Black Friday 2017 was a bumper year for those UK online retailers able to accommodate the increased demand. With 2018’s sale event fast approaching, it’s time to implement an effective performance testing plan. We take a look at the changing landscape and what you can do to reduce the risk.
Load testing is capable of delivering valuable data to inform your decisions and protect your customer experience when it matters most. But with the heightened complexity and sophistication of today’s websites we look at why a traditional approach to load testing is no longer up to the job.
Our latest roundtable event at St Paul’s Cathedral led to in-depth discussions for strategies to improve performance for peak traffic. Guest speaker Gary Reynolds, Head of ecommerce/applications at Dixons Carphone opened the event by sharing his valuable experience in preparing for Black Friday peaks.
What will be the dominant online trends affecting performance for 2017? With mobile dominating online trends throughout 2016, we look at the new technology that could lead the way in 2017.
In part 1 of this blog we talked about the challenges of sustaining user experience when migrating platform.
While migration may offer improvements in many areas, it’s likely that it will raise problems in other areas. We work with many clients managing platform migration to help them minimise the performance risk.
