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FactFinder Application and Transaction Monitoring Features

BlueStripe is the only transaction performance management solution with automated application monitoring that includes the performance of transactions, the applications that run them, and the underlying infrastructure on which they depend. BlueStripe's unmatched visibility into application transaction systems enables IT Operations and Support teams to manage the performance and availability of production business applications more easily and efficiently.

At the heart of BlueStripe's solution is FactFinder application management software, which provides key features and benefits to IT Operations and Support teams:

Automated discovery and mapping of Application & Transaction topology
Comprehensive Application and Transaction Performance Monitoring
Extremely fast and effective root cause determination
Easy benchmarking for better application deployment

With the ability to see and monitor any TCP/IP-connected application platform, FactFinder can monitor all transactions on any application in any environment — Physical, Virtual, and Cloud.

FEATURE	BENEFIT
NEW Correlatron™ Transaction Analytics Transaction aware analytics feature, filtering out metrics not involved in a problem transaction, then statistically analyzing the rest to highlight the metrics users should examine first	Isolates and Correlates Metrics across Transaction Path Pares down metric list from millions to a few dozen Highlights otherwise unknown dependencies & relationships
NEW Cross Machine Transaction Viewer Visualizes transactions, hop by hop, from front to back, showing individual hop performance across each server and each application process.	System-by-system breakdown of transaction time Fast determination of where slow transactions get hung up One click drill-down into application and/or transaction systems
Real-Time Application and Transaction Monitoring Monitor performance and availability of all applications and transactions across all technology tiers (or silos) and environments – physical, virtual, and cloud: Individual Transaction Traces and Connections Aggregate Transaction Performance Applications Servers, Middleware, Databases, etc. in Application System	Monitor Application and Transaction Service Levels Measure response time of all process-to-process connections Automatically adjust to infrastructure & application changes Trace all slow and error-prone transactions
Availability, Performance, and Dependency Alerts Proactively notify FactFinder users to availability and performance issues, whether they occur at the process, server, connection, transaction, or application level. Alert levels automatically roll up to Service Level Dashboards	Green: performance and availability meet requirements Red: service level threshold(s) exceeded Yellow: Service Level met, but a problem exists somewhere downstream in the application
Application Management & Problem Resolution Empower any single IT team member to quickly and easily solve application / transaction problems. FactFinder follows slow transactions across the application system right to the problem process. FactFinder then drills down from the transaction into the server stack to determine WHY a problem occurred.	Find the problem component for any problem in minutes Reduce Problem Solving time by 90% or more Detect system-level problems caused by other apps and tools Publish triage reports to prove findings to broader team
Application & Transaction Service Level Dashboards Real-time dashboard displaying service level status for all specific Transaction, sortable by status, all on one page. With just a click, users can drill into the triage workbench (Explorer)	Real-time service level status for transactions & applications Automatic integration of dependency issues (yellow alerts) Sortable by load, response time, or status for prioritization
*Dynamic Distributed Application* System Maps in SCOM** Dynamic application system maps are loaded directly into Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (2007 R2), enabling Microsoft SCOM to manage applications – and extending SCOM management support beyond Microsoft systems.	Application system maps loaded into Microsoft SCOM Integrated Server performance & config data on maps Real-time updates to application maps when changes occur Enablement of SCOM to see Linux, Solaris, AIX, and more
Web Page Performance Breakdown Manage web transactions from the total transaction perspective. Monitors full web page performance served by the application system, including a timeline breakdown of individual requests that make up complete web pages.	Tracks web page experience & slow dependencies Summary monitoring of pages across the entire website Individual user tracing for Help Desk resolution
Out-of-the-box Application Performance and Triage Reports Quickly and easily publish findings of application performance and triage analysis with just a few clicks: Application System Comparison Report Triage & Performance Reports Inventory / Configuration Report	Quickly publish consolidated application performance data Confirm problem solving conclusions to whole team Certify new app deployments and updates with golden master
Application Benchmarking & Forecasting With SnapShot, FactFinder can capture standard application shape and behavior (response time) for comparison to future points in time (after a data center move or conversion to a virtual infrastructure) Dynamic Load Curves predict future application performance for different potential load levels, based on current performance data.	Create a Golden Standard SnapShot (architecture and performance) in just a few clicks Certify new applications after initial deployment Compare live application to Golden Master (SnapShot) to confirm proper behavior and configuration Plan for proper architecture deployment based on true application behavior
App Center Application Monitoring Dashboard Important application monitoring features, integrated on a single application management dashboard, displaying everything important about applications and transactions on a single screen: Complete Application List Application System Maps Application Performance Graphs Alert and Event List Searchable Application Resource List	See all important application system info on a single screen View real-time application architectures Find application components that match a specific type (i.e., ”Oracle”) Immediately know which apps have high load or bad application performance Find application system dependencies on specific components with a click

