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Product:
Fibre Channel product line
- Gigabit Server-Storage Networking Products
Company: Gadzoox Microsystems, Inc.
(Los Gatos, CA)
Telephone: (888) 423-3222, (408) 399-4858
Fax: (408) 399-4870
E-mail: info@gadzoox.com
URL: http://www.gadzoox.com
Description:
A new line of gigabit speed server-storage networking products based
on the Fibre Channel technology. Applications include server and
storage connectivity, video editing, and image processing. Fibre
Channel is an open-standard, gigabit speed connectivity technology
that supports both serial SCSI and IP. Its high bandwidth and
extended connectivity make it appropriate for data intensive video,
OLTP, imaging, and web serving applications.
Product:
NetFortress
- Intranet security solution
Company: Digital Secured Networks Technology, Inc.
(Englewood Cliffs, NJ)
Telephone: (201) 568-3232
Fax: (201) 568-3131
E-mail: info@dsnt.com
URL: http://www.dsnt.com
Description:
New release has automated policing capabilities, increased speed, and
improved protection, including automated firewall capabilities. This
automated hardware solution automatically seals off all unwanted
communications to a corporate LAN while encrypting and authenticating
authorized communications to other protected hosts. Scrambled streams
of data are generated with complete transparency to users and
administrators, and with no cost to network performance. New
features: Some built in firewall functionality; allows users to surf
the Web or e-mail outside an intranet to non-protected hosts.
Encryption/decryption integrity checking; ensures data integrity in
transit and proper encryption and decryption of messages. Throughput
speed increased to 2.5 times T1 speed; product uses a new Pentium
board for faster processing.
Product:
SPARCbook Server
- mobile server for RISC/UNIX
($13,495 to $17,995)
Company: Tadpole Technology
(Austin, TX)
Telephone: (512) 219-2200
E-mail: info@tadpole.com
URL: http://www.tadpole.com
Platforms: PC and Macintosh notebook computers
Description:
A lightweight server for taking server applications on the road, for
demonstrations or for short-term application deployment. Weighs 6.5
pounds and comes in a rugged magnesium alloy case. For application
developers, integrators and resellers, it simplifies the job of taking
applications to customers, enabling more demonstrations in more
locations in less time. Because the hard drive is removable,
different configurations can be carried separately on extra hard
drives that can be changed in a matter of seconds, eliminating
time-consuming reconfiguration and securing the data. There is no
need to reboot between sessions, which can be saved to disk and
resumed the next time the system is turned on. Performance is
equivalent to a SPARCstation 5 and is powered by a 110 MHz microSPARC
II processor, providing ample power to demonstrate server
applications. Memory is upgradeable from 32 MB to 128 MB, the
internal SCSI hard drive has a capacity of 1.2 GB, and the built-in
SCSI interface simplifies the addition of external storage. Paired
with either a PC or Macintosh notebook, the server creates a complete
mobile demonstration environment for client-server and database
applications.
Product:
ADEPT 6.0
- SGML-based authoring and publishing tools
Company: ArborText, Inc.
(Ann Arbor, MI)
Telephone: (313) 997-0200
Fax: (313) 997-0201
E-mail: info@arbortext.com
URL: http://www.arbortext.com
Platforms: SunOS 4.1.3, Solaris 2.4, 2.5; H-P 9000/700; HP-UX 9.0.3,
Description:
New series for UNIX includes improvements to Editor and Publisher
functions, including simplified menus, a toolbar with tips, support
for multiple open files, document comparison capabilities, and
improved screen formatting of printed documents. It supports new
graphic types, including CGM, GIF, JPEG, TIFF, PCX, BMP, and CALS G4.
Previews and prints graphics in full color. Supports Sun bitmap, X11
bitmap, Sun icon files, IslandDraw DRW, TIFF 5, and PCL graphic types.
