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6 Key Facts to Know About Internet Speed Results

Internet speed is an important aspect of our daily lives. Whether you're streaming your favorite shows, gaming, working remotely, or managing smart home devices, the quality of your internet connection can significantly impact your experience. Interpreting your internet speed results accurately is essential for ensuring that your connection meets your needs. Here are six key facts to consider when evaluating your internet speed results.

Top 10 Prometheus Alternatives in 2024 [Includes Open-Source]

Effective monitoring is important for maintaining robust and reliable systems. While Prometheus has long been a go-to solution for many organizations, the growing complexity of modern infrastructure has led to an increased demand for prometheus alternatives. This comprehensive guide will explore various monitoring tools that can serve as viable prometheus alternatives, helping you make an informed decision for your specific needs.

How to get started with a local kubernetes development environment

Mocks can be useful, but hard to build. You can use them as backends for development, or even tests (like load and performance testing). Speedscale takes the legwork out of building mocks, by modeling them after real observed traffic. This video covers a real-world example of how to use mocks to backend a JMeter load test.

How to Load and Performance Test Kubernetes, what is Kubernetes and nuances of the platform

Check out Matt LeRay's talk on How to Test in Kubernetes at Star WEST 2024. Distributed architectures like Kubernetes present unique performance challenges. Autoscaling, Load Balancing and other mechanisms help with resiliency but can also serve to cover up fundamental problems. In this video, learn best practices and high level concepts around Kubernetes and achieving high throughput.

Replay Production Traffic to Mock local development environments

Building and debugging Kubernetes microservices can be tough, especially when you don't have realistic data or environments. See how Speedscale can quickly mock DBs and APIs based on observed production behavior, so you can debug and develop features quickly. People familiar with GoReplay will notice a more modern and automated approach to turning user behavior into reproducible developer environments.

How to Enable Black Screen Mode in AirDroid Remote Support

In this video, let's learn how to enable Black Screen Mode in AirDroid Remote Support for secure remote access to your Windows PC. Black Screen Mode helps protect your privacy by blanking the screen of the remote device while you're accessing it, ensuring no one can view your activities. Follow our step-by-step guide to activate this feature and safeguard your privacy during remote sessions.

Enhancing Healthcare Workforce Readiness Against Cybersecurity Risks

With increased digitization in healthcare organizations, there is an added risk of cybersecurity threats that may jeopardize patients' data and overall operations. The World Economic Forum has rated healthcare among the top three sectors most vulnerable in terms of cyberattacks, demanding urgent attention in approaches toward cybersecurity strategies.

Postman Load Test Tutorial

Postman is highly popular in the testing tools space for verifying API requests. While its use for general API testing is widely adopted, conducting load testing with Postman is not as straightforward. In this post, we assume that you have some experience working with Postman and are familiar with the fundamentals of creating and sending requests. If you’re new to Postman, there are numerous resources available in the Postman Learning Center.

How Device Management Companies Can Simplify Monitoring

Many companies that provide IoT or device management solutions need help building an in-house monitoring solution. Managing devices for your clients is challenging enough—building a monitoring system is not everyone's wheelhouse and takes time to set up. In this article, we will review some of the most common use cases for device management companies and discuss how these businesses can use MetricFire to save time and money on their monitoring.