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April 1996
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Product:
BUSINESSOBJECTS 4.0 Explorer
- information navigator
Company: Business Objects
(Cupertino, CA)
Telephone: (800) 705-1515, (408) 973-9300
Fax: (408) 973-1057
E-mail: info@businessobjects.com
URL: http://www.BUSINESSOBJECTS.com
Platforms: UNIX, Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows 3.1, Macintosh
Description:
Delivers OLAP functionality to mainstream business users, including both
"slice and dice" and "drill anywhere." Enables users to perform on-report
analysis, meaning that users can simply toggle a BUSINESSOBJECTS report to
"drill mode," and then drill down through dimension hierarchies to get
greater detail, drill across hierarchies to look for new dependencies, or
drill up to get a summarized view of data. To maximize ease of use, it relies
on unique "navigation tooltips" to lead the user through the analysis
process.
Product:
BUSINESSOBJECTS 4.0 SUPERVISOR
- facilitates deployment of BUSINESSOBJECTS
Company: Business Objects
(Cupertino, CA)
Telephone: (800) 705-1515, (408) 973-9300
Fax: (408) 973-1057
E-mail: info@businessobjects.com
URL: http://www.BUSINESSOBJECTS.com
Platforms: UNIX, Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows 3.1, Macintosh
Description:
Manages and administers the mass deployment of BUSINESSOBJECTS throughout an enterprise. Features include: a graphical interface to simlpify user administration and a powerful, object-based security model that allows IS to assign and modify the rights granted to users and groups. Nested groups and inheritance streamline the management of large numbers of users structured in large numbers of groups. Uses a rich security model that applies not only to information access, but also to system resource consumption, and even to product functionality, with virtually every function in BUSINESSOBJECTS being fully configurable by the administrator using the SUPERVISOR module. Supports multiple administrators working in tandem to support massive user installations. Supports remote client/server management.
Product:
BrioQuery Enterprise
- decision support system
(Navigator: Unix: $1,795; PC/Mac: $795; Designer: UNIX: $4,995; Mac/PC: $2,995)
Company: Brio Technology, Inc.
(Mountain View, CA)
Telephone: (415) 961-4110
Fax: (415) 961-4572
E-mail: info@brio.com
URL: http://www.brio.com
Platforms: Solaris 1 & 2, AIX, HP-UX, Windows 95, Windows NT, Windows 3.X, Macintosh
Description:
Features Anytime, Anywhere Analysis, the ability to perform multidimensional analysis off-line enabled by a desktop OLAP engine. With its new Open Metadata Interpreter, BrioQuery Enterprise has the ability to read existing metadata, thus eliminating dependence on proprietary metadata. Interactive Charting with three-dimensional color charts enabling drill-down, year-to-year comparisons, custom segmentation, and true graphical multidimensional analysis. Visual Reporting produces powerful reports that combine analytical tables, PivotSheets, and three dimensional charts. Built-in intelligence automatically focuses the embedded chart or PivotSheet to the right level of detail. BrioQuery Enterprise provides pre-defined style sheets and templates that allow for quick creation of persuasive, informative, and impressive reports.
Product:
ISE EIFFEL
- object-oriented development environment supporting C++
Company: Interactive Software Engineering
(Santa Barbara, CA)
Telephone: (805) 685-1006
Fax: (805) 685-6869
E-mail: info@eiffel.com
URL: http://www.eiffel.com
Platforms: Solaris 1 & 2, HP-UX, AIX, DEC OSF/1, DG Aviion, SGI, Linux, SCO, Unixware, Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows 3.1, OS/2, VMS, MVS
Description:
Cross-platform, object-oriented development environment utilizing EIFFEL code with capabilities to incorporate C++ code. Includes an encapsulation tool that generates Eiffel code to encapsulate an entire C++ class automatically, so that Eiffel software can directly incorporate C++ code, in particular through inheritance; extensions to the Eiffel "external" clause to support direct calls to C++ macros, function prototype casts, the specification of extra include files, etc.; support for the creation and destruction of C++ objects from Eiffel, as well as access to data members of a given class; mechanism for calling Eiffel objects from C++ and calling C++ objects from Eiffel.
Product:
JavaDesigner
- visual Java application builder
Company: Imperial Software Technology Inc.
(Reading, England)
Telephone: (415) 665-9072
Fax: (415) 688-1054
E-mail: info@ist.co.uk
URL: http://www.ist.co.uk
Platforms: Solaris, HP-UX, SGI
Description:
Provides a Project View of Java applications, with an integrated GUI builder,
Class Browser, and property editors. Multiple views are offered of the Java
hierarchy, for example, both horizontal and vertical. Has an extensible
mechanism that enables appropriate editors to be invoked to manipulate Java
classes. Knowledge of Java classes is built in, but users may arbitrarily
extend this knowledge by scanning additional Java classes. Customized
attribute panels for classes may also be constructed dynamically.
Product:
WANserver
- turnkey virtual LAN extension
Company: ACC SYSTEMS
(Columbia, MD)
Telephone: (800) 242-0739, (805) 963-8801
Fax: (805) 966-9725
E-mail: sales@sys.acc.com
URL: http://www.sys.acc.com
Platforms: Sun NETRA
Description:
Handles multiple dial-in circuits over a single X.25 trunk line. It appears to the remote user that he is directly connected to the corporate LAN. Performance on that international connection is comparable to that experienced domestically. Two versions of the WANserver are offered: The WANserver 100, a basic package ready for connection to a Sun Netra or Sun Workstation, and The WANserver 1000, a complete turnkey system that includes the Netra.
