1.25.19
TCP RTOs: Retransmission Timeouts & Application Performance Degradation
In an effort to rid the world of needless application and network performance slowdowns, we turn to retransmission timeouts (RTOs). What are they and what can you do about them? What Is TCP…
Justin Baker
10.20.15
Build Custom Metrics for Any Application
How to turn raw data from any application into useful metrics with Javascript-based application inspection triggers for improved IT operations analytics.
John McGovern
9.21.15
What Is a Tinygram?
What are tinygrams? When do they arise? Are they a problem? What can I do about them and how do I do it?
Matt Cauthorn
8.28.14
What Caused My Web Server to Crash?
Note: The ExtraHop Discovery Edition is no longer under active development or maintenance, but current license-holders may continue to use all features described in this post. Welcome back to our Web…
Anna Brown
8.1.14
See Who's Using (or Abusing) Your Network
Note: The ExtraHop Discovery Edition is no longer being actively maintained or updated, but all of the functions described in this post still apply to existing DE licenses and Enterprise Editions of…
Anna Brown
1.16.14
Why I Joined ExtraHop – One Wire Data Expert's Story
[Editor's note: John Smith is a Citrix Technology Professional and author of the wiredata.net blog. He recently joined ExtraHop's Solutions Architecture team to help IT organizations gain new…
John Smith
2.19.13
How to Answer the SharePoint Monitoring Questions You Care About
Microsoft has sold more than 125 million licenses of its SharePoint collaboration platform to over 65,000 organizations. With SharePoint environments scaling to accommodate more users and more…
Justin Baker
12.19.12
Aberdeen Report: The Value of End-to-End APM and How to Achieve It
"Taking an end-to-end approach to application performance management can seem like the obvious thing to do. But it hasn't been the way that performance management has traditionally worked. In order to…
Justin Baker
10.24.12
Case Study: DevOps Collaboration with Application Performance Management (APM)
Traditionally, performance-monitoring tools have been relegated to silos—DBAs have their database profilers, developers and Q&A have their agent-based application instrumentation, and network guys…
Tyson Supasatit
9.17.12
Why ExtraHop + Splunk Integration Matters
The new Splunk App for ExtraHop captures real-time metrics that are otherwise difficult or impossible to log. Splunk has made headlines over the past few months for its successful IPO and powerful Big…
Justin Baker
9.4.12
ExtraHop v3.7 - APM Improvements for Ease of Use and Visualization
We've just released version 3.7 of the ExtraHop system, including important new application performance monitoring functionality that makes IT operations more agile and efficient. Our aim with this…
Justin Baker
8.22.12
Lowering the Cost of Entry for Application Performance Management (APM)
The application performance management (APM) industry is evolving rapidly in response to two intertwined trends: Businesses are placing a greater emphasis on application performance, and IT Operations…
Justin Baker
8.20.12
The 2012 Gartner MQ for APM: What IT Operations Teams Need to Know
Gartner has released its 2012 Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring (APM) report, highlighting growth in APM spending and a rapidly evolving market. This year's report evaluated…
Justin Baker
8.9.12
TCP: Where the Network Meets the Application, Part 1
This post is written by Eric Thomas, Principal Solutions Architect at ExtraHop Networks. Many organizations struggle to find the right level of instrumentation to monitor the performance of their…
Justin Baker
7.24.12
Dealing with Application Performance Monitoring (APM) Data Overload, Part 2
Last week, we summarized TRAC Research's Market Insight report, "Improving the Usability of APM Data: Essential Capabilities and Benefits." Read that post here. This week's post lays out one of…
Justin Baker
4.4.12
Best-of-Breed: A Cost-Effective Alternative to "Death Star APM"
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…
Justin Baker
3.29.12
Getting Clear on Virtual APM Appliances by Seeing Intra-VM Traffic
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…
Adam Sinnett
1.18.12
Forrester Application Performance Management Market Overview Report for Q4, 2011
Forrester Research recently published a report on the application performance management (APM) market, titled "Market Overview: Application Performance Management, Q4 2011." Led by Principal Analyst…
Justin Baker
1.6.12
Finding the APM Solution That's Best for Your Company
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…
Adam Sinnett
1.4.12
2011 – A Banner Year for ExtraHop
With the holiday decorations packed away and a new year upon us, we can't help but reflect on 2011. At ExtraHop, we had a fantastic year filled with many milestones as we continued to revolutionize…
Adam Sinnett
