<s>
Business	B-Application
transaction	I-Application
management	I-Application
(	O
BTM	O
)	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
business	B-Application
transaction	I-Application
monitoring	I-Application
,	O
application	O
transaction	O
profiling	O
or	O
user	O
defined	O
transaction	O
profiling	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
practice	O
of	O
managing	O
information	B-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
(	O
IT	O
)	O
from	O
a	O
business	O
transaction	O
perspective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
a	O
tool	O
for	O
tracking	O
the	O
flow	O
of	O
transactions	O
across	O
IT	B-Application
infrastructure	I-Application
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
detection	O
,	O
alerting	O
,	O
and	O
correction	O
of	O
unexpected	O
changes	O
in	O
business	O
or	O
technical	O
conditions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BTM	O
provides	O
visibility	O
into	O
the	O
flow	O
of	O
transactions	O
across	O
infrastructure	O
tiers	B-Operating_System
,	O
including	O
a	O
dynamic	O
mapping	O
of	O
the	O
application	O
topology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
benefit	O
of	O
BTM	O
is	O
its	O
capacity	O
to	O
identify	O
precisely	O
where	O
transactions	O
are	O
delayed	O
within	O
the	O
IT	B-Application
infrastructure	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
IT	B-Application
infrastructure	I-Application
has	O
become	O
a	O
complex	O
multi-tier	B-Operating_System
(	O
see	O
multitier	B-Operating_System
architecture	I-Operating_System
)	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Outage	O
avoidance	O
and	O
problem	O
isolation	O
:	O
Identification	O
and	O
isolation	O
of	O
tier-specific	O
performance	O
and	O
availability	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Service	O
level	O
management	O
:	O
Monitoring	O
of	O
SLAs	O
and	O
alerting	O
of	O
threshold	O
breaches	O
both	O
at	O
the	O
end-user	O
and	O
infrastructure	O
tier	B-Operating_System
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BTM	O
is	O
sometimes	O
categorized	O
as	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
application	B-Application
performance	I-Application
management	I-Application
(	O
APM	O
)	O
or	O
monitoring	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
works	O
alongside	O
other	O
IT	O
monitoring	O
systems	O
including	O
End-User	O
Experience	O
Monitoring	O
,	O
Synthetic	O
Transaction	B-Application
Monitoring	I-Application
,	O
Deep-Dive	O
Monitoring	O
and	O
Business	O
Activity	O
Monitoring	O
(	O
BAM	O
)	O
solutions	O
.	O
</s>
