Today, thanks to companies like Uber — which recently had the biggest IPO of 2019 — along with the likes of Amazon, Airbnb, and more, consumers can order a ride, buy groceries, transfer money, or book a place to stay — all in just a few clicks within an app. In this new world, how brands […]

In today’s digital economy, an application isn’t just part of a business — in most cases, it is a company’s business. That’s why performance problems create headaches for IT teams and significant obstacles to business growth and profitability. What’s more, outside of the enterprise, consumer expectations regarding application performance are changing. Today, people want flawless […]

Application performance monitoring (APM) tools have become essential to enterprises as their technologists deal with increasingly complex apps. Of course, as you might have experienced, dealing with a complex set of disparate tools across siloed teams doesn’t make things any easier. The answer: a one-stop solution containing everything you need — for complete visibility — […]

Today’s blog post is headed back to the basics. I’ve been using and talking about APM tools for so many years sometimes it’s hard to remember that feeling of not knowing the associated terms and concepts. So for anyone who is looking to learn the basics of what is APM, this blog is for you. […]

Boom! AppDynamics’ acclaimed Business iQ, which enables enterprises to see how their digital experience impacts customer behavior, revenue and business goals, has won the Best Data/Analytics Technology of the Year award at the Techies 2019 in London. Now in its fourth year, the Techies recognizes the best products, projects, teams and individuals in the UK […]

At AppDynamics, we are committed to making cloud performance data a first class part of our product. Below are some of the principles we use to guide our roadmap for cloud performance data. Connecting to Cloud Platforms Should Be Dead Simple Connecting to a cloud platform to ingest its performance data—whether it’s Amazon CloudWatch, Azure […]

Businesses are embracing the Internet of Things (IoT), which enables them to get closer to their users by delivering services right to the edge—think sensors on a remote oil pipeline, or the smartwatch or fitness band on your wrist—for a better customer experience. The number of IoT-connected devices worldwide is expected to nearly triple in […]

Initially introduced as a solution for enterprises looking to solve issues with industrial grade switches and gateways, the IoT is rapidly becoming a vast, global system of interrelated devices designed to address economic, environmental and societal challenges. From smart water solutions that leverage performance sensors to measure water use and quality, to devices that monitor […]

When we welcomed Perspica into the AppDynamics family in 2017, I knew we were going to change the application performance monitoring industry in a big way. And that’s why today is so important for us. Earlier this morning, we launched Cognition Engine – the next evolution of application performance monitoring that will give customers new […]

More enterprises today are distributing applications across datacenters and multiple clouds, creating a rapidly expanding—and increasingly complex—application footprint. And as companies demand better end-to-end performance for business success, highly distributed and scalable applications must be more reliable than ever. Despite the vast complexities of these distributed environments, however, application and network teams too often operate […]

To control costs and reduce the burden of infrastructure management in the cloud, more companies are using services like AWS Lambda to deploy serverless functions. Due to the unpredictable nature of end-user demand in today’s digital-first world, serverless functions that can be spun up as needed can also help resolve unplanned scaling issues. But that’s […]

Today, we announced the Cisco and AppDynamics AIOps strategy to deliver the “Central Nervous System” for IT operations, which is comprised of three core pillars: Give customers broad visibility of their complex environments Derive AI-based insights Take Action on these insights to optimize IT environments and automate tasks to free up resources to drive new […]

The Emerald City played host to the North American edition of KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2018, bringing together technologists eager to share their knowledge of Kubernetes and Cloud Native topics. The event, hosted by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), sold out over a month before it opened, a strong sign of growing interest in all […]

We are excited to deliver additional AppDynamics functionality across observability, intelligence, and usability. With our Winter update, we are continuing our ongoing efforts to ensure enterprise companies provide world-class customer experiences with the help of real-time performance monitoring. To enhance observability, we have now made Synthetics Monitoring available to our on-premises customers. This release of […]

AWS re:Invent continues to build momentum. Amazon’s annual user conference, now in its seventh year, took place last week in Las Vegas with more than 50,000 builders on hand to share stories of cloud successes and challenges. The atmosphere was exciting and fast-paced, with Amazon once again raising the bar in the public cloud space. […]