As business applications grow in complexity, there is an increased requirement for improved tools and processes to support performance issues associated with application migrations. These applications require not only deeper diagnostic tools to more quickly pinpoint the root-cause of production issues, but more importantly, tools that will allow for the proactive analysis of application performance, so problems can be detected and fixed before they are ever introduced to the production environment.

OPNET’s AppResponse Xpert enables organizations to discover critical applications and traffic flows. The AppResponse Xpert appliances can be easily installed at critical traffic points in your network to automatically baseline the performance of your most critical applications.

OPNET’s AppTransaction Xpert software provides the functionality to test critical applications to determine their performance in the new environment, before making any changes in production. AppTransaction Xpert allows for application performance to be tested in the proposed environment, including testing a new version of an application, physical relocation of server hardware, or outsourcing of your applications to a 3rd party environment. You will now be aware of which applications will perform poorly, with enough time to investigate possible solutions and avoid negative impact on the business units that use the applications. Analysis can be done to see if servers should be co-located, bandwidth increased, or if technologies like application acceleration may offer benefits—all before making any changes to the applications.

Using OPNET solutions will result in reduced costs of troubleshooting, fewer application outages and slow downs, improved end-to-end response time, and improved end-user satisfaction.