IT organizations are undergoing many challenges in delivering high-quality application services to end users while improving IT efficiency and controlling costs. These challenges are made even more difficult by application infrastructures including multitier, heterogeneous, virtualized datacenters and expanding Internet access and delivery requirements.

This IDC White Paper analyzes Compuware's acquisition of Gomez Inc. to extend the reach of application performance management across the enterprise and the Internet. Read on to learn how Gomez brings comprehensive SaaS-based monitoring and testing solutions that focus on optimizing the delivery of Web-based application services to end users across worldwide geographies, Internet backbones, and last mile communications links.