* Application performance monitoring makes reall good business sense
There’s been quite a bit of movement in the application performance monitoring space lately. And justifiably so, as it’s one of those technology efforts that can make real good business sense as it’s so closely tied to employee productivity.
Two weeks ago, Opnet announced its plans to acquire Network Physics for $10 million. The deal will give Opnet the tools (namely Network Physics’ NetSensory technology) it needs to manage end-to-end application performance. Network Physics’ NetSensory technology combined with Opnet’s ACE application allows Opnet to offer customers application performance monitoring.
Additionally, just last week NetScout completed its $205 million acquisition of the Sniffer technology maker Network General, a move that will help the buyer combine Network General’s expertise in managing networks, applications and servers from the bottom up with its own top-down approach to real-time network and application-performance monitoring and management, NetScout officials said.
NetQoS, another competitor in this space, partners with Network Instruments to do the same type of integration, and industry watchers say vendors will continue to meld network and application management products for a unified view of the enterprise.
Companies focused solely on this space are also pushing to make their products more valuable by providing greater visibility into application performance parameters from multiple vantage points as well as supporting more types of applications such as those delivered as Web services and those running across Service-oriented architectures. For example. Streamcore on Nov. 1 unveiled StreamAccess, a set of tools designed to help customers build customized Web portals to deliver relevant statistical data on network and application performance to IT personnel and business unit managers.
Network World has long kept an eye on the application performance monitoring and management market. In fact, if you are in the market for this type of tool, you can tap into our Buyer’s Guide on this topic. Here you’ll find detailed information on more than 15 product offering in this space and this information can be sliced and diced anyway you prefer. Check it out.
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