Today's enterprises rely heavily on networked applications to conduct business. Yet, complaints about poorly performing applications are common and the time to resolve such problems can be very prolonged. New application deployments are also frequently impacted by performance problems.

The end-to-end performance of networked applications depends on complex interactions among applications, servers, and networks. IT organizations need a detailed, quantitative understanding of these dynamics to efficiently and cost effectively deploy applications and troubleshoot problems.

OPNET's Application Characterization Environment (ACE) directly addresses these challenges with an embedded expert knowledge about how applications, networks, and servers operate. ACE Standard enables end-to-end troubleshooting and analysis of individual application transactions. ACE Plus extends the value of ACE Standard with the ability to automatically launch captures and analyse intermittent problems. While ACE Standard offers advanced analytical modeling for quick results, ACE Plus leverages OPNET's best-in-class simulation technology to facilitate a more sophisticated analysis of response times in multiple what-if scenarios.