The New Modern Family: Business + Development + Operations = BizDevOps
by Anand Akela
Hello, from a new member of AppDynamics team. I recently joined the team to
lead application performance management (APM) product marketing.
Last month, when I was talking with Jyoti Bansal, CEO of AppDynamics, he
shared his vision for the company. Where the market is heading and how
application performance and end-user experience insights can influence
business outcome. This conversation not only cemented my decision to join the
company, but also I came back with a quest to learn more about a term he used
– BizDevOps.
I learned more about BizDevOps during the last few weeks and yesterday when I
read a blog by Larry Dragich. After reading some of the comments about the
strategic importance of APM for Line of Business, I thought of sharing some
of my thoughts about BizDevOps here wit... (more)
Proactively Manage Application Performance with PagerDuty & Dynatrace
We’re excited to announce a new integration with Dynatrace, a class-leading
Application Performance Management (APM) solution. With Dynatrace’s
PagerDuty plug-in, you can be notified about incidents when they occur. This
enables a proactive APM experience and further reduced MTTR.
How it Works
Dynatrace monitors your entire application delivery chain. All of your
transactions are tracked end-to-end, from user clicks to individual lines of
code, using Dynatrace PurePath technology. Dynatrace constantly monitors y... (more)
Back in 1982, many pundits in the business media were raving about the
publication of "In Search of Excellence" – a book written by Tom Peters and
Robert Waterman. As you may recall, the topic wasn't about the typical
mainstream company of that time. Instead, it was about forty-three selected
companies that were deemed to be “excellent” by the two authors.
Those companies were chosen to be profiled due to their superior organization
and people processes. Today, it’s more likely for management consultants to
write about business technology adoption – specifically, digital
transfor... (more)
Fall 2014 Release Enables Modern Collaborative Troubleshooting
Today, I am very pleased to announce our Fall 2014 Release which is packed
with exciting new features and platform enhancements. We gave a sneak peak of
some new features at AppSphere back in November, but for those who couldn’t
make it to Las Vegas I wanted to highlight what our team has been working on.
At a high level, the features and capabilities can be grouped into four
themes: Cutting edge collaboration capabilities Deep visibility into complex
applications Application Analytics Platform collection & processing ... (more)
Playing the Big Hunch: Enterprise Predictions for 2015
For many of us in the enterprise software industry, modernizing IT while
maintaining legacy systems is a tightrope walk where it pays to look ahead,
stay balanced, and be nimble.
As 2014 races to a close, those of us focused on terminal emulation software
solutions have a responsibility to look ahead and prepare for what the coming
year will bring. With an eye toward a very real future, and insights brought
by recent technology challenges and innovations, we offer four key
predictions that will continue to inform and propel t... (more)
DevOps - A Critical Strategy for Successfully Leading the Application Economy
These are exciting times to be working in business technology. Now, the
convergence of mobile, cloud and social computing has enabled businesses to
better connect, engage and capture new customers within their markets from
the software applications they develop.
But there's a catch. These very same forces are presenting nimble and
adaptive businesses the opportunity to develop completely new and disruptive
business models. Models that by exploiting software innovation can create new
markets and destroy ... (more)