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Product:
GigaRAID Fibre Channel solutions
- storage products
(sample prices: $54,339 to $229,996)
Company: ANDATACO
(San Diego, CA)
Telephone: (800) 334-9191, (619) 453-9191
Fax: (619) 453-9294
E-mail: buchanan@andataco.com
URL: http://www.andataco.com
Platforms: Sun, HP, IBM, SGI and Windows NT servers
Description:
Fibre Channel solutions available in both RAID and JBOD
configurations. The GigaRAID/FC Series consists of three
models, starting with the GigaRAID/FC 3400/3500. It protects
an investment in SCSI disk technology, allowing configuration
of storage pools with scalable performance, availability and
capacity. With single or dual active RAID storage processors,
redundant fans and power supplies, and hot-swappable
components, the 3400/3500 system offers high levels of
serviceability and a field upgrade option from standard SCSI
to fibre channel host connectivity.
The GigaRAID/FC 5000 is the capacity building block for the GigaRAID/FC family, providing up to 10 dual-ported, high-performance, highly available Fibre Channel disk drives in a modular chassis. Connectivity to host servers, hubs and switches is accomplished through single or dual 100MB/sec. Fibre Channel loops.
The GigaRAID/FC 5400/5500 (with or two storage processors) delivers hardware RAID protection plus excellent data throughput for sequential applications and high random I/O performance for transaction processing. The base 5400/5500 chassis includes up to 10 drives and may support up to 11 Model 5000 chassis for a total subsystem capacity of 1 terabyte.
Product:
AdvantEDGE
- up-to-date Information Access for sales and support staff
(contact vendor for price)
Company: IMA, Inc.
(Shelton, CT)
Telephone: (800) 776-0462
E-mail: info@ima-inc.com
URL: http://www.ima-inc.com
Platforms: Windows and brower; Unix, legacy and others
Description:
IMA, a provider of enterprise-wide front office customer interaction
software, and FirstFloor Software, Inc., a provider of interactive
marketing systems for business-to-business communications, today announced
an agreement by which IMA has licensed FirstFloor's Smart Delivery product
family. Smart Delivery provides the crucial Marketing Encyclopedia System
(MES) component to IMA's AdvantEDGE suite to ensure that sales and support
representatives have the latest critical business information. IMA is
integrating FirstFloor's Smart Delivery product family with its AdvantEDGE
suite to offer its customers sales, marketing and customer service
applications with an integrated Web-based (MES). This joint solution
delivers personalized documents and Web pages from the Internet, corporate
intranets or LANs to call center agents, supporting decision-making when
handling customer requests.
Product: BASIS Release 8.2 - document management system (contact vendor for price)
Product: BriteConnect Open Server - Interactive Voice Response (contact vendor for price)
Product: EZ-Win - Access Windows 95 applications from Unix workstations ($395)
Works with Windows 95 and uses actual PC hardware to run applications that are not compatible with software-only PC simulators. Provides an interface to PC-based hardware such as fax-modems, scanners, CD-ROM writing drives, and instrumentation, as well as allowing DOS applications to be run in their own DOS window. Also functions as a virtual docking station for Unix users who also use Windows 95 laptops, enabling them to connect their full-sized Unix screen and keyboard to their laptop.
Product: HP OpenView professional - Network Manager (contact vendor for price)
Product: Smart Delivery Channel Suite - create extranet communications channels (contact vendor for price)
Product: UnForm - Electronic Forms Software ($695 per license)
UnForm eliminates the need for preprinted forms, saving Unix sites the cost of printing and storing tons of paper forms annually. Developers can enhance existing documents with images, logos and other graphical elements, all without modifying the existing code. In addition, users can design their own forms with the graphics and fonts of their choice. For resellers and OEMs, UnForm offers an excellent opportunity to cost-effectively assist Unix sites in their transition to using character- and GUI-based electronic forms.
Product:
Montage Web
- Network Monitoring and Management
(free with Montage 1.5)
Company: LANNET
(Tel Aviv, Israel)
Telephone: (408) 871-4105
E-mail: info@lannet.com
URL: http://www.lannet.com
Platforms: Solaris, HP-UX, NetView, Windows
Description:
A World Wide Web-based Network Management Platform that allows network
managers to access management data and control network devices from any
node on the network, or remotely, by using a standard Web Browser. Works
via a proxy Web server installed in the network management station, with
industry-standard public domain Web Servers, such as CERN and NCSA
installed on the network management station. These Web Servers provide
both password protections and encryption to keep the network secure. When
the user browses the management station's Web site, Montage Web uses CGI
(Common Gateway Interface) applications to generate Web pages containing
the management data requested by the network manager. The CGI applications
have access to the HP OpenView device management databases, as well as to
management information collected via SNMP from the devices.
