Poor application performance is a problem with negative effects that can be felt throughout a business, from reduced employee productivity to customer dissatisfaction and loss of business. Application performance problems significantly reduce IT efficiency, as staff members are repeatedly pulled away from development projects to troubleshoot performance issues.
Many organizations are struggling with troubleshooting technology and approaches that were designed for the networks of the late '80s and early '90s. Today's networks and applications require a management approach to keep pace with the technology. When a performance problem impacts a complex, n-tier, business-critical application, IT teams simply can't afford to start "sniffing" around for the problem. What's needed is a more proactive approach that starts with the automatic creation of performance baselines, provides real-time notifications and investigations of problems while they are occurring, and quickly isolates the problem to the application, the server, or the network.
Taking a proactive approach to application performance management with the right mix of product solutions and technical resources, gives the IT team the information they need to effectively and efficiently identify and collaborate on performance problems, quickly isolate the source and resolve problems faster.
Fluke Networks' Application Performance Management (APM) solution utilizes both passive server side analysis and in-depth link analysis to provide automatic performance baselining, SLA tracking, and problem investigation together with in-depth, 7-layer analysis for detailed troubleshooting when you need it. When performance problems or deviations from established baselines are observed, the impact of these issues can be quickly quantified and the problem source can be isolated to the application, the server, or the network.
Whether you need to manage and report on application and server performance and availability, measure and demonstrate the impact of changes, or troubleshoot at the protocol level, these solutions make the entire IT team more efficient by providing quick and easy access to the data you need.
Fluke Networks' APM solution monitors end-to-end network and application performance-without desktop or server agents. This comprehensive solution:
- Continually tracks application performance over time and provides Service Level Agreement (SLA) reports
- Tests and measures the impact of infrastructure changes on end-user response time
- Monitors and reports on end-user response time along with server and application availability
- Offers a broad range of user-configurable web reports for both management overviews and technical drill-down for troubleshooting
- Automatically identifies performance problems and quickly quantifies the extent of the problem and where the impact is
- Provides in-depth, 7-layer Expert protocol analysis for detailed troubleshooting
- Provides automated VoIP call quality analysis for SIP, H.323, and Cisco SCCP (Skinny) environments
Fluke Networks’ APM solution brings together the technology, training and support it takes to effect real change within your organization. Look at the product and resource links above to help you start taking a proactive approach to application performance management.