Performance-First means flipping the status quo of fault-based network management on its head and unlocking the intelligence needed to quantify network and application performance. In this monthly series of insights, Dr. Jim Metzler uses a combination of research, interactive feedback and his own formidable industry experiences to challenge conventional wisdom circulating today around application delivery, especially from the vantage point of the network engineer and NOC staff.
Forrester Consulting examines the total economic impact and potential return on investment (ROI) enterprises may realize by deploying the NetQoS Performance Center. The NetQoS commissioned study illustrates the financial impact of implementing the NetQoS Performance Center within a global engineering and electronics conglomerate. The organization achieved productivity savings from improved efficiency during problem resolution, infrastructure savings by deferring an unnecessary bandwidth upgrade, and planned expense reduction by finding an alternative management solution to probe-based technology.
Aberdeen Group surveyed 158 organizations to examine best practices for managing application performance. The research revealed that nearly half of all respondents surveyed do not have the ability to measure the business impact of issues with application performance. This report serves as a guide to organizations looking to improve the performance of their business-critical applications.
Over the last few years application delivery has become a priority for virtually all IT organizations. However, while many IT organizations have become better at application delivery, the majority of IT organizations struggle with this highly complex task. One of the primary goals of this handbook is to help IT organizations become better with application delivery.
This 98-page, 2008 handbook presents the results of Dr. Jim Metzler's recent multi-client study on network performance management and application delivery. Along with a new framework for applications delivery, Metzler offers concrete ways that network professionals can move beyond the network plumbing and be part of the solution to application delivery challenges.
With the growth in automated trading, and the emergence of new market venues – a process accelerated in Europe by the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive regulation – latency of market data delivery, trading decisions and trade execution is becoming ever more important. In these conditions, financial organizations are going to live or die by the latency with which they execute financial transactions. The capability that [NetQoS] Trade Monitor delivers, enabling firms to quickly analyze and understand latency issues in the context of FIX messaging, is extremely valuable.
Aberdeen Group surveyed 159 organizations to identify best practices for managing Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) performance. This report reveals the impact Best-in-Class strategies and capabilities are having on availability and quality of VoIP services.
The majority of IT organizations are under considerable pressure to evolve to a next generation Network Operations Center (NOC). For example, a survey of 176 IT professionals has uncovered the fact that over a quarter of NOCs do not meet their organization’s current needs. In order to fulfill the current and emerging requirements, NOCs are being driven to do a better job of managing application performance, to implement more effective IT processes and to be able to troubleshoot performance problems faster.
The NetQoS Connector for GigaStor is a simple, yet elegantly architected solution that addresses a long called for need from across the industry… it wasn’t until the NetQoS Connector arrived on the scene that engineers were able to concentrate their focus on correlated event information stored on the GigaStor appliance instead of having to deal with a ‘needle in a haystack’ when searching for event related information.
Companies at the forefront of disruption…NetQoS – With rapid growth, sound financials and strong, well-chosen partnerships, NetQoS will exert pressure on other products that analyze application performance based on network and systems data.
Download the full paper now »The integration of NetQoS’ Performance Center components and Cisco’s WAAS devices is an excellent solution that addresses the needs of a significant number of their combined, large enterprise customers. While the NetQoS Performance Center has previously been available, it wasn’t until the integration with the Cisco WAAS devices that allowed NetQoS to become the first network management vendor to provide accurate real-time reporting features that can truly quantify latency improvements delivered via WAN optimization efforts.
Download the full paper now »WAN optimization appliance growth has created new challenges in assessing network performance and the effectiveness of WAN optimization solutions. Cisco and NetQoS have jointly developed a management interface to make performance reporting more accurate.
Download the full paper now »Dr. Jim Metzler discusses the challenges of monitoring the performance of networks and applications in this 4 page report. He also analyzes the NetQoS and Cisco integrated solution for monitoring Cisco Wide Area Application Services.
This paper, authored by a leading industry analyst firm, provides an executive-level view of the NetQoS Performance Center. It explains how the Performance Center can directly support executive initiatives for assessing and improving service quality, optimizing the IT infrastructure, and measuring the impacts of change, such as application roll-outs and data center consolidations.
Management is evolving beyond simple infrastructure availability monitoring to provide more insight into the performance and business impact of broader IT services. Technology investments are only part of the solution; cultural change is also needed. This paper offers an industry analyst's practical and proven advice to guide IT executives around the hazards of this transition.
CA | NetQoS - Network Performance Management products and services for the world's largest networks. © 2001-2010 CA | NetQoS, Inc. All rights reserved.
Newsletter Sign-Up