SMC Journal

Performance engineering is crucial for ensuring efficient, cost-effective, and fast software, especially in mission-critical systems, and it involves anticipating and addressing system performance issues throughout the software development lifecycle. Andre Bondi discusses performance engineering and the content in his book, "Foundations of Software and System Performance Engineering: Process, Perf...

The Peplink B One offers advanced features and capabilities for improved connectivity and redundancy, making it a valuable investment for home office users who need resilient Internet connections. It packs some Enterprise features into the firmware along with multi-WAN capabilities. That makes it a step above other wireless AP routers in its class. Get one at: https://bit.ly/smcpeplinkb1 and use m...

Optimizing cloud performance saves resources, money, and reduces environmental impact. Companies are wasting up to 80% of resources that could be reallocated. Performance engineering is crucial for optimizing cloud services and make digital transformation successful. David Linthicum, chief cloud architect at Deloitte, discusses its importance in this interview.  Key insights Into Cloud Optimizatio...

Fluency Security's real-time analytics and unique approach to SIEM sets them apart from traditional security platforms, allowing for faster detection and response to security threats. Scott Moore interviews the CEO, Chris Jordan. Key insights into Fluency Security 🛡️Fluency Security integrates real-time analytics with security platforms, setting them apart from traditional database-based or data l...

Tech Summit Part 1. West Networks and Peplink are leaders in the SD-WAN industry. They recently hosted their annual Tech Summit conference in Savannah, GA. Networking enthusiasts come together to share information and make the community bigger, while also discussing the potential impact of 5G and Starlink on the future of fixed wireless. This video features three interviews with attendees. This is...

West Networks ABD Peplink are leaders in the SD-WAN industry. They recently hosted their annual Tech Summit conference in Savannah, GA. Networking enthusiasts come together to share information and make the community bigger, while also discussing the potential impact of 5G and Starlink on the future of fixed wireless. Video Highlights For The Peplink Tech Summit 🤝 The ability for competitors to c...

Think your Database is fast? How does it measure up? The database market is constantly evolving with new technologies and options, and it is crucial for clients to make decisions based on specific needs and measurements rather than relying solely on rankings. Benchmarking and performance baselines of Databases takes a specialized skill set. Find out how Benchant does it, and which database to choo...

A load test is crucial for identifying and fixing problems early on, and by conducting performance testing as a repeatable process, performance testers can find and solve problems early in the software development lifecycle, ultimately providing significant value to their company. Insights About A Load Test 📈 The session delves into the different types of load tests, their purpose, and the expect...

Executing a load test is crucial for identifying and resolving performance issues in a system, and it should be approached systematically with accurate automation, monitoring, and analysis. Show Notes For Load Test Like a Rock Star 🎯 “Load testing is a crucial aspect of software engineering and modern IT, encompassing testing, tuning, observability, security, AI, and more.” 🎸 “Load testing like...

Monitoring as code could be the future of synthetic monitoring, allowing for continuous monitoring of APIs and websites through automation scripts and configurations stored in a repository, making it a collaborative effort in a DevOps culture. Support the SMC Journal. Buy Me A Coffee:  https://bit.ly/smcjournalcoffee Show Notes GUEST: Hannes Lenke LINKEDIN PROFILE:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/han...

Real user monitoring is a crucial tool for improving website performance by capturing accurate data on user experience and providing actionable insights and recommendations. Scott Moore interviews Todd Gardner the CEO to find out how this is possible. Support the SMC Journal. Buy Me A Coffee:  https://bit.ly/smcjournalcoffee Show Notes GUEST: Todd Gardner, CEO of Request Metrics LINKEDIN PROFILE: ...

Open source observability could be a cost-effective and community-driven alternative to commercial platforms, offering valuable features and promoting innovation. Scott Moore interviews the founder of Signoz. Insights About Open Source Observability 🌍 Open source observability platforms provide a cost-effective alternative to commercial tools, addressing the issue of tool sprawl and allowing for...

The extended Berkeley packet filter (eBPF) is a powerful tool for continuous performance profiling and monitoring of complex systems, providing valuable metrics and insights for performance engineers and enabling early issue detection and resolution in a DevOps culture. 🔥  Like and Subscribe 🔥 Key insights 🚀 Frederick Branik discusses the benefits of using eBPF for isolating and fixing poor per...

