Highly complex IT environment with multi-tier application architectures delivering apps and services, detecting and diagnosing code level performance problems can be like looking for a needle in a haystack. While it may be plain to the end user that there is a problem, understanding where that problem originates and exactly what is causing it is difficult, and time consuming. Riverbed OPNET AppInternals Xpert addresses this challenge by combining end-user experience, transaction tracing, and application component monitoring for deep end-to-end application visibility. This latest release facilitates bi-directional workflows between operations and application development to expedite problem resolution. Register to read report.

"We are very pleased that OPNET has been recognized by Gartner as a leader in the rapidly growing APM market. A core part of our business strategy has been to be a market leader in application performance monitoring, both in terms of innovation and market share. Now representing more than 70% of OPNET's product sales, APM has been growing at more than 30% per year for the last four years," said Marc Cohen, Chairman and CEO, OPNET.

As applications are consumed with different types of devices and via different types of connectivity the monitoring of end-user experiences is critical to gauging the satisfaction of the delivery of the application to the user. Content optimization technologies should automatically profile and analyze the device being used and apply specific optimization techniques for the device.

Web applications are increasingly complex with more external dependencies and remote services, add in the sheer volume of transactions, and troubleshooting performance bottlenecks is now very challenging. IT teams need a solution that provides a combination of code-level transaction tracing, cross-tier tracking and a unique "Big Data" approach to rapidly identify the root cause of application performance problems.

Your business is complex. Big data promises to manage this to make better decisions. But the technology services that run your business are also complex. Many are too complex to manage easily, causing delays and downtime. Forrester predicts this will worsen. To combat this onslaught, you need machines to analyze conditions to invoke automated actions. To perform adaptive automation, you need IT analytics, a disruption to your monitoring and management strategy.

This report helps leaders prepare for IT analytics that turn big data efforts inward to manage the technology services that run your business. Register to get the full report.

In conducting a survey of more than 150 IT professionals with direct responsibility for business-critical applications, Forrester found that enterprises are supporting corporate objectives of productivity and efficiency, a typical trend in times of economic uncertainty. The survey also revealed that the lack of performance and availability of critical and complex applications had direct and negative consequences on business productivity, business finances, and IT efficiency.