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So, without further ado, here's a look back at 2019 and the Top 5 Things to Know.

 

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We're Solving Your Pain Points


Save yourself from alert storms

It’s easier to avoid false alerts and overall performance noise if you define and configure alerts based on warning conditions.

3 new ways to streamline:

1. Temporary spikes in performance data are a major cause of false alerts. With Persistence Thresholds, you can readily reduce alert noises and ensuring false alerts are minimized.
2. You can now define a Boolean Expression to evaluate health rule conditions using AND and OR operators. Learn how to configure Health Rule Conditions.
3. Set recurrence patterns and add time zones easily with Health Rule Schedules.


Visualize actionable data

Business Analytics and Dashboard Landing Page
From the transaction and browser to mobile events, the new Analytics Home page provides a holistic view of your Analytics data. See how at Resource Performance Dashboard

Learn how we’re applying analytics that drives application and business performance with 5 Business IQ Use Cases.

Design Dashboards in Minutes with Dash Studio
With release 4.5.16, customers have access to Dash Studio, the new dashboarding experience with improvements to visualize critical data in minutes. In AppDynamics SaaS version 4.5.13, higher retention of granular metrics in the Controller has been increased from one to eight days; allowing more time for detailed analysis, reducing the need to export data for external retention, and enabling AppDynamics to use machine learning to configure baselines and health rules.

Adding value through Microsoft Azure and AWS partnerships

AppDynamics continues to pioneer innovation by providing .NET Core 3.0 support along with enhanced support for App Service Web Apps, WebJobs, and Azure Functions; Modernize Applications By Leveraging Microsoft Azure Platform and Services. To learn more, view our on-demand webinar, or access documentation.

Serverless APM for AWS Lambda is now generally available
Serverless APM, supporting instrumentation of AWS Lambda applications and microservices in Java and Node.js, is now available to our SaaS customers through the AWS Marketplace.

Amazon ELB Cloudwatch Integration
AppDynamics users can now view Amazon-hosted entities and data in several products by connecting their Amazon account to AppDynamics. See Customize Flow Maps.

Extending observability with cloud native

New open-source observability standards are gaining significant steam, and we’re proud to be one of the first to support the OpenTracing Project. The new OpenTracer uses OpenTracing APIs to capture all the BTs, Snapshots, SEPs, Callgraphs and corresponding metrics from your self-instrumented applications.

 

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Go Deeper with AppDynamics University


Interested in even more product insights and education? Check out our many self-paced courses at AppDynamics University, including Custom Dashboards Best Practices and How To's. Login and register for this free session with an AppDynamics University instructor.

While there, explore our entire catalog of instructor-led and self-paced courses, and find a learning journey that matches your role.

Implementer
Administrator
Performance Analyst
Developer

Contact us with questions at [email protected].

 

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Real-World Examples


Learn how Alaska Airlines reduces outages and continually builds on its impeccable customer service and satisfaction with AppDynamics. Meanwhile, could you be an Agent of Transformation? Start your journey by reading the Agents of Transformation Research Report and learn how elite technologists from T-Mobile, Paychex, and World Bank Group have accelerated their businesses and careers. Contact us to become an Agent of Transformation and let us showcase your business and IT innovations.

 

4
AppDynamics-Cisco Awards and Recognition


AppDynamics is proud to be named the Independent Software Vendor, Agile Partner of the Year, 2019 by Pivotal Software, recognized for “demonstrating engineering commitment to deliver rapid products to customers across a broad set of solutions.” In November, AppyDynamics won CRN's 2019 Tech Innovator Award. "AppDynamics for Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure provides the IT team with crucial visibility into how network policies impact application performance, offering a faster path to remediation of performance impacts."

In October, Cisco was ranked #1 as the world's best workplace by the Great Places to Work organization, “98% of employees rated the company as a great place to work across measures of engagement, trust, fairness, safety and health and wellbeing.” 

 

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Events in 2020


CiscoLive Barcelona
Join us in Barcelona, Spain, to learn, explore, connect and be inspired by experts from Cisco, AppDynamics, as well as our customers and partners. Learn more about what's happening from January 27 - 31, 2020.

AppDynamics Transform 2020
Register for Transform 2020, a one-of-a-kind virtual event covering emerging technology and the future of performance monitoring. Save the date for February 20, 2020.

 

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