APM and Application Stability: Where Two Monitoring Roads Merge and Diverge
In software development, application performance management (APM) is one of the grown-ups in the room. Not only has APM been around for a long time, but its solutions have evolved over several generations, making it one of the more mature product categories. APM’s longevity makes perfect sense when you consider its fundamental purpose, which is […]
Splunk Updates SignalFx APM Platform
Splunk today unfurled its first major update to the SignalFx application performance management (APM) platform since acquiring it last October. Karthik Rau, general manager for application performance management (APM) at Splunk, said SignalFx Microservices APM combines for the first time the SignalFx platform with Omnition, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for implementing distributed tracing as an […]
New Relic Gives COVID-19 Relief Agencies Free 90-day Access
New Relic will provide free access to the entire New Relic One observability platform for 90 days to any organization engaged in COVID-19 pandemic relief efforts that have a specific benefit to the public. Erin Dieterich, director of corporate social responsibility at New Relic, said it’s apparent that the IT platforms of both nonprofits and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Application Monitoring Using Stagemonitor
This article covers important steps to monitor a typical Java application using Stagemonitor tool, Kibana as a dashboard viewing tool and Elasticsearch as a data processing engine. Stagemonitor is an open source Java application performance monitoring (APM) tool that provides everything you need in development, quality assurance and production to monitor the performance of your […]
How to Use APM to Hold Cloud Providers Accountable
Here’s the challenge: Cloud providers’ service level agreements (SLAs) typically stop at the edge of their cloud, while your internal service level expectations run end to end. Measuring performance from the end user to the application and back, including device details, user productivity and page load times, is essential for customer satisfaction and continuous performance […]
Cloud Performance Management Needs Precedence Over APM in a Cloud World
A majority of today’s businesses follow a cloud-first strategy. DevOps engineers with these businesses prefer using infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS) or cloud services from leading cloud services providers (CSPs). Given the rate at which the IT is evolving now, from on-prem to XaaS, the future seems a lot more […]
The Need for Speed Demands New-Era APM
Applications have become the primary conduit by which customers experience a brand, making the application experience critical to business success. As such, continuous delivery and highly available systems that deliver optimal end user experiences at lightning speed have become top priorities for organizations. Modern IT is all about speed, efficiency and customer experience. Simply put, […]
AppDynamics Buy Expands Cisco’s DevOps Agenda
AppDynamics’ $3.7 billion acquisition by Cisco Systems has two major implications for the DevOps space. On a tactical level, Cisco has committed to distributing AppDynamics’ agent software everywhere from the public cloud to individual devices connected to the Internet of Things (IoT) and in between. On a more strategic level, the company is positioning itself […]
Alerts Keep DevOps Teams Responsive, in Sync
Continuing our five-part series on “Continuous Monitoring: The Role of DevOps and APM,” this blog post will talk about how alert notification can help DevOps teams be more productive and agile. Amid the constant, rapid change and fluidity typical in DevOps organizations, there are some undeniable absolutes. These absolutes, present at each stage of the […]
Cognitive Analytics: ‘Operations Thinking’ for Development
In a recent blog post by my colleague Payal Chakravarty, “Synthetic Monitoring – the Start of the DevOps Monitoring Journey,” she discussed how developers, testers and operations staff all need to ensure their internet and intranet mobile applications and web applications are tested and operate successfully from different points of presence around the world. Continuing […]
Dynatrace announces dedicated digital performance monitoring resource for 2016 Olympic Games
WHO: Dynatrace, a leading digital performance management software company, will be monitoring the digital performance of the top broadcast networks, partners, sponsors, supporters, sports organizations, athletes, brands and social networks during this year’s Olympic Games. All data will be available in real-time. WHY: During the two weeks of Olympic Games, many websites and mobile apps […]
Gartner Evaluates APM Tools for DevOps
In 2009, Gartner analyst Mark Nicolett created the Critical Capabilities report. Over time, this document became paired to individual Magic Quadrant reports, and in 2014, Gartner mandated that Critical Capabilities be paired with each Magic Quadrant. Instead of graphically plotting vendors on a x- and y-axis, this research takes a deeper look at a product […]
In DevOps, Business and Operations Metrics Both Matter
Proponents of adopting a complete DevOps approach to application delivery and deployment often note that DevOps includes a change in culture. And not just a change in lateral change in culture—improvements in the way teams across (and within) silos communicate and collaborate—but also horizontal change that permeates every aspect of the organization, from the top down. […]
Stackify APM+ brings real-time application performance management to .NET
It’s a fast-paced world. Recent research from Microsoft suggests that the attention span of the average human is about 8 seconds now. That means if your application doesn’t work as expected your users will quickly move on to find a suitable replacement. An application performance management tool can be crucial to identifying and resolving application […]