What The World’s Worst DNA Mixup Teaches Us About Monitoring
The suspect’s DNA had been found at 40 crime scenes, linking her to burglaries, narcotics and six murders. She was Germany’s most-wanted serial killer with...
View ArticleSimpson’s Paradox: DevOps’ Big Data Problem
In a big data world, numbers dictate decisions, features and investments. It’s vital we understand just what the numbers are telling us, but depending on...
View ArticleWould You Accept Lag in Real Life?
There are few things more frustrating these days than the lag we experience when trying to access certain sites. Between net neutrality issues, latency in...
View ArticleUnderstanding RTT Impact on TCP Retransmissions
Ever get asked to explain or elaborate on something that you should definitely know, only to realize that you don’t fully understand it yourself? You’re...
View ArticleMobile Standards Missing From FCC’s Net Neutrality Proposal
The path down the long, complicated road of net neutrality inched a little further towards its final (though yet undetermined) destination last week when FCC...
View ArticleHow SACK Transmissions Improve Web Performance
Have you ever been in the middle of a phone conversation when, suddenly, there is a loss of signal and you can’t hear the person on the other end? What...
View ArticleThe Widespread Effects of Facebook’s Latest Outage
Every day, hundreds of millions of users access Facebook, either through the site’s homepage, or through widgets and APIs on other sites. So when the...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Anatomy of a Wireless Connection
This article was written by Alex Vetras at the Catchpoint blog.Consider your smartphone. This increasingly complicated mobile device drives internet usage...
View ArticleDissecting DNS Communications
In our previous articles on DNS we gave an overview of the recursion process, but before we can go further on how DNS impacts performance, we need to...
View ArticlePerformance On and Off the Track at the Formula 1 Grand Prix
In the world of Formula 1, milliseconds are the difference between Pole Position and second on the grid. Millions of dollars are spent on getting the...
View ArticleIn the World of DNS, Cache is King
The first time I learned how DNS gets resolved, I was quite surprised by how long and complicated the process was. Think about how many websites you...
View ArticleAdaptive vs. Responsive Web Design: Quantifying the Difference on Mobile
Originally written by Robert CastleyMuch has been written recently about Adaptive Web Design (AWD) vs. Responsive Web Design (RWD), with pros and cons of both...
View ArticleBar Exam Failures Highlight Importance of Performance Testing
Originally written by Craig Lowell at the Catchpoint blog.It goes without saying that old-fashioned methods of doing business and keeping records are...
View ArticleWhy Internal Application Monitoring Is Not What Your Customer Needs
Originally written by Mark Montaquila at the Catchpoint blog. When faced with choosing between internal application monitoring and external synthetic...
View ArticleThe Irony of Google's HTTPS Mandate
Originally written by Craig Lowell at the Catchpoint blog. With last week’s announcement that Google will start rewarding those sites with HTTPS...
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