In the first installment of our IPM Best Practices Series, we explored the vast expanse of the Internet Stack and how its complex layers work in unison to keep digital services running. We laid the groundwork for understanding why Internet Performance Monitoring (IPM) is pivotal for the resilience of our interconnected world. This post zeroes in on the imperative of monitoring precisely what matters, and from the right vantage points.

The digital landscape has dramatically transformed since the world’s first website went live at CERN on August 6, 1991. What began as a single webpage has exploded into a sprawling, intricate web of interconnected services and systems. The modern web is mind-bogglingly vast, complex, and, when it works, beautiful in its precision and technological harmony.

When a user clicks a link or types in a URL, their browser sends a signal across the Internet to a server that’s sometimes continents away, asking for all the pieces of a puzzle that make up your website.

If you Google, “What is the shortest, complete sentence in American English?”, then you may get, “I am” as the first answer. However, “Go” is also considered a grammatically correct sentence, and is shorter than, “I am”.

Delivering flawless customer experiences is no longer a luxury but a necessity in today’s digital landscape. Any interruption in the user journey can lead to lost sales and revenue and damage your brand’s reputation. At Catchpoint, we’re dedicated to helping you deliver exceptional digital experiences to your users worldwide. That’s why we constantly enhance our Website Experience solution, powered by WebPageTest, the gold standard in web performance testing.

As the holiday season rolls in, it’s not just about festive cheer and resolutions; it’s also time for industry leaders to cast their predictions for the new year. This year, Catchpoint’s thought leaders have stepped up with their hottest takes for 2024. Catchpoint experts are envisioning a transformative shift in the monitoring technologies, a heightened focus on performance as a key metric, and an integrated strategy for managing digital performance management.

Black Friday and Cyber Monday this year marked a strong recovery for the retail and e-commerce sectors. Consumers were more eager to spend compared to 2022. Adobe Analytics highlights a significant jump in online sales, reaching $9.8 billion on Black Friday, up 7.5% from last year. Cyber Monday also saw an impressive rise, with sales hitting $12.4 billion, a 9.6% increase from 2022.

In today's dynamic cloud computing environment, effective monitoring of cloud services is essential. Developed in partnership with Google Cloud, Google Test Suite offers easy-to-deploy test templates to monitor your Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services.

On December 8, 2023, Adobe's extensive customer base was impacted by a series of outages in the Adobe Experience Cloud, starting from 8:00 AM EST and continuing until 1:45 AM EST on December 9. We haven't seen a third-party outage of this magnitude since the DoubleClick outage of 2018.