Micro Focus has revamped its venerable line of LoadRunner testing tools as part of an effort to both unify code bases and provide tighter integration with third-party application performance management (APM) tools from AppDynamics, a unit of Cisco Systems. Vicky Giavelli, director of product management for performance engineering at Micro Focus, said Micro Focus in […]
Splunk Updates SignalFx APM Platform
Splunk today unfurled its first major update to the SignalFx application performance management (APM) platform since acquiring it last October. Karthik Rau, general manager for application performance management (APM) at Splunk, said SignalFx Microservices APM combines for the first time the SignalFx platform with Omnition, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for implementing distributed tracing as an […]
New Relic Gives COVID-19 Relief Agencies Free 90-day Access
New Relic will provide free access to the entire New Relic One observability platform for 90 days to any organization engaged in COVID-19 pandemic relief efforts that have a specific benefit to the public. Erin Dieterich, director of corporate social responsibility at New Relic, said it’s apparent that the IT platforms of both nonprofits and […]
SolarWinds Strengthens AppOptics APM Platform
SolarWinds today updated its AppOptics application performance management (APM) platform by adding both service- and trace-level root cause analysis capabilities. Jim Hansen, vice president of products, application management for SolarWinds, said the goal is to provide most of the same capabilities any IT organization would find in an APM platform that would cost 10 times […]
Cloud Confessions: Full Stack APM Is a Necessity
IT environments have become more dynamic and complex, which has created the need for robust monitoring tools. As a result, companies are increasingly adopting more than one platform, catapulting us into the multi-cloud era. Technology professionals are also embracing and acknowledging the need for comprehensive, full-stack application monitoring and management, bringing application performance management (APM) […]
New Relic Adds Support for W3C Trace Context Spec
New Relic has begun adding support for the W3C Trace Context standard within the agent software it uses to collect metrics for its application performance management (APM) platform. W3C Trace Context is a specification that defines the format for propagating distributed tracing context between services. Distributed tracing makes it simpler for DevOps teams to track […]
Survey Finds Much Room for APM Improvement
A survey of 317 application owners, developers and support team professionals in the U.S. and Canada published by SolarWinds finds that while reliance on application performance management (APM) tools is widespread, most IT teams are still relying on these tools to react to events rather than to proactively improve application experience and performance. The survey […]
Four Ways to Modernize Processes and Measure Performance With APM
Change is everywhere and the stakes are high. For 2019, businesses are on track to spend over a trillion dollars on digital modernization, according to a recent study from IDC. A crucial part of modernization is the growing number of IT organizations using the latest in dynamic, cloud-scale technologies to develop applications. As a result, […]
APM for All: Simplifying the Complexity of Cloud
As companies adopt hybrid and even multi-cloud strategies, their IT departments are beginning to use dynamic technologies to build new application features on top of existing back-end business systems. Most organizations now have a blended, multi-cloud architecture where public clouds are integrated with the existing on-premises, private or hybrid cloud infrastructure and applications. This means, […]
Instana Rolls Up 3 Acquisitions to Extend APM Reach
Instana revealed today it has acquired three technologies that will extend the capabilities of an application performance management (APM) platform optimized for microservices-based applications. Capabilities being added to the Instana platform include StackImpact, a polyglot production application profiler developed by StackImpact GmbH that can be applied to applications built in multiple languages; a high-frequency metrics […]