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It's official, poor web performance leads to "Web Stress"
Results from a recent study by CA prove that many consumers experience 'Web Stress' when trying to make an online purchase. Brain wave analysis from the experiment revealed that participants had to concentrate up to 50% more when using badly performing websites, while facial muscle and behavioural analysis of the subjects also revealed greater agitation and stress in these periods.
"It's not just about website design or internet connection speeds - the performance of a website is dependent on the performance of the web applicati...
BBC net Show in Site Crash
BBC bosses were left red-faced when a TV documentary about the power of the internet crashed its own website.
Viewers were told to complete an online behaviour test after web documentary The Virtual Revolution aired on BBC2 on Saturday.
But servers crashed and thousands of the ...
22/02/2010
blucap articles in development portals
Another blucap article has been published, this time entitled:
"Testing-as-a-Service – The new “Third Way” for Performance Testing"
This appears in 2 development portals:
UK is highest in Online Spending League, but are all Web Sites up to the Job?
Paul Caine, Managing Director of online Web testing services company, blucap™ considers the implications and challenges of servicing this online expenditure for the UK’s ecommerce sector.
UK spends more online than anywhere else in Europe
UK shoppers spent more online than anywhere else in Europe last year, accounting for almost a third of all European sales, research suggests.
UK consumers spent £38bn online in 2009, or an average of £1,102 per shopper, according to the Centre for Retail Research (CRR).
...01/02/2010
Trust IV blucap article in T.E.S.T. Magazine
Take a look at the article we published in December 2009 issue of T.E.S.T Magazine, online article at: T.E.S.T Article
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15/01/2010
Bad websites cost councils 11m (GBP) a month
Badly designed or poorly built websites could be costing councils £11m a month, according to the Society of IT Managers (Socitm).
Socitm warns that if users are not able to find the information they need quickly and easily on the web, they will either call or visit council contac...
08/01/2010
Google races to speed up the Web
Google is in a really big hurry to make the Web experience faster.
That became abundantly clear in 2009, when the company unveiled a steady stream of projects, products and enhancements focused on increasing Internet speed.
The initiatives varied widely in scope and focus. They...
07/01/2010
Australian fire alert system fails under volume
Acting Victorian Premier Rob Hulls has admitted "it's not good enough'' that the Country Fire Authority's website to crash yesterday during its first serious test since Black Saturday.
The CFA has today ordered a major investigation after the website crashed despite being updated and r...
05/01/2010
BA Loses 6 hours of online bookings
Beleaguered UK carrier British Airways can add six-hours of lost online bookings and probably a heap of grumpy passengers looking for web check-in to its woes following a major website crash.
The problems are understood to have started at around 6am GMT December 11 and hit the en...
21/12/2009
Blucap launch press release
20th November 2009, Preston UK – Trust IV, the specialist provider of IT testing and project services has announced the launch of its online, application performance testing service, blucap™, giving e-tailers the opportunity to check that their shopping portals are fit for pu...
20/11/2009
Olympic ticket site suffers 'epic fail'
Vancouver Winter Olympic Organizing Committee officials knew they had a problem Saturday the instant they turned on their ticketing system for what was supposed to be the final round of 2010 Olympic ticket sales.
However, it was some three hours later, after many fuming would-be buyers...
19/11/2009
Forrester Recommends Performance Testing
Since the rise of online shopping in the late 1990s, we have seen many evolutions in the underlying technology infrastructure and in consumer expectations. Elements fue... 29/10/2009
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, France's Most Popular Woman, Too Popular for the Internet
A website launched by French first lady Carla Bruni has crashed on its first day - overwhelmed by the number of users trying to access it at once.
The site promises a glimpse into her life with President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace and aims to publicise her ch...
13/10/2009
Speed Sells for Retail Internet Sites
Online retailers face a double whammy: At the same time as consumers expect more rich features on e-commerce sites, they also want those sites to be faster than ever. Even as retail sites have added bandwidth-clogging features like video, zoom and animated content in recent years, consumers ha...
13/10/2009
Oasis Pretty Green clothing site crashes.
Seconds after Oasis front man Liam Gallagher launched his debut fashion line, it crashed due to the sheer volume of fans logging on. Traffic of over 100,000 people jammed the site for his Pretty Green range, as they tried to buy the rocker’s cagoules, shirts, hats, scarves and the tradem...
05/06/2009
Blucap injectors up and running at our hosting partner Open Hosting.
Trust IV has built the blucap™ infrastructure at Open Hosting's state of the art data centre in Trafford Park, Manchester.
Speaking afterwards, Gordon Appleby, Technical Director of blucap™, said “We are very pleased with the install, everything went exactly to plan a...
08/05/2009
