Charles Rich

It’s no secret that 2011 saw the adoption rates of cloud computing increase, and 2012 should see even more growth as organizations not only move their critical applications to the cloud, but small and mid-sized businesses begin to request more cloud-based applications.   For all its popularity right now, cloud computing is only in its infancy stages. Years and even decades from now we’ll be looking at what happened in 2011-12 and repeating the phrase commonly heard on those annoying AT&T 4G LTE television ads, “that was so two decades ago.” That’s because ubiquitous computing is coming. One day the notion of going to a computer to Google something, or read your email will seem quaint and old fashioned. “Grandpa, did you really use a PC and a rat?” children will ask. “You mean a mouse and yes, of course everybody did,” a grandfather will answer. In the near future c... (more)

The True Costs When IT Is Silo, Not Application Centric

The development of IT environments have naturally led to complexity. Put it down to the very nature of capitalism. Different vendors working together to achieve a common goal isn’t a common occurrence. Each vendor has over the years developed its own monitoring and reporting systems. This is all well and good for each specific application or system. It doesn’t work effectively when applications are executing across an IT enterprise comprised of everything from mainframe to cloud. What Is the True Cost of Silo Not Application Centric Monitoring? Many of these cost are so ingrained ... (more)

Elasticity – Have You Overlooked Its Importance to APM?

When it comes to business, no one outside IT cares about how you deliver consistent, dependable service — as long as you do it…and do it inexpensively.  Customers want a no-pain, no-problem experience at the checkout stand or internet shopping cart. The business wants to prevent customer attrition and order fallout by keeping them happy.  They also need to be able  grow without the expansion revealing inadequacies in the IT enterprise. Application performance monitoring (APM) is a recognized solution for keeping the pain of growth to a minimum and for identifying problems before... (more)

Nothin’ But .NET?

There aren’t many businesses today that don’t have a .NET Framework stack somewhere in the background. The interoperability .NET is supposed to provide, its Common Language Runtime (CLR) engine, language independence, simplified deployment, security and portability have all made .NET a logical choice for Window’s based systems. With all the applications .NET allows you to create—from customer relationship management and product inventory applications to websites and cloud partnerships, to name just a few, you can’t afford for your .NET applications to go down. It could cost mill... (more)

Interview with David Mavashev, founder and CEO of Nastel Technologies

We have the opportunity today to speak with David Mavashev, founder and CEO of Nastel Technologies, on his view of the APM (Application Performance Management) market. David, do you think “APM” is a subject that’s clear for most IT professionals, or is there confusion in the marketplace? When market analysts talk about APM solution providers, they usually refer to the word “application” in general terms. They’re principally interested in the impact of IT resources on the performance of “business applications”, regardless of the nature of the application. Most of the vendors th... (more)