Cross-Platform Development Solutions

Teamprise is a suite of client applications for accessing Visual Studio Team System Team Foundation Server from outside of the Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment (IDE). Teamprise enables software development teams to use the source control, work item tracking, document, and reporting features of Team Foundation Server from within the Eclipse IDE and from other operating systems, including Linux and Mac OS X.

For more information, visit Teamprise.

BMC AppSight accelerates the process of diagnosing problems in .NET, native Windows, and Java applications throughout the life cycle. Testers and support staff use the BMC AppSight black box flight recorder software to automatically capture complete problem documentation and attach it to a Visual Studio Team System work item. By enabling developers to replay the recorded history of a problem rather than recreating the problem, AppSight helps teams quickly determine the root cause of any application-related issue.

For more information, visit BMC Software.

OpenMake Software, a provider of build-to-release management solutions, integrates with Team Foundation Server, extending build support for multiplatform and cross-language development projects. OpenMake Meister supports a single build workflow that will build Visual Studio 2008, Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio .NET, Visual Studio 6.0, and Java JEE applications as well as legacy systems written in UNIX, Linux or z/OS. OpenMake Meister extends Team Foundation Server to support continuous integration builds, build avoidance, build forensics and build best practices through Meister's Build Services.

For more information, visit OpenMake Software.

Electric Cloud provides build automation and build acceleration products.

• ElectricAccelerator provides distributed parallel builds for Visual Studio, make/NMAKE, and Ant, offering 10-20X improvements in build speed.
• ElectricInsight analyzes parallel builds and allows rapid discovery of component dependencies, serializations, and build failures.
• ElectricCommander automates the build-test-release cycle for development. Continuous integration and support for multiple platforms enables ElectricCommander to serve in mixed environments for developing with Visual Studio and other developer tools. A flexible API and easily-configured interfaces enable ElectricCommander to address a wide range of build, test, and reporting tools with a standardized user interface.

For more information, visit Electric Cloud.

JNBridge provides Java and .NET interoperability tools to connect components and applications together across the Java/.NET platform boundary.

• JNBridgePro enables access to any object-oriented API from the other side, in the same process or across a network.
• The JNBridge JMS Adapter for .NET provides single-step integration of JMS (Java Messaging Service) capabilities into Microsoft .NET applications.
• JNBridge also provides a JMS Adapter for BizTalk Server.

For more information, visit JNBridge.

dynaTrace Diagnostics is an application performance management solution that provides monitoring and in-depth diagnostic data to enable rapid resolution of performance problems in either  .NET or Java applications or in applications which combine these technologies. Tight integration with the Visual Studio IDE helps customers make the necessary changes in the application code to resolve issues identified using dynaTrace Diagnostics.

For more information, visit dynaTrace.

Flowfinity Blackbird is an add-on to Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 that empowers ASP.NET developers to deliver "Wireless-Ready" applications for BlackBerry devices. Using unique features of Visual Studio 2005, Blackbird shortens the BlackBerry application development learning curve for Microsoft .NET developers.

For more information, visit Flowfinity.

Delta Tau builds motion control cards that run an embedded operating system based on Linux. Delta Tau also provides a development tool so customers can write software for its motion control hardware using either a proprietary scripting language or ANSI C. Delta Tau has chosen the Visual Studio 2008 Shell as the new platform for their development tools.

For more information, visit Delta Tau.

Micro Focus Net Express is a COBOL development environment for extending core business processes to the Microsoft .NET Framework and other distributed platforms. Integration with Microsoft Visual Studio and the .NET Framework plus direct COBOL Web services capabilities, J2EE connectivity, and XML support enable integration of existing and new COBOL applications with leading enterprise technologies.

For more information, visit Micro Focus.

Fujitsu NetCOBOL for .NET integrates with other languages such as Visual Basic, C#, and Eiffel. Fujitsu delivers support for Microsoft .NET and ASP.NET, including Web services. Fujitsu is ensuring that COBOL will be a first class language in the .NET Framework by developing all of the tools necessary to make COBOL programmers highly productive in the .NET Framework.

For more information, visit Fujitsu.

ASNA Visual RPG for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (AVR) is a modern implementation of RPG that enables RPG developers to easily build Web and Windows applications. AVR provides direct, secure and fast access to both files and program objects on IBM's System i (formerly known as iSeries, AS/400) server. Using a familiar but modernized syntax, RPG programmers can quickly apply their long-standing RPG experience to create modern applications that connect seamlessly to the System i platform.

For more information, visit ASNA.