Benchmarking is valuable tool in today’s competitive online marketplace because companies cannot efficiently improve web or mobile application performance without having an understanding of performance in comparison to key competitors and industry leaders.

Compuware’s Senior Product Manager Bryce Dunn’s recent blog post poses an interesting question: Is hardware really cheaper than having an application performance strategy?

how did some of leading sports books sites perform under increased visitor levels during the 2010 World Cup?

In a recent article for Mobile Marketer, it explained that retailers need to understand that the mobile Web can augment the in-store shopping experience as many consumers check and compare competitors’ products and prices as they actually peruse store aisles and contemplate purchases.
Today, companies with the strongest mobile Web performance are shaping user expectations across all [...]

Web application delivery has changed over the past few years, creating management challenges in ensuring the delivery of quality Web experiences.

Similar to the proliferation of mature enabling technology and the resulting advanced services of the web years ago, the mobile industry is currently experiencing many of the same transitions. Except,  it’s all happening much faster. New technologies, devices and services being offered, translate into a dramatic rise in end-user usage of mobile services. 
Data consumption is [...]

Strategic companies who truly understand the value of the web to their business have a fully integrated business model. This makes for good business, but it also increases the complexity and priority associated with Web performance. If a Web site performed poorly in 2006, the primary effect was a decline in online sales. But in 2010, a poor Web performance and experience can directly affect the results for the offline business channels, too.

How can you seize control of your site to ensure consistent quality with so many browsers and browser versions to master, and so many variables in their performance? Success depends on having the right perspective, the right focus and the right execution discussed in this entry.

Imad Mouline’s keynote speech from the Velocity Web Performance Conference outlines key points for developers looking to understand the unique performance advantages that can be exploited when working in the cloud.

As retailers ramp up for the upcoming 2010 online holiday shopping season, they need to be concerned with web performance and its impact on customer satisfaction. There are several key questions retailers need to consider, prioritize, and address to ensure they deliver exceptional website performance.