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SpeedTrace Pro 3.3.55 available!

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

SpeedTrace Pro

We are constantly enhancing and expanding SpeedTrace Pro.
Now SpeedTrace Pro 3.3.55 is available for downloading!

( Both for 32-bit and for 64-bit 32 windows operating system. )

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Ultra fast trace engine and accuracy Profiler

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

In contrast to other profilers, SpeedTrace Pro takes a
two-pronged approach separating the highly specialized
tasks of both tracer and profiler.

SpeedTrace Pro: Ultra fast trace engine and accuracy Profiler

SpeedTrace Pro: Ultra fast trace engine and accuracy Profiler

Minimum overhead!
The tracer traces all and only time stamps of function calls / return values and records them to data carrier for later reference.

Traceability right down to the root!
The profiler runs performance analysis, displays all performance issues (bugs, deadlocks, hotspots, etc.) by linking them to individual time stamps of function calls / return values in trace result.

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.Net Profiler SpeedTrace Pro – 3.3 Release!

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

.Net Profiler news - 2009 summer events

Summer is the time of events – also for SpeedTrace Pro:

1. SpeedTrace has been endowed with new amazing functionality!

2. As of the release we have revised our evaluation procedure.

SpeedTrace Pro 3.3

SpeedTrace Pro 3.3 Final Release

We are proud to present the new SpeedTrace Pro 3.3 version featuring a whole new range of added functionality:

  • New kernel features: New blackbox filter, multiple processes - one click, integrated 64-and 32-bit trace … and more …
  • New user interface features: Visual Studio integration, new Trace Session Manager, Save Progress option, improved source linkage, … and more …
  • New TraceAnalyzer features: Compare option, hotspot filtering, net time display, improved drill-down functionality, call contribution, filter optimization, … and more …

A more detailed entry on the new SpeedTrace functionality is to follow up soon!

New evaluation procedure

We have also revised our evaluation procedure to improve communication between evaluators and our support team, so that we get sufficient feedback and you get adequate support.  Since the new SpeedTrace 3.3 version has been released, no more CTP and RC versions are available for automatic download for some time to come.

And here comes the good news: We are happy to announce that you can still acquire a cost-free test license for a given trial period on request. All you have to do is click the link below:

Request Test License now!

and go through two very simple steps:

1. To get the software, click Download and complete and submit the Dowload application form in the Download section of our website (as usual).

2. To get a test license, simply install SpeedTRace Pro, click “Get evaluation license”, then correctly complete and submit License request form.

Upon validating your data, we will forward a new fully-fledged SpeedTrace 3.3 version to you for testing as fast as we can.

Enjoy the incredible mileage you get with SpeedTRace Pro!

Request Test License now!



Take a SpeedTrace Pro Webinar!

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

More than just a tool!

As mentioned earlier SpeedTrace Pro is more than the customary software profiling tool, which also places higher demands on user expertise. It is a whole toolkit of versatile modular functionality. It stands for an interactive evaluative process using the whole range of functions and filters to delve layer by layer through the depths of your problematic code.

SpeedTrace provides you with a powerful concept!

Above all SpeedTrace Pro provides a concept with the aim to lay bare and transparent poorly or imperfectly designed software components and thereby empower and systematically guide the developer, tester, or administrator towards the right kinds of solutions.

Getting started

When you start profiling your application with SpeedTrace Pro, for example in a trial period, we recommend you in any case to make use of our extensive support. The advantage for you is to get expedient online help in the case of issues or problems encountered while evaluating, and for us to get sufficient feedback how we can best help you to suit your requirements.

To familiarize yourself …

Depending on the environment and the size, complexity or special nature of your application, you might at some point run into hurdles in the process of getting acquainted with SpeedTrace Pro. Usually, these can be overcome with a few changes to the default settings or by applying filters in the right places …

… we offer cost-free webinars!

For this purpose we have arranged to conduct cost-free user-specific webinars (online tutorials) for you and your staff

  • to get you started (introductory sessions)
  • to work on a special problem you might have (supervised sessions over the phone while you’re working with SpeedTrace Pro)
  • and/or to familiarize you with the wide range of SpeedTrace’s most salient features (online sessions with examples highlighting specific features).

