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Are Times still Good for Load Testing?

Alex Podelko

If we talk about commercial vendors targeting the corporate market, I guess only Neotys remains independent and active (I mean contributing into the performance testing ecosystem – innovation, publishing content, participating in events, etc). Microfocus acquired both LoadRunner from HP and Silk Performer (as a part of Borland).

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Reinventing Performance Testing: New Technologies

Alex Podelko

I am looking forward to share my thoughts on ‘Reinventing Performance Testing’ at the imPACt performance and capacity conference by CMG held on November 7-10, 2016 in La Jolla, CA. Quite often the whole area of load testing is reduced to pre-production testing using protocol-level recording/playback. – Cloud.

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Six causes of major software outages–And how to avoid them

Dynatrace

Conducting performance testing and having contingency plans for peak times can help ensure systems remain operational during spikes in usage. A comprehensive DR plan with consistent testing is also critical to ensure that large recoveries work as expected.

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The Best Way to Host MySQL on Azure Cloud

Scalegrid

The best way to protect your database from the internet is by deploying it in a private subnet to ensure it is not exposed. With an Azure VNET for MySQL , you’re able to setup secure communications between your servers, the internet, and even your on-premise private cloud network.

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Shift left vs shift-right: A DevOps mystery solved

Dynatrace

Likewise, shift–right is the practice of performing testing, quality, and performance evaluation into production under real-world conditions. Shift-left speeds up development efficiency and reduces costs by detecting and addressing software defects earlier in the development cycle before they get to production.

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Shift left vs shift-right: A DevOps mystery solved

Dynatrace

Likewise, shift–right is the practice of performing testing, quality, and performance evaluation into production under real-world conditions. Shift-left speeds up development efficiency and reduces costs by detecting and addressing software defects earlier in the development cycle before they get to production.

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Follow up on the Test Automation Discussion – Bringing in the Performance View

Alex Podelko

The article doesn’t concentrate on automated regression testing (which would be discussed here later) and perhaps quite a lot of other topics – but it is not supposed to be a comprehensive textbook on the topic. 6) We get in even more interesting area when we switch to performance testing.

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