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Product:
GNP WorkServer
- Telecommunications Server
Company: GNP Computers
(Monrovia, CA)
Telephone: (818) 305-8484
URL: http://www.gnp.com
Platforms: Sun SPARCengine
Description:
The server is now available with an SME 64-bit SPARCengine Ultra
motherboard. It provides the basis for developing turnkey product
solutions for the telecom network. The SPARCengine Ultra board will
be offered in addition to the current line of SPARC 5 or SPARC 20 CPU
motherboards. This provides a telecom compute platform with speed and
compatibility. It maintains the standard Sun architecture.
Product:
M20J-695
- Optical storage jukebox
($6995 for one drive, $9995 for two)
Company: Plasmon Data, Inc.
(San Jose, CA)
Telephone: (800) 445-9400, (408) 474-0100
Fax: (408) 474-0111
E-mail: info@plasmon.com
URL: http://www.plasmon.com
Platforms: Windows NT, OS/2, Solaris, AIX
Description:
20-slot, 50 GB magneto-optical jukebox with 2.6 GB CHEETAH PLUS
drives. Maintenance-free, tip-out LCD panel, pushbutton import/export
element and differential SCSI option.
Product:
WaveSwitch 4205
- Fast Ethernet switch
($4995 for TX version; $6995 for FX version)
Company: Plaintree Systems Inc.
(Waltham, MA)
Telephone: (800) 370-2724, (617) 290-5800
Fax: (617) 290-0963
E-mail: info@plntree.synapse.com
URL: http://www.plaintree.com
Platforms: Ethernet local area networks
Description:
Fast Ethernet switch, designed for corporations creating
100-megabit-per-second (Mbps) Fast Ethernet backbones for workgroups
of up to hundreds of client PCs. Features five fixed 100Base-TX or
100Base-FX ports and two optional high-speed 100Base-TX/FX expansion
slots. A new eight port 100Base-TX Fast Ethernet bridged repeater
module can plug into a high-speed option slot. Each 100 Mbps port
supports a Fast Ethernet segment with up to 2048 nodes with near zero
latency. The two additional expansion ports for 100Base-TX/FX plug-in
modules can be used for scalability and Fast Ethernet LAN distance
extension. With a single node 100Base-FX fiber optic Fast Ethernet
module, transmission distances exceeding 100km are achievable. The
bandwidth of Fast Ethernet installations is increased by dividing a
network into segments and insulating each segment from local traffic
on other segments. A parallel store-and-forward architecture with
direct source port to destination port transfer, eliminates delays in
data transfer.
Product:
ActiveWeb Rel. 1.0
- info distribution across Internet and intranets
($4,995 for the initial developer)
Company: Active Software, Inc.
(Mountain View, CA)
Telephone: (415) 254-0474
Fax: (415) 254-1814
E-mail: info@activesw.com
URL: http://www.activesw.com
Platforms: Windows NT, Sun Solaris
Description:
Software communications system that allows dissimilar resources such
as applications, databases, and Java-enabled browsers to exchange
information across corporate intranets and the Internet. Four
components: (1) Information Broker exchanges information between
networked resources. It connects dissimilar information resources
(such as Web browsers and SQL databases); provides guaranteed delivery
of information across the unpredictable Internet system; routes
information based on its content; multiplexes (one item sent to many
receivers); filters information on behalf of the receiving
applications; and queues information that can't be delivered
immediately. (2) Adapters map the information from corporate
resources (such as a database or GUI) to the Information Broker,
enabling users to "publish" information from the database to
"subscribing" information broker-enabled client applications. (3)
Development components map the adapter for a particular function or
application. (4) Deployment-oriented administrative and management
components written in Java assist network and database administrators
in understanding and monitoring the flow of information and business
events across the network.
