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Dheeraj Ravula

VP of Customer Success

8 July, 2024,

3 min read

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Are your APM tools solving problems or creating them? Is it time for a wake-up call in the world of Application Performance Monitoring?

Over the past year, I've had eye-opening conversations with Fortune 500 companies, and the verdict is in: APM tools are failing us. What was once hailed as the solution to all our performance woes has morphed into a costly, data-hoarding beast that's devouring budgets and patience alike.

Here's the ugly truth:

  1. Costs are spiraling out of control, blindsiding even the most prepared organizations.
  2. Data overload is real. Companies are drowning in metrics, desperately gasping for actionable insights.
  3. The talent gap is widening. Firms are hemorrhaging money to hire specialists just to decipher their own monitoring tools.
  4. APM consultants are having a field day, charging exorbitant fees to explain tools that should be intuitive.
  5. The kicker? After all this investment, applications still miss SLOs, and resource utilization remains abysmal at <30%.
  6. This is neither economically viable nor environmentally sustainable
  7. Your talent is busy waisting their time figuring out how to query the data hoarded in the APM tool

It's time to call out the elephant in the room: APM tools have become bloated, overpriced, and underwhelming. Is this the IT equivalent of a gym membership you never use but can't seem to cancel?

Companies are taking notice, the revolution is coming. The next generation of performance tools must:

  1. Harness AI for real-time, autonomous issue resolution
  2. Cut through the noise with laser-focused, actionable insights
  3. Align directly with business SLOs and ruthlessly optimize resource utilization
  4. Operate intuitively without an army of specialized decoders

Companies are already voting with their wallets, turning to targeted remediation tools that actually deliver on their promises.

The question is, are you still clinging to your overpriced, underperforming APM solution? Or are you ready to join the rebellion against ineffective monitoring?

Share your APM horror stories or success tales. Let's get to the bottom of what will drive real change in performance monitoring.

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