Monitoring big, distributed Java landscapes helps tremendously to keep complex applications under control. But many administrators spare the effort to set up monitoring: No time. Now a timesaving solution is in sight.
„We are maxed out anyway. We need a solution that helps to make our work more effective and not something that if we are lucky saves about as much time as it needs to set it up and maintain it“.
I hear statements like those again and again from IT administrators. With the effect that APM solutions are mainly used for firefighting by experts.
So, what is needed? A solution which allows to monitor a large number of applications with a minimum of configuration effort and identifies the root cause of problems quickly.
Indeed I found and tested a tool which fulfills those requirements. (read more…)
The performance and stability of Java applications in production is getting more and more critical. Most (if not all) of todays businesses rely on software. More and more of these applications use web or mobile technologies to directly offer service to customers or integrate with partners. These applications often leverage other applications or services to deliver the expected result. The infrastructure on which these services and application run is virtualized and will move to public or private clouds in the near future.
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What follows is in my view a typical scenario of one of the common curses of the performance tester. A new version of a test object finds its way into my hands. After some twiddling with it to get it running, I do a first quick test run. Somebody – development, architecture, project management, whoever – gets wind of it and is curious about the results. Defensively, I try a delaying tactic: “It’s the very first run. The test environment wasn’t completely built up. We have to do more tests. We must at first confirm the numbers before it makes any sense to discuss them.” My counterpart is getting more inquisitive. He insists to be aware of all of my objections and that he just wants to satisfy his curiosity. I finally give in and tell the numbers. Shortly thereafter, I regret it deeply. Like an avalanche, my little piece of information has gathered a gigantic mass in no time and like a boomerang it is coming full circle, heading straight back at me.
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I admit, this post is a bit “off-topic”. Recently we migrated this blog from using qTranslate to WPML for publishing in German and English. Main reasons were much better updates and a cleaner separation.
But one feature was missing because of that: We want to have comments from both languages below the postings (which are now two posts, where they have been one before). WPML doesn’t support this out of the box, but we were able to do this easily ourselves.
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Two years ago we started the codecentric Blog. Every codecentric employee can share his or her ideas on this blog. 150 articles by over 20 authors have been published since then. Over 8000 unique readers especially of the German speaking countries read our articles every month. Thanks to all readers and writers for the last 2 years. Soon we will get an new design and better usability. Do you have any suggestions for topics or layout to make this blog even more successful?
Targeting the “Right Potentials” (the best among the fittest) employer branding places a focus on the development of an employer brand with the view to arouse enthusiasm for an employer.
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