Product:
Object/Observer
- Corba Diagnostic Tool
(contact vendor for price)
Company: Black & White Software
(Campbell, CA)
Telephone: (408) 369-7400
Fax: (408) 369-7406
E-mail: info@blackwhite.com
URL: http://www.blackwhite.com
Platforms: Solaris, HP-UX, Windows NT
Description:
Supports application components developed in Java or C++, and is fully
IIOP-enabled allowing message tracing between components built using
multiple object request brokers. Allows method invocations to be monitored
at all four possible points: 1- client sending, 2- server receiving, 3-
server sending, 4- client receiving. To facilitate application component
diagnostics, method invocations can be monitored using Object/Observer's
configurable viewing tool which graphically shows invocation requests with
parameter values, replies with return values, and thrown exceptions.
Object/Observer's monitoring functions can be dynamically enabled or
disabled for each client or server. In addition, activity on each method
can be tracked for a finite number of invocations or indefinitely.
Product: Platform Adapter Component (PAC) for the NetDynamics 4.0 - integrate network applications with legacy applications (contact vendor for price)
The NetDynamics platform includes an application server, development environment, command center, Java object framework and integration with disparate applications data and logic via PACs. Using NetDynamics, businesses can build, scale and manage three-tier Java/HTML/C++ enterprise network applications. NetDynamics provides out-of-the-box connectivity to Oracle, Sybase, Informix, DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, SAP and PeopleSoft.
Product: Precise/SQL 2.6 - database performance tool (contact vendor for price)SNMP support enables Precise/SQL's low-overhead server-based performance monitoring agents to send messages to industry-leading systems management consoles. Administrators can define thresholds that trigger alerts when they are exceeded. Once notified, users can drill-down using Precise/SQL's unique bottleneck identification features to find the causes of performance problems, then move into Precise/SQL's analysis capabilities to focus on key problem areas and ultimately improve performance by changing SQL syntax or database objects. When used in conjunction with an SNMP-compliant management console, Precise/SQL provides a complete 7X24 performance monitoring and tuning solution.
Title:
Sun Performance and Tuning Java and the Internet 2nd Edition
- Reference for system administrators
($45)
Author: Adrian Cockcroft and Richard Pettit
Company: Sun Microsystems Press
(Palo Alto, CA)
Telephone: (650) 786-4706
Fax: (650) 786-8611
E-mail: johnb@Eng.sun.com
URL: http://www.sun.com/books/books/Cockcroft/Cockcroft.html
ISBN: 0-13-095249-4
Platforms: none
Description:
Hailed in its first edition as an indispensable reference for
system administrators, Sun Performance and Tuning has been
revised and expanded to cover Solaris 2.6, the newest
generation of SPARC hardware, and the latest Internet and Java
server technologies. You'll find detailed information of key
aspects of performance tuning that you won't find anywhere
else on such subjects as Web server sizing and performance
management tools, kernel algorithms and tuning, and Java
application servers.
Product:
ECal
- visually represent time-related data in Java applications
($299)
Company: EnterpriseSoft
(Cupertino CA)
Telephone: (415) 677-7979
E-mail: sales@enterprisesoft.com
URL: http://www.enterprisesoft.com
Platforms: JavaBean
Description:
Java developer tool for corporate and commercial developers who need to
display time-related data. ECal provides month and day view. Day planner,
resource planner, and project planner applicatons included with ECal.
Features portability across all Java 1.1 platforms, extensive customization
and formatting, uses 200kb, is JDBCready, and is JavaBeans compliant.
Product: LEAP Element Access Server (EAS) - large-scale Java application for telecommunications management (contact vendor for price)
Product:
Brio Enterprise Server
- enterprise query, reporting, and analysis product line
(contact vendor for price)
Company: Brio Technology
(Palo Alto CA)
Telephone: (650) 856-8000
Fax: (650) 856-8020
E-mail: info@brio.com
URL: http://www.brio.com
Platforms: Windows NT, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX
Description:
Offers the first enterprise query, reporting, and analysis product.
Delivers no-compromise, full-featured, business intelligence for Web,
client/server, and remote users. Uses "push" and "pull" technologies to
allow organizations to easily and securely access corporate information
stores. Features support for zero-administration clients with no need to
install costly and complex middleware.
Product: Insight 2.0 - Web site analysis software (contact vendor for price)
Product:
VTCP/Secure 3.0
- VPN software for remote access over the Internet
($89/seat)
Company: InfoExpress Inc.
(Los Altos CA)
Telephone: (650) 969-9609
Fax: (650) 969-6924
E-mail: info@infoexpress.com
URL: http://www.infoexpress.com
Platforms: Clients: Windows, Solaris, Linix; Server Solaris, Windows 95, Windows NT, AIX, BSDI, HP-UX , Linux
Description:
Enables organization to provide secure remote access to
authorized resources over the Internet for their employees,
consultants, business partners, and customers. Easily
installed and flexible enough that administrators can dictate
access control based on user identity. Plugs into an
enterprise's existing security infrastructure. Additional
features include selective tunneling which automatically
bypassesthe tunnel for data that is not destined for the
corporate network, encryption strength up to 168-bit 3DES,
granular authorization, support for Microsoft file sharing in
which the client software will automatically map file and
print shares, data compression, and firewall independence.
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