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Michael Sydor

  • Founder and Solution Architect at The APM Practice, LLC
  • Has 10+ Years Of Experience
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User Activity
Almost 6 years ago
Answered a question: How does synthetic monitoring differ from real user monitoring?
Synthetics for production, are best used when there is little or no traffic to help confirm that your external access points are functioning.  They also can be used to stress test components or systems - simulating traffic to test firewall capacity or message queue behavior…
Over 8 years ago
Answered a question: I would like to compare Dynatrace and AppDynamics. On what basis should I decide?
For the enterprise, you have to look at what applications and technology you have, and what visibility you need. Many large enterprises have multiple vendors simply because each vendor has a niche application area that they are very good at - and as for other apps - your…
Over 8 years ago
Answered a question: How Much Should I Budget for an APM Solution?
You have a couple considerations before someone can give you a realistic budget * What tools have been tried before? Why are they not being considered now? Who is going to approach procurement? You need to make a business case for this next investment - no matter the…
Projects
About 10 years ago
Author of APM best practices: realizing Application Performance
Author of APM best practices: realizing Application Performance Management
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Answers
Almost 6 years ago
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
How does synthetic monitoring differ from real user monitoring?
Over 8 years ago
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
I would like to compare Dynatrace and AppDynamics. On what basis should I decide?
Over 8 years ago
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
How Much Should I Budget for an APM Solution?
About me

This is a retainer-based consultancy dedicated to establishing an APM Practice staffed by your employees and following best practices that are tailored to how your enterprise operates and communicates. We follow a maturity model, along with the concept of a Service Bureau, to organize and track the implementation of your service offerings around the APM lifecycle. We are platform, vendor and technology neutral, and share our tools, experiences and materials under open source principles, while maintaining strict confidentiality for our clients.

Certifications
  • The Data Scientist’s Toolbox
  • Pattern Discovery in Data Mining
  • R Programming
  • Text Retrieval and Search Engines
  • Getting and Cleaning Data
  • Exploratory Data Analysis
  • Reproducible Research
  • Cluster Analysis in Data Mining
  • Text Mining and Analytics
  • Statistical Inference
  • Data Visualization
  • Regression Models
  • Regression Models
Employers

The APM Practice, LLC
Computer Associates - Wily Division
Computer Associates
Computer Associates
Computer Associates
Wily Technology Division of CA
Wily Technology
Vitria Technology
Vitria Technology
TSI - Mercator Software
Novera Software
Versant
Versant
Sun Microsystems
Syminex, Inc.
Syminex, SA
Biosym Technologies
Concurrent Computer Corporation

Education

New Jersey Institute of Technology
New Jersey Institute of Technology

Interesting Projects and Accomplishments
About 10 years ago
Author of APM best practices: realizing Application Performance