[This post is written by Owen Cole, EMEA Vice President at ExtraHop Networks.]

For companies that operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, keeping critical business systems running is non-negotiable. Ecommerce is an obvious example of a business-critical application, but there are others: trading systems for financial services firms, electronic medical records systems for hospitals, ticketing and weight-and-balance applications for airlines, or warehouse and supply-chain applications for retail companies.

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The APM space is expanding and evolving at a rapid pace, leading to older established firms acquiring newer technologies to fill in the gaps in their solutions. As this evolution is certain to continue, it’s worth considering the two traditional approaches to any large enterprise IT effort, whether it be APM, BSM, BPM, SOA, ERP, SCM, or another three-letter acronym.

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Virtualization continues to be something of a double-edged sword for businesses. One edge boosts the efficiency of IT infrastructures by providing improved flexibility, scalability, and significant cost savings. According to Veeam Software’s recent V-Index quarterly survey, the ratio of VMs to physical hosts is about 5 to 1, proving that VMs are good for an impressive 80 percent savings in physical machine investments.

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For the third year in a row, ExtraHop is thrilled to be recognized as one of Lead411’s "Hottest Companies in Seattle." ExtraHop is one of only 44 Seattle-based businesses to win, selected from 1,130 local companies in the software, wireless technology, hardware, Internet, and media industries. Selection criteria include achieving at least a 100 percent revenue increase over the past two years, or over $1 million in funding in the past two years.  

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Selecting the right application performance monitoring (APM) solution can make a huge difference in the long run, especially when keeping in mind several important factors that influence the final decision. First, the product needs to meet or exceed the technical requirements for the project. Cost is another important consideration—not only the cost of the product itself, but any attendant deployment and ongoing management costs. There is another consideration that might not be top-of-mind for APM decision makers yet is important nonetheless: innovation.

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