PreEmptive Analytics™ for TFS Automates Feedback-Driven Development, Improving Software Quality and Developer Efficiency

PreEmptive Solutions, the leading provider of solutions to measure, manage, and protect software development investments, announced today the early release of PreEmptive Analytics for TFS, an application analytics solution that monitors application events and automatically creates and schedules work items within Visual Studio Team Foundation Server.

“This is the most significant addition to the PreEmptive portfolio since we launched application analytics in 2008,” said Gabriel Torok, CEO PreEmptive Solutions. “We’ve elevated analytics from ‘knowing’ to ‘acting’ by connecting our analytics repository to a rule-driven subscription engine tightly integrated into Visual Studio Team Foundation Server.”

PreEmptive Analytics for TFS is available initially to its integration partners and participants in its early adopter program. The product is on track for general, production release in January, 2012.

“Software teams recognize that they need to think of the whole lifecycle, involve their stakeholders, and apply modern, agile engineering practices,” said Sam Guckenheimer, Group Product Planner for Visual Studio at Microsoft and ALM Summit Leadership Track Chairman. “The pressure to increase transparency, reduce waste, and improve flow of value is more intense than ever. PreEmptive Analytics for TFS demonstrates both the impact that feedback driven development can have and the powerful and extensible capabilities of the Visual Studio platform.”

Key features include support for:

• .NET framework, native, JavaScript and Java applications
• Client, cloud and mobile runtimes
• Unhandled, thrown and caught exception events including custom data
• Automated enforcement of user opt-in and corporate privacy policies
• Extensible rule configurations and work item definitions
• “out-of-the-box” integration with Visual Studio 2010

“The ability to encode and automate ALM responses to production application use is an exciting addition to the growing practice of feedback driven development,” said Claude Remillard, co-founder of InCycle Software - a leading firm providing ALM consulting services for .NET development teams. “We are already seeing client interest in PreEmptive’s solution and we are looking forward to helping our clients get the most out of this promising and innovative technology.”

Pricing will start at $4,000 USD for a development team of 10. For more information, visit www.preemptive.com/pa.

About PreEmptive Solutions

PreEmptive Solutions measures, manages and protects software across on-premise, cloud and mobile platforms. With more than 4,000 corporate clients and inclusion with Microsoft’s Visual Studio since 2003, PreEmptive Solutions is the clear choice for any organization serious about measuring and protecting its application investments. For more information, visit www.preemptive.com or call +1.440.443.7200.

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