In January, my colleague Peter came to me with an idea to create a Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) survey. The goal of the survey was to find out what it really means to be an SRE, examining the types of organizations, skills, and culture where site reliability engineers work. We…
Hundreds of websites and their user experience were impacted yesterday when Google’s DoubleClick suffered a major outage that lasted for hours. Catchpoint first reported the outage at 10:00 EDT on Tuesday, March 13th in Europe and at 15:00 EDT in US. As soon as the issue was identified, we had…
Third-party elements such as ad tags, tracking pixels, and widgets are an important component of any website that we visit and build today. As an operator we may not have a direct control on their performance on our web properties, and the impact that has on the end-user experience; yet…
The end-user experience monitoring industry is growing with greater speed and complexity every day. IT departments now play a critical role in delivering amazing digital experiences, with the firefighters on the front lines tasked with ensuring that the systems which have been put in place are performing at optimal speed…
It’s been a few weeks since I got back from trekking to the Everest Base Camp in Nepal. Reaching an altitude of over 5500 meters (18,208 ft), and seeing the spectacular gold-bathed peaks of Everest, Nuptse, and the grand Lhotse at sunset made the grueling 10 days leading up to…
We are excited to announce that Catchpoint has successfully completed the Service Organization Control (SOC) 2 Type II certification. This certification provides our customers and partners an ongoing commitment to transparency and understanding of how we are able to ensure that data is protected through a solid set of internal…
Single page application (SPA) is a web application that has a single HTML page and dynamically updates the views depending on user interaction. SPAs provide a rich user experience with its simplicity; a customer can access the website on multiple different platforms and devices and still get the same experience. Monitoring the…
When people think of synthetic monitoring outside the firewall they often think of website monitoring or HTTP monitoring. While HTTP is one of the most widely used protocols, there are many other protocols that require synthetic testing from outside the firewall or from the end users’ perspective. It is just…
One of the biggest nightmares for any service provider is to find themselves in SLA hell due to poor performance. An issue that negatively impacts end users’ experience is inevitably going to have an effect on a company’s business metrics, and when that happens, they’re going to be looking for…
Organizations deploy numerous solutions to monitor, alert, analyze, and share information – all to improve user experience. Finding the best tool or solution for the job can be stressful and time-consuming. Teams often test many tools simultaneously, which leads to disorganization and confusion over where to look when it’s time…
