Archive for May, 2010

SpeedTrace Pro in the Visual Studio Gallery

Friday, May 21st, 2010

SpeedTrace Pro is an indispensable addition to your Visual Studio development environment.

If you use SpeedTrace Pro right from the outset, this will streamline your development process, speed up time to release and substantially improve software quality, all adding up to boost your ROI.

SpeedTrace Pro in the Visual Studio Gallery

How? Serious issues are realized during the early stages of development and can be dealt with in time before they grow into big problems. This essentially stabilizes the architecture and enhances the quality of your software product and thus minimizes time otherwise spent later on trouble-shooting, claims and customer support.

Please tell us your experiences and rate SpeedTrace Pro in the Visual Studio Gallery.

 

SpeedTrace Pro 3.4 Release Candidate available

Friday, May 21st, 2010

The final version 3.4 is just about ready for release.
Now, the first Release Candidate of SpeedTrace Pro 3.4 is available for download!

SpeedTrace Pro 3.4.13 RC

Try the .NET Tracer and Profiler SpeedTrace Pro 3.4.13 RC today (available as 32bit and 64bit version).

If you want more detailed and accurate results, you need SpeedTrace Pro!

New in Version 3.4.13:
- .NET 4.0 support
- Online help updated

Take advantage of the unique features such as the cost-free TraceAgend Service.

Download SpeedTrace Pro 3.4 RC Now!

Cloud-powered SpeedTrace 3.4 release soon!

Friday, May 14th, 2010

This is to anounce that SpeedTrace Version 3.4 adding powerful cloud computing functionality is to be released soon before the end of this month!

New cutting edge cloud computing features

The new SpeedTrace Pro Version 3.4 adds even more cutting-edge functionality:

-    Freely Distributable Recorder Service
-    Test Automation Interface
-    Remote Tracing Capabilities
-    Distributed Tracing Capabilities

This is especially good news for people interested in remote monitoring, testing, maintenance and support – over the cloud! These features respectably add up to complete the diagnostics for the entire lifecycle of your software regardless of location!

Ubiquitous remote tracing free of charge

With the new SpeedTrace Pro version and the help of the Freely Redistributable Recorder providing free recorder service (1st Setup) you can now trace any external client via Internet/network free of charge. Due to Remote Tracing and Distributed Tracing capabilities you can also remote-trace this recorded data from your server where - provided you have a SpeedTrace license - the trace data can be read, interpreted, profiled, evaluated with the help of the SpeedTrace profiler (2nd Setup).

Profile distributed apps over the cloud

As to the mode, number, and frequency of your trace data instalments, that is something you can configure yourself with SpeedTrace according to your own special requirements. In principle, the Freely Redistributable Recorder of SpeedTrace Version 3.4 works like the black box deployed in aviation. With the respective time stamps you can always trace what happened during an event, what lead up to it and with some interpretation (profiling) find out what actually caused it … you can now even do this over the cloud!

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Lifecycle Management with SpeedTrace Pro

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

In the last entry I’ve touched upon the odds software developers face in view of a highly competitive market environment and how to overcome the dilemmas posed. Now I’d like to just highlight the advantages of integrating your profiling and tracing throughout the entire lifecycle of your application to achieve ultimate quality assurance. Please spare a moment to consider …

Optimize SW development right from the outset!

Streamline your developing process with SpeedTrace Pro to raise productivity and effectiveness by introducing quality management and software performance checks in the very early stages of development. Trim down your test phases and thereby minimize time for corrections. Shorten your development cycles without ungainly side-effects, achieve real competitive edge and increase your ROI.

Use SpeedTrace Pro – the sooner the better!

By proactively starting to profile your code in the initial stages and integrating your performance checks for every step in the development process, you will avoid the risk of dragging bugs and flaws throughout the project which may later cause stability issues. Build and raise your software architecture on a sound and stable foundation with SpeedTrace Pro. Identify performance issues and bottlenecks in no time and detect the flaws in your source code before they get a chance to become big sources of instability in the final stages.

Use SpeedTrace Pro – better late than never!

Even if you cannot manage to start profiling until the end of a development phase, SpeedTrace Pro’s super-fast trace engine is extremely apt to pinpoint your problem in next to no time. Its rich functionality (wide range of settings, views, filters, triggers, special features, etc.) will certainly help you to lay bare the complex processes that lead to it and finally enable you to drill down to the root causes in your code lines.

Version 3.4 cloud power expands diagnostics

Version 3.4 to be released shortly adds new cutting-edge functionality (test automation, remote/distributed tracing and profiling) essentially extending monitoring capabilities beyond the release phase into maintenance and support. It thus expands the diagnostics to the entire lifecycle of your application regardless of time or location, making it virtually ubiquitous on request.

Achieve competitive edge, integral quality management supreme customer satisfaction – with SpeedTrace Pro! Download SpeedTrace Pro 3.4 now!

SpeedTrace your .NET Development now!

Monday, May 10th, 2010

Performance, speed and stability – Issue No. 1

In all fields of software development, consumer demands and immense competition are mounting pressures to increase performance, speed and stability at an accelerating pace. Increasingly realistic computer graphics, real-time rendition and stable flow scenarios require highly sophisticated computer hardware and software. Every millisecond counts! Any runtime lost can lead to jerky presentation, lags, loss of data or hung sessions.

Software quality in a competitive world

The development lifecycles of software are being forcibly narrowed under the growing pressures of highly competitive markets. Increasingly more sophisticated follow-up versions have to be released with shorter lifecycles. Whoever is first to release any software product, is apt to win the race. However, here comes the dilemma: Shortening lifecycles under pressure tend to lead to error-prone software. Consequently, a growing number of service packs have to be issued to correct imperfect versions. This in fact shows that the time to develop has actually been pushed into the support phase. Users are liable to become involuntary beta testers having to install one update after another …

Costs of error under pressure

Unaided and badly equipped software testers and developers might have indistinct hunches or vague ideas why their software does not behave as expected under certain circumstances. But they usually have an insufficient notion why, let alone where or how, so much memory space, capacity and time gets wasted on simple tasks and why things are not working out properly according to plan. This is also why a lot of time gets lost on trouble-shooting, bug-trapping, and futile attempts to resolve performance issues and memory leaks.

Resolve the dilemma of quality under pressure

The SpeedTrace concept provides software developers and testers with just the answers they have been looking for: Conclusive issue resolution by getting to the root on the basis of objective measurements (no intrusion!)  – performed in no time and at very little cost.

The key to competitive edge is integrated quality assurance and sound lifecycle management with a high-end profiler-tracer like SpeedTrace Pro.

Why not get a free trial period of SpeedTrace Pro Version 3.4 with test automation enabling you to trace and profile your software products and developments over the cloud!

Download SpeedTrace Pro 3.4 and apply for a trial period now!


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