New menu structure and keyboard commands are enhanced versions of the
Windows 5.4.1 version. Supports standardized entity catalogs and
tables. Supports a new industry standard for exchanging entity
catalogs (which map external identifiers and entity names to file
names). The standard was developed by SGML Open, the industry
consortium, so that an SGML document can be processed by different
vendors' tools. It also supports the table model adopted by SGML Open
as the standard data format for interchanging tables between compliant
applications; this format is a modified version of the CALS table
model. The new release converts tables based on previous table models
and allows the user to override conversion to continue to use existing
tables as is. Supports redundant license servers; a utility compares
two SGML documents, creating a third document showing the first
document with the "adds" and "deletes" that would be necessary to
change it to match the second document.
Product:
Acrobat 3.0
- Creates Web-ready documents
($295)
Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated
(San Jose, CA)
Telephone: (800) 272-3623
E-mail: info@adobe.com
URL: http://www.adobe.com/
Platforms: Macintosh, Windows, SGI IRIX, SunOS, Sun Solaris, HP-UX,
Description:
Software for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX platforms creates documents
for distribution on the World Wide Web, corporate intranets and
CD-ROM. New features enhance its integration and performance on the
Web, using the Internet to distribute documents and provide access to
critical information. Any document can be prepared for distribution
through a process as simple as printing. Both paper documents and
those created with standard desktop authoring tools, such as word
processors, presentation packages and page layout tools, can be turned
into Portable Document Format (PDF) files and posted onto the Web. As
a result, users can distribute information through external Web sites
or corporate intranets without learning new tools or spending
additional time and resources reauthoring documents into new formats.
Optimizes PDF files for browsing, serving and searching on the
Internet; they can be accessed from Web browsers such as Netscape
Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer. New features include:
integration with popular Web browsers through support of the Netscape
Plug-in API and ActiveX controls; improved performance through
enhanced compression options and page-at-a-time downloading
capabilities; support for full-text searching of PDF files through
integration with third-party searching solutions; and a built-in
ability to scan and OCR paper documents into Web-ready PDF files.
Product:
Apex Ada 95/83 v2.2
- software development environment
($22,000)
Company: Rational Software Corporation
(Santa Clara, CA)
Telephone: (408) 496-3600, (800) RAT-1212
Fax: (408) 496-3636
E-mail: info@rational.com
URL: http://www.rational.com
Platforms: DEC, Sun, H-P, IBM, SGI
Description:
A software development environment for native and embedded-systems
development. Includes an optimizing Ada compiler with recompilation
technology to reduce the edit-compile-debug cycle. Offers syntactic
and semantic completion of programs, hypertext program navigation and
browsing capabilities, and customizable, automatic code-rule checking
and enforcement. Provides support for team-oriented development, even
when teams are geographically distributed, through configuration
management and version control (CMVC). Lifecycle environment includes
Objectory Process; Rose/Ada for visual modeling, automatic generation
of Ada source code, and reverse-engineering of existing Ada source
code back to a visual model of the system; Summit for integrated
software task and change management; TestMate for testing and coverage
analysis; and SoDA for generation of software and project
documentation. Provides extensive support for embedded systems
development, optimizing cross compilers, graphical symbolic debuggers,
cross linkers, assemblers, instruction set simulators, a user
configurable Ada runtime system, user configurable board support
packages, an all-Ada TCP/IP for Ethernet, an all-Ada hardened
filesystem, object module converters, debugger emulator support,
performance analysis tools, and testing tools.
Product:
DataBlade modules
- extend relational databases for new data types
Company: Informix Software, Inc.
(Menlo Park, CA)
Telephone: (415) 926-6054
E-mail: info@informix.com
URL: http://www.informix.com
Platforms: INFORMIX-Universal Server
Description:
New modules are available for the INFORMIX-Universal Server, developed
for several market areas and technologies. This technology is an
industry-standard approach to extending the functionality of a
database. Users can either create new applications or extend the
functionality of existing applications with plug-in modules. For
example, new modules are available this month for the following
categories: Data Warehousing/Financial; Digital Media; Mapping and
Spatial; Text/Document Management; and Web/Electronic Commerce.
Product:
Fire & Ice and Thunder & Lightning
- Full-Chip Signal and Power Compliance Suite
($150,000)
Company: Simplex Solutions, Inc.
