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- Application performance can't be maximized in the dark
- OK, so...I'm guessing "OpTier" makes some sort of monitoring product. It better be good, because this space is already top-heavy with earlier contestants. I've been deploying BAC/SiteScope for ages, and it's pretty well accepted. OpenView and others are also popular, so OpTier certainly has its work cut...
- Tags: OpTier
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- Cisco and Fluke Networks End-to-End Application Performance Management Solution for Managed Services
- By taking advantage of APM solutions from Cisco and Fluke Networks, MSPs and IT departments that operate in a similar manner have full visibility into application performance and can align network resources and control utilization according to business priority and application requirements and accelerate the performance of applications to essentially...
- Tags: Managed Services, Performance, Network, Cisco Systems Inc., Application Performance, Fluke Networks, Application Performance Management, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2009-07-01
- Maximum SAS: Analyzing and Increasing Performance
- Application performance is a topic that concerns every developer at one time or another as it is arguably the second most important measurement of any software system's success directly behind correctness. When attempting to improve the performance of an application, the first and often most difficult task is to identify...
- Tags: Software, Performance, SAS Institute, Application Performance, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2009-02-27
- Application Performance Management: The Challenge for Enterprise GIS
- Most businesses and organizations cannot survive without the applications and services their IT infrastructure delivers. Reliance on web-based information systems continues to increase. A majority of organizations are using web applications to support their employees; communicate with customers, prospects and partners; and generate revenues. Geographic Information Systems GIS is now...
- Tags: Aberdeen Group Inc., Application Performance, Application Performance Management, geoXMF, GIS, Software
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Coyote Point Application Acceleration
- Application accelerating was the topic of a recent chat I enjoyed with the folks from Coyote Point recently. We were speaking about a new acceleration appliance, the Equalizer 650si, that they were launching. It's one of a family of appliances that the company offers. Coyote Point is...
- Tags: Appliance, Performance, Application Performance, Coyote Point, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-05-22
- How to Be Successful With WAN Application Delivery: Mapping Optimization Techniques to Applications
- Ensuring acceptable application performance has become an important goal for virtually all IT organizations. In spite of its importance, few IT organizations claim that they have successfully achieved this goal. This white paper identifies some of the general hurdles that IT organizations have to overcome in order to achieve this...
- Tags: Technique, Optimization, Information Technology, Application Performance, Organization, WAN, Strategy, Productivity, Management
- White papers 2008-03-14
- How to Boost Network Performance and Security - Simultaneously!
- As more rich Internet applications RIAs migrate to the enterprise, it's vitally important that network engineers and security architects work together to optimize application performance and security. This is particularly true for a highly distributed user community where multiple points of access mean that network reliability and security cannot...
- Tags: Network, Application Performance, Blue Coat Systems Inc., Networking, Security
- Webcasts 2008-02-26
- The Case and Criteria for Combining Application Acceleration and Security
- At first glance, it may seem that the network engineer and the security architect have little in common. However, as more rich internet applications migrate to the enterprise, more load is placed on the network and more collaborative power is given to the user - exposing the network infrastructure...
- Tags: Network, Application Performance, Blue Coat Systems Inc., Networking, Security
- White papers 2008-02-01
- Case Study: The DCMA Improves Application Performance and Users' Satisfaction with WAN Optimization
- This report examines how the U.S. Defense Contract Management Agency DCMA solved application performance issues resulting from server consolidation. As a result of implementing an IT consolidation solution that goes beyond costly bandwidth upgrades to WAN optimization, the DCMA was able to improve application performance and overall user satisfaction. Read...
- Tags: Riverbed Technology Inc., Performance, Optimization, Application Performance, WANs, Server Consolidation, Network Technology, Networking, Servers, Hardware
- Case studies 2008-01-31
- Healthcare Provider Reduces IT Management Costs With New Server Environment
- Vetter Health Services VHS provides long-term healthcare services at 32 residential facilities. Its primary medical records and finance application was centralized on an aging server architecture that taxed the IT department and compromised application performance. VHS created a solution using Windows Server 2008 with Terminal Services that has improved application...
- Tags: IT Administration, Information Technology, Health Care, Finance, Application Performance, Vetter Health Services, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Hardware
- Case studies 2008-01-01
- Maximize application performance for remote offices and mobile workers
- Being able to efficiently access business-critical applications and line-of-business apps is essential for ensuring the productivity of workers, but it is often a challenge for branch offices, telecommuters, and mobile users. Bandwidth, latency, and connectivity problems can often slow down and disrupt performance and lead to productivity losses. ...
