IBM’s new application monitoring solution: Quick, Easy, and Effective! The combination of a lightweight solution, ease of installation, ease of use, and minimal ongoing maintenance sets the stage for a new approach to application performance management . In addition, the fact that it is both elastic and expandable makes IBM SmartCloud Monitoring – Application Insight an excellent option for fast growing companies of any size.  Let’s get a sneak peak from the experts into the finer Insights of this new application... [More]

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Breaking down the Silos by simplifying  application monitoring  One of the biggest drawbacks in IT operations is that we work in silos , with loads of attempts made to connect functional departments before but it seems like very little progress has been made. With applications being the lifeblood of businesses, it is imperative that there is a common bridge between departments to deliver fast, effective and agile solutions. But the fact is that we work in a distributed tiered environment and with these walls around functions and... [More]

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Imagine if a critical cloud application running on an OS or an application server constituting the workload is experiencing increased resource utilization resulting in indications of impending failure? Or say, as a service provider or an application owner, you need to be able to securely provide resources for specific groups of virtual machines that are owned by a customer or line of business owners? These are a few of the common challenges that you as a cloud consumer/owner or application owner/developer may have come across. This is just the... [More]

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The Cloud Monitoring Landscape requires a high Velocity Application monitoring solution to meet your desired SLA’s Today, more and more IT organizations have stated plans to migrate to the cloud to improve operational costs efficiencies and to provide better services to the business users. The challenge that these companies face lies around the choice of an application performance management solution which would best fit their need and at the same time gives them the desired output. For many of the public cloud service providers... [More]

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Historically, the end user has not been a primary focus for IT operations. While this focus is starting to change, the user continues to be supported through the service desk and enabled through the management of the devices used. This level of support alone does not give the user the ability to solve IT problems independently or provide visibility into how these people use IT. This situation is changing now because end users are beginning to play a major role in influencing IT decisions, especially regarding how IT applications are chosen,... [More]

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Historically, the end user has not been a primary focus for IT operations. While this focus is starting to change, the user continues to be supported through the service desk and enabled through the management of the devices used. This level of support alone does not give the user the ability to solve IT problems independently or provide visibility into how these people use IT. This situation is changing now because end users are beginning to play a major role in influencing IT decisions, especially regarding how IT applications are chosen,... [More]

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The long anticipated rise of cloud computing is finally taking hold, with analysts reporting more investment in public clouds than private clouds, and suggesting that half of all production applications will be running on public clouds in three or four years.   The allure of public clouds springs from advantages like improved service scalability, reduced operational costs, and an increased focus on business goals and strategies instead of the technology needed to pursue them.   However, there is a cost to that flexibility and economy,... [More]

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  In this blog I want to provide my view about clouds and the new systems of engagement and how these are changing the IT Industry and the way we manage and use IT resources. Let’s talk about answers to questions like: W hat are the expectations and key requirements for managing clouds and applications in systems of engagement? What are the key aspects of these changes and their effect in IT, systems management solutions and monitoring in particular? Cloud Computing is an irreversible change in the IT industry. Clouds are enabled by... [More]

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