The APM Blog

May 11, 2023
Ajay Kumar Mudunuri
Cigniti Technologies

Applications can be subjected to high traffic on certain days, which, if not taken into account, can lead to unpredictable outcomes and customer dissatisfaction. These may include slow loading speeds, downtime, and unpredictable outcomes, among others ... Hence, applications must be tested for load thresholds to improve performance. Businesses that ignore load performance testing and fail to continually scale these applications leave themselves open to service outages, customer dissatisfaction, and monetary losses ...

April 10, 2023
Ashish Kakran
Thomvest Ventures

Maintaining customer satisfaction necessitates reliable cloud infrastructure, while robust cybersecurity investments are essential for safeguarding data. In some cases, the lines between cloud and cybersecurity are becoming increasingly blurred. The following are some notable trends in cloud infrastructure ...

April 03, 2023
Dmitrii Evstiukhin
Provectus

Machine Learning (ML) technologies have evolved at an incredible pace over the past few years, and yet multiple studies suggest that most ML projects fail in the real world. Despite the availability of high-quality technologies, there still exist challenges in using these technologies to create and deliver complete solutions, which can be attributed to several factors. The main causes of failure can be grouped into four categories ...

March 28, 2023
Terry Critchley
Author of "Making It in IT"

This blog presents the case for a radical new approach to basic information technology (IT) education. This conclusion is based on a study of courses and other forms of IT education which purport to cover IT "fundamentals" ...

March 20, 2023
Valerie O'Connell
EMA

Recent EMA field research found that ServiceOps is either an active effort or a formal initiative in 78% of the organizations represented by a global panel of 400+ IT leaders. It is relatively early but gaining momentum across industries and organizations of all sizes globally ...

January 30, 2023
Robert Gates
Enterprise Management Associates

Everyone has visibility into their multi-cloud networking environment, but only some are happy with what they see. Unfortunately, this continues a trend. According to EMA's latest research, most network teams have some end-to-end visibility across their multi-cloud networks. Still, only 23.6% are fully satisfied with their multi-cloud network monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities ...

January 17, 2023
Pete Goldin
APMdigest

The US aviation sector was struggling to return to normal following a nationwide ground stop imposed by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) early Wednesday over a computer issue ...

November 03, 2022
Pete Goldin
APMdigest

Gartner announced the list of 10 top strategic technology trends that organizations need to explore in 2023, and two technologies in particular will be of special interest to APMdigest readers: Applied Observability and Digital Immune System ...

October 31, 2022
Shamus McGillicuddy
EMA

If you work in an IT organization, you've likely heard the term "observability" lately. If you're a DevOps pro, you probably know exactly what vendors are talking about when they use the term. If you're a NetOps pro, you might be scratching your head ...

October 27, 2022
Pete Goldin
APMdigest

After reading the seven previous parts of APMdigest's A Guide to OpenTelemetry, you may be convinced that OTel is the right path your organization. It may be inevitable ... APMdigest asked several industry experts for their advice on getting started ...

October 26, 2022
Pete Goldin
APMdigest

Just as questions arise about how Application Performance Management (APM) and OpenTelemetry impact each other, we also want to talk about the relationship between AIOps and OpenTelemetry ...

October 25, 2022
Pete Goldin
APMdigest

Since Application Performance Management (APM) is a major focus of APMdigest, in Part 6 we investigate the relationship between OpenTelemetry and APM. This leads to some important questions: How is OpenTelemetry different from APM? Do you need both, or does OpenTelemetry replace APM? ...

October 24, 2022
Pete Goldin
APMdigest

While OpenTelemetry offers many advantages, the experts point out several challenges as well ...

October 20, 2022
Pete Goldin
APMdigest

In Part 4, APMdigest covers the results that users can expect to achieve when adopting OpenTelemetry ...

October 19, 2022
Pete Goldin
APMdigest

One of the reasons OpenTelemetry is becoming so popular is because of the many advantages. In A Guide to OpenTelemetry, APMdigest breaks these advantages down into two groups: the beneficial capabilities of OpenTelemetry and the results users can expect from OpenTelemetry. In Part 3, we cover the capabilities ...

October 18, 2022
Pete Goldin
APMdigest

OpenTelemetry is not fully mature today, although you can begin to implement components currently. The question is: When will OpenTelemetry be fully ready? ...

October 17, 2022
Pete Goldin
APMdigest

OpenTelemetry — You have probably heard of it. You may already be using parts of it. In this 8-part blog series, posted over the next two weeks, APMdigest will explore OpenTelemetry, with input from a range of experts on the subject ...

September 12, 2022
Ajay Kumar Mudunuri
Cigniti Technologies

Statistically speaking, every year, slow-loading websites cost a staggering $2.6 billion in losses to their owners. Also, about 53% of the website visitors on mobile are likely to abandon the site if it takes more than 3 seconds to load. This is the reason why performance testing should be conducted rigorously on a website or web application in the SDLC before deployment ...

September 07, 2022
Eveline Oehrlich
DevOps Institute

For organizations to be successful with SRE, they must also transform the culture and human side within their organization. This cultural shift and new way of thinking must happen across IT and the business. The Global SRE Pulse 2022 report offers a deep look into the state and trends that are shaping SRE now and looking forward. With more than 460 survey responses from SRE professionals at organizations of all sizes, we've identified four top takeaways from the Global SRE Pulse report ...

July 25, 2022
Ajay Kumar Mudunuri
Cigniti Technologies

It is common knowledge that businesses across domains committed to digitizing themselves during the pandemic. While digital presence is the need of the hour, the challenge is elsewhere. Today, for businesses to sustain themselves in the market, performance has become the key to achieving success ...

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