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Visual Studio Partner Products

With 25 years expertise in software licensing and product knowledge, Grey Matter can help you understand what third party products you can utilise to improve your development process.

Microsoft works closely with a number of specialist publishers that have the expertise to extend the functionality of the Microsoft developer tools and server products. These third party publishers typically provide components that can be dropped into your applications to reduce development time and minimise risk. Some also provide products that are tightly integrated with the Microsoft platform to provide additional functionality and performance benefits.

The following product sections are based on the software development lifecycle and integration with Visual Studio; Design, Build (includes Components), Test (includes debug and collaboration) and Deploy (includes protect and licence)

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Every application is designed, and its typical for these designs to change and grow as the requirements come into closer view. Applications also need to be structured so that they can grow and develop with the needs of the business too, and the design needs to be clear to communicate the structure of the application for other teams or for redevelopment in the future. Unified Modelling Language (UML) is the most well know and universally accepted methodology and there are several branded flavours

The following is a selection of tools from our established catalogue that work with Visual Studio to assist you in the design of software and data structure architectures.

Altova MissionKit
Altova Umodel
CA ERWIN Data Modeler
Mindjet Mindmanager Pro 7

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A wide range of tools and components are available to developers working with .NET, and as we move towards multicore processing parts of optimising your code move from the test and debug arena through to the design and build phase of the software application lifecycle. We have split our components listings into single and multi function components

The following is a selection of tools from our established catalogue that work with Visual Studio to assist you in building your application.

AutomatedQA Automated Build Studio
Altova MapForce
Jetbrains Resharper
Techsmith Morae
Intel Vtune Performance analyzer
Intel Thread Checker
Intel XSLT Accellerator
Micro Focus Net Express

Component Suites

DBI Component Toolbox for .NET
SyncFusion Essential Studio Enterprise
ComponentOne Studio Enterprise
Nevron .NET Vision Suite
/n software IP Works
ComponentArt WebUI for .NET
Infragistics NetAdvantage for .NET
Xceed Ultimate Suite
FarPoint Spead for Windows Forms

Single Components
Dundas Chart for .NET
Pegasus Imaging ImagXPress
ComponentArt WebChart for .NET
Infragistics NetAdvantage for ASP.NET
Infragistics - NetAdvantage for Windows Forms
DBI Calendar Tools for .NET

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As applications grow in scope, debugging, testing and optimising becomes a more complex and challenging field. From everything from Bug Trackers through to Thread Checkers there are a wide range and variety of tools on offer to help improve application speed and reliability.

The following is a selection of tools from our established catalogue that work with Visual Studio to assist you test debug and optimise your applications.

Intel Vtune Performance analyzer
Intel Thread Checker
Intel XSLT Accellerator
Infragistics TestAdvantage
Compuware Devpartner Studio
Redgate Ants Profiler
Automated QA AQTime
Axosoft On Time 2008
SourceGear Vault
Telelogic Synergy
Microsoft Team Foundation Server
Seapine Test Track Pro

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Application installation, deployment, packaging, protection and licensing are crucial stages in the software application lifecycle. There are a lot of variable to consider such as Service Orientated Architecture (SOA) for server side applications, obfuscation and code protection and how to manage evaluations and editions via licensing.

The following is a selection of tools from our established catalogue that work with Visual Studio to assist you deploy, package and protect your applications.

InstallShield 2008
Altiris Wise Installation Studio
Nalpeiron Licensing Service
Microsoft Software Licensing and Protection Services
Pre-Emptive Dotfuscator Gold

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