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Product: CLARiiON 2800, 2810, 2900 - enterprise disk arrays (from $1.53 per megabyte)
Company: CLARiiON / Data General (Westboro, MA)
Telephone: (508) 480-7196
URL: http://www.dg.com
Platforms: Sun, HP, SGI, Sequent, IBM, Digital, Data General, Cray, Bull, NCR, Motorola, Convex, and Intel PC Servers running Windows NT, NetWare, OS/2, and SCO Unix
Description: Completely redundant components to eliminate single points of failure, dual-active storage processors with protected cache, and concurrent support for multi-RAID configurations (0,1,3,5, and 1/0). Throughput is increased from 2 to 2.5 times previous generation to over 6000 I/Os per second in RAID 5 tests with the C2900. Uses PowerPC 603e processor. Max drive capacities of 175 gigabytes per 20-slot chassis or 700 gigabytes in the enterprise cabinet configuration.

Product: Colorado and Colorado Plus - access routers
Company: Advanced Computer Communications, Inc. (Santa Barbara, CA)
Telephone: (805) 685-4455
Fax: (805) 685-4465
E-mail: info@acc.com
URL: http://www.acc.com
Platforms: Ethernet, Token Ring, RS-232 ISDN, V.35, X.21
Description: Base units utilize auto-sensing on LAN and WAN connectors. Available with either an Ethernet or Token Ring LAN interface. It supports up to three WAN connections and has an optional ISDN Basic Rate Interface. Two of the WAN interfaces support either RS-232, V.35, or X.21 configurations while the third supports a RS-232 backup capability. The optional ISDN interface can be used to support backup functionality as well as providing access for remote users. Colorado Plus supports all the features of Colorado with the additional ability to support multiple LAN interfaces; either two Ethernets or an Ethernet and a Token Ring. Both Colorado and Colorado Plus support auto-sensing 10Base5 (AUI) and 10BaseT Ethernet connections, three serial WAN ports, and LED indicators for error conditions, queuing, and traffic.

Product: Danube - branch office router UWAN/ISDN card ($700)
Company: Advanced Computer Communications, Inc. (Santa Barbara, CA)
Telephone: (805) 685-4455
Fax: (805) 685-4465
E-mail: info@acc.com
URL: http://www.acc.com
Platforms: X.21, V.35, ISDN
Description: Field-installable, serial interface which provides X.21 or V.35 connectivity with an ISDN Basic Rate Interface (BRI). Allows the Danube to support leased line or Frame Relay access with an ISDN backup link when a link failure occurs. The UWAN comes standard with ISDN S/T and auto-sensing synchronous interfaces.

Product: S/420 - HyperSPARC based workstation ($49,180)
Company: Axil Computer, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA)
Telephone: (408) 486-5700
Fax: (408) 654-5715
E-mail: info@www.axil.com
URL: http://www.axil.com
Platforms: UltraSPARC, Solaris
Description: High performance workstation utilizing dual SBus I/O and supporting up to 4 HyperSPARC or 2 UltraSPARC processors. Comes with 2 Ethernet channels and on-board fast-wide SCSI-2 interfaces. System comes with a 100-MHz HyperSPARC processor, 512 megabytes RAM, 8-bit graphics, 2.1 gigabytes HDD, and a 21-inch monitor. 24-bit graphics and up to 1 gigabytes of RAM are supported options.

Product: Ultima 1 - UltraSPARC based workstation (U140: $15,230; U170: $20,735.)
Company: Axil Computer, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA)
Telephone: (408) 486-5700
Fax: (408) 654-5715
E-mail: info@www.axil.com
URL: http://www.axil.com
Platforms: UltraSPARC, Solaris
Description: Workstation utilizing SBus I/O and Visual Instruction Set graphics enhancement. Base system (U140) comes with a 143-MHz UltraSPARC processor, Solaris 2.5, 32 megabytes RAM, TGX graphics, 1.05 gigabytes HDD, and a 17-inch monitor. Model U170 ships with 64 megabytes RAM, 2.1 gigbytes HDD, and a 21-inch monitor.

Software

Product: BWE/15 - RDBMS/WWW gateway architecture (Basic pkg: $900; Web pkg: $1800; DB pkg: $2700 + Informix; Premium pkg: $3600 + Informix)
Company: Blackie DBGateway Technologies Corp. (Newark, CA)
Telephone: (510) 793-2552
Fax: (510) 794-9731
E-mail: market@blackie.com
URL: http://www.blackie.com
Platforms: Informix on SunOS 4.1.3 and Solaris 2.3 or above on SPARC and x86
Description: Manages the dissemination and collection of information via the World Wide Web. Allows you to make information residing in your relational database accessible to online users and lets you collect information from these users and deposit it into your database automatically. Has built-in features to provide assurance against unauthorized access. Supports all Informix data types and allows users to run existing reports or SQL scripts on the WWW. Also allows users to run ad-hoc SQL commands, query/update using HTML forms or text search on your databases.