For more advanced forms of support to develop your profiling skills or, for example, to help you supervise your profiling processes, we also offer SpeedTRace Pro Workshops and Consulting.

Apply for a cost-free webinar now!

Stop poking around the symptoms: Get to the root!

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

Crucial precautions

When purchasing a software profiler/tracer you’ll be well advised to test the various tools on the market with the utmost care. This applies especially when the software you are developing is going to be used in sensitive areas where there is a lot at stake or where reliable software can even be a matter of life or death.

Misleading methodologies

A lot of conventional profilers tend to poke around the symptoms instead of drilling down to the root cause of a problem. Or worse, they might let you drill down in the wrong places just giving you the impression that you’re getting there when you’re actually not. Besides, they tend to intrude upon the application in the act of evaluation to the point of distortion. All this is liable to yield misleading results, lead your diagnostics astray, and induce the wrong kinds of treatment – perhaps the cure that kills the patient.

First get the facts!

To prevent distortion by intrusion (overhead) SpeedTrace takes a more systematic approach. Akin to a doctor’s anamnesis, SpeedTrace initiates its diagnosis by first recording without evaluating the overall picture, thus presenting you with an overview of the software product’s general "constitution". By thus gaining a bird’s eye view of the matter you are able to transparently map out all the problem areas of a version for the subsequent tracing analysis.

Intuitiveness vs. reliability

It is often said that other profilers may be more "intuitive", but that does not in the least make them just as sound and objective. Life is often not as simple as we’d like it to be, and complex situations usually require more intricate procedures and greater routine. In my view, this applies particularly to profiling and tracing software issues.

More than just a tool!

SpeedTrace’s more sophisticated architecture offers the user maximum flexibility, reliability and accuracy:

  • SpeadTrace’s holistic diagnostics procedure provides you with a clear, pre-evaluative "roadmap" for your analysis!
  • SpeadTrace’s thoroughly systematic methodology (modular filtering system, blackboxing function, scalable viewing, versatile aggregations, etc.) helps you to optimize your search and in effect drill down deep into the problematic lines of your code!
  • SpeadTrace’s guaranteed nonintrusiveness (due to minimized overhead) obviates a major source of misleading information and distortion of the facts. SpeedTrace’s architecture even allows you to read out results without overhead!

Your choice can make a difference!

It can really make a difference whether you prioritize intuitive quick fixes and hazard the consequences or opt for a really reliable and accurate tool that has its complexities and requires some initial familiarizing. We therefore encourage our customers to benefit from our extensive support system and individual consulting to get started.

In conclusion, wherever safety and security is at stake and absolute reliability is required, SpeedTrace is most probably your best choice.

New SpeedTrace 3.3 RC1 Version online!

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

SpeedTrace Pro 3.3 is about to replace Version 3.2.
The final version is already on its way and will be released very soon. Since yesterday, the first release candidate (RC1) is available.

SpeedTrace Pro 3.3 RC1

SpeedTrace Pro 3.3 RC1

SpeedTrace Pro 3.3, the fast profiler and tracer for .NET applications, comes with many new enhancements:

Here is a brief list of important new features:

Greater parallelism:
You get minimized profiler overheads, especially when working with multi-threaded server applications.

Increased accuracy:
When applying the blackbox filters, the overhead is now taken into account, so that you get even more accurate measured time results.

Enhanced usability: It has now been made even easier to operate self-optimized recording filter settings.

Get a cost-free foretaste of the SpeedTrace Pro 3.3 Final Version. Test the current 3.3.29 RC1 Version! Download this version and try it out until the end of the year – your Christmas bonus!

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CTP Version 3.3.20 available for Download

Friday, September 5th, 2008

The community test preview of SpeedTrace 3.3.20 as 32bit Version is now available for downloading!

Download Info:
SpeedTrace 3.3.20
Community Test Preview
32-bit version.
Expires: 30.09.2008


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