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ANTS Profiler 4 transforms .NET performance analysis

Red Gate release features real-time analysis, interactive timeline

CAMBRIDGE, U.K., September 2, 2008 ANTS Profiler 4, introduced today by Red Gate, marks a major transformation in performance profiling, providing real-time analysis with an interactive timeline that gives developers a complete picture of performance within any region of code. "The timeline in ANTS Profiler 4 will alter the way I profile forever," says Paul Usher, lead developer for Impact Homes Pty Ltd. "I can interact with it while it's still profiling and start investigating performance data pretty much straight away."

"Hardly noticeable" overhead

ANTS Profiler 4 enables developers to profile .NET applications in one step: Simply enter settings (application to profile, profiling mode, timing display, etc.) and click the "start profiling" button.  A new engine delivers 8 times the performance of its predecessor, making it the fastest .NET code profiler with line-level timing.

"With most profiling software, my application runs so slowly that the profiler is barely usable," says Geoff Hirst of 64Bitz Computer Consultancy Ltd. "But even when ANTS Profiler 4 is collecting line-level timings the overhead is hardly noticeable."

"I like the responsiveness," says Jim Holmes, Microsoft MVP and practice lead at Quick Solutions. "It's still usable while fetching data and that's very impressive to me."

End of static snapshot

ANTS Profiler 4 marks the end of the static performance snapshot.  The new timeline feature enables developers to analyze results between any two points in real time. Click and drag over a region of activity on the timeline and the tree view below automatically expands to show the worst-performing code within the region.

"The interactive timeline gives you an immediate picture of what's going on," says Brannon King, software engineer with Autonomous Solutions Inc.

Info and free downloads

A product demo , a walkthrough and a fully functional 14-day trial download of ANTS Profiler 4 are available from the main ANTS Profiler product page. ANTS Profiler 4 is $295 for the standard version and $495 for the pro version.

About Red Gate Software

Red Gate Software makes ingeniously simple tools for Microsoft technology developers and DBAs. The company's product line includes tools for comparing, synchronizing, packaging, backing up and recovering SQL Server databases; and understanding and fixing .NET code problems to enable better performance. Red Gate is a silver sponsor for the Visual Studio 2005 launch and a Visual Studio Industry Partner.

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