Product:
Alexandria Backup Librarian
- supports IBM 3494 Tape Library Dataserver and IBM Magstar 3590
Company: Spectra Logic
(Boulder, CO)
Telephone: (303) 449-6400
Fax: (303) 939-8844
E-mail: alexandria@spectralogic.com
URL: http://www.spectralogic.com
Platforms: SGI and Sun Microsystems
Description:
Alexandria Backup Librarian now supports IBM's 3494 Tape Library
Dataserver using the IBM Magstar 3590 tape drives. Enables attachment
of the 3494 with Magstar drives to multiple hosts running Alexandria
software; each IBM 3494 may be shared simultaneously by up to sixteen
different hosts in heterogeneous UNIX environments. Alexandria's
shared memory and interleaving formatter can stream multiple Magstar
3590 drives. Provides online (hot) and offline (cold) backup support
for Very Large Databases (VLDBs) including Oracle, Sybase, Informix,
SAP and CATIA. These are considered primary sites for 3494 automated
backup. The 3494 manages up to 91 terabytes of data using Magstar
drives. Each 3494 can hold up to 16 Magstar drives, and each drive
has an uncompressed read and write capability of up to 9MB/sec. In a
multi-drive 3494 configuration with the Alexandria software, more than
300GB of data could be backed up every hour.
Product:
Applix Anyware
- Java tool for developing networked business applications
($99 / client, $4995 / server)
Company: Applix, Inc.
(Westboro, MA)
Telephone: (800) 8-APPLIX, (508) 870-0300
Fax: (508) 366-9313
E-mail: applixinfo@applix.com
URL: http://www.applix.com
Description:
Commercial application solution using Java to develop and deploy
interactive business applications to networked desktops. Users have
the ability to connect, from any location worldwide, to server-based
information resources, via Java-enabled web browsers. Delivers
interactive content, in context, to any desktop, at any location.
Family of applications and tools includes client/server spreadsheet,
Client support, Server support, WebData, for accessing real-time and
historical data, and Innovator's Workbench, a development environment
for building interactive client/server applications for the Internet.
Product:
Asset Insight
- provides IT asset information
Company: Tangram Enterprise Solutions Inc.
(Raleigh, NC)
Telephone: (800) 4-TANGRAM, (919) 851-6000
Fax: (919) 851-6004
E-mail: info@tesi.com
URL: http://www.tesi.com
Platforms: Solaris, HP-UX, SCO OpenServer, AIX, OS/2, Macintosh, DOS,
Description:
Provides IT executives immediate and reliable insights into their
changing IT asset base. Gives Informix customers analyses which
improve business decisions by providing complete and timely IT asset
information. Asset Insight has been integrated with Informix's Online
Dynamic Server Database, enabling decision makers to anticipate
technology shifts, forward plan technology requirements, optimize
end-user productivity, and reduce the costs of maintaining a
distributed enterprise.
Product:
BudTool
- backup management tool
Company: PDC
(King of Prussia, PA)
Telephone: (800) 654-4PDC
Fax: (610) 265-2165
E-mail: info@pdc.com
URL: http://www.pdc.com
Platforms: Sun Solaris, HP-UX
Description:
Provides full autodiscovery at the datafile level in a tablespace.
Database module is supported on the Sun Solaris and HP-UX platforms,
including Oracle 7.x databases. Used for centralized, enterprise-wide
backup administration of file systems and databases. Enables Oracle
database administrators to automate their backups and restores.
Permits hot or cold backup of tablespaces, archive logs and
configuration files. Oracle 7.x backup tapes can be restored using
standard UNIX and Oracle commands and procedures.
Product:
Chariot 1.1
- performance testing software for enterprise networks
(Console licenses start at $9,000; site licenses at $2,000)
Company: Ganymede Software Inc.
