Seeking to ensure high performance of critical web
applications, FineGround Networks will introduce an application
monitoring software that can measure the performance of
applications from the end-user perspective.
AppScope Performance Monitor software is designed to track
actual end-user response times of any web application, including
CRM, ERP, e-business and collaboration.
Rather than emulating application performance with synthetic
transactions, AppScope uses an agentless approach to measure real
transactions for internal and external users over various time
intervals, according to Nat Kausik, chief executive officer and
president of FineGround.
AppScope measures "real users and real transactions, not
emulating what the user will see. A lot of customers are looking
for factual data, not emulating a possibility", he said.
AppScope provides IT managers with early warning and analysis of
application performance degradation. The software tracks end-user
response time segmented into network latency delays, network
bandwidth delays, and back-end server delays, FineGround officials
said.
The combination of AppScope and the company's existing Condenser
Application Acceleration software gives managers the ability to
detect and correct complex application performance issues in
real-time.
The need to verify the business impact of web applications is
growing, Kausik said.
"As more enterprises migrate business processes to web
applications, the chief information officer has to prove
application performance provides value to the business," he said.
"If these [applications] perform poorly then everything appears
broken."
The agentless approach to application monitoring translates into
less hassle and lower costs.
"Agents are complicated. With numerous customer locations, [IT
managers] do not want to maintain agents at each site. The
agentless approach allows IT managers to measure live user
performance, without installing software on the desktop," Kausik
said.