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Episode 044: The State of DevOps in 2022
Scott discusses the state of DevOps, Observability, and SRE’s in 2022 based on four reports from various vendors.
Episode 043: PeopleSoft Performance Testing with PSTuners
Scott Interviews Gautam Patel of PSTuners. They discuss testing and tuning PeopleSoft and load testing in general.
Episode 042: One-click Load Testing With Supervisor
Scott speaks with Lauri Kasti about Supervisor, and Lauri takes the viewers through a demo.
Episode 041: How to SELL performance testing
Scott speaks with Brian Copeland about how to “sell” performance testing to internal and external clients, helping them see the value of performance testing to their organization.
Episode 039: Load Testing Fundamentals Part 4 of 4
Scott Moore reviews the basics of Load Testing software applications. He provides a solid methodology for approaching load testing on any project regardless of the application or development style. Part 4 of a 4 part series.
Episode 038: Load Testing Fundamentals Part 3 of 4
Scott Moore reviews the basics of Load Testing software applications. He provides a solid methodology for approaching load testing on any project regardless of the application or development style. Part 3 of a 4 part series.
Classic Episodes
Eliminating Blind Spots to Achieve Application Resilience
What is Internet Performance Monitoring (IPM)? In this episode of the SMC Journal, you’ll learn about blind spots in current APM and Observability platforms, and why IPM is crucial for monitoring modern applications on the web.
Episode 105: SMC Journal 2022 Year In Review
The Year in Review for the SMC Journal, and Performance Engineering everywhere in 2022.
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 006: Google Lighthouse 9 and User Flows
Episode #006: Google Lighthouse 9 and User Flows Air Date: 01/20/2022 8:00 a.m. EST https://www.youtube.com/embed/pxoeECj_zFM What's New In DevTools (Chrome 98): https://developer.chrome.com/blog/new-in-devtools-98/ What's new in Lighthouse 9.0:...
Episode 047: LoadRunner and Gremlin For Chaos Testing
David McLeish from Micro Focus shares information about the integration of LoadRunner with Gremlin to provide chaos and resiliency testing while under load.
Shifting Performance Left: 5 Great Ideas To Transform
Shifting performance left can transform your organization. Is addresses performance issues earlier in the software development lifecycle.
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.












