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Last-minute preparations for the Black Friday peak

manzoormohammed@capacitas.co.uk (Dr. Manzoor Mohammed) — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 16:52:39 GMT

It feels a bit like last-minute Christmas shopping — that frantic scramble to find a less than impressive gift. Only in this case, it's not too late to delight the business with an impressive performance over the Black Friday period.

By now, you've made your list and tested everything once, twice, thrice... However, Black Friday readiness isn't just about testing; many other activities contribute to a successful event. Here are five that you might not have considered, which you can carry out in weeks up to Black Friday. None of which requires a change to your existing prepare for peak performance strategy — in fact, they'll likely complement your current approach.

3 Ways to Scale AIMS Without Putting Your Airline at Risk

Team Capacitas — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 16:15:57 GMT

AIMS (Airline Information Management System) is a business-critical aviation software package, which has reinforced the backbone of more than 150 airlines since 1983 [1]. For a fast-growing airline, the ability to scale AIMS in pace with the growth of your fleet - avoiding any outage or degradation in performance - is critical. Because, as one airline put it, if AIMS went down, we could only function for 4 hours on paper-based records before we’d have to ground the entire fleet.

How Capacitas Helped RS Components Truly Embrace Agile Performance Testing

dannyquilton@capacitas.co.uk (Danny Quilton) — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 11:04:00 GMT

In case you couldn't make it, here's all you need to know about our presentation at this year's itSMF IT Service Management Conference.

The 7 Pillars of Software Performance

dannyquilton@capacitas.co.uk (Danny Quilton) — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 15:34:59 GMT

Modern businesses are struggling to control performance while enabling faster and more frequent business change. Our new infographic highlights how the 7 Pillars of Software Performance framework can help you to meet these challenges.

Useful Metrics for Interpreting .NET Performance

frank_warren@hotmail.co.uk (Frank Warren) — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 11:02:12 GMT

The blog considers a series of range helpful .NET performance metrics that can be used for identifying and diagnosing poor application performance.

Planning A Black Friday Load Test

dannyquilton@capacitas.co.uk (Danny Quilton) — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 07:45:00 GMT

We plan and execute load testing to help our clients prepare for Black Friday and other peak trading periods. A common mistake we have observed is where the incorrect test volumes are used, thus reducing the value of the performance testing carried out.

Using performance testing to Complement Real User Monitoring

sameenahassam@capacitas.co.uk (Sameena Hassam) — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 05:45:00 GMT

Real user monitoring (RUM) has many benefits, providing vital information about the user experience directly from the source. However, it is a reactive tactic, only yielding benefits once code is delivered into production.

Using Auto Scaling to Control Cloud Cost

jasoncross@capacitas.co.uk (Jason Cross) — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 07:00:00 GMT

Auto Scaling is a great tool for optimising your AWS cloud costs. Here are three steps to using it effectively:

How to Cloud Load Test to 500,000 users

Team Capacitas — Sat, 30 Sep 2017 16:27:00 GMT

This blog explores how to load test to very large user volumes through:

Website Optimisation - Measuring the User Experience

Team Capacitas — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 08:35:00 GMT

Website speed has a major impact on everything from search engine rankings and user experience to revenue and conversion rate. When it comes to page load time, there are many online tools and KPIs that try to measure website speed accurately. Large enterprises in retail sector are aware how important response times are for business success, and spend a significant amount of money on website optimisation in order to improve the user experience.