As enterprises have embraced IT trends like cloud computing and virtualization, their operational needs have evolved. Application performance is more important now than ever. But operating applications at peak performance is difficult in the dynamic world of cloud-based applications. That's why many enterprise IT departments now have Applications Operations groups whose task it is to ensure that applications run efficiently across these complex IT stacks. This SlashGuide gives IT managers a scorecard they can use to identify APM solutions that will deliver more efficient application performance.