EMA Radar™ for Application

Performance Management (APM)

for Cloud Services: Q1 2012

Report Summary

18 Cloud-Ready APM Solutions Available TODAY

By Julie Craig, Research Director

Enterprise Management Associates (EMA)

January 2012

EMA Radar™ for Application Performance Management

(APM) for Cloud Services: Q1 2012 Report Summary

Table of Contents

Executive Summary .............................................................................................................................................1

Introduction and Methodology .........................................................................................................................2

Vendors Covered by this Report .......................................................................................................................4

APM: Evolving with the Cloud .........................................................................................................................4

The Problem Set: Cloud-specific APM Challenges.......................................................................................5

Management versus Monitoring........................................................................................................................6

Criteria ....................................................................................................................................................................8

Minimum Criteria ..........................................................................................................................................8

Ideal Criteria....................................................................................................................................................8

Scoring................................................................................................................................................................. 10

Cost Efficiency ................................................................................................................................................. 11

Cost Advantage ........................................................................................................................................... 12

Product Strength .............................................................................................................................................. 12

Architecture and Integration..................................................................................................................... 12

Functionality................................................................................................................................................. 14

Vendor Strength ............................................................................................................................................... 15

EMA Radar Maps for Application Performance Management ............................................................... 15

Multi Component/Suite Solutions................................................................................................................. 16

Vendors and Solutions Profiled................................................................................................................ 16

General Findings ......................................................................................................................................... 17

Value Leaders ............................................................................................................................................... 18

Strong Value ................................................................................................................................................. 19

Point Solutions................................................................................................................................................... 20

Vendors and Solutions Profiled................................................................................................................ 21

General Findings ......................................................................................................................................... 21

Value Leaders ............................................................................................................................................... 22

Strong Value ................................................................................................................................................. 22

Exceptional Characteristics: Awards.............................................................................................................. 23

AppDynamics: Best Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Automation ................................................ 23

Aternity: Most Comprehensive Endpoint Diagnostics ....................................................................... 24

eG Innovations: Best Private Cloud Coverage...................................................................................... 24

HP: Most Comprehensive and Real-Time Service Model .................................................................. 25

IBM: Best Cloud Vision and Design....................................................................................................... 25

OPNET: Best Overall Automation......................................................................................................... 26

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