Product: Ez3d VRML/3D Authoring Tools - 3D VRML/modeling/ray-tracing system (VRML Author: $3495; Modeler Pro: $2995; Render Pro: $1995; VRML Composer: $1995)
Company: Radiance Software International (Mountain View, CA)
Telephone: (415) 943-1310
Fax: (415) 943-1311
E-mail: Ez3d@radiance.com
URL: http://www.radiance.com/~radiance
Platforms: Solaris, SGI
Description: A complete VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) authoring product for Silicon Graphics and Sun workstations. This integrated 3D authoring system can be used in conjunction with any HTML tool to create compelling Web pages. It is also ideal for 3D modeling, animation, concept design, CAD, game design, and general 3D presentation. There are five Ez3d products.

Product: Net.Analysis - Web site detailed reporting (Net.Analysis: $2,995; Net.Analysis Reporter: $495)
Company: Net.Genesis Corp. (Cambridge, MA)
Telephone: (617) 577-9800
E-mail: alex@netgen.com
URL: http://www.netgen.com
Platforms: Net.Analysis: Solaris 2.4; Net.Analysis Reporter: Solaris 2.4, Windows NT, Windows 95
Description: Create and view detailed reports about Web site activity from a PC or Unix desktop. Reports cover who visits the Web site, where they come from, when they arrive, and what pages they view. net.Analysis reports offer information about user sessions as well as server requests hits. Reports are highly customizable and can be saved into over a dozen different document formats, including HTML, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel. Moreover, many reports are interactive, allowing users to "drill down" for more detailed information.

Product: Riskcaster Real-Time 3.0 - portfolio risk analysis tool
Company: BARRA (Berkeley, CA)
Telephone: (510) 548-5442
Fax: (510) 548-1709
E-mail: info@barra.com
URL: http://www.barra.com
Platforms: Solaris 1 & 2
Description: Works with BARRA's US Short Term Risk Model to provide an interface to a real-time feed, allowing prices and portfolio risk characterization to be updated on demand or at a set frequency. The real-time optimization capability improves tracking performance particularly in periods of high volatility. Configured to work with Market Vision's MVLink to provide open access to real-time information. Customization for other vendors' or proprietary toolkits is also possible. In addition, Riskcaster Real-Time 3.0 can be adapted to interface to trade entry systems, enabling Riskcaster to capture entered trades and immediately update a portfolio's risk characteristics. A sample trade entry system is included with the system to demonstrate this capability.

Product: SQL<>SECURE Policy Manager - Oracle database security (from $7,500)
Company: BrainTree Technology, Inc. (Norwell, MA)
Telephone: (617) 982-0200
Fax: (617) 982-8076
E-mail: info@brntree.bti.com
Platforms: Unix, OpenVMS. Console: Windows, Windows 95
Description: Manages, evaluates, and reports on security compliance policies and controls for Oracle 7 environments. Automatically enforces policies across multiple database instances and servers. Rule violation reports contain path-to-violation details and list all methods by which a violation can occur.

Product: StorageCenter - storage management suite (Enterprise: $6,250; Workgroup: $1,875)
Company: Software Partners/32 Inc. (Topsfield, MA)
Telephone: (508) 887-6409
Fax: (508) 887-3680
E-mail: jackiet@softwarepartners.com
URL: http://www.softwarepartners.com
Platforms: Solaris 1 & 2, HP-UX, AIX, Digital Unix
Description: Storage management solution that comes with four integrated packages: Backup and Restore, Media Management, Archiving, and Administration. Offered in three versions: Enterprise, Workgroup, and Personal. All versions have a Motif-based GUI. Enterprise level is intended for data centers supporting client/server networks and can manage a virtually unlimited number of CPUs and storage devices in a silgle storage domain. It offers multi-site parallel backups, off-site vaulting, automated media cycling, RSA encryption, and redundancy to eliminate single-point-of-failure vulnerabilities. Optional support is available for robotic libraries and large silos. Workgroup level offers scriptless backup scheduling, automated tape labelling, unexpired backup volume protection, and integrated file archiving of long-unused disk files.

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