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Microsoft-surpasses-revenue-expectations-for-fourth-quarter

Microsoft surpasses revenue expectations for fourth quarter


Wednesday, August 14, 2024 by

Microsoft has reported outstanding financial results for the fourth quarter of its fiscal year 2024, surpassing market expectations with revenues of $64.73 billion, a 15% increase compared to the previous year. Net income reached $22 billion, representing $2.95 per share, slightly higher than earlier estimates. Despite this solid overall performance, the intelligent clo...


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Gecko edge computing from Akamai takes to cloud computing


Tuesday, February 20, 2024 by

Akamai Technologies, the cloud company has unveiled plans to embed cloud computing capabilities into its massive edge network. Akamai’s Generalized Edge Compute (Gecko) advances Akamai’s strategy to be the cloud computing platform for companies that want to deliver better experiences by running workloads closer to users, devices, and sources of data. Akam...


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DevSecOps will go mainstream this year


Tuesday, January 26, 2021 by

Cybercriminals love Shadow Code exploits because hacking a commonly used library or service can place the malicious code on hundreds or thousands of websites. For example, the widely used jQuery JavaScript library has been breached multiple times, leading to digital skimming attacks broadly across the e-commerce sector. Adding jQuery to an application without ...


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Serve images in next-gen formats as the browser war rages on


Wednesday, December 2, 2020 by

The browser wars are far from over, with an invisible battle going on underneath the hood every time we access a website - the victims are innovation and customer satisfaction. That biggest battle is the fight over the next-gen file formats and codecs for images and videos, the key elements that make up any modern online experience, and most web traffic today. Despit...


HeadSpin-acquires-performance-testing-company-and-launches-new-tools

HeadSpin acquires performance testing company and launches new tools


Wednesday, March 13, 2019 by

In an email to ADM, HeadSpin said they have acquired application performance testing company NimbleDroid. Effective immediately, HeadSpin will integrate the NimbleDroid functional performance testing tools into its core platform and all employees will join HeadSpin including NimbleDroid co-founder and CEO Junfeng Yang, who has been named Chief Scientist of HeadSpin...


How-to-make-testing-apps-easier-using-HeadSpin

How to make testing apps easier using HeadSpin


Tuesday, January 8, 2019 by

New device launches are exciting for consumers, but a lot happens behind the scenes. New devices mean new device-OS configurations. App developers have to scramble to understand how their apps will perform under new circumstances. This cannot be taken for granted, because a few seconds of additional app load time means millions of lost revenue. New device launches put a...


The-evolution-of-APMs

The evolution of APMs


Wednesday, September 27, 2017 by

The World Wide Web became publicly available in August of 1991. Within a few years, PCs became an essential household item and short after it was already clear that the existing infrastructure was not made to scale. Web pages featuring "404 error" codes were a common aggravating  flow in the user experience.To help the web scale and ease user frustration, CDN (Cont...


Where-is-app-speed-the-fastest-Surprisingly,-not-in-the-US

Where is app speed the fastest Surprisingly, not in the US


Friday, July 28, 2017 by

Countries with faster mobile app speed than the US include Russia, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, Taiwan, France, Germany, Canada and several more. That’s according to the PacketZoom Q2 Mobile Observatory and Benchmark Report, which measures app speed, disconnections, and other performance variables worldwide. In May, Akamai reported on global internet speeds, but PacketZoo...


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Amos Ben Yaacov hired as PacketZoom's General Manager EMEA


Tuesday, July 18, 2017 by

PacketZoom, a leader in mobile application acceleration, announced today that it has expanded to Europe to help accelerate mobile app performance in the region. The company has hired industry veteran Amos Ben Yaacov as its new General Manager EMEA to oversee growth throughout Europe and bring PacketZoom’s proprietary app analytics, controls and acceleration technology t...


PacketZoom-expands-its-offerings-to-SEA

PacketZoom expands its offerings to SEA


Wednesday, June 14, 2017 by

Slow app speeds are a major problem for Southeast Asia, where a recent Digitimes report found that 3G/4G mobile broadband Internet access was expected to reach just 60% in Southeast Asia in 2017, compared to 81% for the United States and more than 90% for countries such as Japan and South Korea. PacketZoom’s own Mobile Observatory report also found a high number of netw...


$10B-enterprise-CDN-and-application-delivery-market-upended

$10B enterprise CDN and application delivery market upended


Sunday, February 19, 2017 by

Instart Logic, a technology company, has announced its “Application Services Platform,” a set of speed, mobility and security technologies designed to optimize digital revenue. It also announced a new business model designed to disrupt the $10 billion content and application delivery markets, including Akamai. Beginning immediately Instart Logic will deliver enterp...


DOES16-Opens-Discounted-Registration

DOES16 Opens Discounted Registration


Friday, September 9, 2016 by

IT Revolution just announced the conference program for the 2016 DevOps Enterprise Summit (DOES16). The event, which aims to identify and amplify DevOps best practices for technology leaders of large enterprises, will be held in San Francisco from November 7-9.  For a limited time only, attendees can receive a 20 percent discount when they register to att...


Wireless-Networks,-SSL,-Content-Delivery-Networks:-What-You-Need-to-Know

Wireless Networks, SSL, Content Delivery Networks: What You Need to Know


Thursday, August 18, 2016 by

Everything and everyone is going mobile. We all hear it every day. We see people wondering around parks looking for Pokémon. Increasingly, we see people using mobile devices to replace desktops and laptops professionally. How are architectures for application performance evolving to keep up with the shift to mobile? Let’s look at two trends that are conspiring...


What-you-Might-be-Missing-When-You-Try-To-Test-for-Everything

What you Might be Missing When You Try To Test for Everything


Friday, December 4, 2015 by

As you approach a load test, you may be tempted to focus on specific elements, such as the number of threads you’re using, response times or hits. However, it’s important to look at the process itself from a high level as well. By doing so, you’ll set yourself up for a more effective and successful testing sequence. A Good Load Test Is Made of Many Details That Wor...


Why-DDoS-Attacks-Have-Doubled-in-the-past-Year

Why DDoS Attacks Have Doubled in the past Year


Saturday, August 22, 2015 by

Akamai Technologies has released its Q2 2015 State of the Internet – Security Report. This quarter’s report, which provides analysis and insight into the global cloud security threat landscape. Most notably, the data show the threat posed by distributed denial of service (DDoS) and web application attacks continues to grow each quarter.John Summers, vice president, Clou...