This is a guest blog post by Vicky Woollaston, Digital Editor @WIREDUK
As I write this post, I’m reflecting on our complete dependence on software
and technology today. While not having access to emails for an hour or so
might be a welcome relief to some, an outage on such a critical application
not only risks destabilising businesses — invoices delayed, meetings missed
— it highlights just how reliant industry now is on technology.
In fact, there are entire industries set up to capitalise on this reliance
— a quick search brings up listicles of 50, 100, 200 productivity apps from
Slack to Pocket and Wanderlist to Facebook Messenger bots. The irony being
that while trying to be productive, there’s a plethora of apps that want to
distract you. And in such a sea of services, performance is make or break —
something AppDynamics is acutely aware of.
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What happens when mission-critical Java applications slow down or keep
crashing in production? The vast majority of IT Operations (Ops) today bury
their heads in log files. Why? because that's what they’ve been doing since
IBM invented the mainframe. Diving into the weeds feels good, everyone feels
productive looking at log entries, hoping that one will eventually explain
the unexplainable. IT Ops may also look at system and network metrics which
tell them how server resource and network bandwidth is being consumed. Again,
looking at lots of metrics feels good but what is causing... (more)
Blockchain: Everything You Need to Know
By Omed Habib
The first thing you need to know about blockchain is that it enables the
creation of virtual currencies and intelligent contracts. At its core is the
concept of a “distributed ledger,” where data on transactions is recorded
across a range of specified databases. Every transaction can be tracked and
replicated in real time. That’s how the identities of user accounts, even
if they are anonymous, can be verified and secured behind advanced
cryptography and digital signatures.
The second thing you need to know is that blockchain c... (more)
The Top 5 2016 Trends That Are Changing Software Development
By Omed Habib
Software development is a moving target. You have to keep your eye on trends
in the tech space that haven’t even happened yet just to stay current.
Consider what’s happened with augmented reality (AR) in this year alone. If
you said you were working on an AR app in 2015, you might have gotten a lot
of blank stares or jokes about Google Glass. Then Pokémon GO happened. Like
AR, the trends listed below have been building steam for some time, but
they’ll be taking off in surprising new directions before the e... (more)
Six Ways CIOs Can Drive Digital Transformation and Lead Their Companies
Toward Revenue
By Megan Van Vlack
Growing a digital business is essential for virtually every enterprise across
every industry. Large enterprises and small businesses alike are digitizing
their internal and customer-facing processes and services to increase
efficiency, scale their businesses, and collect meaningful data. Yet, while
many companies have launched digital services to collect data, we haven’t
fully tapped into the potential of data analytics—even though studies
suggest that digital will be a top ... (more)
In high-production environments where release cycles are measured in hours or minutes — not days or weeks — there's little room for mistakes and no room for confusion. Everyone has to understand what's happening, in real time, and have the means to do whatever is necessary to keep applications up and running optimally.
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