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Load Testing: How Fast Can We Go?

Speedscale creates load tests from recorded traffic so generating load is pretty core to what we do. As a brief overview, we record traffic from your service in one environment and replay it in another, optionally increasing load several fold. During a replay the Speedscale load generator makes requests against the system under test (SUT), with the responses from external dependencies like APIs or a payment processor optionally mocked out for consistency. Your service is the SUT here.

IoT project lifecycle: App-centric software development [Part II]

The traditional embedded Linux development model ties applications to the OS. Such a constraint means apps have to target a specific release, which lowers development velocity. Furthermore, broken upgrades in one part of the device may affect refreshes in the rest of the OS. On the other hand, embedded developers are increasingly looking at open-source software to enable rapid app-centric software deployment and global collaboration.

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The Economic Crunch is Here: Time to Get AIOps Right

Economic warning signs are flashing, and organisations of all sizes are balancing the need for fiscal discipline and efficiency while fighting to retain customers, when a single negative interaction can send them running to a competitor. Business digital operations are more complex than ever, compounding the problem is that companies are still adapting to remote work and pandemic-driven digitisation. Our recent report confirms that delivery teams are facing increased pressures, unreasonable business demands, and higher rates of burnout.

Civo All Things Kubernetes London Meetup

On Tuesday 10th May 2022, at Investigo in Central London, we hosted our first in-person meetup where we discussed and had multiple talks on "All Things Kubernetes". Around 60 community members joined us, where they networked with others in the space and engaged in cloud-native conversations. Check out our All Things Kubernetes London Meetup and learn more about the talks from our team, and the behind the scenes of all the action!

The 10-Step Framework To Developing A Cloud Cost Strategy

Cloud cost intelligence is a game-changing way to understand where your money is going and what that means for your business. Any company with a cloud services bill can benefit from a cloud cost intelligence strategy that outlines which spending decisions are beneficial and which should be scrapped in favor of something else. But let’s say you have done your background research and you understand what cloud cost intelligence is and why it matters. Where do you go from there?

Multi-cloud trends in the media sector

The cloud is helping organisations in the media and entertainment sector unlock new levels of efficiency and speed as they find themselves under pressure to produce and distribute content faster than ever before. In our latest blog we look at how a Network-as-a-Service model can enhance their multi-cloud strategy.

Open-source cloud for beginners with OpenStack

In the beginning, there was Amazon Web Services (AWS). And AWS set a standard for cloud computing. AWS was fast, flexible, convenient to use and geo-redundant. Definitely much better than legacy IT infrastructure or VMware. A lot of enterprises all over the world started migrating their business applications to AWS.