(Research Triangle Park, NC)
Telephone: (919) 558-1138
Fax: (919) 558-1139
E-mail: info@GanymedeSoftware.com
URL: http://www.ganymedesoftware.com
Platforms: Windows NT, Windows 3.1, UNIX
Description:
Performance testing software solution for enterprise networks,
including wireless networks, ATM networks, and high-capacity Windows
TCP/IP stacks. Test results can be stored as HTML files for posting
on intranet web sites or on the World Wide Web. Can be used to set up
network stress tests and optimize the performance of diverse,
multi-platform computer networks. Simulates real network applications
by generating data traffic from multiple network systems
simultaneously, running packets through all seven layers of the
networking protocol stack rather than from just the Network layer.
Gives users a true picture of how changes to the network fabric can
affect the performance of network hardware or applications.
Product:
CrossGraphs
- data visualization and graphical reporting software
($795.00 Windows, $1595 SunOS, Solaris and HP-UX)
Company: Belmont Research
(Cambridge, MA)
Telephone: (617) 868-6878
Fax: (617) 868-2654
E-mail: cginfo@belmont.com
URL: http://www.belmont.com
Platforms: Windows 3.1, 3.11, 95 and NT; SunOS or Solaris; HP-UX
Description:
Data visualization and graphical reporting software presents data in
arrays of graphs that reveal important trends and relationships.
Automatically divides data into subsets and creates multiple graphs,
one graph per subset, on one or many pages. Created in collaboration
with the Harvard School of Public Health to help identify patterns in
large clinical databases. Used at academic centers, pharmaceutical
companies and government agencies. Deployed in business, engineering
and scientific environments to visualize complex, multidimensional
data. For example, marketing managers can view sales performance data
by competition, product, attribute, region, sales channel, market
segment, time period or a combination of these dimensions. Data can
be partitioned by quantiles, equal range, cut point, and percentages,
or grouped by year, quarter, month, week, day, hour, minute and
second.
Product:
CyberHub
- incorporates 3-D interaction into a Web site
($ 1,995 (10 connections))
Company: Black Sun Interactive
(San Francisco, CA)
Telephone: (415) 273-7004
URL: http://www.blacksun.com
Platforms: SGI, Solaris, and Linux
Description:
VRML server with features for adding 3-D, multi-user interaction to a
Web site. Uses an open, scaleable platform that integrates with
existing HTML servers to enable the construction of Web sites for
business, education and entertainment. Uses the VRML standard to
enable the addition of multi-user interaction capabilities to existing
Web sites. Architected as a suite of services which can grow with a
Web site. Includes an integrated user identification server, a motion
tracking database, and an information exchange server. Can be run on
a single Web server or distributed across multiple hardware platforms
for top performance. Since it is based on the VRML standard, migrated
3-D content can take advantage of the multi-user interaction services.
VRML worlds will appear on the client exactly as displayed by
Netscape's Live3D VRML browser. A server administration console
generates real-time statistics about the number of users at a Web
site, such as the number of hits to date, peak hours of usage, and
length of time each user is spending at a site.
Product:
Database Workbench
- Database Connectivity for Java
($299)
Company: ARIS Corporation
(Bellevue, WA)
Telephone: (800) 431-2747 (ARIS)
E-mail: info@ariscorp.com
URL: http://www.ariscorp.com
Platforms: Java servers
Description:
Consists of Java classes providing database connectivity to any
ODBC-compliant database. Applications can provide full, interactive
use of and access to data (select, insert, update, delete) contained
in databases from Oracle, Sybase, SQL Server and Informix. Any
application requiring access and changes to data contained in a
relational database can be developed in Java and accessed using a Web
browser that supports Java. Developers can use bound controls (text
box, label, combo box, list box, checkbox and option buttons) to bind
GUI components to fields in a database, in one line of code. Product
consists of a Java server that runs on the web page using the ODBC.
This server watches a socket port for incoming requests from the Java
client. These two classes send information back and forth to each
other over sockets, satisfying database access requests from the Java
applet.
Product:
Digital Linear Tape (DLT) libraries
- backup/retrieval software
Company: Software Moguls, Inc.
