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Books

Hardware

Software

Books

Product: Networking Personal Computers with TCP/IP ($29.95)
Company: O'Reilly & Associates (Sebastopol, CA)
Telephone: (707) 829-0515 (800) 998-9938
Fax: (707) 829-01041
E-mail: nuts@ora.com
URL: http://www.ora.com/
Description: From Craig Hunt, author of TCP/IP Network Administration. Offers network administrators a guide to the intricacies of integrating IBM-compatible personal computers with TCP/IP-based networking. Also offers advice on how to deal with the challenges of TCP/IP networking. 408 pages, ISBN: 1-56592-123-2

Product: The Web Server Book ($49.95)
Company: Ventana Communications Group, Inc. (Research Triangle Park, NC)
Telephone: (919) 544-9404
Fax: (919) 544-9472
E-mail: orders@vmedia.com
URL: http://www.vmedia.com/
Description: An guide to creating a Web server on a Unix computer. Explains how a Web server works, shows how to include images on Web pages, how to create clickable image maps and interactive forms, and how to embed audio and animation into Web pages.

Hardware

Product: Integrated Data Server (IDS) (From $75,000)
Company: LSC, Inc. (St. Paul, MN)
Telephone: (612) 482-4535
Fax: (612) 482-4595
E-mail: info@lsci.com
URL: http://www.lsci.com/
Platforms: Based on Sun SPARC technology and Solaris 2 software.
Description: A network storage server that provides file management, storage, archival, and retrieval services. Includes both hardware and software and requires only 7 sq. ft. of floor space. Targeted for medium to large installations, the IDS is designed to manage storage capacities from several gigabytes to hundreds of terabytes.

Software

Product: Brixton 3270 Open Client for Windows 3.1, Release 3.0 ($99 per seat)
Company: Computer Network Technology Corp. (Cambridge, MA)
Telephone: (800) BRIXTON or (800) NET-TECH or (617) 498-2351
E-mail: igreene@brixton.com
Platforms: Microsoft Windows
Description: A 3270 terminal emulator for the desktop. Windows users requiring access to mission-critical applications on an IBM mainframe will benefit from tighter SNA-to-TCP/IP integration, an enhanced graphical interface, and better automation. Works in conjunction with Release 3.0 of the Brixton PU2.1 SNA Server. Supports the full functionality of a 3270 terminal and 3287 printer and provides file transfer support. Release 3.0 has TN3270E support, which enables users to print locally at their PCs via telnet, full host graphics support (GDDM), and several APIs.

Product: Brixton PU2.1 SNA Server, Release 3.0 (From $2,500 for 16 sessions)
Company: Computer Network Technology Corp. (Cambridge, MA)
Telephone: (800) BRIXTON or (800) NET-TECH or (617) 498-2351
E-mail: igreene@brixton.com
Platforms: Sun SPARC and IBM RS/6000
Description: The central component in the Brixton Open Systems-to-SNA solution, the new version of the server offers a distributed gateway, a graphical management interface, AFTP file transfer, and TN3270E support. Includes Free Brixton TCP/IP Clients for Windows 3.1

Product: C Cover version 3.0
Company: Bullseye Software
Telephone: (800) 278-4268
Fax: (206) 524-3575
E-mail: bullseye@eskimo.com
URL: http://www.eskimo.com/~bullseye
Platforms: Windows, Windows NT, DOS, Unix, and OS/2
Description: This branch coverage analyzer for C and C++ identifies untested control structures, functions, C++ classes, source files, and sub-systems; measures branch coverage; and can analyze multi-threaded code, dynamic link libraries, device drivers, and system-level code. Designed to analyze large projects, it includes a capability for sorting, filtering, and summarizing coverage information.

Product: CyberPhone - The Internet Telephone ($20)
Company: K&F Software (Hightstown, NJ)
E-mail: cyberphone@magenta.com
FlashBack: 1346
URL: http://magenta.com/cyberphone
Platforms: Solaris 2.x
Description: A software package that allows real-time, full-duplex voice communications over the Internet. CyberPhone runs on Sun workstations equipped with an audio device and a microphone. With CyberPhone, users can place "telephone" calls to anyone in the world at no additional cost above that of their Internet link.

