The success of nearly every application is determined by its reliability and performance. Squeezing every millisecond out of a solution is an ongoing task for most application designers and ...

In the previous chapter we discussed backup and recovery. We discussed why backup was one of the critical parts of any Information Technology implementation. Hardware redundancy provides availability ...

The database management system is the heart of modern applications, and keeping things running smoothly in a DBMS is imperative to an organization's bottom line. Database performance tools can ...

When I want the best performance on x86/x86-64 processors while using C, C++, Fortran, or Python, Intel tools have no equal. Intel tools can also help with C# and Java optimization. Starting this week ...

A slow application is a challenge for IT operations teams, as the problem generally comes with about as much background information as a warning light on a car dashboard that just says Service.

The tuning of proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control loops was an important change at HollyFrontier’s Navajo Refinery in Artesia, N.M. Its hands-on, “mandraulic” culture was no longer cutting ...