ClearApp Helps IBM WebSphere Portal 6.0 Customers Optimize Performance of Composite Applications
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 16 // -- ClearApp, the only company offering Application Performance Management (APM) Automation(TM) for portal, J2EE and SOA applications, today announced the general availability of QuickVision for IBM WebSphere Portal Version 6.0. A significant milestone in the QuickVision product roadmap, the extension of ClearApp's application modeling to the latest version of WebSphere Portal provides unprecedented capabilities for monitoring and managing composite application performance.
To date, traditional portal application management tools have overlooked the user interface layer of the portal business logic, instead focusing on code-level activity that's not controlled by the operations staff. This approach has always left a service-level management gap, specifically on measuring how portal applications perform from the perspective of a page layout or business processes. Technological and architectural enhancements in WebSphere Portal 6.0 provides greater user business flexibility and thus needs more attention to the management and performance impacts of the emerging power being given to users. ClearApp's unique portal visual layer mapping, called the Virtual Portal Desktop(TM), is the only solution capable of measuring and reporting the true service levels in this unique architecture.
According to a leading analyst firm(1), 40 percent of service downtime is a result of application-related failures. Enterprise portal applications, which commonly act as the user interface for SOA applications, are at risk of a higher percentage of issues. Analysts have predicted that performance issues will increase more than 50 percent in SOA applications due to higher levels of complexity. As a result, effectively managing and monitoring the performance of mission-critical SOA applications is emerging as a new business imperative.
With ClearApp's unique modeling capabilities, application support teams can now manage performance with minimal manual effort by automating agent setup and configuration; helping IT users quickly isolate and diagnose performance bottlenecks; handling application changes via automatic re-configuration; and mapping and displaying the WebSphere Virtual Portal in the ClearApp Virtual Portal Desktop, showing direct ties to underlying portlets and code.
"SOA-based composite applications enable companies to be more flexible and responsive in how they tailor solutions for their business," said Jason Donahue, president and CEO, ClearApp, Inc. "QuickVision for IBM WebSphere Portal 6.0 will be a crucial component of ClearApp's long term product roadmap as the market for portal technology and supporting management tools continues to grow."
About ClearApp, Inc.
ClearApp, Inc. is the only company offering APM Automation(TM) for portal, J2EE and SOA applications. Based on unique modeling technology, ClearApp's QuickVision helps customers quickly gain control of their application performance by providing instant, comprehensive visibility, automatic management configuration and application change detection. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, ClearApp can be reached at (650) 967-1212 or at www.clearapp.com .
NOTE: ClearApp and QuickVision are registered trademarks of ClearApp, Inc. All other company, brand and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
(1) Gartner, Inc.
Source: ClearApp, Inc.
CONTACT: Bill Bourdon of Bateman Group, +1-415-602-1491, clearapp@bateman-group.com, for ClearApp
Web site: www.clearapp.com
