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Latest Episodes
Episode 073: OpenText Buys Micro Focus!
Scott shares his thoughts and opinions on the recent OpenText acquisition of Micro Focus and what it could mean for LoadRunner and the legacy Mercury products.
Episode 071: Network Performance Innovations
Peter West of West Networks talks about exciting advancements in network performance, including bonding cellular and Starlink connections to make massive internet pipes. He also talks about the upcoming West Networks Peplink Tech Summit 22.
Episode 070: APDEX – A Useful Performance Metric?
Scott interviews James Pulley (Chief Performance Officer at QA Consultants) about the Application Performance Index (APDEX) metric. Is it a useful metric for today’s applications? Is there something better?
Episode 069: The Application Performance Index (APDEX)
What is the Application Performance Index (APDEX) and what should performance engineers know about it?
Episode 068: What is AIOps?
Scott talks with Heath Newburn (PagerDuty) about how we can go beyond the hype and buzzwords and find out where the real usefulness is within AIOps for improving performance and reliability.
Episode 067: CI Pipelines with LoadRunner
David McLeish talks about the latest version of LoadRunner and demonstrates how to use LoadRunner in a CI/CD pipeline for “shift left” performance testing. He uses the Jenkins plugin.
Classic Episodes
Episode 065: Digital Twins – Part 1 of 2
Scott talks to Jonathon Wright (Keysight) about the concept of the Digital Twin and how the concept applies to performance engineering.
Episode 083: How automation and observability impact DevOps Performance
Scott Moore interviews Alex Darby, Director of APM Services at Orasi Software about automating observability and shifting performance left to impact DevOps Performance.
Shifting Performance Left: 5 Great Ideas To Transform
Shifting performance left can transform your organization. Is addresses performance issues earlier in the software development lifecycle.
Bonded Cellular Network Speed with a Peplink HD4 is Amazing
Check out the power of bonded cellular modems with the Peplink HD4 MBX and see the results of a real-world speed test.
5 Reasons Load Testing Doesn’t Work (My Free Advice)
Scott Moore takes a critical look at a persistent challenge in the IT world: why load testing often doesn’t work as intended.
Scaling Performance Engineering Teams – 3 Great Insights
Scaling Performance Engineering Teams in today’s large enterprise is difficult. How do leading companies like Kroger do it?
About SMC Journal
The SMC Journal is a podcast about all things related to Software and Systems Engineering, DevOps, Observability, Performance, Cloud Computing, Security, AI, and much more. The show covers news events, company profiles (mergers and acquisitions), corporate events, vendor software features and updates, and much more.
Content includes commentary and demonstrations by Scott Moore and his guests. Join him as he interviews industry experts, company representatives and hosts lively discussions with the performance community.
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