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Application Analytics: Why Is the Developer Always the Last to Know?
From the July issue of Visual Studio Magazine, PreEmptive Solutions CMO Sebastian Holst provides a look at how software developers can use the integrated application analytics capabilities of Visual Studio 2010 to improve software quality.
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Monitoring & Analytics are the Key to Unlocking Software & Development Value
Successful application development organizations will find ways to better align their resources with business objectives and reconcile development investments with operational improvements and business outcomes. Runtime Intelligence Services offers a rare opportunity to generate objective evidence documenting the impact of software deployment.
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Enterprise IT Application Portfolio Management
Enterprise IT cannot effectively manage without a reliable and secure means of managing their application portfolios. Analysts agree that these demands are increasing with more "Shadow IT" applications coming online everyday. A leading risk analyst firm has concluded that business unit application development efforts will expand significantly in 2009-2010 and that operations must mitigate risk.
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Improved Customer Experience
Near real-time visibility into individual usage and their underlying hardware and software technology stack combined with “community” usage norms helps to more quickly diagnose customer incidents and proactively address potential quality issues as they relate to both application and environmental factors.
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Step 1: Easy Instrumentation
Using Dotfuscator or DashO, developers can quickly and easily instrument any .NET or Java application to include Runtime Intelligence tracking attributes. Include customized opt-in dialogues and security settings for regulatory and corporate policy compliance.
Instrumentation Tips [PDF]
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Step 2: Variety of Endpoints
Instrumented applications send data directly into our hosted Runtime Intelligence repository for storage and processing. Offline caching is available when your end users do not have a sustained internet connection.
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Step 3: Put the Intelligence to Work
Once processed, data is surfaced to your development team and stakeholders through our Runtime Intelligence Services web portal. Reports can be sorted and extracted for integration into your ALM and IDE platforms.
See Live Portal Data on CodePlex
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... developers can now protect, manage and increase the value of their application development investments easily and without having to write additional code.”
Norman Guadagno
Director of Product Management for Visual Studio Team System
Microsoft Corporation