Methods, apparatuses and systems enabling a network services provider to deliver application performance management services

摘要

Methods, apparatuses and systems enabling a network services provider to deliver application performance management services to its enterprise customers. The invention allows network service providers to extend their service model beyond connectivity-oriented MNS services to more productivity-oriented, managed application services. The present invention, in one embodiment, allows network service providers to offer an application-aware service that provides real-time monitoring, measurement and control of application performance over MNS and other wide-area network services.