Content Management Systems (CMS) have become one of the most powerful
Internet-related products. What once was a gadget for web developers and
technology geeks is now a must-have tool for multiple business units. Because
of the pace at which the world of Internet technology changes, and the high
demand for up-to-the-minute content, there are thousands of products
(commercial and open source alike) that offer myriad features to companies in
need of a solution for publishing their content.
Unfortunately, over the past decade, the term "CMS" has become a buzz word, a
commodity if you will. Almost everything web-related has been rolled into
those three characters. Originally (loosely) defined as a web application to
create, edit, store and publish online content, CMS has transformed into a
much more far-reaching instrument: among the functionalities of today's CMS
are ... (more)
I've talked at length about the importance of business process monitoring
alongside of system monitoring, but in discussions I found that sometimes an
overview and simple examples are not enough to convince people about the
benefits of this approach. Business owners think they don't need to know
anything about the operational performance of their systems as long as they
have their numbers, and engineers often don't feel they need to invest time
into understanding the business they are supporting in detail, finding
examples shown too "common sense."
One question we ask our engine... (more)