[Research Report] Digital Experience Monitoring in the Era of Cloud and SaaS and the Need for DPI Intelligence

[Research Report] Digital Experience Monitoring in the Era of Cloud and SaaS and the Need for DPI Intelligence Image Credit: Rawpixel.com/BigStockImages

The ‘Digital Experience Monitoring in the Era of Cloud and SaaS and the Need for DPI Intelligence’ report produced jointly by ipoque, a Rohde & Schwarz company and The Fast Mode is based on the survey of 22 leading Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) vendors.

The report focuses on the trends governing the shift to Cloud and SaaS and the rise of DEM as an emerging IT observability concept for today’s digital enterprises. It assesses the gaps in traditional IT monitoring and highlights the factors pushing the adoption of DEM.

The report evaluates DEM vendors’ experience in deploying DEM and enlists key challenges and solution requirements. The report also appraises the role of Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) in providing real-time traffic intelligence for DEM, and in supporting the rapid expansion of DEM networks to cater for the growth in Cloud and SaaS applications and the surge in enterprise’s remote workforce.

Report highlights:

  • Key factors influencing the adoption of DEM
  • Techniques used in DEM, namely STM and RUM
  • DEM metrics and corresponding data requirements
  • Role of DPI in DEM
  • Integration of DPI in today’s DEM tools

The report comprises 7 sub-chapters and is of 21 pages. It is available for download HERE.


The Fast Mode also conducted a series of interviews on DEM, engaging more than 27 vendors in this space. The interviews can be found here.

Want to learn more about DEM? Here's a quick list of major vendors in this space, along with their DEM offerings.

21 April 2021 / Research Reports / By Ray Sharma