Stress Testing: How The New York Times Prepared for Election Season

As the leading source for reliable, up-to-date news information, it is critical for The New York Times to ensure site performance and stability -especially during election surges. Stress testing played a vital role across the organization’s teams to identify bottlenecks, improve observability, exercise resiliency, and increase confidence during the 2020 election season. Join this session to discover how the news powerhouse planned, prepared and executed—all while doubling subscribers—during this high traffic event. Presenters: Shesh Patel, Engineering Manager Prathamesh Nagle, Lead Software Engineer Broadcom is collecting your personal data when you submit such information as part of the BrightTALK registration process. Your personal data is processed according to Broadcom's Privacy Policy: https://www.broadcom.com/company/legal/privacy/policy When you interact with Broadcom, this serves as your authorization to BrightTALK to provide your contact information to Broadcom in order for Broadcom to follow up on your interaction.