the posed questions.

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Dynatrace

AUGUST 8, 2024

From business operations to personal communication, the reliance on software and cloud infrastructure is only increasing. These issues can arise from errors in the code, insufficient testing, or unforeseen interactions among software components. Outages can disrupt services, cause financial losses, and damage brand reputations.

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The Netflix TechBlog

JUNE 14, 2023

The three strategies we will discuss today are AB Testing , Replay Testing, and Sticky Canaries. To launch Phase 1 safely, we used AB Testing. To launch Phase 2 safely, we used Replay Testing and Sticky Canaries. We knew we could test the same query with the same inputs and consistently expect the same results.

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The Netflix TechBlog

JUNE 1, 2023

This tier extended existing infrastructure by adding new backend components and a new remote call to our ads partner on the playback path. Replay traffic enabled us to test our new systems and algorithms at scale before launch, while also making the traffic as realistic as possible.

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CSS Wizardry

OCTOBER 27, 2018

A lot of companies—even if they are aware that performance is key to their business—are often unsure of how, when, or where performance testing sits within their development lifecycle. Each kind of testing is listed chronologically—that is, you should do them in order—but all complement each other, and will ultimately feed into one another.

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Dynatrace

APRIL 10, 2023

According to the Dynatrace “2022 Global CIO Report,” 79% of large organizations use multicloud infrastructure. And according to recent data from Enterprise Strategy Group, 59% of survey respondents indicated spending on public cloud applications would increase in 2023. Rural lifestyle retail giant Tractor Supply Co.

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CSS Wizardry

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Given that 66% of all websites (and 77% of all requests ) are running HTTP/2, I will not discuss concatenation strategies for HTTP/1.1 In one test, I concatenated it all into one big file, and the other had the library split into 12 files. Read the complete test methodology. What happens when we adjust our compression strategy?

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Dynatrace

JULY 6, 2022

And what are the best strategies to reduce manual labor so your team can focus on more mission-critical issues? With ever-evolving infrastructure, services, and business objectives, IT teams can’t keep up with routine tasks that require human intervention. Testing automation can be painstaking. So, what is IT automation?

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Dynatrace

APRIL 22, 2020

While most government agencies and commercial enterprises have digital services in place, the current volume of usage — including traffic to critical employment, health and retail/eCommerce services — has reached levels that many organizations have never seen before or tested against. There are proven strategies for handling this.

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Dynatrace

OCTOBER 1, 2021

In these modern environments, every hardware, software, and cloud infrastructure component and every container, open-source tool, and microservice generates records of every activity. Metrics can originate from a variety of sources, including infrastructure, hosts, services, cloud platforms, and external sources.

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Dynatrace

DECEMBER 2, 2021

However, as Forrester analyst Will McKeon-White outlines in the report, “Digital Experience Is Part Of Your Job,” it’s imperative for business users to collaborate with infrastructure and operations (I&O) in order to derive key insights and realize the full potential of a DX strategy. [i].

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Dynatrace

OCTOBER 10, 2022

However, not all cloud strategies are the same. Application developers can spin up isolated test environments that pose no risk to current operations. Then, they can apply DevSecOps best practices to fully test new code and see what breaks without affecting current operations. No infrastructure to maintain.

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The Netflix TechBlog

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Martin Tingley with Wenjing Zheng , Simon Ejdemyr , Stephanie Lane , and Colin McFarland This is the fourth post in a multi-part series on how Netflix uses A/B tests to inform decisions and continuously innovate on our products. Have a look at Part 1 (Decision Making at Netflix), Part 2 (What is an A/B Test?), Need to catch up?

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Alex Podelko

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Some time ago Federico Toledo published Performance Testing with Open Source Tools- Busting The Myths. I remember really liking the technical side of these tests. But I must confess I was not too fond of having to report the results to stakeholders or deal with political/personal issues related to (poor) test results.

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Dynatrace

AUGUST 26, 2024

DORA applies to more than 22,000 financial entities and ICT service providers operating within the EU and to the ICT infrastructure supporting them from outside the EU. Key DORA governance requirements to consider when implementing digital operational resilience testing are the following: Operational resilience testing.

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Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Now, organizations are evolving their cloud strategy to include hybrid, multi-cloud, which enables cloud-native application development and deployment. It lets you build, test, deploy, and manage applications and services wherever you might be, allowing you to operate hybrid seamlessly. What is Azure? What can Azure do for my business?

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Dynatrace

AUGUST 13, 2024

Through rigorous testing, dependency management, continuous monitoring, and phased rollouts, we’ve prioritized the development of OneAgent with the highest possible reliability and security standards. It automatically discovers and monitors each host’s applications, services, processes, and infrastructure components.

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Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Generally speaking, cloud migration involves moving from on-premises infrastructure to cloud-based services. In cloud computing environments, infrastructure and services are maintained by the cloud vendor, allowing you to focus on how best to serve your customers. However, it can also mean migrating from one cloud to another.

