News Briefs: August 1, 2008

By SD Times News Team

August 1, 2008 —

PRODUCTS
Microsoft and ASG Software have created an API that connects Microsoft Systems Center Operations Manager to ASG’s Business Service Platform, which the companies said combines Microsoft server performance information with the business service management.

DevExpress has released a public beta of its AgDataGrid suite for Silverlight, which implements smart loading of the Silverlight grid’s UI for smaller control load times, the company said. The AgDataGrid beta features data grouping and sorting against multiple columns, column movement and resizing, and row editing.

Live content archiving product maker Mimosa Systems has released an SDK for its Near Point platform for content archiving and monitoring, along with regulatory compliance. The free SDK allows developers to extend the platform’s capabilities for more content sources, including content stored on backup tapes, records management and business intelligence products.

MVP Systems, a provider of automation and application scheduling software, has released SaaSMonitor.com, a SaaS application that monitors servers, network devices and applications. The company said that monitoring is done relatively quickly because there is no software to deploy. The product has an alerting system that notifies the user when an issue is detected.

UPDATES
TotalView Technologies has added the ability to run on the Cell Broadband Engine architecture in version 8.5 of its namesake source debugger. The latest version works with Cell Broadband Engine-based Linux systems by way of the IBM Cell SDK, according to the company. IBM Blue Gene/P platform interoperability in the debugger now includes asynchronous control of threads created by Open MP and Pthreads.

Real Software shipped REALbasic release 3, aimed at Linux, Mac OS X and Windows platforms. Included is a new language feature called Attributes, an update project analyzer that the company says can warn of deprecated functionality and other issues, and an integrated profiler that allows the tracking of performance issues with having to recode the application.

Cenzic announced the 5.7 release of Hailstorm Professional and Hailstorm Enterprise ARC, which the company said includes PCI compliance reporting that adheres to the PCI Council Requirement 6.6 for data input protection, as well as stronger Web services support, a new user interface for the ARC desktop client, and usability and workflow improvements for the ARC dashboard.

Model-driven development company Intelliun has released Virtual Enterprise 6.0, which adds support for .NET and SOA development on top of its Java EE support. Intelliun adopts the Unified Modeling Language standard, which allows people to build applications without having to write actual code.

Austria-based automated software testing company Ranorex has released a new version of its flagship software testing application, Ranorex 1.5. One of its new features is Ranorex Studio, a test development environment that permits users to create test automation projects through a single interface, according to the company.

Quest Software now offers its JProbe Java profiler as a plug-in to the Eclipse IDE as part of the release of JProbe 8.0. The company said launching JProbe in an Eclipse environment enables users to adopt continuous performance testing best practices. Quest Software said it plans to add performance analysis capabilities to its Eclipse plug-in to allow users to investigate issues without having to leave the Eclipse environment.

On-demand testing company Keynote Systems has added performance analysis features to KITE 2.0 (Keynote Internet Testing Environment). KITE is a Web performance testing product that lets users test from their desktop or across Keynote’s on-demand global networks. The new version can analyze AJAX, Flash and JavaScript with Internet Explorer integration, as well as record Web application test scripts.

PEOPLE
Mark Hoffman was named chairman and CEO of Enquisite, a maker of search analytics products. Hoffman was previously CEO of Everdream, a SaaS company that was acquired by Dell in December 2007, as well as the CEO and chairman of e-commerce specialist Commerce One. He has more than 25 years of experience in the software industry.

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