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IT Performance: Predicting and Preventing System Failure

Originally published on June 9, 2020 The Costs of Poor Performance Most of us have experienced poorly performing IT systems at one point in time or another. For some reason, the hourglass is spinning with no indication of when (if ever) we’re going to get a response. As an individual, this is frustrating, but as … Continue reading

Performance Engineering: Not a Quality Assurance Role

Hijacking Engineering Search through any job board these days and you’ll find the occasional requirement for “Performance Engineer”. Most of these roles state that the role falls within the Quality Assurance (or Testing) hierarchy of an organisation’s IT structure. Most of these requirements also state that the role involves setting up both testing and monitoring … Continue reading