Optimizing Application Performance: Key Insights from Industry Testing Practices

How combining application monitoring with performance testing creates proactive performance management?

Introduction

In today’s digital landscape, application performance is directly tied to business success. Our recent industry survey revealed fascinating insights into how organizations approach performance testing and infrastructure monitoring. This blog explores the challenges, strategies, and success stories from companies that have mastered the art of performance optimization through integrated monitoring and testing approaches.

Survey Results: The Performance Monitoring Landscape

Our recent polling of IT professionals revealed several interesting trends in application performance monitoring and testing:

What is your biggest challenge when monitoring application performance during load tests?

Key findings:
  • 20% struggle with correlating user experience to backend performance
  • 60% identified service bottlenecks as their primary challenge
  • 15% face infrastructure scaling issues
  • 5% find it difficult to analyze response time degradation patterns
👉 Takeaway: Majority of teams struggle with identifying service bottlenecks, while correlating user experience and backend performance remains a significant blind spot.
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Performance Newsletter March 2025

Performance Newsletter March 2025

Recognition

Cavisson Systems continues to lead the way, earning accolades as a key player in transformative digital performance technologies.

Our cloud testing capabilities have been recognized for helping businesses ensure the performance, scalability, and reliability of their applications in cloud environments, as highlighted in this comprehensive market forecast. Read more…

Cavisson Systems has once again been named a key player in cloud testing by Orbis Research, emphasizing our ability to deliver robust performance testing and monitoring solutions that support digital transformation across industries. Read more…

Our advanced chaos engineering tools have been recognized by Research and Markets for their role in helping organizations proactively identify and address system vulnerabilities, ensuring high availability and reliability. Read more…

Cavisson Systems has been acknowledged as a leading player in the Global Web Performance Monitoring Tool Market by Orbis Research. This recognition highlights our advanced monitoring solutions that help businesses ensure seamless digital experiences through real-time performance tracking and optimization. Read more…

Recognized for our innovative chaos engineering platform, Cavisson’s solutions empower SREs and DevOps teams to simulate real-world failures and build more resilient systems, solidifying our position as a key player in the evolving chaos engineering landscape. Read more…

Cavisson Systems has been featured in the HTF MI study for our leadership in service virtualization, enabling development and QA teams to simulate backend services and reduce dependencies for faster and more reliable software testing. Read more…

Featured in Market Research Forecast’s report, Cavisson Systems is acknowledged for its long-term strategic impact in performance engineering, driving innovation in digital experience and system resilience. Read more…

Our contributions to chaos engineering have been highlighted by Stats N Data, recognizing Cavisson Systems as a key provider of tools that help businesses test system resilience and ensure operational continuity. Read more…

Cavisson Systems is recognized for its leadership in web performance solutions, enabling organizations to deliver seamless and responsive digital experiences across diverse platforms and geographies. Read more…

Partnership

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Strategic partnership 🤝 with Netpoleon

Cavisson Systems x Netpoleon

We’re excited to announce our strategic partnership with Netpoleon as our value-added distributor. This collaboration enables us to expand our reach by leveraging Netpoleon’s extensive network of trusted channel partners across key markets. Together, we’re committed to delivering cutting-edge performance testing, observability, and digital experience solutions to organizations worldwide.

Awards

Recognizing Excellence in Performance Testing

Anil Kumar: One of the 10 Best CEOs to Watch in Asia 2024 – Business Fortune

  • “From the outset, Cavisson has been at the forefront of innovation in enabling organizations to create resistance to failure.” – Anil Kumar, CEO, Cavisson Systems.
  • Business Fortune has recognized Anil Kumar as one of the 10 Best CEOs to Watch in Asia for 2024. This accolade celebrates his visionary leadership and dedication to empowering businesses with resilient, high-performing digital systems.
  • Our vision is to continuously evolve our Experience Management Platform to meet the dynamic needs of the digital-first economy and to also focus on our individual product offerings by constantly pushing the innovation gradient.

PRODUCT UPDATES

Explore our latest features designed to optimize digital experiences, boost reliability, and accelerate innovation.

