Quest Software announced this week an upgraded version of its JProbe product for Java performance tuning, featuring support for Java Platform, Standard Edition (SE) Release 6. Version 7.0 of JProbe also supports advanced memory diagnostics offered in the IBM Java Virtual Machine. JProbe is a Java profiling tool that fine-tunes Java application performance by diagnosing and resolving performance and scalability i Quest Software announced this week an upgraded version of its JProbe product for Java performance tuning, featuring support for Java Platform, Standard Edition (SE) Release 6.Version 7.0 of JProbe also supports advanced memory diagnostics offered in the IBM Java Virtual Machine. JProbe is a Java profiling tool that fine-tunes Java application performance by diagnosing and resolving performance and scalability issues, Quest said. Developers can diagnose the root cause of performance and memory issues within Java applications. Java SE 6 was recently released, featuring enhancements in areas such as Web services and scripting. JProbe 7.0 leverages the Java Virtual Machine Tool Interface feature of Java SE 6 for diagnostic data collection. Other new features in JProbe 7.0 include stronger memory analysis to provide deeper statistics, tracing of object references and “what-if” resolution testing. Support is offered for IBM Portable Heap Dump Analysis, a data format that provides a memory image of the Java heap.Version 7.0 also offers optimized performance analysis workflows and visualization of performance data for improved workflows and simplified analysis. A unified console features tools for memory, performance and coverage and uses tables for configuring these three tools. JProbe integrates with Quest’s PerformaSure, for Java application diagnosis, to allow for multi-JVM and multi-tier Java application and portal performance diagnostics. The products linked together constitute the Quest Application Assurance Suite. JProbe 7.0 is available now with prices starting at $2,000. Technology Industry