Avicode Intercept Studio is a developer support solution that identifies issues with .Net applications down to the individual assembly or transaction. Intercept Studio is also well integrated with MOM 2005.The key reasons to consider this product are:
- If you have in-house developed .Net applications, Intercept Studio can be invaluable in finding quality and performance issues in those applications with a level of detail useful to your developers.
- The company appears to have a strong relationship with the MOM 2005 team and Microsoft, which potentially positions the product as a good companion for MOM 2005.
The position of this product relative to other products you might consider is:
- Unlike infrastructure monitoring tools that focus upon networks and servers, Intercept Studio operates at the application level
- Unlike other APM tools, Intercept Studio provides true root cause information down to the line of code that is the culprit of the problem.
The issues or concerns that you should be aware of when choosing this product are:
- Intercept Studio is focused upon .Net applications only. Therefore it is not appropriate for Windows applications that are pre-.Net, nor for J2EE applications.
- Intercept Studio focuses only upon the .Net application itself, and not the other layers of the application system.
- Intercept Studio should therefore be used in addition to operational APM monitors instead of in their place.