(Minnetonka, MN)
Telephone: (612) 932-6738
Fax: (612) 932-6736
E-mail: info@moguls.com
URL: http://www.moguls.com
Platforms: Sun, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and Silicon Graphics
Description:
Library products including the Q7 and Q47 Digital Linear Tape (DLT)
libraries. The Q47 has a total of 60 tapes and four drives, and the
Q7 has 28 tapes and a pair of drives. The Q-Series delivers between
three and 12 MB per second data transfers, from individual SCSI
connectors at each drive.
Product:
EPIC Release 3.4
- integrated circuit design tool
(AMPS, $72,000; Arcadia, $24,400; PathMill, $36,400; PowerMill,)
Company: EPIC Design Technology, Inc.
(Sunnyvale, CA)
Telephone: (408) 988-2997
Fax: (408) 988-8324
E-mail: mkt@epic.com
URL: http://www.epic.com
Platforms: Sun, Solaris, HP, and IBM
Description:
Tools for nanometer IC design. Solutions include RC reduction,
improved top-down timing flow and an embedded power methodology. This
new release addresses design problems that appear below 350nm, or 0.35
microns. New features include enhanced cell-based timing flow,
AWE-based RC reduction, and cross-coupling capacitance extraction.
Tools include: Arcadia, a high-performance RC extraction tool, AMPS,
a transistor resizing tool for simultaneously optimizing power, speed
and area, PathMill, a static and hybrid timing analysis tool,
PowerMill, a power simulation and diagnostic tool, RailMill, a
solution for detection of electromigration and voltage drop failures,
and TimeMill, a dynamic timing analysis solution.
Product:
Informix Backup Personality Version 2.0
- backup and restore utility
Company: Spectra Logic, Inc.
(Boulder, CO)
Telephone: (303) 449-6400
Fax: (303) 939-8844
E-mail: alexandria@spectralogic.com
URL: http://www.spectralogic.com
Platforms: Sun Solaris, Sequent, H-P, DEC
Description:
Backup Personality Version 2.0 is offered with the Alexandria Backup
and Archive Librarian software. Used for the storage and management
of database and filesystem data in automated tape libraries and media
handling systems. Works with the enhanced backup and restore utility
for backing up and restoring Informix databases in parallel, while
systems are on-line or "hot." Backup throughput and scalability are
key to managing Very Large Databases (VLDBs) and data warehouses. The
Backup Personality for Informix manages an unlimited number of
parallel streams and interleaves them on any number of available tape
drives. Shared memory interleaving keeps the fastest drives streaming
to their full potential. The parallelism allows users to achieve
large backups in a small time frame by adding more drives. One of the
most critical features of the Informix personality is the ability to
backup dbspaces and logical logs while the database is online or
"hot." During the hot backup process the database will remain
available to use; crucial for organizations operating 24 hours a day.
The newest feature offered by the Informix Personality, hot restore of
non-critical dbspaces and logical logs is also available.
Product:
Network Visibility Solution Set
- Distributed fault and performance management
($2,000 per segment)
Company: Network General Corporation
(Menlo Park, CA)
Telephone: (800) SNIFFER or (415) 473-2000
E-mail: info@ngc.com
URL: http://www.ngc.com
Platforms: Sun Solaris, HP-UX, IRIX
Description:
Product suite for distributed fault and performance management;
solution components provide insight into the relationship between a
network and its applications, databases and devices. A complementary
set of UNIX-based network fault and performance management tools
designed to deliver enhanced network performance, reliability and
quality of service. Collects statistics from all seven layers of the
Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model. Allows network managers to
isolate and resolve problems before they impact the performance and
reliability of a network. Deployed on all enterprise backbone and
mission-critical segments, it provides visibility into all seven OSI
layers, including the interrelationships between the network and
databases (Oracle7, Sybase) and HTTP Internet/Intranet traffic on the
World Wide Web. Delivers protocol decodes and expert analysis for
immediate problem identification and resolution.
