Developing custom applications using Microsoft's .NET Framework is a growing
trend. According to Forrester Research, 56% of enterprises are choosing .NET
versus 44% opting for J2EE, while IDC reports that 35.7% of large
corporations use .NET for their most important applications compared to 25.3%
for Java. While .NET lets your development team develop applications quickly
and efficiently, it's still a challenge to make sure that:
Applications get into production smoothly (and stay in production).
Performance is optimized under real-world conditions involving the unruly
Internet, shared servers, impatient users, broken links, etc. Applications
are manageable by the operations team (so you don't have to be dragged back
into fixing production problems). The last point is the most painful for
developers. According to Gartner, up to 40% of a developer's time can be
spen... (more)
Although the .NET Framework simplifies the challenge of developing
distributed Web applications, it increases the complexity of deploying, and
then managing, those applications. The adoption of Web 2.0 techniques and SOA
Web Services only amplify this complexity, making performance assurance a
serious challenge as applications move from a limited staging server into a
full-scale production setting.
What is needed is a simple comprehensive system management approach to
measuring performance from browser to database and triaging incidents. Using
practical examples, this article wi... (more)
Accelerators, Application Delivery Controllers (ADCs), application
switches...whatever you call them, this new breed of performance enhancing
appliances is selling like hotcakes. The market for these turbochargers has
zoomed from zero to over $1 billion in the span of a few years, heading
towards what Gartner estimates will be $3.7 billion in annual sales in 2008.
Yet even as IT organizations are spending up to $100,000 a pop on these
boxes, few have any idea how well they're working. These high-octane
accelerators are like Formula One racecars without a speedometer - the pedal
... (more)
In its day the colossal Pharos lighthouse of Alexandria was one of the Seven
Wonders of the World. When it fell in the fourteen century, the building
blocks were reused by the Sultan of Egypt to build the Citadel at Qaitbey
that still stands today. Waste not, want not.
Our modern concept of Service Oriented Architectures (SOAs) updates the
ancient approach to recycling. The SOA technology framework enables the rapid
implementation of business applications using reusable services or functions.
It includes a methodology for finding and consuming these pre-fabricated
services.
Yet... (more)
Web applications built on a service-oriented architecture (SOA) promise to
greatly improve IT efficiency and business agility. SOA establishes data and
protocol standards so that existing internal and third-party application
modules or services can be reused and orchestrated into business
applications. Unfortunately, while SOA enables the rapid implementation of
business applications, it also greatly increases the complexity of managing
performance when these applications are deployed in production – often
diminishing the benefits of the SOA adoption. Without an effective way of ... (more)
Hon has served as CEO of Symphoniq Corporation since its inception. Prior to joining Symphoniq, Hon co-founded NetIQ, where he served on the board of directors until 2003. Hon has also co-founded and served on the board of several other companies, including Centrify, Ecosystems (acquired by Compuware), Digital Market (acquired by Oracle) and a number of other technology companies. Hon is also a General Partner of Wongfratris Investment Company, a venture investment firm. Hon holds dual BS in electrical engineering and industrial engineering from Northwestern University and a MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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