E-Mail Functionality in SQL Server 2005

This article covers some of the reasons why email in SQL 2000 was not a realistic piece of functionality for production use, as well as gives directions on how to install, configure, and use Database Mail (the SQL 2k5 version).

Jeffrey Kelly
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Designing Performance Testing Metrics into Highly Distributed J2EE Applications

This article covers one case study on including performance data collection in a vastly distributed system. Come to think of it, Expedia.com is a vastly distributed system...

Jeffrey Kelly
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The Last Mile

This PDF defines the "Last Mile" in a performance test context. In short, it is a method to find a good representation of what end users of a website experience when they interact with a site.

Jeffrey Kelly
http://sailwhatcom.com

Windows SysInternals

If it has been a while since you looked into the SysInternals utilities available, you should check out this site. You will notice that the URL is now Microsoft... my how times change.

Jeffrey Kelly
http://sailwhatcom.com