In a recent Webinar, “Critical Issues in J2EE Application Management – Manage What Matters,” ebizQ’s Beth Gold-Bernstein and Robert Anderson from BMC Software discuss the wide range of sources for performance problems in Java enterprise applications, and provide concrete ideas for how to combat those problems.

Click here to listen to the Webinar: http://www.ebizq.net/webinars/5118.html

Gold-Bernstein explained the nature of Java applications today and how they fit within the enterprise. She argued that application components in today’s businesses are more complex and distributed than their predecessors, running on different platforms and in different languages.

Once the applications are put into production they need to connect with multiple back-end data sources and applications, Gold-Bernstein said, making it more difficult to isolate problems. The issue could be in the application code, the network, the middleware or one of the back end applications or databases. Many analytical tools were not necessarily built to detect problems on programs running on multiple platforms, she added. Potential business costs to the enterprise can include delayed time to production, spiraling post-production costs, reduced employee productivity and customer satisfaction, as well as lower return on investment, Gold-Bernstein said.

BMC Software’s Robert Anderson highlighted how effective management of composite Java applications can help guarantee business success for your business. He said that current mature availability assurance tools such as those available from BMC Software not only “alert you when problems occur but take action to prevent problems from affecting your application.”

Anderson added that mature performance management tools can pinpoint application problems, eliminate finger-pointing and allow problems to be solved before the business is hurt. He recommended centralized or distributed monitoring of server health and response time, and said that the latter can allow you to understand what is going on in your application from the customer’s perspective.

Anderson also recommended the following other approaches to better manage your Java applications:

• Automated root-cause analysis can pinpoint the source of Internet server problems
• Use a robotic or synthetic measurement approach
• Establish baselines for what you consider normal performance
• Proactively check for problems, by taking advantage of predictable performance monitoring tools, such as real user real-time web performance tools, which can help you understand how your customers are experiencing problems as they have them.

More details on Robert Anderson’s recommendations for optimal Java application management can be found by listening to the archived Webinar, available today. Simply click on http://www.ebizq.net/webinars/5118.html.

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