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Episode 057: Observability Platforms 2022 – Part 3 of 3
Scott shares his thoughts around the Observability market for 2022. Part 3 of 3. AppDynamics, Elastic APM (Observability), and SolarWinds are covered, with Lighstep and Catchpoint as notable mentions.
Episode 056: Observability Platforms 2022 – Part 2 of 3
Scott shares his thoughts around the Observability market for 2022. Datadog, Honeycomb.io, and Instana are discussed.
Episode 055: Observability Platforms 2022 – Part 1 of 2
Observability Platforms 2022. Scott discusses the latest Gartner Magic Quadrant around APM and Observability.
Episode 054: WebPageTest PRO With Experiments
Tim Kadlec and Jeena James from WebPageTest share information about the new PRO edition with experiments and where they plan to take the product next.
Episode 053: Keysight Eggplant Performance Part 2 of 2
Scott reviews the Keysight Eggplant Performance load testing product. This episode covers how to use it to perform load testing tasks. Part 2 of 2.
Episode 052: Keysight Eggplant Performance Part 1 of 2
Scott reviews the Keysight Eggplant Performance product for load testing. This episode covers version 9.4 overall architecture, installation, and licensing.
Classic Episodes
Episode 075: ICPE 2023 Performance Conference
Scott speaks with David Daly about the International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE) event for 2023. Call for papers are out now and submissions due in October 2022.
Upgrading To An 80TB Synology NAS
Scott Moore upgrades his home lab hardware, discusses limitations of previous storage, and shares experience with the Synology 1823xs+ NAS.
Open Source Observability: A Free DataDog Killer?
Open source observability is a cost-effective and community-driven alternative to commercial platforms, but is this platform a Datadog killer?
Episode 073: OpenText Buys Micro Focus!
Scott shares his thoughts and opinions on the recent OpenText acquisition of Micro Focus and what it could mean for LoadRunner and the legacy Mercury products.
Episode 021: LoadRunner Product Roadmap for 2022
What’s New with LoadRunner? What I learned at the LoadRunner Family Virtual Forum. You can access the replay here:
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.
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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