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DNS: Web Performance & Testing

It’s not enough to know that DNS is running. You need to know how your website is performing. Will your website go down during a usage spike? Will your shopping cart break during a critical shopping period? Will videos stream effectively? A slow website can cause more damage to your business than a full outage. You need to understand the user experience.

DNS: Web Performance & Testing - Articles

Testing and Troubleshooting DNS Configuration Errors

Helping to showcase Cybersecurity and Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) at the seminar, Neustar invited Rodney Joffe, senior vice president and senior technologist at Neustar; Merike Kaeo, founder of Double Shot security and recognized security expert; and Edward Lewis, a director at Neustar and author of numerous RFCs dealing with DNS and DNSSEC. Merike began the DNS discussion, focusing her presentation on four DNS threats, which included configuration mistakes [ Read More ]

DNS: Keynote Systems, ExtraHop Networks to Deliver Real-Time Application Performance Management

Keynote Systems, a provider of Internet and mobile cloud monitoring, and ExtraHop Networks, a technology provider of network- and application-performance management (APM) solutions, have unveiled an enterprise-grade, easy-to-deploy, joint solution that provides companies with both synthetic and real-time transaction analysis from the end user across the entire data center. [ Read More ]

Is a Glitch in Web Performance a Real Pain in Facebook's Backside?

Facebook continues to grow and grow and grow … It was just in November 2010 that Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook creator and CEO, took a risk in the low usage of location-based services. Neglecting Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life study, which claimed that only four percent of adults use location-based services, Facebook was willing to challenge the market, claiming that it has 30 million users. [ Read More ]

Microsoft Apologizes for Hotmail Deletions; Blames Server Problems

Microsoft is now saying that it has fixed the server problem with its Windows Live Hotmail service that caused the temporary deletion of more than 17,000 user accounts, according to PC magazine. [ Read More ]

DNS Web Performance: Cuba's Version of Wikipedia Crashes on Launch

Cuba's highly anticipated (at least in Cuba) EcuRed kept on crashing Tuesday, the launch day for the online encyclopedia with a Castro-type twist. [ Read More ]


DNS Perspectives

Neustar's Teleconference Scheduled For February 2011

Neustar, a provider of telecommunications solutions and directory services, has recently announced that the company will present its report on the complete financial year 2010 with special focus on the fourth quarter of 2010. [ Read More ]

DNS: Online Ads More Popular Than Newspapers Ads

Online ads keep on gaining in popularity. In fact, U.S. advertisers spent more on Internet ads than on print newspaper ads for the first time since the Internet was created, the Wall Street Journal reported. [ Read More ]

In Stat Report Reveals Reasons Why Online Gaming is So Popular and Lucrative

Online game maker Zynga has carved a wide pathway through the online gaming business. In the past few years the company has successfully made revenues in excess of millions of dollars by selling everything virtually. [ Read More ]

Neustar Reports Increased Profit for 3Q 2010

Neustar, Inc., a provider of carrier and enterprise solutions for sending calls, messages and content across networks has announced its results for the quarter ended September 30, 2010. In addition to and refined its prior guidance for full-year 2010 announced on October 6, 2010. [ Read More ]

DNS Solutions Provider Neustar Names Lisa Hook CEO

Lisa Hook has been named the new president and CEO of DNS Solutions provider Neustar. Previously president and chief operating officer, Hook succeeds founding CEO Jeffrey E. Ganek, who will remain chairman of the board. The appointment is effective Oct. 15. [ Read More ]


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