Monitor

  • Support for SAP ASE Monitoring
    Cavisson now supports SAP ASE (formerly Sybase), enabling real-time visibility into transaction activity, cache hit rates, and other critical performance metrics. Identify root causes and resolve costly performance issues across your Sybase ASE servers seamlessly.

  • Support for SAP IQ Monitoring
    Expand your SAP monitoring capabilities with support for SAP IQ, a robust relational database server designed for business intelligence and big data analytics. Monitor processes, cache, and requests to optimize performance effectively.

  • Extended Support for SAP HANA
    Enhanced metric coverage for SAP HANA includes Backup, Prepared Statements, Services, Components, and Schema data points, making Cavisson one of the most comprehensive tools for SAP HANA monitoring.

  • Support for EMQX
    Monitor EMQX, an open-source MQTT broker for IoT applications, ensuring efficient, reliable, and real-time data transmission for IoT setups.

  • Enhanced Network Monitoring via SNMP

    • Visualize network device availability and performance on a geomap for quick issue identification.

    • Access SNMP metrics in an intuitive hierarchy within the metric tree for better navigation.

  • Extended MSSQL Monitoring
    Added support for table space monitoring and expanded IO Latency metrics to diagnose and resolve read/write performance issues.

Enhanced Date-Time Picker

  • Switch between always-on monitoring and test-based time periods for simultaneous LoadTest and Monitoring sessions.

  • Compare recent data with various time periods for better release impact analysis.

  • Apply time periods using simple commands (e.g., 5m/5h/5d) and flexible date/time formats.

Updated Tabular View
Unified tables across modules for a consistent user experience. Features include global/column search, error-free sorting, column visibility/reordering, and export options (Word, PDF, Excel, CSV).

Updated Scheduler
Customize schedules for alerts, reports, diagnostics, and Load Tests with intervals ranging from seconds to years. Validate schedules with a preview option for accuracy.

Access Control – Tier-Wise Permission Capability
Admins can now grant tier-specific permissions to users, ensuring data security and integrity.

Widget Enhancements

  • iFrame Widget Support
    Embed HTML pages, such as NS Summary Reports or Test Suite Reports, directly into dashboards for streamlined analysis.

  • Top List Chart Widget Support
    Identify entities with the highest or lowest metric values (e.g., CPU usage, disk space) for efficient troubleshooting.

  • Label Widget – Link Support
    Add and parameterize links in the label widget for seamless integration with third-party tools.

  • Geo Map Support
    Plot metrics on a map based on location data (Country, State, City) or latitude/longitude for precise geographic visualization.

  • E2E Widget Enhancements

    • View network topology maps to identify problematic devices.

    • Analyze Business Transaction trends (Response Time, TPS, Errors) to prioritize performance improvements.

Alerts

  • UI Support for Alert Notifications
    Configure Slack, Teams, and Webex notifications directly from the UI. Customize messages for different stakeholders effortlessly.

Reports

  • Updated Scheduler Support
    Leverage the new scheduler’s customization options for precise report generation.

  • Non-Business Hour Support
    Pause report generation during non-business hours to reduce unnecessary notifications and data overhead.

  • Dynamic Percentile Support
    Customize percentiles in Load Test Summary Reports for a deeper performance analysis.

  

Load Test Enhancements

  • Enhanced Root Cause Analysis: Perform flow path drill-down directly from Page Detail Reports to identify bottlenecks during load tests with precision.

  • Support for MQTT Protocol: Accelerate and streamline IoT communication with added support for the MQTT protocol.

  • Net Cache Stats: Monitor cache performance effortlessly and reduce server load with our newly introduced Net Cache Stats feature.

  • Optimized HTTP/2 & HTTP/3: Experience improved application performance with optimized inline request scheduling for HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 protocols.

  • Selenium Integration with RBU: Simplify automated browser-based testing with seamless Selenium integration, ensuring robust and reliable test execution.

 

Service Virtualization/NetOcean

  • Configuration UI Revamp
    Simplified UI for easier configuration of virtualized services.

  • Request Trace UI Revamp
    Enhanced views for request-response pairs, with formatting options for headers and payloads in JSON, XML, and other formats.

  • Messaging and Socket Service UI Revamp
    Streamlined UI for creating virtualized messaging services like TIBCO, IBM MQ, and Kafka.

