An effective solution for application performance management (APM) in a virtualized environment will quickly pinpoint the root cause of any issue, no matter how elusive or intermittent, and determine its true business impact.

And a successful solution will leverage IT investment in existing monitoring tools and consolidate all relevant data on the same dashboard. This will reduce the need for war rooms, eliminate finger-pointing and improve collaboration between IT teams.

This white paper examines these challenges in more detail, and describes what to look for in an effective APM solution for a virtualized world.