Metallect with a release of its IQ Server software risk management tool this week is providing users with new capabilities to gauge application dependencies.
IQ Server version 2.7.1 features a new interface with visual application diagramming capabilities that display an application portfolio and how components relate to each other.
"You can actually zoom in and out from the highest level. You can look at your apps and your databases holistically," said Guy Hoffman, Metallect CEO. Users can drill in on parts of an application and view dependencies.
Previously, IQ Server offered just a text view that lacked the visual capabilities of the new release. Also featured in version 2.7.1 are embedded workflows to show dependencies between the database, interface and other application components.
IQ Server scans source code and a database schema to make determinations on the impacts of software changes. New builds are audited to ensure that changes were intentional.
With the new release, Metallect also has added capabilities to report on code that is no longer in use. Eliminating this "dead" code can dramtically improve build cycle times, Hoffman said.
IQ Server 2.7.1 costs $150,000 for a perpetual license or $50,000 per year.
Posted by Paul Krill on April 16, 2007 05:00 AM
