AppFirst has announced the immediate availability of AppFirst
Professional Edition, the first Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based
application performance monitoring solution at the Under the Radar:
Commercializing the Cloud event in Mountain View, Calif. With only one
piece of software users are provided unique visibility into an entire
application â regardless of language, application type or location
(cloud, physical or virtual servers). AppFirst enables SaaS IT
operations to proactively monitor applications, driving down the cost of
operations, see changes before they become problems and improve customer
satisfaction.
Using patent-pending technology AppFirst delivers a real-time view of
applications as they execute. There are no limitations on language or
application components such as databases, application servers or web
servers. The application execution model â the view of the application
as it is running on the physical infrastructure â has never been
visualized before. Without that real-time view, IT operations is
constantly in reactive mode. In SaaS organizations where the application
is the business it is critical to be proactive and see changes before
they become issues.
âFor SaaS organizations, applications are the business, which means
success hinges on being proactive and seeing changes before they become
issues,â said Eric Ericson, Manager of Operations for Baynote. âThe
problem with current monitoring solutions is they are resource focused.
AppFirst gives me direct visibility into how the internal pieces of our
application are interfacing with the physical hardware.â
AppFirst Professional Edition includes:
Dashboard â clear visibility into any changes in the executing application
Alert Management â immediate notification when user defined thresholds
are reached
Data Flow â visualization of network connections and flow of information
between application servers across servers that run applications
Data Insight â detailed data of executing applications, compare time
frames to understand changes in the executing application
Capacity Planning â maximum efficiency at minimum cost, ensuring
applications have all necessary resources
âApplications have always been difficult to manage and now are more
complex with the movement to the cloud,â said David Roth, CEO and
co-founder, AppFirst. âAppFirst is the first application performance
monitoring solution that opens up the application black box, enabling
SaaS IT operations to finally manage applications and deliver on the
promise of software that works.â
AppFirst was selected to present at Under the Radar: Commercializing the
Cloud. In its 16th series, the conference showcases the best of breed
technology startups in the Cloud Computing Ecosystem. Judges include
CIOs, CTOs and IT executives from Bank of America, ING, MTV, Digg,
Intuit, Salesforce, Rackspace and more. Under the Radar is designed to
connect CEOs, technology executives, investors, analysts and press
together with one ultimate goal: to get the deal done.
AppFirst Professional Edition is available for free for 30 days. After
the initial trial period, subscription pricing for four or more servers
is $30 per server per month.
About AppFirst, Inc.
AppFirst delivers a SaaS-based application performance management
solution uniquely providing IT operations complete visibility into the
behavior and performance of applications across the entire application
stack, regardless of language, application type or location (cloud,
physical or virtual servers). Visibility into the executing application
enables proactive monitoring to drive down cost of operations, see
changes before they become problems and reduce customer churn. Founded
in 2009, AppFirst is a New York City-based company venture backed by
FirstMark Capital and First Round Capital. More information is available
at www.appfirst.com.
