In 2014, as organizations look to do more with less, IT performance management will be measured by business value.
Application performance management (APM)
Application performance management (APM) will become virtualization-aware. Virtualization adoption will continue to grow in 2014. At the same time, though, enterprises are beginning to realize that virtualization is not just yet another infrastructure silo that can be operated and managed independently. In 2014, we will see enterprises start to include virtualization as an integral part of their application performance management initiatives. Monitoring and management tools will also need to do the same -- performance management and root-cause diagnosis tools will need to understand virtualization and its related dependencies to be effective.
