Application Monitoring and Management
Application monitoring and management reduces systems and operations costs and lets your team focus on IT goals instead of firefighting. By monitoring application performance across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments, providers become proactive in eliminating costly downtime and improving overall system performance.
How application management works
Providers monitor the health and performance of your applications, databases, and infrastructure, validate and manage incidents, and handle administration, tuning, and optimization. You choose as much or as little management as you need, from monitoring and alerting to full operating system, application, and database administration.
Typical application management pricing
When it fits
✓ Great fit
Companies running business-critical applications across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud, teams that want to cut downtime and operations cost, and organizations that need database and application administration without expanding headcount.
● Consider instead
A single simple application may only need basic monitoring. If you have a fully staffed application operations team, you may want co-managed monitoring rather than full management.
How it compares
Proactive and predictive monitoring eliminates downtime before it starts instead of reacting to outages.
Provider management adds depth across platforms and 24x7 coverage without new hires.
Partners manage the full stack, from web and application servers to databases and infrastructure.
What to look for
- ✓Platform coverage. Confirm support for your application servers, databases, operating systems, and cloud.
- ✓Management scope. Decide between monitoring only, co-managed, or fully managed administration.
- ✓Proactive and predictive. Look for fault, performance, and predictive monitoring, not just up or down checks.
- ✓Tuning and optimization. Confirm operating system and database tuning and optimization, not only incident response.
Common questions
What technologies can be monitored and managed?
Application and web servers, databases, operating systems, enterprise applications, messaging, cloud and containers, and networking and directory services across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud.
How does application management reduce cost?
Proactive and predictive monitoring eliminates costly downtime and improves performance, and outsourced administration avoids added headcount.
Can I get only monitoring, or full management?
Both. Providers deliver as much or as little management as you need, from monitoring to full administration, tuning, and optimization.
Does it cover databases?
Yes. Partners administer, tune, and optimize databases such as SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MongoDB.
Does it cover cloud and containers?
Yes. Coverage includes AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, VMware, Docker, and Kubernetes.
What management functions are included?
Fault, performance, and predictive monitoring, incident validation and management, inventory and change management, and operating system, application, and database administration, tuning, and optimization.
More on Application Monitoring and Management
Application monitoring and management solutions reduce systems and operations costs and let companies focus on current and long-term IT goals. By monitoring application performance, today's businesses become proactive in eliminating costly downtime and increasing overall system performance, across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments.
Partners provide fault, performance, and predictive monitoring, incident validation and management, inventory management, change management, and operating system, application, and database administration, tuning, and optimization, delivering as much or as little management as your company needs.
Types of serviceOptions and variants
What businesses use it for
- ✓Application and web servers. Apache, NGINX, Microsoft IIS, Apache Tomcat, IBM WebSphere, Oracle WebLogic, JBoss or WildFly, and Node.js.
- ✓Databases. Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, IBM Db2, and Redis.
- ✓Operating systems. Linux (Red Hat, Ubuntu, CentOS), Microsoft Windows Server, IBM AIX, and Oracle Solaris.
- ✓Enterprise applications. SAP, Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, Siebel, JD Edwards, Microsoft Dynamics, and Salesforce.
- ✓Messaging and collaboration. Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft 365, and Postfix or Sendmail SMTP.
- ✓Cloud and containers. AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, VMware, Docker, and Kubernetes.
- ✓Networking and directory. Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Fortinet, Microsoft Active Directory, and LDAP.