FEATURE

BENEFIT

NEW Correlatron™ Transaction Analytics

Transaction aware analytics feature, filtering out metrics not involved in a problem transaction, then statistically analyzing the rest to highlight the metrics users should examine first

Isolates and Correlates Metrics across Transaction Path
Pares down metric list from millions to a few dozen
Highlights otherwise unknown dependencies & relationships

NEW Cross Machine Transaction Viewer

Visualizes transactions, hop by hop, from front to back, showing individual hop performance across each server and each application process.

System-by-system breakdown of transaction time
Fast determination of where slow transactions get hung up
One click drill-down into application and/or transaction systems

Real-Time Application and Transaction Monitoring

Monitor performance and availability of all applications and transactions across all technology tiers (or silos) and environments – physical, virtual, and cloud:

Individual Transaction Traces and Connections
Aggregate Transaction Performance
Applications
Servers, Middleware, Databases, etc. in Application System

Monitor Application and Transaction Service Levels
Measure response time of all process-to-process connections
Automatically adjust to infrastructure & application changes
Trace all slow and error-prone transactions

Availability, Performance, and Dependency Alerts

Proactively notify FactFinder users to availability and performance issues, whether they occur at the process, server, connection, transaction, or application level. Alert levels automatically roll up to Service Level Dashboards

Green: performance and availability meet requirements
Red: service level threshold(s) exceeded
Yellow: Service Level met, but a problem exists somewhere downstream in the application

Application Management & Problem Resolution

Empower any single IT team member to quickly and easily solve application / transaction problems. FactFinder follows slow transactions across the application system right to the problem process. FactFinder then drills down from the transaction into the server stack to determine WHY a problem occurred.

Find the problem component for any problem in minutes
Reduce Problem Solving time by 90% or more
Detect system-level problems caused by other apps and tools
Publish triage reports to prove findings to broader team

Application & Transaction Service Level Dashboards

Real-time dashboard displaying service level status for all specific Transaction, sortable by status, all on one page. With just a click, users can drill into the triage workbench (Explorer)

Real-time service level status for transactions & applications
Automatic integration of dependency issues (yellow alerts)
Sortable by load, response time, or status for prioritization

Dynamic Distributed Application System Maps in SCOM

Dynamic application system maps are loaded directly into Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (2007 R2), enabling Microsoft SCOM to manage applications – and extending SCOM management support beyond Microsoft systems.

Application system maps loaded into Microsoft SCOM
Integrated Server performance & config data on maps
Real-time updates to application maps when changes occur
Enablement of SCOM to see Linux, Solaris, AIX, and more

Web Page Performance Breakdown

Manage web transactions from the total transaction perspective. Monitors full web page performance served by the application system, including a timeline breakdown of individual requests that make up complete web pages.

Tracks web page experience & slow dependencies
Summary monitoring of pages across the entire website
Individual user tracing for Help Desk resolution

Out-of-the-box Application Performance and Triage Reports

Quickly and easily publish findings of application performance and triage analysis with just a few clicks:

Application System Comparison Report
Triage & Performance Reports
Inventory / Configuration Report

Quickly publish consolidated application performance data
Confirm problem solving conclusions to whole team
Certify new app deployments and updates with golden master

Application Benchmarking & Forecasting

With SnapShot, FactFinder can capture standard application shape and behavior (response time) for comparison to future points in time (after a data center move or conversion to a virtual infrastructure)

Dynamic Load Curves predict future application performance for different potential load levels, based on current performance data.

Create a Golden Standard SnapShot (architecture and performance) in just a few clicks
Certify new applications after initial deployment
Compare live application to Golden Master (SnapShot) to confirm proper behavior and configuration
Plan for proper architecture deployment based on true application behavior

App Center Application Monitoring Dashboard

Important application monitoring features, integrated on a single application management dashboard, displaying everything important about applications and transactions on a single screen:

Complete Application List
Application System Maps
Application Performance Graphs
Alert and Event List
Searchable Application Resource List

See all important application system info on a single screen
View real-time application architectures
Find application components that match a specific type
(i.e., ”Oracle”)
Immediately know which apps have high load or bad application performance
Find application system dependencies on specific components with a click

FactFinder provides 24/7 application monitoring, best-of-breed application and transaction management, as well as quick and easy application benchmarking for any application – Physical, Virtual, or Cloud. Request a Trial now!