You’ve no doubt heard all about The Agents of Transformation, an emerging breed of elite technologist driving genuine innovation within their organizations. Since the launch of our global research just a few weeks ago, thousands of technologists have been flooding our Agent of Transformation website to learn more, and many of you have read about the other types of technologist operating within IT departments.
AppDynamics and ServiceNow have been working together for many years to support our mutual customers. The first version of our alliance (version 1) included the integration of the AppDynamics flow map and application topology into the ServiceNow Configuration Management Database (CMDB). In version 2, we added support for IT operations-specific use cases such as ServiceNow Event Management.
Technologists from across the country and around the world are flocking to Las Vegas this week for AWS re:Invent. The tens of thousands of expected attendees may come from various backgrounds and industries, but there’s a common topic on the top of everyone’s mind: Kubernetes.
AppDynamics has been hard at work innovating for enterprises that rely on SAP technologies. As a leader in CRM, ERP, SCM and other software areas, SAP is a critical system for many organizations. The company continues to gain market share, even in categories with more established players. And with its massive acquisition this month of Qualtrics, a pioneer in experience management software, SAP is preparing to enter yet another market.
Not long ago, we told you about Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) buildpacks and service brokers, and all the ways you can deploy AppDynamics agents in a PCF environment. Buildpack is the key concept here. When you do a deployment to PCF, the buildpack is your foundation. You include the app with the buildpack, which incorporates all the logic needed to connect to various PCF services.
Retailers are bracing for their biggest holiday season to date with Deloitte predicting that holiday retail sales will top $1.10 trillion this year, a 5 percent growth from 2017. And it’s eCommerce retailers who have the most to gain – or lose – after the Thanksgiving leftovers are put away. Deloitte is predicting eCommerce sales alone to reach as much as $134 billion this holiday season, compared with about $110 billion a year ago.
Today, we’re excited to deliver new AppDynamics functionality across observability, intelligence, and usability. With these updates, we continue our ongoing efforts to help enterprise companies provide world-class customer experiences with the help of real-time performance monitoring. You can also now take advantage of the newest Machine Agent enhancements and bug fixes without waiting for a Controller upgrade.
As my fellow CIOs are well aware, the rapid changes to our digital economy can seem daunting. Despite the challenges of our digital world, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, the world’s largest hotel franchisor, executed a significant digital transformation requiring change from our North American hotel owners that ultimately enabled them to provide better service to their guests.
At AppDynamics, we frequently talk about how insights derived from application performance metrics can help achieve favorable business outcomes. It’s easy to imagine how this would be the case with a slow e-commerce application or full-blown outage, but there are many other use cases that don’t readily come to mind.
A new global research report launched today by AppDynamics reveals the emergence of a new breed of technologist, primed to drive positive and sustainable change within their organizations over the coming years – The Agents of Transformation. Technology advancements continue to change the world in ways we’re only beginning to imagine – transforming the way we work, rest, and play.
With the genesis of Amazon Web Services, enterprises of all sizes can now take advantage of the public cloud to deliver significantly more agility and control. With AWS, elastic infrastructure is easier to attain, and usage spikes are an afterthought. Only days apart, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are arguably the two biggest days in retail. They’re what make “web scale” a requirement for leading eCommerce organizations throughout the world.
Kubelet TLS Bootstrap, an exciting and highly-anticipated feature in Kubernetes 1.12, is graduating to general availability. As you know, the Kubernetes orchestration system provides such key benefits as service discovery, load balancing, rolling restarts, and the ability to maintain container counts by replacing failed containers. And by using Kubernetes-compliant extensions, you can seamlessly enhance system functionality.
