Splunk AppDynamics
Deliver faster, more reliable digital experiences - with real-time insights into code-level issues, user behaviour and business transactions.
What is Splunk AppDynamics?
AppDynamics, now a part of the Splunk Observability portfolio, is a market-leading Application Performance Monitoring (APM) platform. It gives businesses and IT teams full-stack observability and covers end to end customer journeys, critical business transactions, identifying the painful areas be it application/web page slowness during peak customer traffic, network problems, customer drop out reasons, database issues and also provide business journeys and AI driven solutions.
Whether you’re managing legacy systems, cloud-native apps, or hybrid environments, Splunk AppDynamics helps you:
Monitor Applications in Real Time Across Every Layer of the Stack
Detect Anomalies and Performance Bottlenecks Before Users are Affected
Drill Down to Code-Level Diagnostics and Root Causes in Seconds
Connect Application Health to Key Business Metrics Like Revenue, Conversions, or SLAs
As part of the broader Splunk ecosystem, AppDynamics now integrates more closely with infrastructure monitoring, log analytics, and security tools – giving you a unified observability strategy from backend to customer experience.
AppDynamics at a Glance
Business iQ | ||||
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Brings business and application insights together, giving real time context from customer to code.
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Business Transaction Monitoring | ||||
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Monitor applications across AWS, Azure, on-prem and Kubernetes environments. | ||||
Synthetic & Real User Monitoring | ||||
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Understand real-world user behaviour and simulate journeys across regions.
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Cloud & Hybrid Visibility | ||||
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Monitor applications across AWS, Azure, on-prem and Kubernetes environments.
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Smart Alerts & Anomaly Detection | ||||
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Use AI/ML to detect unusual behaviour – and avoid alert fatigue.
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Built-in Security Context | ||||
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Monitor runtime behaviour and spot potential security risks early.
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Why Somerford as Your AppDynamics Partner?
As a trusted AppDynamics and Splunk Partner, Somerford Associates bring:
AppDynamics Use Cases
AppDynamics brings AppOps, NetOps, InfraOps, SecOps and business together which usually work in silos.
Application Support & DevOps Teams
Proactively identify slow transactions, memory leaks, or external service issues before they impact users. Drill down to the root cause in seconds.
Business & Product Owners
Link technical metrics to KPIs like conversion rates, drop-off points, or service-level objectives. Prioritise fixes that protect customer experience and revenue.
Security-Aware Environments
Use Cisco Secure Application (included in AppDynamics) to detect and act on security issues in real time - even in runtime.
Public Sector Applications
Ensuring critical public-facing services are responsive, compliant and always on. AppDynamics works across legacy and modern architectures.
What Makes AppDynamics Unique?
Feature/Capability | Splunk AppDynamics | Other APM Platforms |
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Business Transaction Mapping
| Native, real-time mapping of user journeys to business KPIs | Limited or manual setup required |
Code-Level Diagnostics
| Deep diagnostics down to class/method level
| Varies – often surface-level visibility
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AI Powered Anomlay Detection
| Built in AI/ML with contextual anomaly insights
| May require additional configuration or third-party tools
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User Experience Monitoring
| Integrated RUM & synthetic monitoring
| Typically separate or add-on modules
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Cloud & Hybrid Support
| Designed for hybrid, cloud-native and legacy environments
| Focused on either cloud-native or on-prem, not both
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Integration with Observability & Security
| Seamless correlation with Splunk, Cisco Secure App, and more
| Limited cross-tool interoperability
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Real-Time Visibility
| Live data streaming with no sampling
| Often based on sampled or delayed data
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Business Impact Visibility
| Alerts tied to revenue, conversion or SLA impact
| Usually forced only on technical metrics
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Enterprise & Public Sector Readiness
| Proven across financial services, government, defence
| Varies – not always designed for secure deployments
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Your AppDynamics Journey with Somerford
Splunk AppDynamics Video Series
This video series provides a practical, demo-led overview of Splunk AppDynamics observability, showing how organisations can gain full visibility across both application performance and underlying infrastructure.
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