In this paper we present an introductory analysis of throughput scalability for update intensive workloads (such as measured by the TPC-C or TPC-W benchmarks) and how that scaling is limited by serialization effects in the software-hardware combination that comprises any platform.
This guide explains how service oriented architecture (SOA) requires unique capacity management considerations for your IT organization.
TeamQuest (now Vityl Capacity Management) provides unintrusive mechanisms for instrumenting
applications and analyzing application performance. Neil Gunther describes how to use
those mechanisms.
Banks gain competitive advantage with capacity planning in digital age. Capacity management tools are a crucial part of modern enterprise systems – and they are rarely more necessary than in the world of high finance, where uptime and latency really matter.
Survey Says Chaos Reigns
A global survey of more than 300 IT executives, directors and managers revealed that the majority of IT organizations (53%) rank in the chaotic level of IT Service Optimization maturity.
CHALLENGES: Virtualization and increasingly complex agile computing environments are creating difficulties for IT financial controllers and for IT Financial Management (ITFM).
Overview: The DevOps methodology embodies two core philosophies: decreasing the lead time of software deployment and the automation of delivery and testing. DevOps emerged as a practical response to the agile development movement, in contrast with traditional, phase-based or “waterfall” development, which is inefficient and labor-intensive. Traditional methods should be phased out, and companies should instead focus on continuous development and release.
Tech has had a tremendous impact on the way today’s businesses seek continued growth and improvement. No matter what business they are in, executives everywhere are investing in technology that improves their business processes, gets them ahead of the competition and widens their margins. Ultimately, the return on that investment is determined by how well technology supports a business’ ability to generate revenue.