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Quick start recipe for IBM Performance Management on Cloud
I like those great dinner-in-minutes recipes. They're easy to follow and you get a great reward at the end. In the same spirit, we created a tutorial for IBM Performance Management on Cloud: easy, quick, and rewarding. You can see the KPIs for your managed system in minutes. When I tried it, I instantly saw that my system was continually using too much memory. Time to add a pinch more. After registering for a Performance Management trial or paid subscription on IBM Service Engage , you're ready to go. Gather your ingredients :... [More]
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14 INSIGHTS to help you simplify application monitoring with Timothee Bouhour & Marvin Goodman
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
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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Hangout with Julie Craig in a roundtable discussion on the game-changing new application performance management solution for cloud workloads
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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A High Velocity Application Monitoring Solution to meet your desired SLA's
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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Managing IT Operations with a focus on the end user
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]
Tags:  cloud_monitoring application_monitoring application-monitoring virtualization cloud_infrastructure_moni... end-user-experience monitoring apm cloud application applicationmonitoring |
Its Smart its Light, it's an App Owners delight!
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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SmartCloud Monitoring - Application Insight : Product Overview
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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The New Era of Clouds and Systems of Engagement and Impacts to Systems Management
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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