Product:
Nutmeg
- class library for list management
($49 / $495)
Company: Thought Inc.
(San Francisco)
Telephone: (415) 928-4229
Fax: (415) 567-9945
E-mail: info@thoughtinc.com
URL: http://www.thoughtinc.com
Platforms: Java
Description:
A class library for list management, modeled after the Smalltalk
Collection Class library. The library includes the following Classes
and features: Arrays of Information Management, Indexed Collections,
Ordered and Sorted Collections, Sets, Dictionaries, User-Created
Sub-Classes, and a choice of many Advanced List Classes. Users can
also define Smalltalk-style or Java-style error handling protocols, as
well as programmer-defined sorting criteria. "Set theory" concepts
use Object Selection and Rejection methods, incorporating User-Defined
Execution Blocks.
Product:
OmniVox for UNIX 6.0
- telephony/call processing
Company: APEX Voice Communications, Inc.
(Sherman Oaks, CA)
Telephone: (800) 727-3970, (818) 379-8400
Fax: (818) 379-8410
E-mail: sales@apexvoice.com
URL: http://www.apexvoice.com
Platforms: UNIX, AIX
Description:
Telephony/call processing platform supports Dialogic's SCbus and PEB
architecture. Provides access across network connections (LANs,
WANs). Applications generator included. Supported network telephony
protocols include analog, ISDN, E-1, T-1 and the Dialogic MSI (Modular
Station interface). Supports Dialogic's Global Call protocols,
including INS-1500, 1TR6, P7/P8, CTR4, VN3/VN4, AUSTEL, DASS 1 & 2,
TPH, AT&T 4ESS/5ESS and DMS100/250. SC resource switching makes it
possible to build large, scaleable systems using shared resources,
such as fax, voice recognition, text-to-speech, etc. Includes service
creation tool and speech editor, with support for interactive voice
response (IVR), voice/fax mail & messaging, fax, conferencing, virtual
chat, audiotex and an integrated database tool (compatible with dBase,
FoxPro, Clipper). The IVR, voice mail & messaging, audiotex and
database tool modules are activated upon system installation. New
features include internationalization of message playback of date/time
functions & currency and Call Progress Analysis for detection of
hang-up, busy, no answer, network busy and circuit busy.
Product:
Oracle InterOffice
- Web-based collaboration software
Company: Oracle Corporation
(San Francisco, CA)
Telephone: (415) 506-7000
E-mail: info@oracle.com
URL: http://www.oracle.com
Description:
Fully-scalable, Web-based collaboration software, based on the Oracle
Universal Server. Can scale from workgroup to enterprise, connecting
millions of users across corporate intranets and public networks. Can
support thousands of simultaneous users on a single server. Provides
corporate intranets with e-mail, scheduling, workflow and document
management services. Since it allows people to communicate no matter
what their client device, e-mail access is not limited to those with
personal computers.
Product:
PLATINUM Fast Unload for Oracle
- extracts data from an Oracle database
($5,000 per server)
Company: PLATINUM technology, inc.
(Oakbrook Terrace, IL)
Telephone: (800) 442-6861, (708) 620-5000
E-mail: info@platinum.com
URL: http://www.platinum.com
Platforms: SunOS 4.1, Sun Solaris 2.3, HP-UX 8.0, IBM AIX 3.2, DEC
Description:
Software utility for database administrators (DBAs); extracts data
from Oracle database tables. Directly accesses database files,
bypassing the SQL engine and the Oracle kernel. Features: Selective
data unloading -- extracts specific rows and columns from a
tablespace, reducing the time it takes to unload select data; Flexible
output formatting options -- output records are automatically
formatted for compatibility with PLATINUM Fast Load for DB2 for MVS,
IBM DB2 Load, Oracle SQL-Loader, Sybase BCP, Informix DBLoad, and
other database load utilities; Multiple output files -- unloads tables
larger than 2 gigabytes (the maximum filesystem size on most UNIX
systems today).
