Application Transformation, as an industry term, is all very well and good;
but it begs the inquisitive reader to question its deeper meaning and gain a
little extra perspective. After all, most of us would naturally expect all
applications to undergo a certain amount of "transformation" over the passage
of time - and yes I am even including legacy apps in that statement.
Transform to Mobile
The reality we face in terms of application transformation today is our
journey to mobile. Mobile-based enterprise applications are the new norm and
secure migration to mobile platforms is (or at least should be) close to the
top of every CIO's to-do list.
At the risk of straying into industry marketing terminology, much of the
rationale for this application transformation journey is found in the desire
to engender greater employee productivity and "enhance the user engagement
e... (more)
In today's lightning fast information era, where anyone with an Internet
connection holds virtual press credentials, news travels fast. And bad news
travels really fast. When it comes to introducing new mobile apps, if a first
impression is less than stellar, you can bet that "#fail" tweets will soon
follow.
For example, last year ESPN rolled out WatchESPN, a mobile app that allows
fans to watch ESPN programming from mobile devices. Unfortunately, initially
slow load times frustrated users and public criticism soon followed.
On Twitter, users wrote the following and more: "ESPN's... (more)
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Just about everything I do in
my job points back to a construct that is a foundational part of the modern
enterprise IT organization: the application server. Now, when you say
‘application server', thoughts immediately wander to Java. More
specifically, folks tend to think about servers that support traditional Java
EE applications and rightfully so. Over the past ten years, the predominant
type of application server has been of the Java EE variety, and the industry
has experienced tons of innovation in this area with more undoubtedl... (more)
Cloud Expo New York $500 Savings here!
We all face the challenge of monitoring and managing performance in the
clouds every day. Not only is application performance management different in
a cloud, but all clouds are not equal.
In his session at the 10th International Cloud Expo, Michael Kopp, Technology
Strategist at the dynaTrace Center of Excellence, will show how to do APM in
several different clouds (Azure, EC2, and VMware private clouds) and how it
differs from more traditional environments. He will also talk about what
dynaTrace learned about performance monitoring, troubl... (more)
Performance is one word that is used to describe multiple scenarios when
talking about application performance. When someone says I need a High
Performance Application, it might mean any/all of the following:
Low web latency application ( meaning low page loading times) Application
that can serve ever increasing number of users (scalability) Application that
does not go down (either highly available or continuously available)
For each of the above, as an architect you need to dig deeper to find out
what the user is asking for. With the advent of cloud, every CIO is looking
to buil... (more)
Ulitzer content is offered under Creative Commons "Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives" License.
For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the license terms of this work.
The best way to do this is with a link to this web page.
Any of the above conditions can be waived if you get written permission from Ulitzer, Inc., the copyright holder.
Nothing in this license impairs or restricts the author's moral rights.