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Dynatrace

JUNE 21, 2024

How to improve digital experience monitoring Implementing a successful DEM strategy can come with challenges. It can help understand the flow of user interactions, identify areas for improvement, and drive a user experience strategy that better engages customers to meet their needs. The time taken to complete the page load.

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Dynatrace

JANUARY 31, 2024

Data dependencies and framework intricacies require observing the lifecycle of an AI-powered application end to end, from infrastructure and model performance to semantic caches and workflow orchestration. For model explainability, they can implement custom regression tests, providing indicators of model reputation and behavior over time.

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Dynatrace

MAY 4, 2022

To address these challenges, organizations are adopting cloud-first strategies and cloud-native application development practices. Because cloud-native technologies are flexible and scale automatically, teams can replace manual application monitoring and testing methods to keep pace with innovation.

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Dynatrace

JULY 11, 2024

The journey toward business observability Traditional IT monitoring that relies on a multitude of tools to collect, index, and correlate logs from IT infrastructure, networks, applications, and security systems is no longer effective at supporting the need of the wider organization for business insights. Operational optimization.

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Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Automating tasks throughout the SDLC helps software development and operations teams collaborate while continuously improving how they design, build, test, deploy, release, and monitor software applications. Defect escape rate is the rate of issues and bugs that escape testing and arise after a software application is in production.

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Dynatrace

JANUARY 26, 2021

Companies can choose whatever combination of infrastructure, platforms, and software will help them best achieve continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) of new apps and services while simultaneously baking in security measures. The tactical trifecta: development + security + operations. Rather, they’re about tactics.

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Dynatrace

APRIL 22, 2024

In response to the scale and complexity of modern cloud-native technology, organizations are increasingly reliant on automation to properly manage their infrastructure and workflows. DevOps automation eliminates extraneous manual processes, enabling DevOps teams to develop, test, deliver, deploy, and execute other key processes at scale.

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Dynatrace

JANUARY 5, 2023

The SSO service disruption occurred due to a new implementation of one of the Account Management screens’ inefficient use of the SSO API, which caused an excessive load to the underlying SSO infrastructure.

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Dynatrace

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Application performance monitoring (APM) , infrastructure monitoring, log management, and artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps) can all converge into a single, integrated approach. In a unified strategy, logs are not limited to applications but encompass infrastructure, business events, and custom metrics.

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Dynatrace

APRIL 8, 2024

Optimize the IT infrastructure supporting risk management processes and controls for maximum performance and resilience. The IT infrastructure, services, and applications that enable processes for risk management must perform optimally. Once teams solidify infrastructure and application performance, security is the subsequent priority.

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Dynatrace

JULY 22, 2024

Text-based records of events and activities generated by applications and infrastructure components. This approach allows you to test and refine configurations, manage implementation complexity, and demonstrate value to stakeholders. Logs are used for debugging, troubleshooting, and auditing purposes.

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CSS Wizardry

MAY 31, 2019

One of the quickest wins—and one of the first things I recommend my clients do—to make websites faster can at first seem counter-intuitive: you should self-host all of your static assets, forgoing others’ CDNs/infrastructure. Moving the assets onto our own infrastructure brings load times down from around 5.4s Risk: Service Shutdowns.

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Dynatrace

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

And although technology has become more central to their business strategies, they are juggling many priorities in digital transformation. The infrastructure monitoring module provides complete situational awareness across the entire enterprise. It also shifts right to provide runtime security testing against zero-day attacks.

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Dynatrace

APRIL 21, 2023

As an application architect, Smith noted it was challenging to ensure software quality and performance when making large-scale changes, including a cloud infrastructure migration and front-end modernization to their unemployment insurance application. Trust is key to our reputation.” The stakes were high.

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Dynatrace

AUGUST 28, 2020

IT operations, application, infrastructure, and development teams all look to the topic of observability as the silver bullet to solve their problems. Neglecting the front-end perspective potentially skews or even misrepresents the understanding of how your applications and infrastructure are performing in the real world, to real users.

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Dynatrace

JANUARY 22, 2024

Marketers can use these insights to better understand which messages resonate with customers and tailor their marketing strategies accordingly. Software project managers can optimize development processes by analyzing workflow data, such as development time, code commits, and testing phases. Government.

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Dynatrace

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

SRE is the transformation of traditional operations practices by using software engineering and DevOps principles to improve the availability, performance, and scalability of releases by building resiliency into apps and infrastructure. Encouraging a shift-left approach , testing earlier in the development lifecycle. SRE vs DevOps?

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Scalegrid

JUNE 4, 2020

As an open source database, it’s a highly popular choice for enterprise applications looking to modernize their infrastructure and reduce their total cost of ownership, along with startup and developer applications looking for a powerful, flexible and cost-effective database to work with. PostgreSQL DigitalOcean Performance Test.

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The Netflix TechBlog

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

As we expand offerings rapidly across the globe, our ideas and strategies around plans and offers are evolving as well. Operational Efficiency: The majority of the changes require metadata configuration files and library code changes, usually taking days of testing and service release to adopt the updates.

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