CA Traces Java Performance Problems with ChangeDetector

Published: August 22, 2006

by Alex Woodie

Have you made the switch to Java programming, but find fixing application performance issues a difficult task? If so, you might benefit from a new utility launched by CA last week called Introscope ChangeDetector. The new utility is designed to help programmers by correlating the changes made to a Java or Web application with their poor performance.

"The first question IT asks when an application starts to perform poorly is 'What changed?'" says Mike Malloy, vice president and chief marketing officer of CA's Wily Technology Division (CA completed the Wily acquisition in March). "The ability of Introscope ChangeDetector to integrate change detection and application performance data is a significant innovation, providing IT staff with powerful new insight into the impact of application changes on application performance."

Introscope ChangeDetector continuously monitors Java applications--including their text files, binary files, archives, JVM classes, system properties, and database tables--and records details related to the change, including the time the change was made, the nature of the change, and any differences between critical application text files, CA says.

Once a change is logged, the product delivers "deep visibility" into those changes, including changes to the code, configuration changes made to the application server, and any changes to the connection to back-end systems. ChangeDetector logs all changes as an addition, modification, or deletion, and allows programmers to sort through the changes by applications, groups, or according to the internal components of the application itself.

ChangeDetector works with any J2EE-compliant platform, including IBM WebSphere, BEA WebLogic, SAP NetWeaver and Oracle Application Server Portal.