by Apica Systems | Jun 22, 2022 | Cloud, Load Testing, Web
Software testing is a huge domain, but it can be broadly categorized into two areas: manual testing and automated testing. Both manual and automated testing offer benefits and disadvantages. It’s worth knowing the difference, and when to use one or the other for...
by Apica Systems | Oct 24, 2019 | Digital Experience, Load Testing, Media and Entertainment, Web
The thing with a television network having a hit TV show is that everyone wants to watch it. And while it can be huge for their bottom line, there is also a significant technical challenge when the program is being streamed. That’s what HBO experienced with the...
by Apica Systems | Jan 23, 2019 | Monitoring, Web
It seems today that the once boring IT team is now center stage to some incredible revolutionary moment in time. I’m talking about a moment like when the light bulb was invented – in our case the ever-increasing usage of IoT devices and the...
by Apica Systems | Sep 25, 2018 | Digital Experience, Monitoring, Web
Proactive DEM (digital experience monitoring) has become a critical piece of the puzzle for digital organizations, especially as application complexity continues to rise and cloud migration is no longer just a strategic idea. Automation is driving digital...
by Apica Systems | Sep 12, 2018 | Digital Experience, Monitoring, Uncategorized, Web
For the second piece in this series on monitoring for fun and profit we will focus on RUM/RUA. As was done previously will generically define RUM/RUA and cover a typical RUM set of metrics as a basis for a RUM starting point. I prefer the Real User Analytics (RUA) and...
by Apica Systems | Aug 20, 2018 | Load Testing, Web
Sven Hammar, founder and chief strategy officer, Apica The website crash experienced by Virgin Money Giving proved to be a very expensive mistake by the brand. Even temporarily ignoring the financial aspect, in the short-term it prevented friends, colleagues, and...
