Interesting perspectives on network and application management
Last week, I offered up thoughts on the past 15 years of network management in commemoration of Network Instruments’ 15th anniversary. In speaking with others in the industry, I thought I would take a look forward with this post. As networks become more robust, more of the network engineer’s time is being consumed with application troubleshooting. Debra Curtis of Gartner offered some interesting thoughts on the shift from the network to applications. I’d be curious if you agree. “Although network managers have seen an amazing evolution in technology over the past 15 years, one thing remains the same: no matter what the problem is, it’s always assumed to be the network’s fault! Gartner’s strategic planning assumption is that, through 2012, more than 80% of application performance and availability failures will be blamed on network problems, but the network will represent less than 20% of the root cause. Looking to the future, network managers are being pressured to move up the stack, and not just troubleshoot network faults and prevent network performance problems, but meet application performance objectives.” Debra Curtis Research Vice President IT Operations Management Gartner, Inc.
