Why is my web site so slow (InformIT article)

If you've been involved in more than a few website deployments, I'm positive that you've encountered the following scenario: The website was developed, tested, demonstrated to internal audiences, accepted, deployed, …and failed completely due to unacceptable performance. In my InformIT article Why is my web site so slow I'm describing various reasons that can cause unacceptable performance for global visitors of your web.