Cloud

Chasing a Moving Target: APM in the Cloud - Part 2
February 21, 2013

In my last blog, I discussed strategies for dealing with the complexities of monitoring performance in the various stacks that make up a cloud implementation. Here, we will look at ways to detect trends, analyze your data, and act on it ...

Chasing a Moving Target: APM in the Cloud - Part 1
February 20, 2013

In cloud environments, where volatility is the norm, it becomes ever more difficult to predict application behavior and measure performance. Now, we are chasing a moving target, and hence the added difficulties. Are you up for the challenge?

IT - No Longer "Stable and Precise"?
February 19, 2013

To begin a column, blog, or presentation with the idea that IT is undergoing a unique state of transformation may verge on cliché. And yet it’s still the truth. Moreover, this is a transformation that I would argue is more significant than the move to client/server off the mainframe, or even more significant than the advent of the Internet, itself. At least in terms of changing the role of IT and how IT needs to operate ...

Top 2013 IT Priority: Business Alignment Over Cloud Computing
February 07, 2013

Smart businesses are always looking for ways to be more productive and cost effective by leveraging industry trends. Serena surveyed IT professionals and business executives in late 2012 on what they viewed as their top IT priorities for 2013. You may be surprised at the results ...

Are Your Monitoring Systems Ready for the Cloud?
February 04, 2013

In a recent survey of 300 application developers, conducted by Boundary, we found that nearly 60 percent of participants had been affected by a Cloud outage. Around 72 percent of participants experienced significant costs from Cloud performance issues: thousands of dollars per incident and/or in excess of $100 per minute of downtime. This isn't stopping companies from moving to the Cloud, of course. The same survey found that 67% of developers say that their company is hosting “business-impacting” applications in the public Cloud ...

5 Things You Need to Know to Assure Optimal Performance in the Cloud
January 23, 2013

Without the capability to manage the performance lifecycle between the Cloud – whether public, private or hybrid – and the consumers of business critical applications and services, it is not possible to understand (let alone guarantee) necessary application service levels from the user’s perspective. This presents many challenges ...

Top 5 Internet Challenges for Enterprises in 2013
January 11, 2013

One of the most pressing questions enterprises face is how to deal with the continued rise in both strategic and recreational Internet traffic as more and more high-bandwidth applications and P2P traffic cross the network, according to a report from Exinda which highlights the top five Internet challenges for enterprises in 2013 ...

3 Keys to Hybrid Cloud APM
January 09, 2013

I believe that 2013 will be the year that hybrid Cloud application deployments go mainstream ...

New EMA Research Delivers Key Insights into Demystifying Cloud
January 08, 2013

Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) released its latest research report entitled: Demystifying Cloud.

13 APM Predictions for 2013
December 19, 2012

Industry experts - from analysts and consultants to users and the top vendors - offer thoughtful, insightful, and sometimes controversial and contradictory predictions on how APM will change and impact business in 2013 ...