Commentary - Sometimes, when end users experience application trouble, response times degrade slowly. Other times, applications seem to turn off as if a power switch has been flipped. In many cases, ...

Studies have shown that poor performance of e-Commerce web sites can directly result in loss of revenue, poor customer satisfaction and damaged reputation. According to Forrester Research [1], users ...

In today’s world of larger-then-ever software applications, users still expect real-time data and software that can process data at blazing speeds. With the advent of broadband access, users have ...

Like beauty is in the eye of the beholder, optimal application performance is in the experience of the end user. It’s a subjective matter that can bewilder network managers trying to ensure every app ...

Traditionally, companies have used various physical specifications, such as processor frequency and cache size, to set a baseline for PC performance. There are two problems with this approach. First, ...

As part of our coverage of the state of network optimization, I asked Hon Wong, CEO of Symphoniq (and former co-founder of NetIQ), to weigh in on the challenges of Web application performance.

In today's digital landscape, application performance monitoring, or APM (also referred to as application monitoring or real-time application monitoring), has become a critical practice for businesses ...