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Nastel pushes performance monitoring as a virtual appliance

By David Worthington

July 9, 2010 — Nastel Technologies says that it can get developers up and running for user acceptance testing without having to provision servers.

The company has made its AutoPilot M6 application performance monitoring suite available as a virtual appliance running on a guest Linux operating system. AutoPilot M6, AutoPilot for Middleware and TransactionWorks application performance monitoring governance policies will be available in preconfigured VMware images.

Developers can more quickly have a monitoring system pre-adjusted with policies to determine baseline application performance, said vice president of marketing and product management Charles Rich in late June when the virtual appliance was announced. "They want a reasonable expectation for performance in production so they can understand when there is a flaw," he said.

On-premise installations of performance-monitoring solutions, he said, may require organizations to purchase more or new hardware.

The AutoPilot M6 Suite provides transaction monitoring with infrastructure and subsystem management capabilities for IBM WebSphere Business Integrator, Java EE applications, Microsoft BizTalk and SQL Server, Oracle Database, and TIBCO EMS.

Pricing is identical to Nastel's on-premise installations and is based on the number of CPU cores being monitored.

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07/07/2010 11:56:25 AM EST

I like the concept of having a VM already to go with the Software and OS preconfigured to run for an initial test deployment. From my perspecive as an IT / Sys Admin, I have to assist vendors in installing software and hardware, set permissions, and make sure an application behaves on the network as it should. This at least cuts the time for the vendor to install and prove their application works correctly before I come in and check everything out from a security standpoint. This is a great way for a vendor to show off their software with a minimal impact on me. Of course, once the software proves it can do what it is supposed to do, and if we buy it, then I can take the time to lock it down correctly and configure network and permissions.

United StatesBrian Edwards