(San Jose, CA)
Telephone: (408) 432-8260
Fax: (408) 432-8262
E-mail: info@simplex.com
URL: http://www.simplex.com
Platforms: UNIX workstations from Sun, H-P, and IBM
Description:
An integrated suite of IC layout verification products for the
electronic design automation (EDA) industry. Supports signal and
power compliance (SPC) of multi-million transistor chips in deep
submicron semiconductor process technology. Enables designers of
complex ICs, ASICs, and ASSPs to adopt an SPC methodology that ensures
working silicon prior to manufacturing. IC designers are using this
product to gain visibility into difficult problems with signal
integrity (SI) and IR drop. Features a full-chip display mode that
combines fast problem observation with the capability to scope in and
make corrections. The resulting full-chip visibility gives designers
insight into both the regional and global effects of SI and IR drop,
and allows them to minimize the overall impact on chip timing and
performance.
Product:
INTERSHOP Online
- Internet shopping software
($4,999 for Windows NT and $7,999 for UNIX)
Company: NetConsult Communications
(Burlingame, CA)
Telephone: (800) 736-5197, (415) 373-1530
E-mail: info@intershop.com
URL: http://www.intershop.com
Platforms: Windows NT, DEC Alpha, UNIX, SOLARIS, HP-UX
Description:
Saves merchants time and money in designing and deploying interactive
electronic commerce storefronts. Uses Java, a Sybase SQL database
server, CyberCash secure Internet payment technology and inventory
tracking capabilities. Gives merchants inventory tracking control and
statistical analysis of store operations. Consumer operation steps
and store management can be carried out with Web browsers such as
Netscape Navigator, Microsoft's Internet Explorer or any HTML3
browser. The database server and Web server can be installed on
separate computers. Includes a server kernel, a high-quality
relational client-server database system (Sybase SQL Server 11),
secure Internet payment services, and the necessary administration
tools and documentation.
Product:
JIT compiler and JIT Validation Test Suite
- Java development tools
Company: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
(Mountain View, CA)
Telephone: (800) SUN-SOFT
E-mail: info@sun.com
URL: http://www.sun.com/workshop/java/jit/
Platforms: Solaris 2.5 and Solaris 2.5.1
Description:
Two Java Just-In-Time (JIT) development technologies: a JIT compiler
and a JIT Validation Test Suite. JIT technology increases the speed
of Java applications by translating byte code to native machine code,
allowing applications to run faster than programs without JIT.
Performance increases of up to 50 times have been observed, with
improvements highest for long-running, compute-intensive programs such
as those used for engineering or scientific work. Benchmark tests,
including Pendragon Software's CaffeineMark, show that Java
applications deployed with JIT technology increased performance 50
times over non-JIT environments. The JIT Validation Test Suite is a
set of comprehensive tests critical in assuring that code from the JIT
compiler is not compromised in quality.
Product:
JavaBeans Development Kit
- Enables the development of Java-based components
(free beta D/L)
Company: JavaSoft (Sun Microsystems, Inc.)
(Cupertino, CA)
Telephone: (800) SUN-SOFT
E-mail: info@sun.com
URL: http://java.sun.com/beans
Platforms: COM/ActiveX, OpenDoc, and Netscape's LiveConnect
Description:
Enables developers to build Java-based components. Uses a compact
component architecture that enables developers to write re-usable
components once and then run them anywhere. Compliant with the Java
Developer Kit (JDKTM) 1.1 beta. Includes: a reference implementation
of the JavaBeans API, including the component architecture and bridges
to other component architectures; "BeanBox," a reference text
container which allows developers to test the JavaBeans they develop.
It also serves as an example of a JavaBeans container; 12 sample
JavaBeans that can run in the BeanBox and demonstrate various
JavaBeans behavior; and early documentation, including reference
source code and tutorial information.
Product:
Macintosh Application Environment (MAE) 3.0
- Mac OS operating system for Unix-based workstations
($459)
Company: Apple Computer Inc.
(Cupertino, CA)
Telephone: (408) 974-5430
E-mail: info@apple.com
URL: http://www.mae.apple.com
Platforms: HP-UX 9.0.x, HP-UX 10.10, Solaris 2.4
Description:
Enables users of Sun and Hewlett-Packard Unix workstations to run
off-the-shelf Macintosh applications. Also adds new features such as
floating licenses, System 7.5.3 support, and security options.
