Tuesday, September 25, 2012

@astutenetworks recognized by Dragon Slayer Consulting as an end to virtualization admin frustration - http://bit.ly/UtGaYd

Analyst Report Identifies How Astute Networks Eliminates the Performance and Cost Barriers Facing Virtualization Administrators

Dragon Slayer Consulting Analysis Describes Top Ways to End Virtualization Managers’ Storage Frustrations by Deploying Astute’s ViSX Flash VM Storage Appliances VNM92512 – SAN DIEGO, Calif. – September 25, 2012 – Astute NetworksTM, Inc., the leading provider of performance storage for virtual machines, today announced that leading analyst firm, Dragon Slayer Consulting, has identified its ViSX G4 Flash VM storage appliance as a top solution for eliminating the storage I/O bottleneck frustration of virtualized environments. The paper, “How to End Virtualization Administration Storage Frustration,” written by Marc Staimer, president of Dragon Slayer Consulting, analyzes and reviews the common storage performance barriers that plague virtualized environments and how Astute’s ViSX G4 Flash VM storage appliance uniquely overcomes those obstacles. Read more at http://bit.ly/UtGaYd

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The 2012 Annual Survey: Service Level Agreements - Challenges and Opportunities in User Experience Management - http://bit.ly/PWkkwu

The 2012 Annual User Experience Management Survey: Service Level Agreements

Challenges and Opportunities in User Experience Management VNM09252012 - Knoa Software, Inc. (www.knoa.com) hosted a webinar entitled “Service Level Agreements are Broken – Best Practices and New Tools Close the Gap between IT, Vendors and Enterprise Application Users.” The webinar covered topical issues about Service Level Agreement challenges and reviewed the best practices and new technologies which can positively impact business operations during new release deployment. Download the full whitepaper at http://pages.knoa.com/dc_register_SLA_survey_2012.html

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IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: A New Way of Thinking About APM Solutions with Thad Eidman, Knoa Software

The evolution of Application Performance Management is more apparent today than ever before The evolution of Application Performance Management (APM) is more apparent today than ever before. In this interview, Thad Eidman from Knoa Software outlines some of the biggest APM changes that have occurred over the past few years, and how companies can reach beyond traditional APM solutions to optimize productivity and improve the end user experience. View entire article at http://bit.ly/Qw0OZv

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IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: A New Way of Thinking About APM Solutions with Thad Eidman, Knoa Software - http://bit.ly/Qw0OZv

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Knoa Software Appoints Minnie Punj-Introne to the Position of Vice President, Services


Leader in User Experience Management Poised for Customer Growth in 2012 
with Expansion of Services and Customer Support Operations

VNMKNOA582012 - NEW YORK, May 8, 2012– Knoa® Software, the leading provider of user experience and performance management software, today announced the expansion of its executive team with the promotion of Minnie Punj-Introne to the role of Vice President, Services. Punj-Introne brings more than 10 years of senior professional services, engineering and operations management experience and will drive efforts in the Company’s professional services, customer support and consulting practice. 

"As our expansion continues, our mission is to keep customer satisfaction levels at 100 percent and the only way to do this is through a top-down approach,” said Thad Eidman, CEO, Knoa Software. "Minnie will ensure satisfaction throughout the entire customer lifecycle, a critical component to our success as an organization.”

Knoa Software is licensed to 20 percent of the Fortune 50 and hundreds of companies on a global basis. Knoa leadership in user experience management continues to grow on a global basis. In Q1 2012 new customers were licensed from many corners of the world including Canada, Curacao, Japan, South Africa and Brazil. The Company’s award-winning End-User Experience and Performance Management (EPM) platform is also licensed to four of the top five pharmaceuticals, the largest healthcare company in the world and the world’s oldest and largest telecommunications company.

"Our customers play a vital role in Knoa’s evolution and I am committed to seeing them succeed,” said Punj-Introne. “Our value realization program takes customers forward every year and brings them the benefits of substantial and ongoing return on investment. Enterprise user experience management optimizes the performance of your IT service desk, centers of excellence, training and so much more.  In my new role, I look forward to not only continuing that program, but expanding it in new and exciting ways.”

Before joining Knoa, Punj-Introne held several senior-level positions at Heartbeat Experts, combining enterprise software, data, analytics and consulting to provide solutions that help Life Sciences and Financial Services firms improve the success of their products. Prior to that she held developer roles at organizations including Webserves.us, Sinu Inc., dbaDirect and Viionsoft LTD.

About Knoa Software
Knoa® Software delivers on-premise and cloud-based solutions that monitor, measure and manage how end-users are utilizing enterprise applications to optimize end-user experience, enhance user performance and deliver return on investment. Uniquely, Knoa automation provides complete and deep insight into all activities, by user, for each application monitored.  20 percent of the Fortune 50 and hundreds of Global 5000 companies have already licensed Knoa software to power their user experience and optimize their performance. For more information, visit www.knoa.com. You can also follow us on Twitter: @knoasoftware.

View our 2 minute overview on YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6J-0-X4dTA 


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