NetHavoc

  • Updated Scheduler Support
    Conduct chaos experiments with diversified scheduling capabilities.

  • Scenario Enhancements

    • Email notifications with scenario reports.

    • Import/export scenarios for seamless transitions between environments.

    • Modify havoc order and insert new havoc dynamically.

Monitoring Suite Updates

NetDiagnostics

Java Agent Enhancements

  1. New Plugin Architecture for Third-Party Libraries:
    A revamped plugin architecture streamlines the instrumentation of third-party libraries, offering seamless integration and improved monitoring capabilities.

  2. Thread Callout Capturing Enhancements:
    Configuration updates enhance the monitoring of thread callouts, enabling deeper visibility into thread operations.

  3. IP Backend Naming Rule Enhancements:
    Enhanced configurations for backend naming rules simplify the process of identifying and categorizing backend IPs.

  4. Application Havoc Enhancements:
    Advanced havoc types, including Shootup, Tumble, and Shootdown for All Delay Havoc, provide robust testing scenarios for enhanced application resilience.


Golang Agent Enhancements
New application monitoring capabilities extend the agent’s functionality, improving insight into performance metrics and operational data.


DotNet Agent Updates
Enhancements to monitoring and diagnostics ensure comprehensive performance tracking for DotNet applications.


PHP Agent
Improved features optimize PHP application monitoring and provide deeper insights into performance bottlenecks.


NodeJS Agent
Enhancements to the NodeJS agent deliver more granular monitoring capabilities, ensuring seamless performance tracking.


NetVision Enhancements

  1. Region-Wise Currency Support for Order KPIs:
    Metrics related to order KPIs are now visualized in regional currencies, allowing organizations to track revenue-impacting factors more accurately.

  2. Gradle Version Support in Android SDK:
    The latest Gradle version is now supported in the Android SDK for capturing Real User Monitoring (RUM) metrics. This ensures seamless automation for building, testing, and deploying Android apps while enabling improved user experience tracking and root cause analysis.

  3. Bot Detection in Production Traffic:
    A bot detection feature under UX server settings identifies and filters bot traffic from production sessions, ensuring accurate data integrity and improved decision-making.


NetForest Enhancements

  1. AWS Data Pipeline Support:
    Directly ingest AWS logs into the NetForest Database (NFDB) and utilize the NetForest Query Language (NFQL) to perform in-depth analysis and uncover insights. This reduces costs while providing powerful querying capabilities for Root Cause Analysis (RCA).

  2. Custom Log Fields Creation:
    Users can now define custom fields within production logs to filter and analyze data efficiently. This customization aids in quicker RCA and reduces the time it takes to detect performance issues.

  3. Custom Log Parser Support:
    Leverage an extensive library of technology-based log parsers and customize them according to your logging methodologies. This enables precise correlations with traces and user sessions, reducing detection time for critical issues.

Events

Achieving exceptional digital customer experience in today’s digital-first economy ​

Cavisson Connect 3.0

On September 22, Cavisson hosted a virtual conference, “Ensuring Exceptional Customer Experience in Today’s Digital-First World.” Industry leaders joined us to discuss strategies for enhancing application resilience and delivering outstanding digital customer experiences. Don’t miss it!

We were honored to welcome key stakeholders and decision-makers from various industry verticals to our office. The event provided an invaluable platform for discussing how to create resilience against application failure and deliver outstanding customer experiences.

New Josh 2025

Cavisson Systems kicked off the year with vibrant energy at the New Josh 2025 celebration! The event was filled with thrilling activities, incredible music, and mesmerizing dance performances that uplifted everyone’s spirits. Here’s to an amazing year ahead!

We were honored to welcome key stakeholders and decision-makers from various industry verticals to our office. The event provided an invaluable platform for discussing how to create resilience against application failure and deliver outstanding customer experiences.

