Quo vadis, APM?
Fields of application, current status, and outlook for the future of application performance management.
Application Performance Monitoring, or: Are you struggling with microservices?
Monitoring distributed system environments is a huge task – but it can be done. However, popular APM tools differ significantly in terms of scope and automation. So how do you find the right solution for your tech stack?
IT environments at German companies have grown to impressive dimensions in recent years. Distributed architectures with numerous microservices offer greater flexibility, scalability, and security through redundancy – but as complexity increases, so do dependencies. When individual subsystems fail, it often takes the IT department days to track down a single problem that is paralyzing the performance of the entire system.
Modern application performance management (APM) tools promise a remedy by systematically monitoring complex IT landscapes and detecting errors at an early stage. But what solutions are available for this? What can the latest generation of APM tools achieve? And how do you recognize a good APM tool?
APM: Finally on par with the stack.
It is clear that if you fail to monitor your system holistically, you will soon lose control of your services. The need for intelligent, learning solutions is great, but the available tools differ greatly in terms of scope, integrability, and cost. A new generation of AI-powered APM tools can greatly assist with efficient stack management through observability.
This white paper is aimed at IT decision-makers, DevOps engineers, QA agents, and all software developers interested in systematically monitoring distributed systems. It provides answers to the following questions:
- How have software architectures and monitoring requirements evolved in recent years?
- Why does the implementation of APM solutions so often fail in the long term?
- How do you win the race against your own systems?
- What are the pitfalls of implementing an APM tool?
- What are the latest developments on the APM front?
- And how do you recognize a good APM tool?
The white paper concludes with an 11-point checklist summarizing the most important requirements for a commercial APM solution.
Download our white paper now
Fields of application, current status, and outlook for the future of application performance management. Please note: The white paper is only available in German.
Application management: We will be delighted to support you.
We have been advising medium-sized and enterprise companies on application performance management for over 10 years. We are happy to answer any questions you may have that go beyond the scope of the white paper and to help you with a custom implementation of APM for your stack.
Niko Blättermann