Product:
PLATINUM Tools for Informix
- Three software tools for Informix databases
(Prices start at $795)
Company: PLATINUM technology, inc.
(Oakbrook Terrace, IL)
Telephone: (800) 442-6861, 708-620-5000
E-mail: info@platinum.com
URL: http://www.platinum.com
Platforms: Windows NT, UNIX (Sun Solaris V2.3, IBM AIX V3.2, HP-UX
Description:
Three software tools for Informix databases. TSreorg: tool for
Informix administrators that reorganizes database tables, indexes, and
"dbspaces" to maximize database performance. SQL-Spy: tool for
real-time performance monitoring of Informix and other client/server
databases. SQL-Coder: tool that allows Informix application
developers to create, manage, and test server-code objects, including
stored procedures, triggers and scripts for DDL and DML.
Product:
PerformanceWorks/SmartAgent for Sybase version 2.0
- performance management software
($3,750 for one agent)
Company: Landmark Systems Corp.
(Vienna, VA)
Telephone: (800) 333-8666
E-mail: info@landmark.com
URL: http://www.landmark.com
Platforms: Sybase SQL Server
Description:
Performance management software for Sybase SQL Server; gathers
performance data while avoiding the risk of slowing database
performance or corrupting memory. Uses the SQL Server Monitor
application programming interface (API). Eliminates contention for
shared memory and the need to re-deploy agents for each release of
Sybase SQL Server. System and database administrators, operations and
help desk staff can troubleshoot slow client/server application
response time, analyze historical performance trends and model the
performance impact of new applications. Intelligent software agents
automatically gather performance data from a client/server
application's pressure points, including CPU, memory, I/O, disk,
workload, space, operating system, Network File System and the
network. Data can be viewed from any SNMP management platform.
Integrates with data from management platforms such as IBM's NetView
for AIX, HP's OpenView, Sun's Solstice and Tivoli's TME. Reporting
tools such as Microsoft Excel, SAS/Access and Cognos' Impromptu can be
used to analyze data, which is imported via an Open Database
Connectivity interface.
Product:
Scalable Performance Data Server
- parallel-processing server
($25,000 to $45,000)
Company: SAS Institute
(Cary, NC)
Telephone: (919) 677-8000
Fax: (919) 677-8123
E-mail: software@sas.sas.com
URL: http://www.sas.com
Platforms: Sun's Symmetric Multiprocessing Systems (SMP) server
Description:
High-speed, parallel-processing data server designed to support
business decisions through the SAS System's data warehousing
capabilities. Exploits Sun Microsystems' multiprocessing system
architecture and scalable Solaris multithreaded environment. The
multi-user server can store data sets, views and catalogs, and offers
advanced indexing alternatives. Stores data in excess of two
gigabytes.
Product:
SmartSockets 4.0
- message-oriented product enables program communication
($16,000)
Company: Talarian Corporation
(Mountain View, CA)
Telephone: (415) 965-8050
Fax: (415) 965-9077
E-mail: info@talarian.com
URL: http://www.talarian.com
Description:
Message-oriented middleware product enables programs to communicate
across LANs, WANs, and the Internet. Unlimited scalability, security,
and the ability to add additional protocols. Scaled to a virtually
unlimited number of machines using many of the same techniques that
have made the Internet scalable, including a hierarchical namespace,
dynamic routing of messages, and recovery from transient network
failures. Messages can be routed in real-time to large groups of
processes, organized hierarchically to any number of levels. Product
will dynamically reconfigure its routing tables as processes come and
go and network topology changes. Messages can be transferred securely
across any type of network. In addition to encrypting messages, it
can also enforce authentication of programs and users, who may link in
their own security mechanisms if desired. Open interface for adding
new protocols. Includes a C API and a C++ Class Library, a graphical
interface for monitoring and debugging distributed applications, and
the ability to customize and extend almost any aspect of the product.