Transforming Log Monitoring with NetForest

In today’s digital landscape, businesses rely heavily on robust IT infrastructure to deliver seamless operations and superior customer experiences. With this dependency comes the critical need for efficient log monitoring to analyze, address, and optimize system logs. Cavisson Systems’ NetForest provides a powerful solution for establishing a log monitoring framework that ensures performance, security, and compliance.
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Introduction to Log Monitoring

A Complete Guide to Understanding Its Role in Modern IT

As businesses and IT systems continue to grow in complexity, ensuring optimal performance, robust security, and regulatory compliance has become increasingly critical. At the heart of these efforts is log monitoring—an essential practice that enables organizations to track and analyze logs generated by their systems. This guide provides an in-depth exploration of log monitoring, highlighting its importance, key benefits, challenges, and how Cavisson’s solutions can enhance log monitoring capabilities.
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Building resistance to failure this black friday with cavisson’s experience management platform

The holiday season is a pivotal time for businesses, with Black Friday and Cyber Monday serving as the biggest shopping events of the year. These days alone often contribute significantly to annual revenue, with global online spending projected to surpass $200 billion. Yet, they are not without challenges. Massive traffic surges, transaction failures, and the looming threat of downtime can turn opportunity into disaster if not adequately prepared.

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Maximizing Black Friday Sales with Cavisson’s End-to-End Observability

In our previous blog, we explored how to prepare your application for the Black Friday surge with Cavisson performance testing tools. Now, let’s dive into how you can maximize Black Friday sales by leveraging Cavisson’s powerful performance monitoring tools. Black Friday isn’t just another shopping event—it’s a critical opportunity for businesses to boost revenue. For online retailers, a fast, seamless website is essential to handle the surge in traffic. A sluggish or error-prone site can lead to abandoned carts, frustrated customers, and lost sales, with shoppers quickly turning to competitors. This is where Application Performance Monitoring (APM) becomes crucial. APM ensures your website performs flawlessly, even under peak loads, providing a smooth, uninterrupted shopping experience.
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Prevent Black Friday Website Downtime with Performance Testing

Black Friday is one of the busiest shopping days of the year, offering retailers a golden opportunity to boost sales. However, with millions of online shoppers eagerly hunting for the best deals, website downtime or slow loading speeds can result in a disastrous loss of revenue and customer trust. What is the key to ensuring your website can handle the Black Friday rush? Performance testing. In 2023, Black Friday online sales reached an astounding $70.9 billion globally. With even higher sales expected this year, preparing your website to handle peak traffic is essential. A well-executed performance testing strategy is your strongest defense against downtime and sluggish performance.
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How Real User Monitoring Works: A Deep Dive into Cavisson’s NetVision

As we continue in our Digital Experience Monitoring blog Series, understanding how users interact with your website or application is crucial for delivering a seamless experience in today’s digital age. Real User Monitoring (RUM) provides businesses with a powerful tool to capture real-time data about user interactions, helping identify and resolve performance issues. Cavisson Systems’ NetVision goes a step further by offering advanced RUM features that outshine competitors, providing granular insights that lead to actionable improvements.
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Best Practices of Real User Monitoring (RUM)

In today’s fast-paced digital world, where user expectations are higher than ever, delivering a flawless digital experience is no longer just a goal—it’s a necessity. Even the smallest delay or error can significantly impact user satisfaction, ultimately affecting your business’s bottom line. This is where Real User Monitoring (RUM) comes into play. RUM has become an indispensable tool for ensuring that your digital platforms consistently meet and exceed the demands of modern users. In this blog series on Digital Experience Monitoring, we’ll explore key components like Real User Monitoring (RUM), Synthetic Monitoring, Customer Feedback, and Online Customer Experience. To kick things off, we’ll dive into the essentials of RUM, exploring its origins, significance, and best practices. With Cavisson Systems’ NetVision at the forefront of Real User Monitoring, we’ll show you how this powerful tool can provide deep insights into user behavior, helping you fine-tune your digital performance and enhance overall user satisfaction.
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Integrating Service Virtualization with DevOps

Service virtualization is a critical enabler for modern DevOps practices. It allows teams to simulate and control dependencies that are otherwise difficult to test against, such as third-party APIs, cloud services, and legacy systems. By using service virtualization effectively, organizations can lower the total cost of testing, speed up development cycles, and ensure higher-quality software releases. In this blog, we will explore a strategic approach to adopting a service virtualization tool and scaling it into a comprehensive DevOps deployment, step by step.
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