For those who are interested in what everyone else is reading, I would like to share with you a list of the top 10 articles and blogs - in terms of views - on APMdigest for 2012.
Congratulations to Larry Dragich of the Auto Club Group and Dennis Drogseth of EMA, who wrote the number one and two articles, and had two contributions each in the top 20. That is an impressive accomplishment, considering how many different expert authors are featured on APMdigest throughout the year.
A special thanks also goes out to all the industry experts who contribute quotes for our lists such as 13 APM Predictions for 2013, which comprised four of the top 10 articles in 2012.
1. Prioritizing Gartner's APM Model
Author: Larry Dragich, Director of Enterprise Application Services at the Auto Club Group
Gartner has defined five dimensions for managing application performance, and this article outlines how the Auto Club Group prioritizes each of these dimensions - based on our experience over the last six years spent fine tuning different facets of the model to better support the business ...
Prioritizing Gartner's APM Model
2. Advanced Performance Analytics — Big Data in Multi-Dimensional Context
Author: Dennis Drogseth, VP at EMA
I wrote two blogs on BSM Analytics: What Are They? And Why Should You Care?. In Summer 2012 I’m taking that idea several giant steps forward and developing what at EMA we call a “Radar” – our equivalent I suppose to a “Magic Quadrant” – to look at advanced performance analytics in context with vendor designs, deployment successes and use-case related strengths and weaknesses ...
Advanced Performance Analytics — Big Data in Multi-Dimensional Context
3. 10 Ways to Speed Up Time to Value in IT Operations Management
Author: Antonio Piraino, CTO, ScienceLogic
Why is it acceptable to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not millions, on a week or even year's worth of integration or fire-fighting, spent by your best engineers, on things that should be automated, more intuitive or just plane simpler to take on? Just because they’re working hard, doesn’t mean you aren’t wasting valuable assets on the opportunity cost of time that could otherwise be spent on more innovative and revenue generating activities. I’ve compiled a list of ten factors in IT operations that help speed up that time to value ...
10 Ways to Speed Up Time to Value in IT Operations Management
4. 15 Top Reasons Why APM Deployments Fail
This is an epic list of mistakes. These are the top reasons why APM deployments fail, according to many of the industry's top experts – including consultants, analysts, vendors and users – and also some of the solutions that help you overcome these challenges ...
15 Top Reasons Why APM Deployments Fail
5. 12 Ways to Gain Faster ROI from APM
APM can cost you money or save you money. It all depends on how you approach your deployment. Experts from across the industry have provided the following valuable tips on how you can save money and gain faster ROI on your APM deployment ...
12 Ways to Gain Faster ROI from APM
6. 13 APM Predictions for 2013
In APMdigest's annual list of APM predictions, industry experts - from analysts and consultants to users and the top vendors - offer thoughtful, insightful, and sometimes controversial and contradictory predictions on how Application Performance Management (APM) will change and impact business in 2013 ...
Note: APMdigest's 2012 and 2013 predictions lists were basically tied for sixth place. Click here to read: 12 Predictions for 2012
7. The Anatomy of APM – 4 Foundational Elements to a Successful Strategy
Author: Larry Dragich, Director of Enterprise Application Services at the Auto Club Group
By embracing End-User-Experience (EUE) measurements as a key vehicle for demonstrating productivity, you build trust with your constituents in a very tangible way. The translation of IT metrics into business meaning (value) is what APM is all about. The goal here is to simplify a complicated technology space by walking through a high-level view within each core element. I’m suggesting that the success factors in APM adoption center around the EUE and the integration touch points with the Incident Management process ...
The Anatomy of APM – 4 Foundational Elements to a Successful Strategy
8. 15 Ways to Bridge the Gap Between IT and Business
We have been talking about this problem for years - the gap between IT and Business. All the experts have advised that bridging this gap should be a high priority for any company. The following is catalog of suggestions from across the APM industry on how to bring IT and Business closer together ...
15 Ways to Bridge the Gap Between IT and Business
9. Q&A Part One: SolarWinds Talks About Remote IT Management
Bertrand Hazard, Business Strategy Lead for the SolarWinds systems management and mobile IT management product portfolios, discusses remote desktop support and mobile IT management, and the related challenges ...
Q&A Part One: SolarWinds Talks About Remote IT Management
10. 7 APM Requirements for Cloud-Readiness
Author: Linh Ho, Former VP of Corporate Marketing, OpTier
It’s no secret that the cloud has forever changed IT. IT is evolving into more distributed, modular, complex architectures. Moving services to the cloud to take advantage of increased agility at a lower cost means taking some risks as there are greater complexities to manage and applications may or may not be in your control. Cloud has essentially changed the game for what’s needed in an enterprise APM solution for today’s modern businesses ...
7 APM Requirements for Cloud-Readiness
The following round out the Top 20:
11. The Myth of the Traditional SysAdmin
Author: Lawrence Garvin, Product Manager for SolarWinds Patch Manager
12. 10 APM Capabilities Every IT Manager Should Have
Author: Irad Deutsch, CTO at Veracity group, and CTO of MORE IT Resources - MoreVRP
13. Gartner's 5 Dimensions of APM
Author: Pete Goldin, APMdigest
14. Another Look At Gartner's 5 Dimensions of APM
Authors: Raj Sabhlok, President of ManageEngine, and Suvish Viswanathan, APM Research Analyst at ManageEngine
15. Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2013: Big Data, Cloud, Analytics and Mobile
16. Optimizing IT for Business: The Executive Perspective
Author: Dennis Drogseth, VP at EMA
17. 8 Ways APM Can Save You Money
18. 4 Quick Questions on Gartner's APM Magic Quadrant
19. Q&A Part Three: Gartner Talks About Application Performance Management
20. 3 Tips for IT: Developing a Competitive Business Skill Set
Author: Jonathan Reeve, Senior Director of Product Management, SolarWinds
