Category Archives: Catchpoint

On The Journey For The Perfect Network Health Dashboard

This is a guest post courtesy of Dyn CTO Tom Daly. At Dyn, we obsess about network performance and the proof is in the tools we have built over the years to constantly monitor how our network is running. With … Continue reading

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Catchpoint February 2012 Release

  February came and went so fast we forgot to give you a quick update on what we have been up to! Empowering Data Analysis Our in house NoSQL/In-Memory reporting platform allows customers to run statistical analysis of the data … Continue reading

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Last Mile Monitoring: Web Performance at 40,000 Feet Altitude

  My job requires frequent traveling between the East and West coast. On every trip, I can’t wait for the plane to reach the 10,000 feet altitude so I can turn on my computer and connect to the onboard Wi-Fi … Continue reading

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First Catchpoint Release for 2012

What better way to start 2012 than with a big product release! Our engineering team completed over 100 user stories. Here are three key features that were released and are a first in a synthetic monitoring solution: New Monitor Type: Playback … Continue reading

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Closing 2011 with one last release

  The holidays are almost here and we could not have closed 2011 without one more stocking stuffer for our end users. Last night we rolled out the December release, the last release for 2011, which was packed with features. … Continue reading

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Summer 2011 Releases

Well Summer came and went in a heartbeat. Our engineering team was busy building new features and we had 2 releases in the last 2 months. Here are some of the features:

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Peeling the Web Performance Onion – NY Web Perf Meetup

We had the privilege this week to be invited to present at both the LA Web Perf Meetup and the NY Web Perf Meetup. Drit was on stage last night in NYC, the topic was “Peeling the Web Performance Onion”. We also … Continue reading

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Metrics Metrics Metrics… Chart of the Week

Since we launched Catchpoint we have been continuously innovating by listening to our customers needs. We have brought new metrics and data analysis features to help our customers measure and improve their web performance. Coming from IT operations, we understand that operation … Continue reading

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Web Performance Monitoring Tales

Last night I had the privilege to present at the LA WebPerf meetup about a topic close to my heart: ”Network Latency & Web Latency … Catchpoint the Plumber“. The presentation was a showcase of real life web performance failures captured by our … Continue reading

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Second Spring Release 2011

It’s that time of the month for a new Catchpoint release. The second Spring release. Here are some of the major changes:

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Network Latency & Web Latency … Catchpoint the Plumber

Remember when Ted Stevens, the late Senator, talking about Net Neutrality referred to the internet as a series of tubes ? Even Jon Stewart did a segment on that story. Well our support team troubleshooted an issue this past weekend for one of our customers … Continue reading

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First Spring Release 2011

Spring is finally here, although it seems someone in the East Coast just got the memo! This April we also celebrate our 1 year anniversary of launching the Catchpoint Web Performance Monitoring suite. We have had a busy year building solutions to help … Continue reading

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Last Release of Winter 2011

Finally this cold winter is coming to an end. New York is getting warmer – and there is no snow to be seen. With that we are releasing our 3rd and last release of Winter 2011. Here are some feature highlights: Scheduled Reports : … Continue reading

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First Catchpoint Release for 2011

January came and went with a lot of snow in a blink, the only sign left of it is the snow mountains in the street corners of New York City. However, bad weather is no excuse for an agile development … Continue reading

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Closing 2010 with one last release

We could not have closed 2010 without one last release. So this week we delivered the December version to our customers. Here are some of the key feature highlights: Dashboard Version 1: We released the first version of Catchpoint Dashboard. … Continue reading

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Outclip by Catchpoint: Manage third party content and keep their performance in check

Poor performance of third-party content is one of the biggest concerns today for web publishers, e-commerce, and marketers. By including JavaScript tags for online advertisements, widgets, analytics, etc – the performance of a website becomes highly dependent on the third-party. … Continue reading

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What’s new at Catchpoint – October 2010 Release

Our October release just hit the wire. This one was packed with some really cool features based on feedback from customers and prospects. Here are some feature highlights: Page Speed score: Catchpoint will calculate Page Speed score for every test run. Users … Continue reading

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Dawn of a New Day in the Web Performance Optimization World.

Today is an important day for the web community, Zero Load launched the 1st Web Performance Optimization contest. For the first time web speed enthusiasts will compete in building the fastest site based on a set of tangible criteria. We applaud the event, … Continue reading

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Performance is a Journey, not a Destination

No one likes slow websites or websites that malfunction. Today, time is very valuable – and no user wants to be frustrated trying to access a website. We all have better things to do than wait for a webpage to … Continue reading

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The Boy Who Cried Wolf in Web Performance

Today, performance monitoring involves monitoring the performance, reliability, and availability of every object on the website, including third party vendors, as any of these objects can cause performance problems to the page. Almost every web performance monitoring tool out there … Continue reading

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