Provides a Macintosh environment in an additional window, using
68LC040 emulation and native extensions. Runs off-the-shelf Mac
OS-compatible business productivity applications. Provides
interoperability with other Mac OS-based systems, while manipulating
Unix files and executing Unix applications from within a Macintosh
environment. Users can also copy and paste text and graphics between
Unix and Mac OS-compatible applications. Enhanced emulator
performance yields improvements over the previous version.
Product:
OnNet32 v 2.0
- TCP/IP connectivity suite
Company: FTP Software
(Andover, MA)
Telephone: (508) 685-3300
E-mail: info@ftp.com
URL: http://www.ftp.com
Platforms: Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0
Description:
Provides standards-based technologies for IP networking in both the
application and protocol stack areas. TCP/IP suite supports IPv6,
WinSock 2.0, IPSECurity standards and Virtual Private Network security
standards, and it allows network administrators to centrally install,
configure and manage a TCP/IP infrastructure. Provides a suite of
applications designed to reach and share information on corporate
intranets, the Internet and across legacy systems. Uses a 32-bit
multi-tasking, multi-threaded architecture for performance and
manageability.
Product:
PictureTalk Java and X.11 clients; Conference Server
- visual communication software
Company: PictureTalk, Inc.
(Pleasanton, CA)
Telephone: (510) 467-5300
Fax: (510) 467-5310
E-mail: info@picturetalk.com
URL: http://www.picturetalk.com
Platforms: Windows, Macintosh, Java, Unix/X.11
Description:
The addition of Java and X.11 clients further extends this
cross-platform, real-time communication product. Communicator
software allows PC, Macintosh, Network Computer (NC), and Unix
workstations to share information visually and interact in real time.
Conference Server version 1.3 also has new client support. The
software allows users on PCs, Macintoshes, or workstations to present
their desktops to other users via corporate intranets or the Internet.
It conveys desktop imagery live, continuously adapting compression
rates and formats to suit the performance of each system and the
network. It provides a way to provide lossless imagery of any desktop
data -- text documents, graphics, slides, animation -- to other users
on TCP/IP networks in real time. Devices such as Sun's JavaStation
and other network computers (NC's) are also supported. Conference
Server release 1.3 software now has enhanced meeting management
controls and audit trail capabilities. Meeting moderator controls
provide the ability to determine which users can present, chat, turn
on pointers, or view profiles of other users. This improves
manageability, scalability, and security for very large meetings such
as corporate broadcasts, training sessions, and events. The audit
trail additions allow better resource management and provide an
interface to automated billing and authentication systems.
Product:
Rendezvous
- whiteboard conferencing on Internet or corporate intranets
($995 for 10 simultaneous clients)
Company: VisualTek Solutions Inc.
(Fremont, CA)
Telephone: (510) 353-0952
Fax: (510) 353-0954
E-mail: info@visualtek.com
URL: http://www.rendezvous.visualtek.com
Platforms: Windows NT, Windows 95, Solaris, Irix, AIX, HP-UX, OSF,
Description:
A Java-based solution designed for client/server whiteboard
conferencing over the Internet and within corporate intranets. Lets
users collaborate with associates anywhere in the world. Its
client/server design makes it suited for whiteboard conferencing with
standard Web browsers or Network Computers (NC) such as the
JavaStation. Can be used by corporate intranets, Internet Service
Providers, and distance learning universities. Also supports
simultaneous chat sessions, drawing on a common canvas, file and
document exchange among conference participants, and screen image
sharing. Product consists of client software and the server. Clients
can run with Netscape's Navigator and Microsoft's Internet Explorer as
well as Marimba's Castanet. Native clients do not require a Web
browser and can run on Windows and UNIX platforms. The server is
designed to support an unlimited number of connections and channels
with each channel being capable of handling an unlimited number of
participants.
Product:
Smart Delivery
- notifies users of new or changed information
($3,350)
Company: FirstFloor, Inc.
