Launches new application performance portal for Java applications.

Macro 4 plc, a global vendor of systems soft-ware and document management solutions, has announced the first availability of its Application Performance Portal (A.P.P.). This advanced solution offers users a new level of functionality to help deal with the challenges presented by the latest generation of critical business applications that have been created using the Java programming environment. Macro 4 has been a specialist provider of solutions to aid the development, deployment and performance of critical applications for many years with a focus on the IBM mainframe environment. Building on its experience in this most demanding area, Macro 4 has developed the Application Performance Portal (A.P.P.) to specifically address the problems that all organisations face in tackling the performance of their latest, most critical, business applications.

The Java environment is the most popular and effective way that organisations design and build their new core applications. It provides the ability to create very sophisticated solutions quickly and for them to be deployed across a wide range of different computing platforms. This allows users to get new functionality to market much more quickly but also presents a new generation of complexity when it comes to ensuring that these multi-platform, highly advanced solutions behave and perform at their best. A.P.P. provides the vital information that enables the user to know how and where their applications are using crucial resources and to help make sure that they are as efficient as possible.

With its unique and highly advanced detection technology, combined with a leading edge user interface, the A.P.P. combines providing depth of knowledge with the ease of use that allows users to make the very best of their most important applications.