Riverbed Research Report Sample

As your business applications recede from desktops into data centers and from there into the great beyond that is the public cloud, your view into the performance of important applications becomes increasingly shrouded in mist. The network interface becomes the best point at which you can measure performance, thus you should instrument your network to measure performance there. If you have good network visibility, it will enable you to inventory all your applications and baseline their performance before moving them into the cloud, and to measure performance continuously thereafter to ensure it meets your business needs.

This report describes the cloud and its inherent dangers for those inadequately prepared to move applications into it. We describe the essential role network-based performance measurement plays in maintaining service visibility when applications are drawn into the cloud, and we discuss what to look for in a measurement tool. Finally, we assess Riverbed’s Cascade visibility solution.