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Riverbed Technology Inc., Mobile, Application Performance, Worker, Telecommuting, Advertising & Promotion, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing
- Webcasts 2007-12-11
- Applications will perform exactly as before in a virtual environment
- I've been reviewing some of the points of discussion in recent conversations with Kusnetzky Group clients in recent posts. This post focuses on how virtualization impacts application performance. Some suppliers are downplaying the impact their technology has on application performance and yet adding another layer of software...
- Tags: Software, Application, Monitor, Performance, Environment, Clustering, Application Performance, Clustering Monitor, Performance Degradation, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2007-10-04
- Trican Increases Field Worker Productivity with Mobility XE
- Alberta-based Trican Well Service has business operations across Canada, the United States, Russia and Kazakhstan. With over 1,500 field technicians working in some of the most remote areas of the world, Trican struggled with mobile computing issues such as coverage gaps, roaming, application performance and security. With Mobility XE Mobile...
- Tags: Mobile, NetMotion Wireless, Mobile Computing, Mobility, Application Performance, Worker, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Case studies 2007-04-10
- Intel Thread Profiler 3.1 (Windows)
- Visualize threaded application behavior and pinpoint parallel performance issues. Optimize threads faster and turn the power of new multi-core processors into application performance. Product benefits include: The ability to identify synchronization issues and excessive blocking time that cause delays for Win32, POSIX threaded, and OpenMP code. Spot thread workload imbalances....
- Tags: Application Performance, Intel Corp., Performance Management, Microsoft Windows, Processors, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Software downloads 2007-04-10
- A Comparison of the Time Interfaces on HP-UX/Itanium
- Many applications have a need to determine and manipulate some representation of the time. HP-UX offers many time-based interfaces. The resolution of the time provided by these interfaces, the accuracy, whether the provided time is relative to a known epoch or is relative to the time at which the system...
- Tags: HP-UX, Interface, Application Performance, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2007-02-20
- Accelerating Satellite WANs with Riverbed
- Are satellite connections making collaboration across your WAN nearly impossible? That's no surprise, given the high latency and low bandwidth that is endemic to satellite links. Application performance is often very poor, challenging teams around the globe. This solutions brief explains how using wide-area data services WDS can enable more...
- Tags: Riverbed Technology Inc., Satellite, Application Performance, Network Technology, WANs, Networking
- White papers 2006-12-07
- Comparing Cluster Interconnects: LS-DYNA Performance Benchmarks Over Gigabit Ethernet and Cisco InfiniBand
- Application performance is one of the most significant factors in the use of clusters in High Performance Computing HPC environments. A number of variables affect performance, including node configuration, interconnect and switching fabric types and configuration, protocol offload technologies, storage and file system types, and the application characteristics. Many application...
- Tags: Performance, Gigabit Ethernet, Cisco Systems Inc., Application Performance, Analysis, InfiniBand, Ethernet, Performance Management, Network Technology, Networking, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2006-11-01
- The Myth of Bandwidth and Application Performance
- Application performance on the WAN is affected by a large number of factors in addition to bandwidth. The notion that bandwidth solves all, or even most, application performance problems is a complete myth. At the network level, application performance is limited by high latency, jitter, packet loss, and congestion. At...
- Tags: Bandwidth, F5 Networks Inc., Performance, Application Performance, WANs, Performance Management, Networking, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2006-11-01
- Manufacturer Reduces Infrastructure Cost and Conserves WAN Bandwidth for Global SAP Deployment
- Electronic and Materials Manufacturing wanted to provide all users with LAN-like performance, regardless of location, when accessing centralized Web-enabled SAP applications for ERP, CRM, and management of supply chains, product lifecycles, and supplier relationships. The challenge was to reduce cost of WAN connections required for global business operations and enable...
- Tags: Bandwidth, Data Center, SAP AG, Infrastructure Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Application Performance, Data Centers, WANs, LANs, Network Technology, Networking, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- Case studies 2006-09-01
- Application acceleration gains new stature as packet networks dominate most media
- My most recent sponsored BriefingsDirect B2B informational podcast tackles issues of application acceleration and performance management through a discussion with Akamai Chief Scientist and co-founder Tom Leighton. Akamai is a market leading application performance services provider based in my hometown of Cambridge, Mass. From my...
- Tags: Akamai Technologies Inc.
- Blog posts 2005-12-12
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