Product:
WebObjects product family v. 1.0
- WWW application development environment
(WebObjects: free; Pro: $2,999; Enterprise: $24,999)
Company: NeXT Software
(Redwood City, CA)
Telephone: (800) TRY-NeXT
E-mail: info@next.com
URL: http://www.next.com
Platforms: Solaris, Windows NT, NeXTSTEP
Description:
Offers a truly cross-platform and language independent development
environment for building interactive server-based Web applications for both
the Internet and the enterprise. The base product, WebObjects, offers an
easy entry point for building dynamic Web-based applications. With WebScript
you can easily build interactive applications using the pre-built components
supplied with the product. WebObjects Pro answers the needs of Web developers
wanting to move beyond script-based development to build more complex
applications. The WebObjects Pro version includes the ability to incorporate
C, C++, and Objective C code into Web-based applications and, with OLE
connectivity and database client library support, the Pro product enables
developers to access OLE objects and relational databases. WebObjects Pro
also provides for distributed Web application servers allowing organizations
to add more power as their system grows. WebObjects Enterprise is NeXT's
complete dynamic Web development solution. Targeted to customers who want a
solution that encapsulates their existing data and applications, the
Enterprise solution allows corporations to preserve their technology
investment while building new internal and external Web applications.
Product:
X-Designer with XD/Java
- extension that allows Java GUI building
($3,500 initially, free upgrade for existing X-Designer owners)
Company: Imperial Software Technology Inc.
(Reading, England)
Telephone: (415) 665-9072
Fax: (415) 688-1054
E-mail: info@ist.co.uk
URL: http://www.ist.co.uk
Platforms: Solaris, HP-UX, SGI
Description:
GUI builder for Motif and MS Windows extension to allow generation of Java-coded GUI interfaces. Even Motif interfaces that were not produced using X-Designer may be moved to Java using XD/Java. By using XD/Capture there is a path through X-Designer to Java for all Motif interfaces, however they were produced. Even hand-coded Motif interfaces can be XD/Captured by X-Designer and modified to become Java interfaces using XD/Java.
Product:
openUTM
- transaction monitor
Company: Siemens Nixdorf
(Burlington, MA)
Telephone: (617) 273-0480
Fax: (617) 221-0232
E-mail: robb@sni-usa.com
URL: http://www.sni.de
Platforms: SUN, HP, IBM, ICL and BULL, Siemens Nixdorf/Pyramid, Windows NT, BS2000/OSD
Description:
Universal Transaction Monitor that integrates heterogeneous networks, databases and platforms in multi-tier client/server environments and provides maximum throughput and performance for multiple independent applications operating concurrently, supporting thousands of simultaneous users performing millions of transactions daily. Includes universal resynchronization and automatic restart, integration with Microsoft products via OLE, an object-oriented interface, Web integration, and mobile computing support.
Product:
Java Programming Language Fundamentals
- high-level programming class
(5-day course: $1,875)
Company: PLATINUM education
(Oakbrook Terrace, IL)
Telephone: (800) 337-5284
E-mail: braxton@platinum.com
URL: http://www.platinum.com/educate/edu.htm
Platforms: Java
Description:
The five-day course is designed for Web masters, system administrators,
programmers, and network administrators who are designing or managing Web
pages for the public Internet or private intranets. Java is a derivative of C
and C++. For that reason, students must have at least one year of experience
in programming with C, C++, or Visual Basic. Students who attend PLATINUM's
Java training must also have a knowledge of network connectivity concepts,
the Internet, and HTML programming experience. Over half of the class time is
dedicated to hands-on exercises such as writing Java applications and applet
programming. Students will also use the Internet to visit popular sites on
the World Wide Web that were designed using Java. The class is currently
scheduled to begin on the following dates in these cities: Saddlebrook, NJ --
May 6 and August 5; Chicago, IL -- May 27 and August 26; Dallas, TX -- June
24 and September 23; San Francisco, CA -- April 29 and July 29; Toronto, ON
-- June 3 and August 26. Private, on-site courses are also available.
Product:
Java and HotJava
- two-day seminar
Company: UniForum Association
(Santa Clara, CA)
Telephone: (800) 255-5620, Ext. 30
Fax: (408) 986-1645
E-mail: karen@uniforum.org
URL: HTTP://www.uniforum.org
Platforms: Java
Description:
Intensive two-day seminar that will provide the knowledge you need in the
Java world. Who should attend: Web masters, Web developers and planners,
information developers, client-server developers, user interface and
applications programmers, and system administrators.
Product:
PERL
- two-day accelerated hands-on programming course
Company: UniForum Association
(Santa Clara, CA)
Telephone: (800) 255-5620, Ext. 30
Fax: (408) 986-1645
E-mail: karen@uniforum.org
URL: HTTP://www.uniforum.org
Platforms: perl
Description:
April 29 to 30 1996 - MicroTek Education Center - San Francisco, CA
Instructor: Dan Keller, computer consultant. This training seminar is
accomplishment-oriented providing attendees with real-life examples. Upon
completion of this seminar, attendees will be able to write Perl programs of
their own. Who should attend: System administrators, application
programmers, authors of Web forms and advanced Web applications, Web masters,
Web developers and planners, and client-server developers.
Product:
Security
- three-day seminar on advanced Unix and Internet security
Company: UniForum Association
(Santa Clara, CA)
Telephone: (800) 255-5620, Ext. 30
Fax: (408) 986-1645
E-mail: karen@uniforum.org
URL: HTTP://www.uniforum.org
Platforms: Unix, Internet
Description:
Protecting computer systems and networks from attacks is a critical issue.
This important three-day program will provide you with the crucial
information you need to protect your company from intruders. Who should
attend: System & network administrators and managers, IT auditors and
managers, computer programmers, security administrators, and individuals
involved in providing Internet service and security network gateways.
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