New Study Finds 82% of European Organisations Suffer Application Performance Problems

London (ots/PRNewswire) -

IT decision makers suffering from a lack of visibility into
network performance and business critical applications

Corporate networks across Europe are experiencing significant
performance problems due to blind spots around the applications being
run across them, research conducted by Ipanema Technologies and
Easynet has discovered.

The study, 'Killer Apps 2012', found that performance problems are
highly prevalent across networks, with 74% citing enterprise critical
applications such as line of business (26%), ERP or CRM (26%) and
video-based applications (22%) being those most at risk. In addition,
the results unearthed a worrying trend on how such problems are
discovered, with user complaints the second most common source of
monitoring issues across networks.

The highlights of the pan-European findings include:

A lack of visibility when it comes to networked applications:

- Nearly one in three respondents do not know the number of 
apps running on
          their corporate network
        - 69% do not have visibility of the bandwidth requirements 
each network
          application requires
        - 55% of respondents rely on the 'final line of defence', 
namely user
          complaints, as their primary performance metric

Application performance issues are on the rise across Europe

- 82% of respondents report speed and responsiveness problems
in the past 12
          months
        - 43% of companies highlighted that these issues are becoming
'more frequent'
        - Enterprise, line of business, voice and collaboration 
applications were cited
          by 65% of respondents as being the most likely to suffer 
performance problems

In many organisations the network is 'over provisioned' suggesting
inefficient application of bandwidth

- 72% of respondents said the network is only used to its 
full data
          transmission capacity occasionally or very infrequently
        - The vast majority of companies (86%) report increasing 
bandwidth requirements

Justin Fielder, CTO at Easynet commented: "This study should
trigger alarm bells for IT managers, and highlights the importance of
a true understanding of the performance of applications on an
enterprise network. However, the answer is not to be found in a
panacea product - businesses need to combine professional counsel and
in-depth analytics to establish a robust, long-term approach not just
to today's problems, but to those forecast for tomorrow."

Thierry Grenot, CTO at Ipanema Technologies added: "Enterprises
need to be more agile in order to reach the business outcomes they
expect from strategic IT transformations, such as cloud computing and
Unified Communications deployments. The report findings strongly
suggest that businesses could benefit from understanding their
networks more thoroughly in order to target bandwidth to those
applications the business relies on, reducing investment in
unnecessary capacity."

He continued: "Right now there is a 'perfect storm' emerging as
companies face an explosion of bandwidth requirements from less
critical applications, coupled with the need to reduce expenditure.
Today's CIOs require a rock solid yet flexible network which is
alignedto the priorities of the organisation. That necessitates a
more sophisticated approach to networking which includes high levels
of visibility and control in order to solve the delivery challenges
posed by the complexity of cloud applications."

The full results of the study have been announced and discussed on
23 May when both Justin Fielder, CTO at Easynet and Thierry Grenot,
CTO at Ipanema hosted a live media video conference. To request local
market data relating to the survey please contact [email protected]
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About the research

The 'Killer Apps 2012' report is been compiled based upon online
field research conducted this year with 550 unique respondents
consisting of CIOs (25%), IT Directors (25%), IT Managers (25%) or
Network Managers (25%). Respondents are employed within large
businesses across Europe (40% with turnover in excess of GBP500m, 20%
with a turnover between GBP500m - GBP100m) Responses were drawn from
the UK, France, Spain, Italy, Belgium and the Benelux region.

The breakdown of response numbers is:

- UK - 210 - France - 100 - Spain - 41
- Italy - 71 - Benelux - 129

About Ipanema Technologies

Ipanema provides enterprises with a direct connection between
application performance and their business requirements. With Ipanema
Technologies, enterprises automatically understand which applications
use the network and deliver guaranteed performance to each user.
Enterprises can support their strategic IT transformations (like
cloud computing and Unified Communications) and control Internet
growth while reducing their IT expenses. Ipanema's customers range
from mid-sized companies to enterprises with 1,000s of sites. For
Enterprises, Ipanema is available as a Product through an
international network of Certified Channel Partners, and as a Service
through Managed Service Providers and Telecom Operators' Managed
Services. For SMBs, Ipanema is available as a Service through
Ipanema's AppsWork Authorized Partners network. For more information,
visit: http://www.ipanematech.com

About Easynet Global Services

Easynet Global Services [http://www.easynet.com ] is a network,
hosting and cloud integration business. It has customers, employees
and offices in every continent, and combines global reach with local
expertise, providing a personalised experience wherever its customers
are in the world.

Customers include EDF, Sage, FOX, Yakult, Transport for London,
Bridgestone, Q Park and Campofrio.

Together with the management team, Easynet is owned by LDC (Lloyds
TSB Development Capital). LDC is the leading mid-market private
equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group.

For more information visit http://www.easynet.com

Follow us on Twitter: @easynet [http://www.twitter.com/easynet ].
Connect with us on Linked In: Easynet Global Services
[http://www.linkedin.com/companies/4913 ]

Press Contact:

To request a full Powerpoint overview of the findings, or to
arrange an interview please contact:

kwittken + company Nick Ward
+44(0)20-7401-8001 [email protected]

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