Choose an APM Tool for the Solution – not for the Problem!
Just last week a senior Hybris consultant shared the story of a customer engagement on which he was working. This customer had problems, serious problems! We are talking about response times far beyond...
View ArticleWire Data: A 20-year history & a bright future
While the term “wire data” may be relatively new, the concept isn’t; probes and capture agents have been collecting and examining network traffic almost from the beginning of network time. The term has...
View ArticleWAN (sic) is it a good time to optimize?
As a Dynatrace Guardian Consultant for the past three years, I’m posted on long-term engagements that allow me to sink my teeth into interesting technical and business issues that are at the very core...
View ArticleWhere APM Agents Fear to Tread
How important is APM to your organization? Assuming you’re reading this in the 21st century (if not, come back to the future!), the answer is probably pretty important. Your applications are the...
View ArticleDigital Performance Management: From Alarm to Resolution
Application performance problems can be quite challenging to resolve and even more difficult to predict. In my role as Dynatrace Guardian Consultant — leading the implementation of APM best practices...
View ArticleHave you been taking DNS monitoring for granted? Not today!
DNS Incident, Friday, October 21, 2016 Update: 9:30am EST, October 26, 2016 The dust is still settling from Friday’s DDoS attack. Cogeco Peer 1 provided an interesting infographic highlighting some of...
View ArticleOpenStack monitoring for enterprises
Dynatrace announces OpenStack support at Barcelona Summit OpenStack monitoring In today’s world, applications are the lifeblood of your business. When problems arise, reactive troubleshooting is no...
View ArticleThe Opposite of War Room Isn’t Peace Room
Last week, I was trying to come up with a term for the opposite of war room. Why? I made a note a few months ago while reading a Gartner paper extolling the virtues of wire data, specifically as...
View ArticleWhy WAN optimization requires performance management
WAN optimization can only be as efficient as you let it be. Recently I’ve seen a good example that illustrates how, without diligent application performance management, multi-million WAN optimization...
View ArticleDefending the Network: Flow vs. Wire Data
In recent months, at multiple customers, I’ve had the opportunity to observe shockingly similar problems that follow an unfortunately common scenario: There is a perceived site issue A war room or...
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