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Challenges continue in the LMS Universe for the 2020/21 Academic year

Yeezy, Financial industry Maladies, Remote Learning, and adults being adults on lockdown. We look at the power of celebrity and several industry wide issues

Today's Episode if brought to you by * Foulk Consulting Services: https://www.foulkconsulting.com * Catchpoint Software: https://www.catchpoint.com Today’s show is co-hosted by Brian Brumfield (Foulk Consulting) and Nithyanand Mehta (Catchpoint), backed up with observations from Tim Western in Chat We face continued interruptions in basic services due to the Cover-19 Pandemic. In this show we cove...

Today's Episode if brought to you by * Catchpoint Software: https://www.catchpoint.com * Foulk Consulting Services: https://www.foulkconsulting.com This is the COVID-19 Episode. In this show we cover several sites impacted by the COVID-19 Virus’ impact on organizations and end users. In specific, we discuss the Johns Hopkins University virus tracker, the HEB Grocery Chain in Texas, and the impact...

Today's Episode if brought to you by * Catchpoint Software: https://www.catchpoint.com * Foulk Consulting Services: https://www.foulkconsulting.com Scott Moore joins us from the road and the Perftour.us to provide insight on his discussions with executives around the country on the subject of application performance and to lend to the discussions on our failures In this episode we cover the UK soc...

Today's Episode if brought to you by * Catchpoint Software: https://www.catchpoint.com * Foulk Consulting Services: https://www.foulkconsulting.com In this episode we cover the chaos of the Iowa caucuses, the challenges of the political season with politician websites, a Superbowl commercial follow up and the launch of Old Bay Hot Sauce

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This show sponsored by Foulk Consulting http://www.foulkconsulting.com How did we do over the Thanksgiving to cyber Monday period from a Performance Perspective? Join James and Josh Carter of Blue Triangle as we go through the stats on raw dollars, split on mobile vs not, conversion rate differences, website size bloat, third party componentry & some predictions for 2020 Failures * 2019 ACA Failur...

This show sponsored by Foulk Consulting http://www.foulkconsulting.com OK, So you have worked hard and buttoned up everything you can think of on your website. But still, something has gone wrong. What next? James is joined by a panel of individuals to discuss where to head when disaster is upon you Guests: Brian Brumfield, Foulk Consulting Steve McGinley, Foulk Consulting Herik Rexed, Neotys Mark...

This show sponsored by Foulk Consulting http://www.foulkconsulting.com Keep the load off! One of the easiest things you can do to improve performance is ensure that load that should not be on your site isn't. In this episode we hit some large areas whish are commonly overlooked which can dramatically impact your performance Guests: Brian Brumfield, Foulk Consulting Steve McGinley, Foulk Consulting...

This show sponsored by Foulk Consulting http://www.foulkconsulting.com The shopping cart. That little icon in in the top right corner of the website. It seems so harmless sitting there with a little number on top of it. Well, maybe yes, maybe not. There are many methods of deploying the shopping cart. Some are more resource efficient, and more scalable as a result. Join James and a couple of guest...

This show sponsored by Foulk Consulting http://www.foulkconsulting.com Crashes/Slowdowns: Costco, Ulta, PetSmart, H&M, HomeDepot Insight is key when you are running an eCommerce website, as response time and conversion rates are directly related. As your site slows, so does your revenue. James is joined by Catchpoint software for insight not only into what you should be watching on your app, but a...

This show sponsored by Foulk Consulting http://www.foulkconsulting.com Thanksgiving Crashes: TESCO, Footasylum How did we get here? How did a day after a USA only holiday becomes a worldwide shopping event? Guests: Stijn Schepers, Accenture

This show sponsored by Foulk Consulting http://www.foulkconsulting.com Brian and James continue to cover performance testing foundations. This week we stop at the topic of performance test reporting and why the canned reports from your tool are just the beginning. Crashes for the week: * Taco Bell Free Tacos * Facebook Libra Coin Crash * Exam Results (SSD GD Constable Results, CHSE Odisha 12th Art...

This show sponsored by Foulk Consulting http://www.foulkconsulting.com Brian and James continue to cover performance testing foundations. This week we stop at the topic of Guest operating systems, how this impacts your testing and your performance efforts Crashes for the week: * Tesla Model 3 Preorders, https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-china-website-crashes-model-3-pre-orders-gigafactory-3/ * Ticke...

This show sponsored by Foulk Consulting http://www.foulkconsulting.com Brian and James continue to cover performance testing foundations. This week we explore the topic of Network and it's many permutations: Physical, Virtual, Wired, Wireless, fast, slow, really fast. Crashes for the week: * Middlesbrough FC * VW ID.3, http://www.auto-innov.com/2019/05/13/vw-id-3-reservations-crash-site-exceed-100...

This show sponsored by Foulk Consulting http://www.foulkconsulting.com Brian and James continue to cover performance testing foundations. This week we stop at the topic of Disk, or is that storage now that we have fewer platters spinning. It's one of those finite resources on any host and how you use Disk will impact your app performance as well as your test performance. Tune in for insight Crashe...

This show sponsored by Foulk Consulting http://www.foulkconsulting.com Brian and James continue to cover performance testing foundations. This week we stop at the topic of Memory and how Performance is related Crashes for the week: * @PracticalDev, https://gtmetrix.com/reports/dev.to/XP5HpEjl * Jharkhand Academic Council Result, https://newsd.in/jac-8th-class-result-2019-official-website-jac-nic-i...

This show sponsored by Foulk Consulting http://www.foulkconsulting.com This week Brian and Jame go for the Brainz: No, this isn't Tarman from "The living Dead." It's all about the CPU in your box. Cores, INTS vs IRQS, Application vs System. It's What motivates your PC Website Crashes: Parliament pettitions, Jonas Brothers

This show sponsored by Foulk Consulting http://www.foulkconsulting.com Brian and James continue to cover performance testing foundations. This week we stop at the topic of performance reporting stats and meaningful measures. Along the way we take a look a a few crashes to see what we can learn about system performance Crashes for the week: * Majestic Wine, https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2019/03...

This show sponsored by Foulk Consulting http://www.foulkconsulting.com Brian and James continue to cover performance testing foundations. This week we stop at the topic of time. Along the way we chat about human perception, how Google measures time, site abandonment, legal requirements, etc.. Crashes for the week: * Karnataka State Property Registration, https://starofmysore.com/server-crash-prope...