(Mountain View, CA)
Telephone: (415) 968-1101
Fax: (415) 254-1193
E-mail: info@firstfloor.com
URL: http://www.firstfloor.com
Platforms: Solaris 2.5, Windows NT 3.51
Description:
An information delivery system that uses programmable agents and
off-line browsing technology to notify users of new or changed
information. An Application Development Kit (ADK) provides developers
with tools to integrate the system with popular business applications.
The result is an end-user solution to notify users and deliver new or
changed information directly to their desktops. In a corporate
setting, "information architects" or administrators can organize and
distribute documents, Web pages, data, and other information to
corporate users. The Smart Delivery line of products includes the
Smart Publisher, Smart Server, Smart Subscriber, and Smart Bookmarks.
Product:
SoftNC Technology
- access native, legacy and Java apps from anywhere on a network
Company: TriTeal Corporation
(Carlsbad, CA)
Telephone: (800) 755-TEAL
E-mail: info@triteal.com
URL: http://www.triteal.com
Platforms: Windows NT, 95, NC, Solaris
Description:
A Java-based desktop environment that enables users to access native,
legacy and Java applications from virtually anywhere on an enterprise
network. Users can run the same applications from a personal
computer, workstation or NC, in the desktop environment they already
know. Enterprises can configure a cross-platform desktop that will
follow users throughout the organization. Using an e-mail address, a
desktop URL or a smart card, users can log on to any SoftNC-equipped
device and have their personal desktop delivered to them regardless of
the operating system or hardware platform at which they are sitting.
The file management, session management, and desktop look and feel can
be the same as those users already know, and they are equipped to
access applications from any other platform that supports a Java
Virtual Machine (JVM).
Product:
StarWorks 3.0
- video networking software
Company: Starlight Networks
(Mountain View, CA)
Telephone: (415) 967-2774
Fax: (415) 967-0686
E-mail: info@starlight.com
URL: http://www.starlight.com
Platforms: Windows 95, 3.1, Workgroups, Macintosh and UNIX
Description:
Video networking software for recording and playback of video streams
on Solaris networks at speeds up to 200 Mbps. Enables users on
corporate networks to share and access mixed media applications,
including training videos, custom content and mandated certification
courses, directly from their desktops. An open architecture and
standards-based approach provides high resolution video and audio
streams to simultaneous LAN users with no disruption to other traffic
or applications. Product is not dependent on specific video formats,
so users can easily incorporate it into existing network environments.
Supports SPARC/Solaris SMP servers running Solaris 2.5.1, providing
new 100 Mbps and 200 Mbps aggregate streaming configurations.
Individual servers can store up to 250 Gb of multimedia data. Product
provides stream-specific management and controls, allowing the
streaming media to co-exist safely with traditional applications and
data types on corporate servers and networks. Client software
controls delivery of the streams through standard browser plug-ins,
including Netscape and Internet Explorer.
Product:
WebNOT
- firewall-integrated, Internet access management utility
($1,400 for 1-50 licenses)
Company: Raptor Systems, Inc.
(Waltham, MA)
Telephone: (800) 9-EAGLE-6, (617) 487-7700
Fax: (617) 487-6755
E-mail: info@raptor.com
URL: http://www.raptor.com
Platforms: Sun Solaris
Description:
A firewall-integrated, server-based Internet access management utility
which helps business, educational and government organizations manage
user access across the Internet. Enables network administrators to
implement URL blocking to augment secure business practices while
increasing employee productivity. Access can be restricted in a
variety of ways: limited to certain times of day; limited by user per
day and per week; and/or specific Internet sites can be blocked based
on questionable content. In an educational environment, it protects
educators and students by controlling students' access to the
Internet. Centrally configured for consistent central policy
management. URL request activity is recorded in an event logfile.
Product comes loaded with a block list; a subscription list of
blockable sites is updated every six days. The list, which can be
modified based on management preferences, currently includes over
9,000 web sites, including the following categories:
violence/profanity; partial nudity; full nudity; sexual acts; gross
depictions; intolerance; Satanic/cult; drugs/drug culture; sex
education, questionable/illegal and gambling; militant/extremist,
alcohol and tobacco. All URL access profiles are defined through a
graphic management interface.
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