System and computer program for monitoring performance of applications in a distributed environment

Abstract

A system and computer program for monitoring the performance of applications running on a server in a distributed computing environment includes prompting the user to select information for monitoring, monitoring application performance in accordance with the selected information, and making the monitored performance information available to the user.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a continuation of and claims the benefit of “METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING PERFORMANCE OF APPLICATIONS IN A DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENT”, having application Ser. No. 10 / 606,028, filed Jun. 25, 2003, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60 / 392,022, filed Jun. 25, 2002, the contents of each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]This invention relates to computer software, and in particular to distributed computing.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Business-critical applications are currently hosted on distributed servers using Sun Microsystems Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) technologies. Such applications include servers providing key business operations directly to customers running browser clients. A variety of tools and techniques are available to monitor the performance of various components of such systems, including databases, platforms, and hardware. H...

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Benefits of technology

Enables users to effectively monitor and manage application performance, reducing the need for costly hardware upgrades and improving troubleshooting efficiency by providing actionable performance data and alerts, thereby optimizing resource allocation and user experience.

Problems solved by technology

However, the performance experienced by the customer is not the performance of such underlying components, but the performance of the application.

The inventors have identified a key failure in the prior art to provide information on the performance of the application.

As a result of the inability of prior art products to measure performance of the application, decisions about selections of hardware and software may be ill-informed.

Such purchases are expensive, and the installation of new hardware employs information technology personnel who are necessarily diverted from other tasks.

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