The Next Generation of Application Performance for the Cloud

When a business rolls out IT systems to run its operations, the basic foundation on which the system is built is the network that carries the traffic. To be able to solve problems in such a complex environment, it's vitally important to know what is happening on the network. Whether it's the behavior of the applications, behavior of the users or rogue elements that interfere with application delivery, knowing what is going on is half the battle of solving the problem.

This short video will discuss why having a well-designed workflow for identifying suspect traffic patterns and finding even the smallest volume of interesting data can make the difference in finding the culprit of pesky performance problems.

From infrastructure routers/switches/firewalls to load balancers, core distribution/access layers, firewalls, and multi-tier application environments, it becomes more apparent that gaining insight into how a user performs against that of their peers seems daunting.

This short video will introduce you to the multiple embedded technologies within TruView that provide cause and affect visibility helping you to visualize end user experience.

Fluke Networks commissioned Tolly to evaluate the effectiveness and performance of Visual TruView performance monitoring and troubleshooting at 10Gbps full line rate as well as overall usability of the solution in real-world scenarios.

This session will review the detail of the Tolly test and performance results and include and overview demonstrating how TruView leverages key data sets such as stream-to-disk packet storage, application response time, transactional decode, IPFIX (NetFlow), and SNMP to present analytics through a single reporting interface.

TruView watches over your global, regional, or even local groups of sites and users 24/7 by monitoring end-user experience enterprise-wide, and then visually depicting when and where problems occur.

Join Enterprise Management Associates Managing Research Director, Jim Frey, and Fluke Networks Director of Product Strategy, Doug Roberts, for a free Webinar that will examine the driving factors, objectives, requirements, and best practices surrounding converged network and application performance management.

You will learn:
* Ways to leverage converged data for improved efficiency and workflows
* How advanced analytics can be even more powerful on converged data sets
* Using converged data for more effective cross-team communication and collaboration
* TCO benefits of converged approaches
* And more…

VoIP, Video, New Application and Virtualization all help to drive more traffic onto the network. At the same time, users are being more dispersed with their mobile devices. To ensure today’s application is operating at high performance, it is essential to know how application transverse through the network while ensuring high ROI from tools deployed. During this session, Fluke Networks introduce to you methods to effectively gain visibility of application on your saturated 10Gbps link and other parts of your network, and how the information could help you understand root cause of application problem, VoIP, Video or data, so that you could get your application performance up to the level that you and your user expect all the time even when you need to go back in time.

The cloud frees your company from the burdens of building IT infrastructure but not from the responsibility of ensuring it all works. You will still get the call when customers can’t buy products off your website or finance can’t close the quarter in your ERP system. What will you do next?

For years enterprises have worked with network providers based on clear physical demarcation points, segmenting responsibility. That is no longer possible in today’s virtual world. We need Virtual Demarcations and the Enterprise needs a toolset to provide overall performance visibility.

During this discussion noted industry analyst Dr. Jim Metzler will review current industry trends and best practices in managing application and network performance in a Cloud or Virtualized environments. This will be followed by an overview from Mr. Doug Roberts who will share the newest technologies that provide visibility that reaches across groups and various network infrastructure components allowing for increased IT efficiency.

Troubleshooting ‘IT’ on the network can be complex and confusing to NOC personnel. This presentation will cover the necessary steps to be checked in order to isolate the owner of ‘IT’ and provide root cause analysis with actionable data on ‘IT.’

Identifying the owner of what the problem is half the battle. Is ‘IT’ the Local Exchange Carrier (LEC), the Service Provider, the Client, the Application, the VoIP team, the CoS settings, or are you just bursting on the network?

Whether you are deploying VoIP, Video, a new application, virtualization, optimization, cloud, or a new network, having a real time monitoring solution on the network as a demarcation point for segmentation of problems will set your IT department apart; and accelerate new technologies while increasing end user acceptance and satisfaction. Application monitoring tools on the network that work and can be used by many NOC personnel will allow your business to do what ‘IT’ does best…. Join me and learn how to “Troubleshoot IT.”

The issues IT professionals face are pretty consistent, but solving them is usually anything but easy.

Everyone’s bandwidth is stretched to the limit and adding more resources is a tough sell. So where can you start to improve your approach to application troubleshooting?

Join us for this 45 minute webcast where David Oliver, Senior Product Manager for Visual Network Systems will share what those critical areas are to start with AND how to get started.

During this session learn –

- How to look at reducing your MOOSE (cost of operating and sustaining IT)
- Best practices for delivering projects on time and budget
- How to better align yourself with the business (and improve the perception of IT in the process)

Is Bandwidth really the name of the game?

When troubleshooting infrastructure that impacts the NRTT component of application response time, there are several factors to consider -

- Available bandwidth being consumed
- QOS/COS misconfigurations
- The number of conversations on the network that impacts devices

During this session we will look at why NetFlow is so versatile and how to use a 'best practice' reporting structure to quickly isolate root cause and speed MTTR.

Bandbreite ist die Frage, oder? Bei der Fehlersuche in der Infrastruktur nach der Auswirkung der NRTT Komponente auf die Antwortzeit der Anwendungen sind verschiedene Faktoren zu berucksichtigen. Auch wenn die verfugbare Bandbreite haufig die Ursache ist, gibt es andere Moglichkeiten. Falsche Konfiguration der QoS/CoS Werte konnen den Anwender stark beeinflussen. Zu viele Konversationen auf dem Netzwerk konnen Router/Switches storen. Wir werden sehen, warum NetFlow so vielseitig ist und wie wir unser Reporting nutzen konnen, um schnell die Quelle von gemeldeten Performance Problemen zu identifizieren.

