Realising savings from infrastructure consolidation Part 3 of 3
Realising savings from infrastructure consolidation Part 3 of 5
Where do Capacity Management Practitioners get their Skills from?
We claimed that there were two broad skills that capacity management practitioners seemed to require. We called them “technical” skills which centre around technologies and tools.
The Capacity, Performance & Cost Implications
Cloud Computing has proven more than just the latest IT buzzword with many mainstream vendors offering cloud-based solutions.
The Pros & Cons of Performance Testing with Simulated vs Real Traffic
Performance testing helps developers and IT organisations identify and remove application performance risks. Testing can involve using simulated or real (playback) traffic. This post explores the pros and cons of each approach.
Why the Key to Cloud Optimisation is Hidden in Your Apps
Building efficiency into apps can deliver up to 4X the savings typically gained from rightsizing, here's how to uncover hidden costs lurking in your apps.
Why do so many online services repeatedly fail at high load?
Poor application availability continues to blight IT organisations. Degraded user experience results in loss of business and revenue and has significant financial and reputational impacts.
Thought of the Week: Top 5 Load Balancer Issues
Load Balancing is way of distributing network traffic evenly across different resources, so as not to load any resource more than its capacity helping...
Understanding 'Percentage Waiting for I/O'
Various operating systems have monitoring tools that report values for Percentage Waiting for I/O.
Improving the Value of Your Agile Performance Testing (Part 1)
This blog is about how to gain more value from your agile performance testing methodology.
A benchmark of performance testing costs
For several years Capacitas has been trusted by one of the world’s most prestigious universities to provide performance assurance services for its systems.
3 Ways to Scale AIMS Without Putting Your Airline at Risk
In this article, we share 3 key insights into scaling AIMS based on 15 years of experience working with airlines managing fleets in excess of 300 aircraft.
The need for a baseline in cloud
ITIL, now in version three, also advises us that all processes should be subject to a Continual Service Improvement Programme (CSIP).
