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More than two-thirds (70%) of respondents indicated that they are unaware of how to measure performance of applications in the Cloud, despite 86% stating that performance visibility in the Cloud is vital, according to a new survey of 140 IT managers and professionals conducted by ExtraHop Networks at IPEXPO in October 2012 ...
IT is struggling to keep up with the resulting pace of service demand, according to a new survey by Serena of 200 IT professionals that focused on the current state of IT Service Management (ITSM), with a particular focus on what ITIL calls Service Transition ...
I vividly remember my first foray into application performance testing ...
Having the ability to engage in a fact based conversation about the end-user-experience, instead of “spinning” infrastructure metrics and making assumptions about performance, is an elegant proficiency. Taking the emotion out of performance related problems for critical business applications is one of the intangible benefits that an APM solution can bring to your table ...
Cyber Monday was here and with it came wave after wave of online shoppers eager to get a head start on holiday shopping, along with a wave of sales pitches from performance management vendors eager to sell their products to businesses worried about the performance impact of a surge in online shopping ...
More than half (56%) of consumers who spend more than two hours per week shopping online have cancelled an order due to an error or slow response time ...
Despite all the industry talk about APM SaaS, the majority of enterprises responding to a CA Technologies sponsored survey are taking a cautious approach to its adoption today ...
With Cyber Monday and the holidays fast approaching, IT admins are on alert considering what this means to their e-commerce business and online user experience. According to a survey SolarWinds conducted among 71 IT professionals, 42 percent deem Cyber Monday an issue that requires proactive planning and monitoring ...
The changing shape of IT is causing CIOs to question the role of IT in the organization and the part they will play in it, according to Gartner, Inc., which has identified four dominant futures for IT in the organization ...
I had a series of meetings recently with a senior finance director for a Central Government organization in the UK. His problem was simple; due to government cuts every department was being asked to show its value. After a few meetings the board were convinced that measuring application performance was a good KPI to measure. But they voiced their challenge - how to get the IT director to work with them ...
In recognition of National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM), Lancope offered 5 tips for improving enterprise network protection ...
In Parts 1 and 2 of this blog, I discussed my ongoing work on EMA's first Radar dedicated to Advanced Performance Analytics (APA). In this blog I will cover APA differentiators ...
In Part 1 of this blog, I discussed my ongoing work on EMA's first Radar dedicated to Advanced Performance Analytics (APA), and the diverse options. Why is that versatility in approach so important for APA adoption?
First of all, let's look at why APA is both critical, and potentially even transformative, as well as diverse.
Convincing the astute executive who is cautious in making an impetuous decision on an APM investment can prove to be challenging. The following are three points to consider when presenting APM's panoramic view of the enterprise and articulating its benefits ...
I realized that the industry was at an APA turning point - so I decided to seriously research what functionality was available or about to become available in the market in 2012 with an EMA Radar dedicated to APA ...
According to a report, Energy Aware Planning and Decision Making, the five imperatives for efficient data center energy management are ...
New research conducted by Forrester Consulting reveals a deepening divide between increasingly mobile workers and the enterprise IT departments that support them ...
The Cloud is not only disrupting the way in which organizations acquire and utilize computing power and business applications, it is also changing the way application development and IT operations teams view their roles and the tools they use to perform their responsibilities. Certainly, this site is clearly illustrates how the idea of APM is changing in light of the rapid adoption of Cloud solutions ...
According to the results of Symantec's 2012 State of the Data Center Survey, 79% of organizations report increasing complexity in the data center. The following are Symantec's recommendations that IT can try to mitigate the effects of data center complexity ...
As you strive to achieve new levels of sophistication when creating performance baselines, it is important to consider how you will navigate the oscillating winds of application behavior as the numbers come in from all directions. The behavioral context of the user will highlight key threshold settings to consider as you build a framework for real-time alerting into your APM solution ...
