appsphere 15 - breaking the news: delivering content with actionable performance data

Breaking the News: Delivering Content with Actionable Performance Data Al Kemner, Principal Engineer - Gannett

GANNETT

Gannett Co., Inc. is a next-generation media company committed to strengthening communities across our network. •  500+ digital products •  116 brands •  110 markets internationally •  114 Million unique visitors •  Serves 1.8 Billion Monthly User Minutes •  Reaches 45% of the US online internet population(age 18+)

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GANNETT

Powerhouse brands such as USA TODAY, Detroit Free Press, and Arizona Republic, Democrat & Chronicle and many more.


Overview

•  What problem are we trying to solve? •  Visibility Into End Users Performance •  Independent Monitor for End User Performance •  Overcoming Culture •  Q/A


Visibility Into End Users Performance




Server-side snapshots

Independent Monitor for End User Performance


•  Having something we can trust •  Monitoring of critical user flows •  Correlating user performance to the backend(s)

Real Browsers



Geographic Distribution

Flexible Job Schedules



Flexible Cost Management

Job Retry


Jobs will retry on •  Error(assertion failed) •  Timeout •  Performance thresholds

Job Timeout change to 5secs


Performance Thresholds


Reliable Connection Speeds


Monitoring of critical user flows


Server-side correlation


Overcoming Culture

•  Don’t fall into using the product reactively •  EVERY alert actionable will drive product usage

–  Setup one pristine example


Q/A


Thank You

appsphere 15 - breaking the news: delivering content with actionable performance data

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