Application performance management company Dynatrace, which was acquired by Compuware earlier this month, has launched the latest version of its software, Dynatrace 4. The company claimed that, using its PurePath technology, it could monitor applications from browser to database and could ascertain performance in the cloud.
According to Laurent Seraphin, Dynatrace's European marketing director, the key to the new version is the lack of overhead. “We’re added features to the product that will have zero impact on the network.”.
He said that the product was particularly relevant for companies look to move to the cloud, many of whom had had difficulty in monitoring performance of virtual machines. "We’re a cloud enabler by removing a lot of the fear of moving to the cloud, by removing bottlenecks that they couldn’t comprehend.”
He said that companies were often left in the dark when it came to assessing how a website was performing. “You have to monitor end-to-end and understand actual performance that the end users are experiencing. The figures are quite clear on this: in ebusiness a 2 second decrease in access time equals four percent increase in bottom line, so improving performance becomes more essential.”
The new software meets many enterprises’ needs according to Gartner. “Complexity and visibility of the infrastructure are causing a transformation in APM technology,” said Jonah Kowall, Research Director at Gartner. “In addition, customers are demanding lightweight, smarter, automated solutions that provide rapid return on investment, analytics and support for business demands.”
