Are there estimates of the cost impact of sluggish application delivery?
Application delivery challenges are costing organisations millions of dollars. Applications have become the lifeblood of modern businesses by connecting the workforce, partners, and customers to information and services. For instance, enterprises we deal with report that downtime costs them up to $3.6 million an hour ($1,000 every second). But it is not only about uptime. It is also about how quickly applications can be rolled out, the performance of those applications for the end user, the cost of supporting the infrastructure, and the level of security achieved. With more applications running at user ends, doesnt the job of the security professional become extremely tough? Yes, security professionals are facing a huge challenge these days. Security breaches can do more than create unflattering headlines. They can bring down sites, jeopardise transactions with outside customers and partners, and cause sensitive data to be lost or compromised. Protecting enterprise data assets across d