FEATURE : ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS PERFORMANCE
THE PRIMARY CHALLENGE IS THAT IT IS NOW BEING UNDERMINED BY AN OUTDATED APPROACH TO PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT .
Challenges in implementation
One of the biggest challenges is the lack of a proper standard . To compensate , IT teams have gotten used to using different standards , basically different languages and started using tools that are specialised in a particular segment , such as networking or application delivery . This has led to another challenge : tool sprawl .
“ Nowadays , most organisations use dozens , if not hundreds , of tools for IT management alone . So now , an administrator needs to consult a variety of them to identify the root cause of an issue . That is a massive waste of time ,” indicates SolarWinds ’ Giese . modern application architectures have added layers of complexity to already complex IT environments . Users are dispersed .
Applications and their components are everywhere . Data is scattered and increasingly growing in terms of volume , variety and velocity . In this highly distributed , dynamic , and hybrid environment , everything is interconnected .
“ Yet , IT still relies on siloed tools to manage performance . So , the primary challenge is that IT is now being undermined by an outdated approach to performance management . The solution lies in a platform that unifies observability and delivers actionable intelligence ,” says Salman Ali , Senior Manager Solution Engineering , META , Riverbed Technology .
Let us not forget that IT gets more complex with each new advancement in technology , and if the responsible teams or individuals are not given enough time to upskill properly , most attempts to manage enterprise IT will fail .
“ The challenge with enterprise IT today is its incredible level of complexity . Today , environments sprawl across on-premises data centres , and multiple clouds , creating visibility gaps . Current solutions simply are not robust or unified enough , which leads to blind spots and forces IT teams to waste a lot of time troubleshooting problems reactively ,” continues Riverbed ’ s Ali .
Most observability tools on the market do not address the changes of today ’ s distributed IT environments ,
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