Networks are dynamic and constantly changing entities. New software can change the entire way that data flows over the network. New devices, including switches and Wifi access points, can make their way onto networks without the administrator's knowledge. And security and access controls may not be to the level that you think they are.

In this report, we'll look at the challenges that businesses are facing when it comes to understanding network and application performance, and how the lack of network information can lead to bad performance, low user satisfaction, compliance issues and costly downtime.

The realities of the modern IT landscape are daunting. Your business-critical applications are multi-platform, multi-tier, and span physical, virtual, and hybrid cloud environments. To reach your end user, application transactions traverse complex networks and infrastructure that are handling ever-increasing loads. In light of this, never has it been more challenging to monitor the performance and availability of the business services that your employees and customers count on. Read this whitepaper to learn more.

Many are turning to technology providers to leverage a more holistic, efficient, and effective process of performance management. If you are in a similar situation, use this Buyer’s Guide to identify the capabilities that will help you increase end-user satisfaction through a better quality of service.

To achieve smooth delivery of applications at all times, Applications Operations groups need APM solutions that can give them insight and analytics to manage their apps. This SlashGuide gives IT managers a scorecard to identify APM solutions that will deliver more efficient application performance.

To build such modern applications, developers could use some help. That is where application performance management (APM) solutions come in. Here are 10 ways developers can use APM to improve the quality and performance of their software.

Application Performance Management For Dummies, Riverbed Special Edition, introduces you to application performance management (APM) solutions and how these tools can help you monitor and troubleshoot your mission-critical applications — from the perspective of your users, as well as your systems.

Applications in today's distributed, cloud-based IT environment need to perform at their peak at all times. Unfortunately, most do not. And while many developers and IT professionals have Application Performance Management (APM) solutions, they often don't know how to take full advantage of the benefits. This SlashGuide gives IT professionals and developers practical advice they need to get the most out of APM.

Many organizations continue to struggle with outdated IT in branch offices. Whether driven by a server refresh project, or by the need to solve a more acute problem posed by IT, adopting branch converged infrastructure solution as your next architecture can drive significant dollar savings while securing data and improving recovery.