The Ultimate Guide to Application Performance Monitoring

2026 · Asian Edition

Also known as APM.

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) is a crucial discipline in today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, where the performance and reliability of software applications directly impact business outcomes. This collection of stories delves into various advancements, challenges, and innovations related to monitoring, managing, and enhancing the performance of applications across diverse industries and environments.

Readers can explore how emerging technologies such as AI and automation are being integrated into application monitoring platforms to provide deeper insights, accelerate issue resolution, and improve overall user experience. The stories also highlight practical implementations of APM in sectors like healthcare, insurance, and finance, demonstrating how real-world organizations are leveraging these tools to streamline processes, optimize workflows, and achieve digital transformation goals.

Whether you're interested in the latest trends, case studies, or strategic approaches to accelerating software delivery while ensuring operational excellence, these stories offer valuable perspectives. Discover how innovative APM solutions are addressing the complexities of hybrid cloud setups, multi-cloud observability, and security in modern application environments, making this a rich resource for IT professionals, developers, and decision-makers.

Asian Application Performance Monitoring news
Analyst reports
Mid-market firms stall at pilot stage for agentic AI
Everest Group · APM · DevOps
Today
Proofpoint unveils AI-first Nuclei archiving suite
Gartner · APM · SaaS
Yesterday
Lightrun unveils AI SRE tool for live runtime debugging
Gartner · APM · DevOps
Last week
Selector raises USD $32m to boost AI observability push
Gartner · APM · DevOps
Last month
Optimizely named a Leader in 2026 Gartner Quadrant
Gartner · APM · DevOps
Last month
Expert columns
Grafana: Turning data chaos into developer efficiency and CFO savings
By Donovan Jackson
Today
The power of representation in cybersecurity
By Greta Caikinaite of Pentest People from WorkNest
Yesterday
Beyond visibility: how true leadership really works
By Ilissa Miller of iMiller Public Relations
3 days ago
Why diversity in cybersecurity leadership is vital
By Jaya Baloo of AISLE
3 days ago
Beyond representation - Why women are critical to the future of digital infrastructure
By LuLu Shiraz of Vertiv
3 days ago
Tackling the top 5 sanctions screening challenges in APAC
By Bobby Joseph of Melissa
Last week
Compression, redistribution and friction: Three ways AI is shifting lawyers from 'performers' to 'producers'
By Jamie Ng of Ashurst
Last week
Stop burning money on manual marketing tasks
By Adrian Randall of Arcadian Digital
Last month
Marketers: Get ready to AI-proof your careers
By Sofiah Nichole Salivio
Last month
How AI-powered log management unlocks observability
By Rafi Katanasho of Dynatrace
Fri, 23rd Jan 2026
From 3am deployments to AI-native HR: building intelligent, human-centred systems
By Ramesh Thiagalingam of ELMO Software
Thu, 18th Dec 2025
How non-technical teams can learn to embrace AI
By Caitlin Stephens of Eagle Eye
Tue, 16th Dec 2025
Time to call up AI reinforcements in the cyber wars
By Guy Matthews
Thu, 4th Dec 2025
Artificial intelligence and cybersecurity - The promise and the peril
By Kevin Gallerin of YesWeHack
Thu, 4th Dec 2025
The tech shifts that will reshape logistics in 2026
By Jonathan Briggs of ShipMonk
Fri, 21st Nov 2025
Interviews
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Discussing Cloud Services
Thu, 20th Nov 2025
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Discussing Virtualisation
Tue, 18th Nov 2025
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Discussing Cloud Services
Fri, 14th Nov 2025
Oracle Fusion unveils AI agents to boost finance team efficiency
Discussing B2B
Thu, 16th Oct 2025
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Discussing DevOps
Tue, 10th Jun 2025
Recent news
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2 days ago
Avalara buys Versori to boost AI-driven integrations
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2 days ago
Octave rebrands as it prepares spin-off from Hexagon
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3 days ago
F5 Labs unveils monthly AI model security leaderboards
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3 days ago
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Last week
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Confluent links AI agents & boosts anomaly detection
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AI drives Java growth as firms flee Oracle licensing
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Last week
VAST Data unveils Polaris to unify AI cloud control
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Job moves
New Relic names Michael Frendo CTO to drive AI observability
Move at Cisco
Today
ECI Software Solutions hires Jack Wood to drive AI push
Move at ECI Software Solutions
Yesterday
Sphera appoints Chris Gutheil as CTO to drive AI push
Move at Sphera
Last month
Rockwell names Karen Hannify to lead APAC EPC alliances
Move at IBM
Last month
NeuBird AI names Venkat Ramakrishnan president & COO
Move at Cisco
Last month
Highlight appoints new CEO as founder becomes Chairman
Move at Cisco
Last month
Rackspace names Joseph Vito to lead global alliances
Move at Amazon Web Services
Wed, 28th Jan 2026
Revizto names new chiefs & launches global CIO forum
Move at Amazon
Wed, 28th Jan 2026
Komodor bolsters leadership for AI driven SRE growth
Move at HP
Sat, 24th Jan 2026
LaunchDarkly adds new tech, finance chiefs amid growth
Move at Google
Thu, 22nd Jan 2026
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