In the era of Web 2.0 traditional approaches to capacity planning are often difficult to implement. Guerrilla Capacity Planning facilitates rapid forecasting of capacity requirements based on the opportunistic use of whatever performance data and tools are available, writes Geekr.
The blogger describes a model that:
Accounts for such effects as VM thrashing, and cache-miss latencies; Can also be used to model disk arrays, SANs, and multicore processors; and Can also be used to model certain types of network I/O.
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Opening up the SDLC to non-engineers requires re-examination of processes and clarification of roles, according to Burton Group's Chris Howard.
(November 20, Article)
When it is time for a keynote, the crew at Redmond is ready. But words don't always flow. Today we take you behind the scenes for a look at great speeches in the making. Come with us now to Microsoft Speechwriters' Headquarters. Cool!
(December 18, Cartoon)