Product:
TNT Embedded ToolSuite
- develops embedded systems for Internet or intranet
Company: Phar Lap Software
(Cambridge, MA)
Telephone: (617) 661-1510
Fax: (617) 876-2972
E-mail: sales@pharlap.com
URL: http://www.pharlap.com
Description:
Gives developers the ability to make embedded devices universally
accessible via the World Wide Web from any PC or workstation with a
Web browser. Embedded systems can be developed for monitoring a wide
range of activities via the Internet, including weather stations,
seismographic monitors and floodwatch systems. Company intranet
applications can also be developed, including in-room patient
monitors, factory-floor controller monitors and office systems, such
as "smart" copiers. A 32-bit x86-based embedded kernel provides a
complete development system for building intelligent embedded
computing products. Features an HTML-On-The-Fly package for
converting raw data into HTML code, TCP/IP support, Ethernet drivers,
and SLIP, CSLIP, PPP and dialer software. The remote system can dial
up a host computer or Internet Service Provider and communicate using
existing telephone lines. This design provides a cost effective way
to both retrieve data from a remote system in the field and bring it
back to the host computer system.
Product:
Tivoli Manager for Applications
- Deploy, configure, install and monitor client/server apps
($4,500)
Company: Tivoli Systems Inc.
(Austin, TX)
Telephone: (512) 436-8311
E-mail: info@tivoli.com
URL: http://www.tivoli.com
Platforms: all major UNIX and PC platforms
Description:
Provides management and control for deploying complex client/server
applications in production environments. Enables users to deploy,
configure, install and monitor custom-built applications, all from a
management console with an application-specific view of their
environment. Using TME 10-based technologies, it extends the power of
TME 10 to distributed client/server applications. Suited for large
workgroups in a network computing environment, it provides users with
an "applications-centric" management console from which they can
perform a broad range of management procedures including dependency
checking, software distribution, fault and availability monitoring and
event correlation and administration. These processes are performed
against all components of a client/server application as well as its
supporting infrastructure, including databases, servers, desktops and
networks. With its companion developer's kit, it addresses the entire
lifecycle of an application including Building the application,
Configuring the application, Deploying the application, and Monitoring
and operating the application.
Product:
TotalNET Advanced Server software v4.1
- server installation and configuration
Company: Syntax Inc.
(Federal Way, WA)
Telephone: (206) 838-2626
Fax: (206) 838-9836
E-mail: info@syntax.com
URL: http://www.syntax.com
Platforms: SunSoft's Solaris for SPARC, Solaris for Intel, IBM AIX
Description:
Intranet-enabled Enterprise Network Operating System (ENOS).
Features: Full Function Windows NT, Macintosh, NetWare file, print,
and application services. Access to more than 10,000 mission-critical
software applications. Advanced security, management, and
administrative facilities. Intranet-enabled administrative framework
supporting browser-based administration tools. Scalability to 64
processors, 16+ NICs, terabytes of storage and gigabytes of memory.
Connects and integrates unmodified NT, OS/2, NetWare, Macintosh, and
UNIX networks - making it simple for these disparate networks to
transparently share programs, data, and print resources.
Product:
WebObjects v 2.0
- software development environment for Internet and Enterprise
(WebObjects Pro, $2,999. WebObjects Enterprise, $24,999)
Company: NeXT Software, Inc.
(Redwood City, CA)
Telephone: (800) TRY-NeXT
E-mail: info@next.com
URL: http://www.next.com
Platforms: Windows NT, Solaris, and NEXTSTEP
Description:
Changes the development paradigm for web applications from code
generation and manipulation to drag and drop application assembly with
minimal coding. A server-based development environment for creating
dynamic web applications, while allowing access to existing corporate
data and applications. Provides graphical drag and drop access to
many functions and features, with palettes and reusable components.
