Here are some neat introductions, tutorials, and news stories from the performance space

[This linksheet was reviewed by DZone MVB Rob Kenworthy. Check out his blog here. Updated 7/28/15].

Cool Case Studies

Think that just because a company doesn’t manufacture software that is isn’t a software company? See why Swiss Insurance Die Mobiliar deploying Oracle Database in-memory proves otherwise. 

All of those monitoring tools might actually be hurting your stragety. Kaylan Ramanathan with AppDynamics explores the issue of Franken-Monitoring. No, Peter Cushing is not to blame. 

What's the point of monitoring without tangible results? Dynatrace's new Customer Experience Cockpit offers real-world results. 

Segments

APM

Looking for APM basics? APM digest dissects APMs in this foundational approach.

We all know the importance of Application Performance, but what are the intracies of monitoring and management? Check out this new write up in APM Digest.

Infrastructure monitoring

Eager to delve into infrastructure monitoring? Learn the fundamentals and identify some vendors. 

IT Operational Analytics

What do analytics and IT operations have to do with one another? The Data Center Journal probes ITOA.

BMC breaks down the basics of IT Operational Analytics.

Network Monitoring

Network monitoring 101: what is it, and solutions guide.

Middleware Monitoring

Curious about Middleware Monitoring? Here’s an awesome webinar which was presented to TxMQ.

Trends

Cloud Performance Monitoring

Infosys offers a great whitepaper on in-cloud performance monitoring.

GCN's Joel Dolisy weighs in on in-cloud app monitoring and migration.

Looking for a cloud monitoring solution? Talkin' Cloud breaks down their top 20 cloud monitoring services and tools. 

IoT

The Internet of Things is everywhere. Software quality company SmartBear just released  the latest iteration of SoapUI, complete with IoT testing and API monitoring.