Why the Cloud is Nothing New and What this Means for IT Performance in 2013
By: Tom Batchelor One of the major technology trends as perceived by the IT media this past year has been cloud computing. Amazon has had tremendous success with AWS (Amazon Web Services), although recent, high-profile outages may temper expectations somewhat. Other industry giants such as Microsoft, Citrix, and VMware continue to market their cloud services as vital parts of their overall business. But when you get past the buzz, what exactly is the cloud? What is new or different about it? I say, not as much as others would lead you to believe. I’m fond of the saying: “One man’s cloud...
read moreImprove Your ROI by Monitoring User Experience and Reducing Data
ROI is becoming an increasingly important consideration for IT pros as the environment they work in become more complex and harder to manage. This trend is gathering more attention and has recently been the focus of numerous discussions within the APM market. APMdigest published an article about 12 ways to gain faster ROI from APM which consolidates contributions from experts throughout the industry (Gartner, EMA, and Ovum). Tips include choosing the tool that will be most relevant for the job it must accomplish, considering the ease of deploying and managing the performance monitoring tool...
read moreBYOD, Cloud and Mobile Require New Monitoring Tools
When you look at the major trends that have been assaulting enterprise IT over the last several years, they all have a common bond, whether you’re talking about Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), cloud, mobile or even social — it’s all about getting faster access to data. In days gone by IT controlled the entire technology process inside the enterprise from the devices to the software, but as these technology trends take hold, increasingly IT controls much less. Yet you are still expected to deliver the data whenever and wherever users want it, and of course it’s got be...
read moreReport: Good Monitoring Tools Could Be Key in Mobile-Cloud Shift
A recent study by Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) looked at the big concerns facing CIOs today, and not surprising cloud and mobile were near the top of the list — with big concerns about how to deploy and monitor mobile and cloud apps. According to the summary of the study on the EMA website, one of the technologies that could relieve the strain is Applications Performance Monitoring. Let’s start by looking at the lay of the land. It’s nothing you haven’t heard before. Issues around the Consumerization of IT are having a profound impact on enterprise IT. Users...
read moreWhy APM is Crucial for Cloud-Based Environments
For IT pros, the incessant chatter regarding cloud and distributed environments is nothing new. What we’ve been seeing lately (especially for those who read this blog regularly) is a transition from conceptual, nebulous, marketing driven cloud to cloud in action. Organizations are now ready to make the leap to distributed environments and are expecting their IT teams, as always, to handle the change without interruption. A recent report discusses the framework top performers are using. Top performers in this area follow a PACE (Pressures, Actions, Capabilities, Enablers) framework. They...
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