{"id":7668,"date":"2019-04-03T19:48:29","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T19:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/?p=7668"},"modified":"2019-04-03T19:48:29","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T19:48:29","slug":"application-performance-monitoring-how-apm-alters-productivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/application-performance-monitoring-how-apm-alters-productivity\/","title":{"rendered":"Application Performance Monitoring: How APM Alters Productivity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this competitive world, you need a way to produce more faster. As a business owner or web developer, you don\u2019t have time to wait for the industry to change around you. It\u2019s up to you to adapt and change with it. How do you do this without facing burnout? It\u2019s simple with Application Performance Monitoring (APM). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/papertrailapp.com\/cloud-logging\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Papertrail<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Application Performance Monitoring helps you visualize application problems before they happen. Through real-time monitoring, you don\u2019t face any more dead-ends in the development process. Smart tools do the heavy lifting for you so you can focus on what matters most: being more productive. In this guide, we\u2019ll take a closer look at how APM alters your productivity as well as how you can use it effectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7670\" style=\"width: 632px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7670\" class=\"wp-image-7670 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Understanding-APM-To-Alter-The-Productivity.jpg\" alt=\"How APM Alters Productivity\" width=\"622\" height=\"413\" title=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Understanding-APM-To-Alter-The-Productivity.jpg 622w, https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Understanding-APM-To-Alter-The-Productivity-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Understanding-APM-To-Alter-The-Productivity-320x212.jpg 320w, https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Understanding-APM-To-Alter-The-Productivity-360x239.jpg 360w, https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Understanding-APM-To-Alter-The-Productivity-610x405.jpg 610w, https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Understanding-APM-To-Alter-The-Productivity-220x146.jpg 220w, https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Understanding-APM-To-Alter-The-Productivity-50x33.jpg 50w, https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Understanding-APM-To-Alter-The-Productivity-113x75.jpg 113w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, 622px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 622px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 622\/413;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7670\" class=\"wp-image-7670 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Understanding-APM-To-Alter-The-Productivity.jpg\" alt=\"How APM Alters Productivity\" width=\"622\" height=\"413\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Understanding-APM-To-Alter-The-Productivity.jpg 622w, https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Understanding-APM-To-Alter-The-Productivity-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Understanding-APM-To-Alter-The-Productivity-320x212.jpg 320w, https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Understanding-APM-To-Alter-The-Productivity-360x239.jpg 360w, https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Understanding-APM-To-Alter-The-Productivity-610x405.jpg 610w, https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Understanding-APM-To-Alter-The-Productivity-220x146.jpg 220w, https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Understanding-APM-To-Alter-The-Productivity-50x33.jpg 50w, https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Understanding-APM-To-Alter-The-Productivity-113x75.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, 622px\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-7670\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo By <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/oRzbvTTXDUk?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tinh Khuong<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 30px;\">Why Use APM?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, let\u2019s take a closer look at why you need to use APM in your own day-to-day development practice. As a developer or business owner, you know the importance of having perfect uptime and stopping bugs. Unfortunately, despite our best efforts, these things do happen. They\u2019re sometimes out of our control. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, how do these small errors affect our reputation as a business? While every day we seem to hear about a new breach in cybersecurity, this certainly only applies to big businesses, right? Wrong.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, cybersecurity is a problem every website and application faces, no matter how big or small. It\u2019s up to all of us to manage these issues with a strong security and monitoring system to prevent problems from happening in the first place. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, these small errors affect our customers in a big way. For instance, in 2013 Amazon was down for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2013\/08\/19\/amazon-website-down\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">less than two hours<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In that time span, they lost as much as $4.72 million in sales. Though this is an extreme example, the idea still applies to smaller businesses. Consumers simply don\u2019t trust websites or applications that don\u2019t have near-perfect uptime and performance. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How APM Works<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So how exactly does APM work to cut down on uptime and performance issues? Essentially, it\u2019s a software designed specifically for IT administrators and developers. It shows <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/searchenterprisedesktop.techtarget.com\/definition\/Application-monitoring-app-monitoring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">performance statistics <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and helps create a better user experience. These tools provide key data that helps discover and solve problems faster.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Without APM software, developers are on the hook for finding problems themselves. While they might be able to identify errors on their own, it\u2019s similar to finding a needle in a haystack. When the company\u2019s reputation is on the line, businesses simply don\u2019t have that kind of time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7671\" style=\"width: 631px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7671\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7671 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Understanding-APM-To-Alter-The-Productivity2.jpg\" alt=\"How APM Alters Productivity\" width=\"621\" height=\"412\" title=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Understanding-APM-To-Alter-The-Productivity2.jpg 621w, https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Understanding-APM-To-Alter-The-Productivity2-400x265.jpg 400w, https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Understanding-APM-To-Alter-The-Productivity2-320x212.jpg 320w, https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Understanding-APM-To-Alter-The-Productivity2-360x239.jpg 360w, https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Understanding-APM-To-Alter-The-Productivity2-610x405.jpg 610w, https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Understanding-APM-To-Alter-The-Productivity2-220x146.jpg 220w, https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Understanding-APM-To-Alter-The-Productivity2-50x33.jpg 50w, https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Understanding-APM-To-Alter-The-Productivity2-113x75.jpg 113w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, 621px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 621px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 621\/412;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7671\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7671\" src=\"https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Understanding-APM-To-Alter-The-Productivity2.jpg\" alt=\"How APM Alters Productivity\" width=\"621\" height=\"412\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Understanding-APM-To-Alter-The-Productivity2.jpg 621w, https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Understanding-APM-To-Alter-The-Productivity2-400x265.jpg 400w, https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Understanding-APM-To-Alter-The-Productivity2-320x212.jpg 320w, https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Understanding-APM-To-Alter-The-Productivity2-360x239.jpg 360w, https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Understanding-APM-To-Alter-The-Productivity2-610x405.jpg 610w, https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Understanding-APM-To-Alter-The-Productivity2-220x146.jpg 220w, https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Understanding-APM-To-Alter-The-Productivity2-50x33.jpg 50w, https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Understanding-APM-To-Alter-The-Productivity2-113x75.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, 621px\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-7671\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via Unsplash<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to Use APM Effectively<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now that you understand why Application Performance Monitoring is so essential to a web-based business, it\u2019s time to talk about how to actually use it for yourself. You can find a number of quality APM software online, some of which are cloud and local based. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyond this, your first step will be to set up alerts within the software. These alerts will warn developers of any security breaches or potential errors before they even occur. You can establish different levels for these alerts depending on their performance, and this will help your developers identify the most pressing problems. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now that your developers don\u2019t have to focus so intensely on increasing security and monitoring your applications, they\u2019re free to produce new upgrades and products. This is a positive thing all businesses can utilize. Stop wasting time on monitoring when you could be competing with your industry. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Final Thoughts<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The internet is a fast-moving place. Companies are constantly producing new features and developing new products. If you\u2019re not doing the same, you\u2019re at risk of going under. The only way to keep up with this demand is by using APM tools to alter your own productivity. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>With APM, it\u2019s possible to do more with your time. Since the software will monitor your application for usage and performance, you\u2019re freed up to do more productive things. Are you ready to use this technology for yourself?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a business owner or web developer, you don\u2019t have time to wait for the industry to change around you. It\u2019s up to you to adapt and change with it. 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