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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Tags: cloud computing, distributed tracing, free recorder service, over the cloud, remote tracing, test automation
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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!
Tags: bottleneck, diagnostics, lifecycle management, performance checks, performance issue, quality assurance, quality management, SpeedTrace Pro 3.4, trace engine
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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!
Tags: .net applications, Add new tag, lifecycle management, performance issue, Profiler, remote trace and profile, software performance, software quality, tracer
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April 23rd, 2010
SpeedTrace Pro 3.4.11 - new build now online!
As promised we have endowed our SpeedTrace Pro 3.4 CTP Version with integrated security locks to ensure maximum security and prevent foreign party misuse (unauthorized access, spying attempts, etc.).
New feature in version 3.4.11 - Security!
Security locks with a range of options from password-protected settings to authorization restrictions have been integrated.
Version 3.4.11 ready for download!
You can download the current BUILD 3.4.11 here:
Downlaod SpeedTrace 3.4.11
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April 20th, 2010
Profiling over the cloud – Upside
Tracing and profiling over the cloud has tremendous advantages enabling companies to introduce near to realtime, potentially ubiquitous deployment and thus seemingly to overcome all restrictions of time and space …
Security issues – Downside
However, wherever there is an upside there usually is also a downside to any new functionality: Without taking the necessary precautions, working in the cloud (remote tracing, distributed trace agents) is liable to raise serious security issues. You might find yourself at peril of being exposed to unauthorized access and spying activities if you don’t have any built-in security locks to prevent misuse. We believe that taking all necessary precautionary measures is a top priority concern for any software development.
Built-in security locks – Right side up!
To address the issue, SpeedTrace Pro now has integrated security locks that block any unauthorized access and/or spying attempts. You now have a fair amount of options to guarantee internet security ranging from password-protected settings to authorization restrictions. The new SpeedTrace Pro CTP Build 3.4.11, ready for download later on this week, implements these to perfection.
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March 22nd, 2010
Distributed functionality …
SpeedTrace Pro 3.4.8 adds a special new feature to test automation and remote tracing: Previously, you had to start several SpeedTrace clients or instances, one for each machine you wanted to trace remotely. Now, you can activate s e v e r a l projects from within o n e and the s a m e UI to do so. This not only enables Remote but full-fledged Distributed Tracing. So you can not only trace and profile processes on any number of target machines belonging to customers or clients anywhere on the globe, but you can now do this simultaneously within one single user interface (UI).
… enables easier management …
For example, Machine A communicates with mit Machine B which communicates with Machine B … etc. Now, with distributed functionality, the SpeedTrace Client can record all three machines within one and the same UI at the same time. Whether you trace all 3 clients of a single customer or you trace 3 customers with their clients simultaneously from one UI, makes no difference.
… and a more structured analysis of distributed systems
Accordingly, an interface has been designed which provides a single point of reference to deal with logs and traces produced by various components of a distributed system. By recording and correlating the events throughout a distributed system of customer application, and thus being able to address the interactive relationships of its system components, SpeedTrace Pro prepares the ground for even more systematic and profound analyses of distributed application problems.
Download and request a trial license of the the new SpeedTrace (CTP) Version 3.4.8 Build from here:
http://www.ipcas.com/trace-and-profile/download.html#pro_ctp
Tags: distributed systems, distributed tracing, remote maintenance, remote tracing, test automation
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March 19th, 2010
We have enhanced our SpeedTrace Pro 3.4 Version.
New feature in version 3.4.8:
Support for tracing distributed .net applications running on multiple computers.
You can download the current BUILD 3.4.8 here:
Tags: .net applications, 3.4.8, download, new feature, SpeedTrace, SpeedTrace Pro, SpeedTrace Pro 3.4, version
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