subject: Understand How Application Monitoring Is Different From Other Monitoring Services [print this page] Although the ultimate aim of every business owner is to lure visitors with a beautifully designed website but behind a cutting-edge website there are innumerous applications. Any glitches in these applications affect the working of the website which might push the visitors away. To lure visitors and persuade them to visit your website again and again, it is necessary to monitor the working of every underlying application.
What is Application Monitoring?
It has been seen many a times that website owners confuse application monitoring with server monitoring and the consequences of this confusion are generally damaging. Thus, before mentioning anything about monitoring services for applications, we would clarify this confusion to the extent possible.
Under server monitoring, the administrator checks whether the website is accessible by the user or not. If the website is experiencing downtime an alert is sent to resolve the issue at the earliest possible. With this service, website owners can be sure about the availability of the site but how can you check whether every component is functioning in the desired manner or not. This issue can be resolved only with the help of a service called application monitoring.
Scope of Application Monitoring
Since this monitoring service is new in the industry, not many people are aware of the options included under it. Here below we have mentioned some of the major options included under this service.
Availability of Applications A single website may contain multitudinous applications and website owners can keep a check on all these applications simultaneously by hiring a company that offers monitoring services.
Functioning of Applications The difference between application and other monitoring services is the former monitors the working of apps as well. Highly-advanced sites hosted over the Internet include numerous applications and each one of them performs different functions. By appointing a monitoring service provider, it becomes easier to check whether the intended function is being performed or not.
Hiring Monitoring Service Provider
The industry of monitoring services has grown exponentially in the past few years and it is not a daunting chore to find a company offering such services in your area. But, before taking the final call one should evaluate the services on different grounds like technologies used for monitoring, IT infrastructure, pricing and a few more. Once you are sure about the efficiency of the service provider, appoint them and watch your traffic increasing with every passing day.