Product: EZ-LoK Application Developer's Kit (ADK)
Company: Gradient Technologies, Inc.
Telephone: (508) 624-9600
E-mail: mschaefe@BayNetworks.com
Platforms: Solaris, SunOS 4.x, AIX 3.2.5, AIX 4.1, HP-UX 9.x, SGI IRIX 5.2
Description: Provides a flexible method for software developers to tailor licensing policies to match a customer's licensing requirements without re-programming their applications. Software providers can implement licensing with a single licensing call because EZ-LoK ADK contains a policy agent that has removed the need to incorporate licensing policies directly into a product's source code. The policy agent manages all of the licensing policies for the product when it is deployed.

Product: FontMaker Version 1.0 ($198)
Company: Vivid Solutions (San Jose, CA)
Telephone: (408) 224-5173
Fax: (408) 224-5155
E-mail: info@vivids.com
URL: http://www.vivids.com/fontmaker/
Platforms: Solaris 2.x, SunOS, SGI, HP
Description: This program converts PostScript Type 1 fonts to the bitmapped format required for on-screen display with FrameMaker 3 or 4. FontMaker creates and installs bitmapped fonts, automatically updates FrameMaker's font list, and can download PostScript Type 1 fonts to PostScript printers.

Product: Frame & Adobe Internet Publishing Solution ($3,995)
Company: Adobe Systems Inc. and Frame Technology Corp. (Mountain View, CA)
Telephone: (415) 962-4989
URL: http://www.adobe.com/
Platforms: Sun Netra and Workstation platforms
Description: An integrated solution for authoring documents to be printed or published on the Internet's World Wide Web. Combines Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and FrameMaker software with a cookbook showing users how to author documents for the Web and print using all three products. The Frame & Adobe Internet Publishing Solution integrates the components requried for authoring color publications for print and electronic distribution -- illustrations, images, text and hypertext links -- on Suns.

Product: Fulcrum Surfboard
Company: Fulcrum Technologies Inc. (Ottawa, Canada)
Telephone: (800) FULCRUM (613) 238-1761
Fax: (613) 238-7695
E-mail: info@fultech.com
URL: http://www.fultech.com/
Platforms: Windows NT, Sun/OS 4.1.3, Solaris 2.3, HP-UX 9.0
Description: Fulcrum Surfboard is an open and scalable Internet search engine. It combines Fulcrum's text-retrieval technology with standard Internet protocols to enable searches using popular Internet access tools.

Product: IMSL Math Module for C++ from ObjectSuite product family ($695 North American price)
Company: Visual Numerics, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Telephone: (713) 784-3131
Fax: (713) 781-9260
URL: http://www.vni.com/
Platforms: Sun, HP ; Win32 or Windows NT
Description: IMSL Math Module for C++ is an object-oriented development tool organized into classes of mathematical and statistical algorithms that speed the development of C++ software applications by providing building blocks for the programmer. By embedding the Module's precoded algorithms directly into their C++ applications, programmers avoid having to write the code from scratch.

Product: IsoFax ($3,500 for a server with a "six-pack" floating license that serves 15-25 people.)
Company: The Bristol Group, Ltd. (Larkspur, CA)
Telephone: (415) 925-9250
Platforms: Sun SPARC, HP 9000 series running HP UX, IBM RS/6000.
Description: The new version includes software support for building a fax-on-demand system, and WAN routing capabilities. Fax services are available for Unix, Windows, and Macintosh clients.

Product: OpenV*Event Manager ($275 - $10,000)
Company: OpenVision Technologies (Pleasanton, CA1)
Telephone: 510-426-6400, 800-223-OPEN
Fax: 510-426-6486
E-mail: info@ov.com
URL: http://www.ov.com
Platforms: Solaris, SunOS, NT, AIX, Dynix/PTX, HP-UX, NCR
Description: Scalable up to 4,000 nodes, it can set thresholds and alarms for over 200 system, network, application, and database activities.

Product: Post.Office ($500 per server with no "per client" fee.)
Company: Software.com, Inc. (Santa Barbara, CA)
Telephone: (805) 882-2470
Fax: (805) 882-2473
E-mail: art.rice@software.com
URL: http://www.software.com
Platforms: Sun Solaris, Microsoft Windows NT
Description: Post.Office is an SMTP/POP3 message transport agent (MTA) which offers Internet users unprecedented ease in the administration of electronic mail. Easy-to-use fill-in-the blank forms enable administrators to manage user accounts and configure the entire system. 45-day free trial license available via anonymous ftp to ftp.software.com or via World Wide Web at http://www.software.com

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