In this fast-paced, 30-minute session Peter Sevcik, founder and executive director of the Apdex Alliance, provides an overview of Apdex, an open standard for reporting, benchmarking, and tracking application performance. New Relic consultant Steve Hudson follows with real-world examples of how to measure Apdex scores in production Rails or Java web applications using RPM.
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In this session Brian Doll, manager of software development at Sheet Music Plus, the nation’s leading online provider of sheet music, shares his tips on preparing your site optimal application performance, capacity and scalability during the peak season. In addition to providing specific optimization examples, Brian discusses a number of helpful steps in detail. These include:
- Analyze the architecture to understand dependencies
- Analyze the business to understand customer behavior
- Measure everything that can be measured
- Embrace change by being responsive
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