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June 20, 2026
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Stephen Kellett

GlowCode Does Four Things. That Is the Problem.

  GlowCode from Electric Software claims to do four things: detect memory and handle leaks, profile performance, measure code coverage, and trace execution. One tool, […]

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June 20, 2026
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Software Verify Tools vs GlowCode

GlowCode from Electric Software, Inc. is a memory profiler, performance profiler, and – per its features page – a code coverage and execution tracing tool […]

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June 20, 2026
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Intel Inspector Is Being Discontinued – What to Use Instead

Intel Inspector is being discontinued. Community support ended in January 2025. Intel Priority Support ended in January 2026. The product has been removed from the […]

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June 20, 2026
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Migrating from Intel Inspector to Software Verify Tools

Intel has discontinued Intel Inspector. Community support ended in January 2025. Intel Priority Support ends January 2026. The product has been removed from the Intel […]

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June 20, 2026
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ANTS Performance Profiler vs Performance Validator: What’s the Difference?

ANTS Performance Profiler and Performance Validator from Software Verify both profile .NET applications. The comparison is worth making clearly, because the tools handle the work […]

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June 20, 2026
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Performance Validator vs ANTS Performance Profiler

ANTS Performance Profiler has not received a meaningful update since January 2021. A single maintenance release (v11.1) was pushed on August 24, 2023 – the […]

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June 20, 2026
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ANTS Memory Profiler vs Memory Validator: What’s the Difference?

ANTS Memory Profiler and Memory Validator from Software Verify overlap in one area: profiling memory in .NET applications. But the overlap is narrower than it […]

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June 20, 2026
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Memory Validator vs ANTS Memory Profiler

ANTS Memory Profiler has not received a meaningful update since late 2020. A single maintenance release appeared in August 2023 after nearly three years of […]

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May 19, 2026
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AQTime Is Shutting Down. Here’s What Replaces It.

SmartBear has confirmed that AQTime will reach end of life in June/July 2026. If you’re using AQTime for memory analysis, code coverage, or performance profiling, […]

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May 19, 2026
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Parasoft Insure++ Is Being Discontinued. Here’s What Replaces It.

Parasoft has announced that Insure++ is being discontinued in June/July 2026. If you have been using Insure++ for C/C++ memory debugging on Windows, you need […]

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