12.15.11
EMA Report: ExtraHop Fills Critical Real-Time Application Performance Monitoring Gaps Left by NetScout Systems
In a new white paper released yesterday, distinguished EMA Managing Research Director and former NetScout Vice President Jim Frey documents the value many enterprise IT shops have found in adding…
Justin Baker
11.30.11
Performance Metric of the Month: Packet Loss, Retransmission Timeouts (RTOs) and Round-Trip Times in Virtualized Systems
Retransmission timeout and round-trip time metrics can reveal virtual packet loss. This month's Performance Metric turns to retransmission timeouts (RTOs) and round-trip times, particularly for…
Justin Baker
11.23.11
It's Time to Rethink Application Performance Management
By ExtraHop Networks CEO Jesse Rothstein When Raja Mukerji and I founded ExtraHop Networks in 2007, we had a vision for a powerful and elegant approach to application performance management (APM). We…
Adam Sinnett
11.4.11
Why Network-Based Application Performance Management (APM) Is Perfect for Monitoring Virtual and Cloud-Based Apps
Virtualization and cloud computing are taking enterprise IT by storm. Every customer that we work with is either expanding their virtualization practice or looking to see how they can take advantage…
Adam Sinnett
10.25.11
Applying Lean Methodology to Application Performance Management
Summary: The ExtraHop system provides the mapping and measuring capabilities needed to continuously improve application performance using lean methodology. Lean methodology enables businesses to…
Justin Baker
9.28.11
Data Storage, Impact by the Numbers, and What It Means for Application Performance Management (APM)
I love statistics—who doesn't? Stats are a great way to identify important trends, behaviors, and market challenges—which is precisely why a recent infographic published on ReadWriteWeb about data…
Justin Baker
9.19.11
Gartner's 2011 Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and the Five Functional Dimensions of APM
This week saw the release of the Gartner 2011 Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring* (APM). In February 2010, Gartner issued its first Magic Quadrant for the APM industry in which it…
Justin Baker
9.16.11
More is Not Always Better for Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
While it's true that application performance monitoring (APM) is only as good as its weakest link, conventional wisdom, as advocated by legacy application performance management vendors, suggests a…
Tom Claeys
8.24.11
Leading Analyst Praises ExtraHop's Network-Based Application Performance Management (APM) Approach
The application performance management (APM) market has been soaking up the spotlight lately, and for good reason. A recent NetForecast survey, for example, shows that good APM processes can…
Adam Sinnett
8.4.11
Application Performance Management (APM) in the Era of Big Data
Big Data is a tremendous challenge for enterprise IT management in general, and especially for application performance management (APM). A few weeks ago Virtual-Strategy Magazine published an article…
Adam Sinnett
6.22.11
Getting Storage Teams on Board with Application Performance Management (APM)
When trying to determine the value of application performance management (APM) tools within your IT department, often the first step is to consult both the application and network teams. They deal…
Adam Sinnett
6.14.11
ExtraHop Introduces Performance Monitoring for Memcached and AMF
Real-time insight into web-services application performance is still an elusive holy grail for Web Operations teams. Fortunately for these groups, ExtraHop is helping them to get a lot closer. Today…
Adam Sinnett
5.6.11
Application Performance Management (APM) + Database Activity Monitoring (DAM): It's [Not] All About the Agents!
Adrian Lane, CTO of Securosis, recently wrote an article titled Database Monitoring Best Practices: Using DAM Tools for SearchSecurity.com. The article plays on a security angle but provides a nice…
Adam Sinnett
5.5.11
Introducing Application Inspection Triggers: Just Another Day in the Life of an ExtraHop Agent Buster
Secure $14 million? Check! Deliver unprecedented flexibility for real-time transaction analysis? Check! Customize APM without legacy agent-based solutions? Check! ExtraHop is on a roll. Today, just…
Adam Sinnett
4.29.11
ExtraHop and SevOne Partner for Application-Aware Network Performance Management
Earlier this week we announced a partnership with SevOne to deliver the industry's ultimate end-to-end application-aware network performance management (ANPM) solution for monitoring business- and…
Adam Sinnett
4.19.11
Troubleshooting SAP with Application Performance Management (APM)
Computerworld UK reporter Leo King recently highlighted a global survey by PAC Consulting that found that 43 percent of SAP customers are dissatisfied with the system's response times across all…
Adam Sinnett
3.30.11
Enabling ITIL with the ExtraHop Application Performance Management Solution
As most IT professionals know, the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) helps to identify good processes, practices, and structures for IT organizations, giving them a framework to…
Adam Sinnett
3.7.11
Performance Metric of the Month: Retransmission Timeouts (RTOs) and Application Performance Degradation
It's a new year and a great time to make changes for the better. In an effort to rid the world of needless network and application performance slowdowns, we turn to retransmission timeouts (RTOs)…
Justin Baker
1.19.11
Monitoring Storage I/O Latency with Application Performance Management Solutions
APM vendors need to focus on monitoring storage I/O latency as part of end-to-end transaction analysis There is a lot of conflicting information about what constitutes a great application performance…
Adam Sinnett
1.12.11
ExtraHop and Keynote Deliver Plug-and-Play End-to-End Application Performance Management
Today we announced a partnership with Keynote Systems, an Internet and mobile cloud monitoring provider. The partnership is a natural fit, as our solutions are exceptionally complementary; Keynote…
Adam Sinnett
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