The network plays a fundamental role in enabling the shift to digital. But it simply cannot fulfill this function while it is hardware-bound and hard-coded. The network must become cloudlike to enable delivery of dynamic, rich digital services quickly and easily. This means shifting away from old approaches that require configuration of individual boxes to ...

While the CLI remains the dominant mechanism for more than 85% of system engineers to implement network changes, several alternatives are gaining popularity, including APIs, fabrics, and SD-WAN. By 2020, only 30% of network operations teams will use the CLI as their primary interface, down from 85% at YE16.” Read this Gartner report to understand: ...

Application performance management helps deliver the application performance users and business demand. Effectively monitoring and troubleshooting application performance issues requires a comprehensive solution. Read the eBook Application Performance Management for Dummies to learn how to: Understand real end-user experience monitoring – and why it’s important Apply big data techniques and analytics – to quickly triage ...

Software Strategies for the Digital Business: The Importance of APM for DevOps and Continuous Delivery DevOps is critical to accelerating digital business success. Research studies over the past several years consistently back this up, revealing benefits such as improved service delivery, increased customer satisfaction, and significant revenue growth. At the same time, DevOps practices are ...

While the CLI remains the dominant mechanism for more than 85% of system engineers to implement network changes, several alternatives are gaining popularity, including APIs, fabrics, and SD-WAN. By 2020, only 30% of network operations teams will use the CLI as their primary interface, down from 85% at YE16. Read this Gartner report to understand: ...

As companies undergo digital transformation, many IT organizations are embracing DevOps to better align with evolving business requirements, foster rapid innovation, and deliver high-performing services. But what IT leaders are failing to grasp is that this cultural shift also requires modifications to the underlying application performance management (APM) technologies and processes that have historically been ...

The digital economy is characterized by a rapidly changing and fast-moving business climate. This “need for speed” has revolutionized application and software delivery, where DevOps and Continuous Delivery have become core competencies. However, yesterday’s toolsets and practices—which relied heavily on human expertise and manual processes—are no longer viable. At the same time, developing and supporting ...

Applications underpin today’s cloud and digital transformation initiatives. As a result, it’s imperative for modern IT organizations to implement a holistic, expert approach to managing applications for maximum performance and optimal business execution. Read this insights paper from ESG and Riverbed to discover: How performance management expertise drives critical business outcomes. Why mature organizations are ...

This eBook gives you practical guidance to help you through the four stages of cloud adoption: Stage 1: Assess. Prioritize apps and services to move to the cloud based on the business case. Develop a clear understanding of the technical effort and cloud resources required. Stage 2: Prepare. Rebuild applications to adopt a service-oriented architecture ...

In this on-demand webinar, Jan Hichert, VP of Riverbed, discussed the revolutionary new approaches to networking and application performance in a software-defined and cloud-centric world. It also shows an in-depth demonstration of Riverbed SteelConnect 2.0. Watch this video to learn more about new solutions from Riverbed that will transform IT from a business enabler to ...