As we approach a critical time for retailers, it’s clearer than ever that this year is simply like no other. During lockdown we’ve seen demand…

Going for gold Online businesses have been on something of a rollercoaster ride over the last six months, as consumers have embraced the shift to…

Take two different scenarios; firstly 10,000 concurrent users visiting your home page which is fundamentally static and delivers mainly cached data or 10,000 concurrent users…

What does a realistic load test model look like? There are a number of factors to incorporate in order to achieve the required results you need, so adopting a holistic approach to load testing that takes into account the full user experience is key.

With most sporting events – post-Cheltenham – having been suspended for the duration of lockdown, fans who look forward to flagship events like The Grand…

Financial Services applications have critical functions to maintain and need to be reliable. They manage the overall storage of sensitive data, analysis, management and processing of a bunch of financial transactions, as well as data sets and information to deliver a robust platform for the end users.

At thinkTRIBE, we know that load testing can be transformative for the businesses we work with. Often, load testing is the only way to be sure you can confidently deliver a smooth and responsive user experience (UX), even when your website is at its busiest.

At thinkTRIBE, every load testing project begins with the creation of a traffic profile that represents how users interact with your site or application, to make sure that we map the profile to a known peak. The purpose of load testing is to provide a reliable assessment of how a website fares under normal and anticipated peak load conditions, in order that potential pinch-points and bottlenecks can be identified and mitigated.

The best approach is regular load testing, with increased frequency in the run-up to code lockdown. Load testing should never be considered as a one-off process. Even when testing is confined to a specific pre-peak period, retests are essential to ensure that your changes have been successful.

Many businesses – even those who successfully trade online – are struggling to stay profitable in the current economic conditions. At the end of 2018,…

Our top-read blog posts reveal the web performance topics, trends, and advice that you and your industry peers found the most interesting this year. We’ve summarised our most popular posts of 2018 so you can catch up on what you might have missed.

On its biggest shopping day of the year Amazon’s website struggled to handle peak traffic. Proving that even the biggest players get it wrong sometimes. Errors were encountered on both the desktop site as well as the mobile app and disgruntled shoppers took to Twitter to voice their outrage.