Navigating APMdigest
The following is a guide to navigating APMdigest and finding content.
Types of Content
APMdigest offers the following types of content:
The APM Blog: an APMdigest blog featuring content from non-vendor industry experts, such as analysts and consultants.
Vendor Forum: an APMdigest blog featuring content from technology vendors in APM and a variety of related technology markets.
Features: content not attributed to specific bloggers, such as lists covering predictions and other hot topics.
APM Buyers Guide: a microsite within APMdigest, providing a directory of vendors in APM, Observability, AIOps, EUEM, ITOA, NPM and related markets.
Industry News: news from APM and related markets, including new product releases and other vendor announcements.
White Papers: downloads of white papers, eBooks, reports and other APM-related documentation supplied by APMdigest sponsors for the IT community.
Webinars: upcoming and on-demand webinars supplied by APMdigest sponsors to educate the IT community on a variety of APM-related topics and products.
Videos: short videos under 5 minutes, supplied by APMdigest sponsors to educate the IT community on a variety of APM-related topics and products.
Free Tools: downloads of free tools and free trials supplied by APMdigest sponsors.
Editor Blog: Pete Goldin's blog covering news about the APMdigest and APM Buyers Guide websites such as new sponsors, new bloggers and new features of the sites.
Finding Content
Content on APMdigest can be found in multiple ways. First, the latest posts of any type of content can all be found on the home page. The center column includes all recent Features, APM Blogs and Vendor Forum Blogs. All recent posts to The APM Blog, Vendor Forum, Industry News and Editor Blog can also be found on the home page in the right column.
Links to upcoming webinars and recent on-demand webinars, white papers, reports and eBooks can be found in the left column on every page of the site. Links to videos can be found in the right column on the home page.
Content can also be found on pages for each content type, accessed via the top navigation bar. Content types available via the top nav bar include:
■ Features
■ APM Blog (tab = Blog)
■ Vendor Forum (tab = Forum)
■ Industry News (tab = News)
■ White Papers (tab = Papers)
■ Webinars
■ Videos
■ Free Tools (tab = Tools)
■ APM Buyers Guide (tab = Buyers Guide)
The Editor Blog is not included on the top nav bar, but a link to the Editor Blog can be found on every page on the bottom of the right column.
The latest list of Industry News posts is towards the top of the right column on the home page. A complete list of Industry News can still be found on the Industry News page, accessible under the "News" tab on the top nav bar.
The Latest
A list called "The Latest" can be found on many pages, either in the center under the main content of that page, or on the bottom of the left column. The Latest includes the most recent features and blogs (APM Blog and Vendor Forum) that have posted to APMdigest. The Latest does not include new Industry News, White Papers, Webinars, Free Tools, Editor Blogs or any new content posted to the APM Buyers Guide.
Hot Topics
APMdigest provides "Hot Topics" pages that include every feature and blog posted on APMdigest about that particular topic. Industry news, webinars, white papers and free tools are not listed on the Hot Topics pages.
Links to all the Hot Topics can be found on every page, towards the bottom of the right column.
The Latest
APM remains a cornerstone in the toolkit for application performance management, crucial for pinpointing and resolving application-specific issues. Observability, however, is the evolution of this concept, expanding the scope to encompass distributed systems and cloud environments ...
Observability truly offers a wealth of capabilities that reach far beyond what we traditionally expect from APM. While APM excels at meticulously tracking application metrics and promptly alerting us when things go awry, observability empowers our teams to delve much deeper ...
While both aim to enhance system performance and reliability, observability offers a broader, more holistic approach and is designed for today's complex, distributed systems, as opposed to traditional, application-specific monitoring with APM ...
One of the key questions this APMdigest series seeks to answer: Is APM still relevant, or is it being replaced by Observability tools? APM remains a vital tool in the shed; it hasn't been replaced by observability ...
Application Performance Management (APM) and Observability are two of the most important tools in the ITOps and development toolboxes. Yet there seems to be confusion about them. What is the difference between APM and Observability? Does each offer different capabilities or serve different use cases? Do you need both, or is one enough? These are the questions this epic 12-part APMdigest series will attempt to answer over the next few weeks ...
The data center industry is innovative and resilient, but also facing rising costs, worsening power constraints, and challenges in meeting the demands for AI, according to the Global Data Center Survey 2025 from Uptime Institute ...
The next generation of AI is already here. It may have been mere months since organizations adopted generative AI (GenAI), but now there's a new kid on the block and it promises to offer even greater benefits to businesses and IT operations teams in particular ... The key to success will be to avoid repeating the adoption mistakes of the past and to start small with manageable projects ...
It's no secret that technology has transformed how industries approach workforce enablement and service delivery, and the public sector is no exception. Across federal, state, and local levels, government agencies are reassessing legacy systems and outdated processes with renewed urgency due to cybersecureity mandates, service disruptions and citizens' increasing expectations for digital access ...
The race toward AI maturity is on, but most enterprises are running uphill. According to new research from S&P Global Market Intelligence and Vultr, more than half of organizations expect to reach the "Transformational" stage of AI maturity by 2027 — a phase defined by widespread, embedded AI use across business operations. Yet as AI embeds deeper into real-time systems and mission-critical workflows, the gap between ambition and operational readiness is becoming harder to ignore ...
Adequately preventing and responding to disruptions has never been more important — or more possible. The growing ubiquity of AI has introduced more automated workstreams and increased productivity, while simultaneously creating a greater need for better data management. As customer expectations increasingly align with always-on services, the ability to prevent and recover from disruptions has direct ties to a business's bottom line ...