Fwd: [Cloud Computing for All Walks of Life ] Cloud Tools to Enhance Your Application Performance

[Ravindra Dastikop]

The cloud ecosystem has given rise to a variety of tools and services that can be easily plugged into applications. Rather that writing code to monitor, load test and/or optimize your cloud environment, consider implementing some of these tools into your application.

Monitoring Tools

The cost of application downtime extends beyond lost revenue. Businesses need to consider the potential for a spike in customer service requests and negative comments on social media, which can damage your company's reputation. Because system administrators may not be able to diagnose problems 24x7, an Application Performance Monitoring (APM) solution can help.

APM tools like AppDynamics and New Relic provide application intelligence based on user-defined behaviors such as logging in, updating a cart or checking out. They provide information such as page load times and transactions in real time, enabling you to identify issues across the user experience.

Load Testing

The proliferation of mobile devices and social communication has put a strain on application resources. Businesses can identify stress points and potential bottlenecks before going live by load testing their app with companies like Load Impact and Apica.

Both SaaS solutions generate traffic from different geographic regions while measuring the response rates and throughput of each packet. Results from these tests can include CPU and memory usage along with disk and network I/O, helping you fine-tune your app. These services are particularly helpful for businesses preparing for the holidays or a specific high traffic event. For complete and original post see here 

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Posted By Blogger to Cloud Computing for All Walks of Life at 9/10/2014 09:39:00 AM