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Almost 4 years ago
Replied to Mark Kaplan What cloud monitoring software did you choose and why?
@Dawid Van Der Merwe @Tjeerd Saijoen 's response is spot on. I was a New Relic customer many years ago. It's what I used prior to Dynatrace. I do not see any compelling reason to POC it again at this time.
Almost 4 years ago
Answered a question: What cloud monitoring software did you choose and why?
While the environment does matter in the selection of an APM tool, I prefer to use Dynatrace to manage the entire stack. Both production and Dev/Test. I find it to be quite superior to anything else on the market today.
About 4 years ago
Answered a question: What is your favorite tool for Application Performance Monitoring?
Dynatrace is my only APM and has been for 3 years now.
Over 4 years ago
Contributed a review of Dynatrace: Gives us very deep visibility into both user actions and systems interactions, including a view inside containers
Over 5 years ago
Contributed a review of IBM Turbonomic: Its ability to scale up and down on demand allows for maximum cost efficiency
Almost 7 years ago
Answered a question: I would like to compare Dynatrace and AppDynamics. On what basis should I decide?
Well said and fully agreed.
Almost 7 years ago
Answered a question: I would like to compare Dynatrace and AppDynamics. On what basis should I decide?
I highly recommend doing a trial with both. In my experience, Dynatrace is much easier to set up and manage. It gives a much broader overview of your environment. I can’t speak to current costs but when I did my evaluation, Dynatrace was also cheaper. Hands down, the best…
About 7 years ago
Contributed a review of Dynatrace: The infographics are amazing, while the dashboarding is simply best in class
Over 9 years ago
Answered a question: Windows 10 - what are your main concerns about upgrading?
We haven't upgraded yet and are still doing testing of the Enterprise version. So far, we haven't uncovered anything we can't handle. I do prefer the way MSFT is doing updates now. From a UE perspective, I do not see moving to Win10 from Win7 to be a negative for my users…
Almost 10 years ago
Contributed a review of Ruxit [EOL]: Best overall monitoring system out there
Almost 10 years ago
Answered a question: When evaluating Application Performance Management, what aspect do you think is the most important to look for?
The ability to monitor everything across the stack.
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IBM Turbonomic
About 7 years ago
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About 4 years ago
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
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Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
Almost 7 years ago
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
Over 9 years ago
IT Infrastructure Monitoring
Almost 10 years ago
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
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