Application monitoring can provide helpful pointers when it comes
to mapping performance. However, choosing the right one for your
business can get tricky. This is especially true for enterprises or
small-sized businesses where there is not enough time or bandwidth to
support thorough and comprehensive research. As a result, application
monitoring tools too may be adopted and implemented without adequate
thought being given to whether they will actually help or not.
With cloud computing already gaining popularity due to the flexibility it offers, application monitoring takes on newer responsibilities. As a business owner, you may want to scrutinize your application monitoring reports to assess whether the end result indicates how to make your system more profitable or not.
Here are some questions to consider when choosing the monitoring tool for your application.
Define how the monitoring report will help you
You can begin by revisiting your business objectives. This exercise should help you answer the critical question of what problems at the application level you expect to resolve with the help of your monitoring tool. Do you need to improve speeds of delivery or do you deal directly with clients and thus, need to learn of potential problems before it affects the end customer? Do you need to reduce costs of operation?
This will also determine the level of monitoring you need: at the system level, at the user level, etc.
In case of a failure, what can be done?
What do you expect to do in case of system failure? Issue a warning to your clients and customers? Do you want to troubleshoot the issue before it impacts users? Do you have to manage the expense alongside, by keeping down the damage caused by the issue?
You need to make sure your application monitoring system raises the right alerts and also allows you technical support. Note that not all monitoring systems will allow you perfect tech support. You need to specify that your agreement with the monitoring system provider entails reliable tech support.
Will it fit my budget?
Once you are done defining your objectives, you can choose whether the features of a particular application monitoring tool match your needs and whether it can actually help productivity or not. Based on whether the tool would help you manage productivity, you can decide whether the tool is expensive or worth its cost for your business needs.
Monitoring the right parameters
Once you are done outlining and defining your needs, there are a few other factors to keep in mind and which your monitoring tool should be equipped to handle:
> Monitoring the equipment used by the application for analyzing free space, CPU usage, etc.
> Keeping track of the number of users for the application, speed of everyday transactions and processing, etc.
> Keeping track of performance and raising an alert in case of a system failure
Keep in mind that it is not just the quality of the analysis the monitoring tool will provide, speed of reporting is equally important. Other vital areas to consider when setting a budget include whether your tool will maintain a report (history), integrate effectively with third party systems, etc.
With cloud computing already gaining popularity due to the flexibility it offers, application monitoring takes on newer responsibilities. As a business owner, you may want to scrutinize your application monitoring reports to assess whether the end result indicates how to make your system more profitable or not.
Here are some questions to consider when choosing the monitoring tool for your application.
Define how the monitoring report will help you
You can begin by revisiting your business objectives. This exercise should help you answer the critical question of what problems at the application level you expect to resolve with the help of your monitoring tool. Do you need to improve speeds of delivery or do you deal directly with clients and thus, need to learn of potential problems before it affects the end customer? Do you need to reduce costs of operation?
This will also determine the level of monitoring you need: at the system level, at the user level, etc.
In case of a failure, what can be done?
What do you expect to do in case of system failure? Issue a warning to your clients and customers? Do you want to troubleshoot the issue before it impacts users? Do you have to manage the expense alongside, by keeping down the damage caused by the issue?
You need to make sure your application monitoring system raises the right alerts and also allows you technical support. Note that not all monitoring systems will allow you perfect tech support. You need to specify that your agreement with the monitoring system provider entails reliable tech support.
Will it fit my budget?
Once you are done defining your objectives, you can choose whether the features of a particular application monitoring tool match your needs and whether it can actually help productivity or not. Based on whether the tool would help you manage productivity, you can decide whether the tool is expensive or worth its cost for your business needs.
Monitoring the right parameters
Once you are done outlining and defining your needs, there are a few other factors to keep in mind and which your monitoring tool should be equipped to handle:
> Monitoring the equipment used by the application for analyzing free space, CPU usage, etc.
> Keeping track of the number of users for the application, speed of everyday transactions and processing, etc.
> Keeping track of performance and raising an alert in case of a system failure
Keep in mind that it is not just the quality of the analysis the monitoring tool will provide, speed of reporting is equally important. Other vital areas to consider when setting a budget include whether your tool will maintain a report (history), integrate effectively with third party systems, etc.