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Websites on Overdrive

Web performance is no longer a black art practiced only by the big boys in the business.  Research and publications from all over the globe have made it fairly easy to hit the low hanging fruit of web performance, but these are early days still.  The faster we make our websites, the richer and more engaging our user interfaces can turn, which eventually translates into longer user sessions, and higher profits.

• Difficulty: Experienced
• Prerequisites: Targeted at web developers and website administrators with some knowledge and control over the code and configuration of their web servers.
• Session Track: Safe for Managers

Session Detail

Web performance is no longer a black art practiced only by the big boys in the business.  Research and publications from all over the globe have made it fairly easy to hit the low hanging fruit of web performance, but these are early days still.  The faster we make our websites, the richer and more engaging our user interfaces can turn, which eventually translates into longer user sessions, and higher profits.

Speakers

Philip Tellis (Log-Normal, USA)

Philip Tellis is a geek who likes to make the computer do his work for him. As co-founder and CTO of Log-Normal, Inc, he analyses the impact of various design decisions on web application performance, scalability and security. He is also the lead developer of "boomerang" -- a JavaScript based web performance testing tool. More...