NearEDGE is a solution for managing and troubleshooting compute infrastructure and software assets - giving remote access to software assets in the cloud, with strong security practices and minimal friction for developers. GUEST: Claude Robitaille, CEO NearEDGE LINKEDIN PROFILE: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clauderobitailleeng/ 🔥  Like and Subscribe 🔥 Want to support the show? Buy Me A Coffee! ht...

Alex Podelko, a senior performance engineer at Amazon Web Services, discusses the biggest changes in performance testing in the last three to five years. He highlights the importance of continuous testing and monitoring in the cloud and agile development era, as well as the challenges of developing a one-size-fits-all approach to continuous performance testing. He also calls for the academic commu...

Want to move your career into the DevSecOps space? Are you wondering what it takes to get a job Cybersecurity or where to start? Scott Moore interviews Tim Chase - Field CISO at Lacework about this very topic and how he switched over from performance engineering to security testing. Support the SMC Journal. Buy Me A Coffee: https://bit.ly/smcjournalcoffee Show Notes GUEST: Tim Chase LINKEDIN PROFI...

The Throughput Shaping Timer JMeter plugin makes it easy to crate a test scenario that will produce a desired number of requests per second (RPS). Scott interviews the author of this plugin. They also discuss the importance of contributing to the JMeter open source project.  GUEST:  Jakub (Kuba) Dering LINKEDIN PROFILE: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kuba-dering/ Show Notes JMeter Throughput Shaping...

In this episode, we take each component of Kubernetes and determine how to make it scale. Scott interviews the CTO of PerfectScale on how to optimize Kubernetes deployed applications. Show Notes GUEST: Eli Birger LINKEDIN PROFILE: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eli-birger-44aa8717/ Perfect Scale: https://www.perfectscale.io/ OpenAI - Scaling Kubernetes to 7500 Nodes: https://openai.com/research/scali...

Service Virtualization or Mocking is crucial to the model application development lifecycle. Scott interviews the CEO of Speedscale about the importance of implementing mocking and how to do it properly. This includes imitating API calls that perform poorly. GUEST:  Ken Ahrens, CEO of Speedscale LINKEDIN PROFILE: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kahrens/ Show Notes Speedscale Service Mocking https://do...

As part of his Blackhat and Defcon conference coverage, Scott interviews Alex Waintraub and Thomas Plank on application security topics. They cover ransomware, data tampering detection, and the impact of AI on #Appsec. Show Notes New Jersey Cyber Fireside: http://www.cyberfiresidenj.com/ Tributech - https://www.tributech.io/ Sponsors This podcast is sponsored by Saltworks Security. For almost 10 y...

Modern applications  are more complex than ever. This means more testing to get the best coverage and reduce risk. It's overwhelming. Will AI make test automation faster, easier, and better? Scott Moore talks to the founder and CEO of TestGrid to find out. LINK TO EMBEDDED YOUTUBE VIDEO Support the SMC Journal. Buy Me A Coffee: https://bit.ly/smcjournalcoffee GUEST:  Harry Rao LINKEDIN PROFILE: ht...

Performance budgets are an important control mechanism to keep web applications fast and efficient. Tammy Everts shares how to set them up and apply the latest practices for great results. Support the SMC Journal. Buy Me A Coffee: https://bit.ly/smcjournalcoffee GUEST: Tammy Everts LINKEDIN PROFILE: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tammyeverts/ Show Notes Tammy Everts Website: https://tammyeverts.wordp...

Scott Moore interviews the CEO of SteadyBit about the LoadRunner integration that provides chaos and resilience testing features to load testing scenarios. GUEST:  Benjamin Wilms LINKEDIN PROFILE: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-wilms/ Show Notes SteadyBit website: https://steadybit.com/ LoadRunner Chaos Testing for Scenarios: https://admhelp.microfocus.com/lr/en/2023/help/WebHelp/Content/Con...

What is Application Security Posture Management (ASPM)? A new category by Gartner that describes an approach to managing application security throughout the lifecycle. It helps organizations identify, prioritize, and remediate vulnerabilities, comply with regulations and reduce the risk of data breaches. Support the SMC Journal. Buy Me A Coffee: https://bit.ly/smcjournalcoffee GUEST:  Dennis Hurst...

LoadRunner 2023 R1 is out. Scott Moore interviews product manager David McLeish to get details about the new product features and updates. Support the SMC Journal. Buy Me A Coffee: https://bit.ly/smcjournalcoffee GUEST:  David McLeish LINKEDIN PROFILE: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-mcleish-58a9b62/ Show Notes LoadRunner Professional Help Center https://admhelp.microfocus.com/lr/en/2023/help/We...