Instana Expands Scope of APM Ambitions
Instana has launched a series of additions to its application performance management (APM) platform that reach into the realm of IT infrastructure as well as mobile and Java applications. Chris Farrell, technical director and APM strategist for Instana, said the company is adding support for VMware vSphere because more customers are converging their management of […]
SolarWinds Strengthens AppOptics APM Platform
SolarWinds today updated its AppOptics application performance management (APM) platform by adding both service- and trace-level root cause analysis capabilities. Jim Hansen, vice president of products, application management for SolarWinds, said the goal is to provide most of the same capabilities any IT organization would find in an APM platform that would cost 10 times […]
Cloud Confessions: Full Stack APM Is a Necessity
IT environments have become more dynamic and complex, which has created the need for robust monitoring tools. As a result, companies are increasingly adopting more than one platform, catapulting us into the multi-cloud era. Technology professionals are also embracing and acknowledging the need for comprehensive, full-stack application monitoring and management, bringing application performance management (APM) […]
New Relic Adds Support for W3C Trace Context Spec
New Relic has begun adding support for the W3C Trace Context standard within the agent software it uses to collect metrics for its application performance management (APM) platform. W3C Trace Context is a specification that defines the format for propagating distributed tracing context between services. Distributed tracing makes it simpler for DevOps teams to track […]
Dynatrace Extends AI Reach of APM Platform
Dynatrace, at its Perform 2020 conference today, extended the reach of the Davis artificial intelligence (AI) engine it makes available via its application performance management (APM) platform to include deeper ties with mobile applications along with an ability to track key performance indicators (KPIs) such as revenue trends and customer churn. In addition, Dynatrace has […]
Survey Finds Much Room for APM Improvement
A survey of 317 application owners, developers and support team professionals in the U.S. and Canada published by SolarWinds finds that while reliance on application performance management (APM) tools is widespread, most IT teams are still relying on these tools to react to events rather than to proactively improve application experience and performance. The survey […]
LightStep Adds Regression Monitoring to APM Platform
LightStep this week announced it has added a Service Health for Deployments module to its namesake observability platform designed from the ground up for microservices and serverless computing frameworks. Talia Moyal, senior product manager for LightStep, said Service Health for Deployments will make it possible for DevOps teams to monitor performance regressions both during and […]
Red Hat Bolsters RHEL 8 Monitoring
Red Hat is looking to expand the number of organizations embracing best DevOps practices by expanding the monitoring capabilities included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). The beta release this week of RHEL 8.2 includes an update to Performance Co-Pilot (PCP), a system performance toolkit that now includes collection agents for Microsoft SQL Server 2019 […]
IBM Open Sources SysFlow Monitoring Platform
IBM has announced that its SysFlow monitoring platform is now available as an open source project. Fred Araujo, a research scientist in the Cognitive Cybersecurity Intelligence Group at IBM Research, said IBM developed lightweight SysFlow agent software and monitoring tools as a way to provide more context around the telemetry data being collected while simultaneously […]
Four Ways to Modernize Processes and Measure Performance With APM
Change is everywhere and the stakes are high. For 2019, businesses are on track to spend over a trillion dollars on digital modernization, according to a recent study from IDC. A crucial part of modernization is the growing number of IT organizations using the latest in dynamic, cloud-scale technologies to develop applications. As a result, […]
GitLab Open Sources Monitoring Tools
GitLab has decided to make its monitoring and observability tools available as part of its core open source platform to help reduce the total cost of DevOps. Previously, the tools were available as part of the commercial tools in GitLab’s DevOps platform. Kenny Johnston, director of product/Ops products for GitLab, said that as responsibility for […]
APM for All: Simplifying the Complexity of Cloud
As companies adopt hybrid and even multi-cloud strategies, their IT departments are beginning to use dynamic technologies to build new application features on top of existing back-end business systems. Most organizations now have a blended, multi-cloud architecture where public clouds are integrated with the existing on-premises, private or hybrid cloud infrastructure and applications. This means, […]
Instana Rolls Up 3 Acquisitions to Extend APM Reach
Instana revealed today it has acquired three technologies that will extend the capabilities of an application performance management (APM) platform optimized for microservices-based applications. Capabilities being added to the Instana platform include StackImpact, a polyglot production application profiler developed by StackImpact GmbH that can be applied to applications built in multiple languages; a high-frequency metrics […]
SolarWinds Acquires VividCortex for Database Monitoring
SolarWinds announced this week it is extending its portfolio of DevOps tools with the acquisition of VividCortex, a provider of tools for monitoring a wide range of databases that is delivered as a set of software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications. Company president and CEO Kevin Thompson said the acquisition of VividCortex adds a database monitoring platform capable […]
Predictions 2020: The Future of APM Strategies and Tools
As 2019 comes to an end, it’s safe to say that multi-cloud strategies are here to stay. We can predict that 2020 will bring an ever-increasing demand for application performance management (APM) tools and services. So what does the future of APM look like? Let’s dive in. Multi-Cloud Strategies Increase the Demand for APM Tool […]
LogicMonitor Embraces AIOps
LogicMonitor today announced the general availability of LM Intelligence, an extension of its monitoring platform that leverages machine learning algorithms to identify potential issues that are indicative of a major impending outage. Sarah Terry, manager of product management for LogicMonitor, said rather than acquiring a separate AIOps platform, it makes more sense to employ machine […]
The Battle for the Frontend: Rethinking APM
With the battle for the backend between data centers and cloud largely over, application development is the next frontier ripe for innovation. Studies project mobile app revenue at $935.2 billion by 2023 and Internet of Things (IoT) installations at $75.44 billion by 2025. It’s no surprise that software innovation is ramping up around application development […]
Anaxi Adds Reporting Capabilities to ALM Tool
Anaxi today announced it has added reporting capabilities to its namesake application lifecycle management (ALM) tool that make it possible to update stakeholders about the status of software development projects residing in repositories such as GitHub and Bitbucket Cloud as well as project management applications such as Jira. Company CEO Marc Verstaen said reporting capabilities […]
Achieving Application Health Through Integrated APM
Performance and availability mean everything to application users at both the enterprise and consumer level. Think about how much we rely on technology for our everyday communication—when Slack suffered from an outage this summer, it affected thousands of business professionals across the globe who use Slack to communicate, organize tasks and share information. In a […]
Dynatrace Extends APM Reach Into Business Analytics
A growing number of providers of tools widely employed by DevOps teams that are extending their reach into business analytics has been joined by Dynatrace. The provider of a namesake application performance management (APM) platform unveiled a set of business analytics applications aimed at application owners who need to understand how changes to the application […]
Understanding and Implementing the APM Puzzle – Performance and Availability
While every organization is unique, there’s one universal goal everyone can get behind—creating and delivering an exceptional end-user experience. For both classic IT organizations and companies built in the age of cloud, delivering continuous availability and appropriate application performance is key. Although digital transformation has become a buzzword some would say is meaningless, the idea […]
Why Legacy Application Development is a Challenge
Enterprises seeking to modernize their legacy mainframe applications often cite the key reason as not being able to evolve quickly enough to support the changing needs of the business. This is also a driving force behind the increasing trend toward moving these legacy applications onto other platforms, either by attempting to rewrite or re-platform them. […]
New Relic Extends Observability Reach and Scope
At its FUTURESTACK 2019 event in New York today, New Relic announced it has extended the New Relic One Observability Platform to add support for its new Logs, Traces, Metrics and AI module offerings. Ken Gavranovic, general manager and senior vice president of products for New Relic, said his company is committed to extending the […]