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Recognizing that fast page load times are crucial to site performance and conversion, AutoAnything’
“Today’s online retailer market is extremely competitive. Customers have very little patience for slow performing websites, and their loyalty can be won or lost in a matter of a single second. So, application performance is crucial,” said John Van Siclen, General Manager of Compuware’s APM business unit. “New applications, new architectures and new business demands require a new approach to APM. AutoAnything’
The recognized leader in APM technologies, Compuware developed dynaTrace to deliver fast, accurate, in-depth analysis of its customers’ web-based applications, as well as made it easy to use and deploy, with rapid time-to-value. With Compuware dynaTrace® fully implemented, AutoAnything’
“Right away, dynaTrace exposed some serious bottlenecks in our web app,” said Parag Patel, Chief Technology Officer at AutoAnything. “With the tools dynaTrace provides, we were able to immediately drill down to the root causes and resolve issues quickly. dynaTrace was an instrumental tool in achieving the speed improvements we wanted for our new website. Our goal was to shave 75 percent off of the page load times, and I am pleased to say that we achieved this goal. We know from past testing that a speed improvement of this magnitude leads to a substantial increase in conversion.”
Beyond the ability to monitor and manage applications, dynaTrace enables AutoAnything to continually optimize website performance. By confirming, analyzing and improving the application architecture, AutoAnything’
“Along with the troubleshooting tools, dynaTrace also validated what we had already suspected—our engineering and design were great, they were just being held back by external dependencies,”
The number-one ranked online automotive accessories retailer, AutoAnything looks to pull further ahead with the launch of this new site. Leveraging HTML5 and optimized for mobile operating systems, AutoAnything’
“AutoAnything is a great example of what can be achieved quickly with a modern APM system like Compuware APM,” said Van Siclen. “Customers get cost savings, increased revenue and greater customer loyalty all at once. It’s this rapid time to significant value that has modern APM on the ‘must have’ shortlist of a rapidly expanding group of companies that are serious about maximizing the value of applications.”
Compuware will host a webcast with AutoAnything regarding their use and success with Compuware APM® on September 19.
Compuware APM® is the industry’s leading solution for optimizing the performance of web, non-web, mobile, streaming and cloud applications. Driven by end-user experience, Compuware APM provides the market’s only unified APM coverage across the entire application delivery chain—from the edge of the internet through the cloud to the datacenter. Compuware APM helps customers deliver proactive problem resolution for greater customer satisfaction, accelerate time-to-market for new application functionality and reduce application management costs through smarter analytics and advanced APM automation.
With more than 4,000 APM customers worldwide, Compuware is recognized as a leader in the “Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring” report.
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About AutoAnything
AutoAnything was founded in 1979 as Blue Ribbon Motoring, a manufacturer of sheepskin seat covers and custom carpet floor mats. In 1997, the company took a new direction and went online as a retailer of automotive accessories. Today, AutoAnything.com is #159 in the Internet Retail Top 200 Guide of ecommerce companies.
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