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Mitigating the Rising Threat of Ransomware Attacks
Ransomware attacks are on the rise and have increased by almost 50% in the last year. How can companies mitigate this threat and lower the severity of impact on their business? Ron Foster from Saltworks Security walks us through it.
Observability and AI: Early Moves by Key Vendors
Several Observability vendors have made announcements about integrating generative AI into their product. Scott reviews and breaks down what it means in this episode.
Performance Engineering for Decision Makers
What value does the test results provide performance engineer versus a decision maker? Why should you use Cost as a quality gate to control the efficiency of applications?
Secrets to Continuous Performance In DevOps
What does continuous performance look like within modern software development and in a DevOps world? Learn from experts Lee Barnes & Scott Moore.
The fastest SSD RAID?
Find out about why software RAID isn’t fast enough for the latest NVMe storage advancements, and how GRAID Technology is making SSD fast enough to keep up with the CPU.
Shifting Left With LoadRunner Developer
Demonstrating LoadRunner Developer and how to use it within a standard IDE
Classic Episodes
Azure Load Testing: Performance Engineer Reacts!
Is Azure Load Testing a revolutionary new product for performance engineers? Is it a replacement for the now deprecated Visual Studio Team Edition with Load Testing (VSTS)?
5 Trends In Performance Engineering With AI
How can AI drive performance engineering and testing? This video explores five significant shifts in the landscape, providing insights into the impact of artificial intelligence on software testing.
eBPF Performance Monitoring Makes Kubernetes Better
eBPF is a powerful tool for improving performance in Kubernetes and microservices, providing real-time analysis and management, but its complexity may be a barrier for some developers.
Episode 091: KubeCon 2022: Keysight Technologies and Instana
At KubeCon 2022,Scott Interviews Josh Lee to find out his impressions of the conference. He also interviews Jonathon Wright about the themes, takeaways, and what’s being learned at this event.
Episode 069: The Application Performance Index (APDEX)
What is the Application Performance Index (APDEX) and what should performance engineers know about it?
What’s New In LoadRunner 2023?
Guest David McLeish shares all the new features and updates of LoadRunner 2023. We also talk about why the footprint in browser-based protocols like TruClient are so large.
About SMC Journal
The SMC Journal is a podcast about all things related to Software and Systems Engineering, DevOps, Observability, Performance, Cloud Computing, Security, AI, and much more. The show covers news events, company profiles (mergers and acquisitions), corporate events, vendor software features and updates, and much more.
Content includes commentary and demonstrations by Scott Moore and his guests. Join him as he interviews industry experts, company representatives and hosts lively discussions with the performance community.












