Performance is no longer the neglected cousin of functionality. Financial institutes discovered user experience and performance as one of their unique selling points to attract and retain more clients.

T24 Transact is a leading core banking system that has been helping banks across the globe to streamline their operations and provide better services to their customers. However, as the banking industry becomes more competitive, banks must ensure that the system runs optimally and is secure from potential threats.

In 1999, when I designed and executed my first load and performance test, I wondered why organizations ignored this crucial discipline and started addressing performance problems only when it was too late. From 1999 to 2018, I built performance engineering teams in multiple organizations and shared my knowledge about performance. I worked with a long list of performance testing, debugging, and monitoring tools to help identify and fix performance issues. I've realized that th

Thank you to the entire Performance Engineering and Observability community for all your contributions. 2023 was a disruptive year. Some...

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Some call them the most important invention of the 20th century; others don't like them because they took their jobs away. Many of us love them because they are available 24/7, easily accessible, and open our gates to a new world of possibilities. But have you ever looked under the hood of such payment systems?

We achieve nothing if we don't have substantial requirements in place, but for some reason, we seem to be ignoring this fact for the more...

Our technology landscape is changing all the time and impacts our daily lives. Twenty years ago, almost no mobile device existed, but...

In our fast-paced world of software development, organizations are constantly seeking ways to optimize their processes and deliver high-quality products efficiently. One revolutionary approach that has gained significant attention and adoption in recent years is DORA (DevOps Research and Assessment). DORA emerged from extensive research conducted by its founders, who aimed to identify the critical drivers of high-performing technology organizations. Through their collaborati

I assume many of you faced outages or slowdowns of your favorite services in the last few weeks. Our digitized world won't work without...

Database storage grows over time and impacts performance. Of course, you can add indexes and update statistics, but at some point in, if...

Performance and Security are tightly interconnected. During one of our regular performance checks, we reviewed the four golden signals,...

Investigating and resolving Java-related issues is often more an art than a science. Over time you will collect a good sense for the most common anti-patterns and build your Java tuning toolbox. Today I share some insights on handling Java errors in T24 Transact core banking.

Timeouts are essential for performance because they help to prevent system resources from being tied up by long-running or unresponsive...

We are happy to announce that our paper about "Human-AI-powered strategies for better business applications" has been accepted at the The...

When applications slow down and crash, we know the root cause is often coding-related issues. Let's imagine your application has a search...