Server language-independent, supporting WebScript, C, C++, and
Objective-C. Client language-independent, supporting HTML, Java
Applets, JavaScript, and ActiveX Technologies. Heterogeneous database
support includes Sybase, Oracle, and ODBC. Enterprise application
interoperability, with support for OLE, Perl, C, C++, and Objective-C
applications. Standard web server support via NSAPI, ISAPI, and CGI.
Product:
WebStalker
- Web server security tool
($4,995)
Company: Haystack Labs Inc.
(Austin, TX)
Telephone: (512) 918-3555
Fax: (512) 918-1265
E-mail: info@haystack.com
URL: http://www.haystack.com
Platforms: Sun Solaris and AIX
Description:
Automated software package created to ensure the availability and
integrity of Web servers by monitoring for illegal activities. Shuts
down abuses as they are happening, and sends immediate alarms
detailing the suspicious activity. Neutralizes Web site tampering by
identifying cracker behavior in progress and putting a stop to it
before serious damage is done. Has built in controls that restrict
unauthorized users, including phony accounts created by crackers, from
accessing sensitive system files or content. Web servers that make
use of CGI programs to enable data entry are particularly vulnerable
to cracker trickery. Product monitors the CGI activity and blocks the
cracker from executing any clandestine commands. Features include
automated real-time, 7x24 Web site monitoring; an HTML-based
interviewer for installing the product; flexible alert methods --
email, report, SNMP trap, and pager; and unique programmed responses.
Product:
Widgets Pro
- collection of reusable components for the Sun Java environment
($399.95)
Company: CONNECT! CORP.
(Scottsdale, AZ)
Telephone: (602) 483-6636
Fax: (602) 596-6950
E-mail: info@connectcorp.com
URL: http://www.connectcorp.com
Platforms: Java
Description:
A collection of pre-built, reusable components for the Sun
Microsystems Java environment. Consists of eight components: picture
fields with formatting and validation, group box panel, multi-column
list box, grid control, scrolling panel, calendar, progress window,
and splitter panel.
Product:
X-IPC Queue-Burst
- message-handling facility
(free -- included with X-IPC product)
Company: Momentum Software Corp.
(Englewood, NJ)
Telephone: (201) 871-0077
E-mail: info@momsoft.com
URL: http://www.momsoft.com
Platforms: DOS, Windows 3.1, NT, 95, OS/2, Macintosh, AIX, HP-UX,
Description:
Provides fast message throughput and bandwidth utilization for high-
performance applications. Intended for industry segments where high-
throughput applications are concentrated, such as telecommunications,
financial services and military command and control. "Read-ahead"
algorithms are used to move data messages and can be customized by
defining the buffer size. Data can be moved as quickly as the network
can carry it, without the limitations frequently realized when relying
exclusively on flow control.
Product:
XRunner 4.0
- tool for testing UNIX client applications
($10,000)
Company: Mercury Interactive Corp.
(Sunnyvale, CA)
Telephone: (408) 523-9900
Fax: (408) 523-9911
E-mail: info@merc-int.com
URL: http://www.merc-int.com
Platforms: Solaris, SunOS, HP-UX, SGI IRIX, IBM AIX
Description:
Performs testing of UNIX- and Web-based applications. Allows reuse of
tests across UNIX and Windows NT. Test scripts can be developed once,
and then replayed on any other platform. Can also be used to test
Java and Netscape applications. Script Wizard learns the application,
and automatically generating test scripts. Exception Handling
automates responses to unanticipated application or system errors,
which ensures reliable replay and prevents the testing process from
coming to a halt. Error detection tool tests Motif user interfaces,
detecting GUI implementation errors such as invisible text, labels and
widgets, window and widget resizing errors, and widget redundancy.
OpenTest Technology enables reuse of existing C and C++ code for
testing through shared library extensions to the Test Script Language.
Report Analyzer provides a quick summary of test results including a
color-coded pass/fail analysis and drill-down technology to pinpoint
the line in the test script where the error occurred.
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