Habitualmente se considera el ancho de banda un factor clave, ¿verdad? Pero cuando se trata de resolver una incidencia relacionada con la latencia de red, hay que considerar también otros elementos. Si bien el consumo de ancho de banda a menudo es la principal causa del incremento de la latencia de red, existen otras posibles causas que hay que analizar. Por ejemplo un error de configuración de la asignación de las clases de servicio QOS/COS pueden tener un más que notable impacto sobre los usuarios. También, una elevada tasa de conversaciones (que no es lo mismo que un elevado consumo de ancho de banda), puede afectar a la electrónica de red. Durante esta sesión descubriremos por qué NetFlow es tan versátil y cómo utilizar los informes para identificar rápidamente por qué los usuarios están sufriendo problemas de rendimiento.

bande passante est t’il le bon sujet ?

Il y a plusieurs facteurs a considérer lorsque que l’on fait du troubleshooting sur l’impact de l’infrastructure sur le NRTT : un des composants a prendre en compte dans le temps de reponse des applications.

Bien que la consommation de la bande passante soit a surveiller en premier, il y a d’autres possibilites a ne pas oublier comme :

•Les erreurs de configuration de la QoS et de la CoS pouvant avoir un impact considerable sur les utilisateurs.

•Un nombre trop élevé de conversations sur le reseau pouvant impacter les performances vos equipements.

Durant cette session, nous vous presenterons comment tirer les benefices de la polyvalence de NetFlow et comment utiliser nos rapports pour identifier rapidement la cause des problemes de performance de vos utilisateurs.

We'll share how, using Visual Performance Manager 7.0, you can quickly find root cause, isolate issues and assign ownership in Cloud or Virtualized Environment.

During this 45 minute webcast, Visual Network Systems Sr. Product Manager Kirk O'Connor, will review how recent updates to Visual Performance Manager can help IT teams efficiently troubleshoot network issues and identify root cause in increasingly complex network environments that include cloud and virtualization.

How did the IT team for a retail bank with over $170B accomplish what was initially described as, mission impossible, when it came to gaining visibility into key financial applications and re-inventing service delivery?

Join Visual Network Systems and i3 Software for a live webinar presentation that will discuss how this organization:

- Defined and designed a solution for Application Performance Management (APM)
- Successfully implemented that solution in a large distributed environment
- Recognized $400K in year-one operational savings with one key decision!
- Dramatically reduced problem resolution times
- Integrated their APM and Event Management Systems
- Used custom dashboards to meet the unique requirements of executive stakeholders

According to a recent Cisco customer poll, 50% are interested in deploying cloud with over 25% having already adopted, while Europe grows at a very fast pace as well. Many companies move toward the cloud and virtualization because of the mobility, business agility and operational simplicity it provides.

Join special guest John Voss, Cisco Solution Product Manager, as he reviews the latest in the Cisco Unified Computing Express (UCS Express) a converged networking and virtualization infrastructure integrated into a single platform for running applications that can’t be centralized.

UCS also enables consolidation in the data center, and is an ideal way to introduce virtualization into branch office environments.

Visual Network Systems, a member of the Cisco Developer Network, will also discuss how to deliver a Cisco Compatible performance management application that can he hosted on UCS Express.

Taking a Simplified Approach to Application Troubleshooting

Many organizations tend to misunderstand, underestimate, or are unable to quantify the impact of Application issues, on their organization. But when you look at the combination of potential customer, employee and organizational impact, the actual cost can be staggering. Depending on the industry, some enterprises can lose millions of dollars in potential revenue from lost transactions and poor application performance.

Join EMA analyst Julie Craig and Visual Network Systems Product Manager David Oliver, as we explore why organizations approach troubleshooting application problems the way they do today. And, why it is critical to move away from a network centric troubleshooting approach, to one that focuses on the applications and end-users. Julie will also touch on some best practices for quantifying the impact of application issues.

David will share insights on solutions that help to summarize end-user response times, help you avoid decoding packets and allow you to quickly isolate a problem.

The adoption of public cloud services also means that IT organizations need fewer people who can perform a certain task and now need some people who can manage the third party that is performing that task. We have also begun to associate technology convergence such as Cisco UCS with cloud computing. Convergence of this type causes organizational stress.

Join Visual Network Systems and Dr. Jim Metzler of Ashton Metzler & Associates, as we review strategies for :

* Elevating IT organizations to manage overall quality of service and critical applications for an organization

* Developing strategies for managing your private Cloud and dealing with a public and hybrid cloud

* Best practices for developing an ROI methodology around Cloud investments

* Overcoming obstacles to implementing public cloud solutions

MOOSE (Maintain and Operate the Organization, Systems, and Equipment) is the cost of doing business in IT. While some is necessary, the typical organization spends roughly 75% of its total budget on MOOSE, leaving a paltry 25% for innovation and investment in growth.
Learn where the waste exists in MOOSE and how you can transform from a cost center (necessary evil) into an innovation engine for business growth.

The answers are surprisingly clear and positive momentum can come quickly, but hard choices must be made to act – now!

Join this webcast with guest presenter Glenn O'Donnell from Forrester research, to learn how to turn your organization from zero to hero.