INTELLIGENT CLOUD
Make your cloud applications perform optimally
Tips on how you can boost slow application load ups that drag down your business from Taj ElKhayat at Riverbed Technology .
Reports show businesses of all sizes are making the move to the cloud . As well as improving cost effectiveness , mobility and scalability , cloud applications make it easier for IT departments to maintain all the systems and applications housed within datacentres . However surveys shows most organisations experience frustrating performance slowdowns with 98 % of executives agreeing that enterprise application performance is critical to achieving optimal business performance .
Nonetheless , 89 % say the poor performance of enterprise applications has negatively impacted their work on a weekly 58 %, and even daily 36 % basis . A significant performance gap is created between the needs and expectations of the business and IT ’ s ability to deliver . IT is then in the line of fire for hindering business productivity , leading to frustrated customers , low employee morale , damage to a brand ’ s reputation and lost revenue .
What is the cause of the application performance gap and how can IT close it ?
Despite the frustrations caused by poor performance , businesses are migrating an increasing number of applications to the cloud . Nearly all 96 % of respondents use cloud-based enterprise applications in their work , and 84 % say their company ’ s use of cloud-based enterprise applications will increase over the next two years .
The reason for this is that when applications deliver the expected user experience , organisations see improvements in employee productivity , time savings , cost savings , and customer satisfaction as well as faster delivery of products to market . Consequently , executives are willing to sacrifice a lot for applications to work at peak performance at all times .
However , consistently poor performance destroys these benefits . When an application is slow , crashes or is not available , the resulting productivity loss creates a domino effect that impacts the company ’ s bottom line , including dissatisfied clients or customers , contract delays , missed critical deadlines , lost clients or customers and negative impact on brand .
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