Chapter 1 Distributed Application Monitoring TIBCO Hawk is a tool for monitoring and managing distributed applications and operating systems. TIBCO Hawk uses TIBCO Messaging software for communication and inherits many of its benefits. These benefits include a flexible architecture, enterprise-wide scalability, and location transparent product components that are simple to configure. This chapter discusses the application monitoring challenges and how TIBCO Hawk meets these requirements. It provides an overview of TIBCO Hawk, the architecture and features of TIBCO Hawk components. Topics • Distributed Application Monitoring Challenges • TIBCO Hawk Monitoring System • Architecture • How it Works • TCP Transport for TIBCO Hawk • Key Features