About iStrobe

iStrobe is a product designed for use on workstations in conjunction with the Strobe MVS Application Performance Measurement System. Strobe and iStrobe give IS professionals the ability to measure an application's performance and pinpoint sources of inefficiency within an application. Strobe collects run-time information on resource consumption by batch processing programs and online applications. The reports in iStrobe show precisely the areas of the application responsible for inefficiencies. By providing you with application performance-specific information, Strobe and iStrobe help IS organizations ensure that efficiency and responsiveness are designed into and maintained across the application development life cycle.

iStrobe helps you:

  • Analyze application performance to create benchmarks and standards.

  • Ensure that applications released from development meet production requirements for efficiency and responsiveness.

  • Maintain an application's performance despite changes in the production environment by allowing personnel to:

  • Reduce run times for batch processing programs.

  • Improve transaction response times for applications executing in online environments.

  • Reduce demand on system resources, freeing resources for additional processing and deferring hardware acquisitions.

  • Ensure that changes made during maintenance do not degrade application performance.

  • Avoid performance fire-fighting and rework by ensuring that personnel in each functional area view efficiency and responsiveness as integral goals of the products they deliver.