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T HE MYSTERY OF APPLIC A TION PERFORMANCE MA N A GEMENT
Cloud adoption is on the rise, but with a lack of visibility and under- standing of how to manage the performance of applications run- ning in the cloud, IT departments face a rocky journey ahead. Owen Cole highlights the growing con- fusion surrounding performance management in the cloud
Cloud computing first became a phenomenon in 2007, when the term became popular and the sub-classification of Infrastructure-as-a-Ser- vice (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) was formalised. Since then, it’s gone on quite the journey and in recent months, we’ve seen “cloud-phobia” transition into “cloud-fatigue.” According to a recent Capgemini report , cloud initiatives are shifting from an IT priority to a business prior- ity, with 45% of all organisations reporting that individual business units are ultimately respon- sible for cloud adoption strategies.
CCI Magazine January 2013
As cloud adoption is being driven from C-level executives rather than the IT department, mixed emo- tions around its benefits are still undecided. For busi- ness decision-makers it seems like the perfect option, with benefits of agility, flexibility and cost being clear. But for IT departments it remains an uncertainty and something they remain cautious and confused around, especially when it comes to management.
MYSTERIOUS CLOUD
This isn’t just a mystery for those ambivalent towards implementing it, but also to those who have already adopted it.
In a recent survey of 140 IT managers and professionals conducted at IPEXPO 2012, it was highlighted that a large proportion of IT decision- makers understand the importance of visibility in the cloud, but when it comes to measuring application performance, they don’t know where to begin. In fact, 70% of cloud adopters don’t know how to measure application performance, despite 86% of respondents claiming that visibility in the cloud is very important. Measuring the performance of applications once in the cloud is the most important aspect of cloud adoption. If IT departments cannot do this vital analysis, they face the risk of negatively affecting their custom- ers. While IT managers understand this, it seems they also feel unsure of what tools they should be using to effectively measure what’s going on.
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