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Episode 071: Network Performance Innovations
Peter West of West Networks talks about exciting advancements in network performance, including bonding cellular and Starlink connections to make massive internet pipes. He also talks about the upcoming West Networks Peplink Tech Summit 22.
Episode 070: APDEX – A Useful Performance Metric?
Scott interviews James Pulley (Chief Performance Officer at QA Consultants) about the Application Performance Index (APDEX) metric. Is it a useful metric for today’s applications? Is there something better?
Episode 069: The Application Performance Index (APDEX)
What is the Application Performance Index (APDEX) and what should performance engineers know about it?
Is AIOps the Answer to IT’s Biggest Problem?
Scott talks with Heath Newburn (PagerDuty) about how we can go beyond the hype and buzzwords and find out where the real usefulness is within AIOps for improving performance and reliability.
Episode 067: CI Pipelines with LoadRunner
David McLeish talks about the latest version of LoadRunner and demonstrates how to use LoadRunner in a CI/CD pipeline for “shift left” performance testing. He uses the Jenkins plugin.
Episode 066: Digital Twin Technology with guest Jonathon Wright (Keysight Technologies) – Part 2 of 2
Digital Twins: What is it and how does it apply to performance? part 2 of 2
Classic Episodes
Episode 103: End-To-End Tests With OpenTelemetry and TraceTest
Tracetest is a tool that allows you to quickly create end-to-end tests via a simple User Interface. It is the first visual tool that allows users to build and run integration and E2E tests against any system that is instrumented with OpenTelemetry
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.
5 Reasons Load Testing Doesn’t Work (My Free Advice)
Scott Moore takes a critical look at a persistent challenge in the IT world: why load testing often doesn’t work as intended.
Discover the P99 Conference 2024: Inspiring Insights for Performance Engineers
The P99 Conference 2024 - a ScyllaDB Community, taking place on October 23-24, will focus on performance engineering and feature insights from industry leaders, emphasizing the significance of the 99th percentile in performance metrics and showcasing advancements in...
Episode 066: Digital Twin Technology with guest Jonathon Wright (Keysight Technologies) – Part 2 of 2
Digital Twins: What is it and how does it apply to performance? part 2 of 2
Solving the Kubernetes Autoscaling Challenge The Easy Way
Solving the Kubernetes autoscaling challenge. Find out about Bi-dimensional POD autoscaling. Scott Moore interviews Patrick Bergstrom, Chief Technology Officer of StormForge.
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.
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