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CLARiiON advanced storage solutions first to provide 9 GB disk drives; New 9 GB/ 3.5` disk drives deliver 720 GB in less then 5 square feet of floor space.
Product:
PowerLite MAX
- peripheral expansion unit
($3,995)
Company: RDI Computer Corp.
(Carlsbad, CA)
Telephone: (619) 929-0992 or (800) RDI-LITE (800/734-5483)
E-mail: info@rdi.com
URL: http://www.rdi.com
Platforms: SPARC
Description:
PowerLite portable workstations can add up to 8.6 GB of hard disk
space, CD-ROM, battery back-up and SBus expansion slots through the
Maximum Peripheral Expansion Unit (MAX). Supports both removable hard
drives and battery back-up; up to two 4.3 GB hard disk drives; the
second drive utilizes the unit's 5.75-inch wide half-height fixed bay.
Both 11.4-ms SCSI-2 drives are removable for added data security.
Combined with an internal hard disk capacity of up to 3.6 GB, users
can have up to 12.2 GB of high-speed storage. Or, they may add a
4X-speed CD-ROM drive, in lieu of a hard drive. Third-party SBus
cards supporting high-end imaging, graphics, video capture,
communications and other applications can be used in the two standard
32-bit SBus card slots. They will accommodate one single double-wide
or two single- or double-height SBus cards, providing full power
requirements and support for all standard modules.
Product:
AXXiON-Authenticate 1.3
- network security application
($4,700)
Company: OpenVision Technologies, Inc.
(Pleasanton, CA)
Telephone: (510) 426-6477
E-mail: info@openvision.com
URL: http://www.openvision.com
Platforms: UNIX, Windows, Windows NT, OpenVMS, and Netware
Description:
Reduces the possibility of unauthorized system access by hackers and
other unwanted intruders. Helps users create and manage a secured
global network. Allows administrators to do daily security tasks
without advanced security knowledge. Encrypts data transmitted across
global networks, guaranteeing confidentiality and privacy of sensitive
data. Uses DES encryption, and through arrangements with the U.S.
State Department, can be used in most countries. Includes an improved
installation process. Reduced sign-on capabilities allow an
administrator to enter login and password information once and gain
access to many UNIX and WindowsNT systems, reducing time spent logging
and re-logging into systems on a large network for daily maintenance
tasks.
Product:
AltaVista Forum V2.0
- Web conferencing tool
($495 for 25 users)
Company: Digital Equipment Corp.
(Maynard, MA)
URL: http://altavista.software.digital.com
Platforms: PC, Macintosh, and UNIX workstations
Description:
Provides OnSite conferencing capabilities for virtual workgroups and
teams to collaborate and solve business problems. Business teams can
hold 'virtual' meetings over the Internet from any desktop platform
with a Web browser. Teams can initiate conferences, collaborate in
public or private and make changes to shared documents such as
presentations, spreadsheets, proposals and reports. Teams can share
ideas and poll meeting attendees for group decisions in real time.
Teams have 'collaboration centers' complete with general team
information, calendars and calling cards. Supports text chatting and
integrates with teleconferencing software. On-line chatroom support
is provided. Organizes information so teams can access data on a
company's intranet. A team-specific home page provides links to each
team forum and to critical information about the team and each of its
members. Team members can upload information to shared Web servers
from anywhere on the network. Streamlined Web e-mail allows members
to send private messages and file attachments to team members or
others outside the network. Accepts news feeds from outside sources,
and uses sophisticated news filters to deliver data of interest to the
team.
Product:
CRiSP v5
- multi-platform programmer's editor
($249.99 (Windows), $349.99 (AIX))
Company: Vital, Inc.
(Plano, TX)
Telephone: (214) 491-6907
Fax: (214) 491-6909
E-mail: info@vital.com
URL: http://www.vital.com
Platforms: Solaris , HP-UX, AIX, SGI, DEC , Linux, CRAY, DataGeneral, SCO, Unixware, Windows
Description:
Cross-platform programming text editor for X-Windows, Windows and
Character based environments. Integration with multiple source code
control systems provides integrated check-in/check-out facility from
within, resulting in a highly integrated development environment.
Users can create and smart-paste language-specific templates visually
from within the editor. The colorization mechanism has been revamped,
making it easier to add colorizer definitions for different languages.
Dynamic colorization and printing are natively supported for over 50
languages. Users can perform searching/replacing and other advanced
arithmetic operations within columnar ranges. Native keyboard
emulation for Wordstar, BRIEF, Vi, and CUA.
Product:
Electronic Commerce Suite v2.1
- creates interactive catalogs for Internet or CD-ROMs
Company: iCat Corporation
(Seattle, WA)
Telephone: (800) 558-4228
E-mail: info@icat.com
URL: http://www.icat.com
Platforms: Sun Solaris, Sun-OS, SGI Irix, Windows NT, and Macintosh
Description:
Allows companies to create interactive catalogs, deliver them on the
Internet and CD-ROM, and accept electronic transactions from shoppers.
Includes support for the First Virtual Internet payment system, email
order verification for merchants, new predefined catalog templates and
user interfaces, improved catalog searching capabilities, and
compatibility with Sun-OS and Digital Alpha NT Internet Server
platforms. Merchants receive email notification of electronic orders
via the Internet. These messages can be formatted for easy importing
into inventory, shipping, or accounting systems. Merchants can also
check sales status remotely from any Web browser via secure
administrator access. They are able to view sales by date, customer,
or items sold, using predefined or customized forms. Commerce
Publisher permits users to collect, organize and layout product
information and publish ready-to-use Internet or CD-ROM catalogs.
Commerce Exchange adds secure transaction-processing capabilities to
any Internet server, including the ability to accept, process and
track electronic orders and shipper registrations.
Product:
FactoryLink ECS
- Enterprise Control System
($10,000)
Company: USDATA Corporation
(Richardson, TX)
Telephone: (214) 680-9700
E-mail: info@usdata.com
URL: http://www.usdata.com
Platforms: Solaris
Description:
Real-time application development toolset that collects data from
industrial automation hardware such as PLCs, DCSs and RTUs. Monitors
in excess of 1,000,000 data points. Used to develop simple MMI
(Man-Machine Interfaces), SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data
Acquisition), and MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems) applications
acting on the real-time data collected. The applications are commonly
used in support of manufacturing processes.
Product:
Gemini CSX 1.2
- accelerated Verilog-XL simulation solution
($25,000)
Company: IKOS Systems Inc.
(Cupertino, CA)
Telephone: (408) 255-4567
Fax: (408) 366-8672
E-mail: info@ikos.com
URL: http://www.ikos.com
Platforms: Sun SPARC & Solaris, HP9000 Series 700, Verilog-XL v 1.6C5 or later
Description:
Simulation tool for Verilog designers. Compiler performs parallel
verification tasks with a single license. Uses simulation backplane
technology. Compiler allows users to prepare Verilog-XL designs for
simulation while concurrently running regression tests for other
designs on the NSIM hardware accelerator. Release 1.2 includes
Hardware Comparators which allow on-the-fly comparisons of expected
outputs in the hardware simulator. This eliminates the process of
running behavioral compare routines and file compares; reduces
regression testing time.
Product:
JClass LiveTable Pro and Applet
- complete Java class library and applet
Company: KL Group Inc.
(Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Telephone: (416) 594-1026
E-mail: info@klg.com
URL: http://www.klg.com
Platforms: Java
Description:
Java table components enable developers and Web page designers to
build interactive tables and forms for Java and World Wide Web
applications. Java class library and applet provide critical building
blocks for creating dynamic forms and spreadsheets. Features: column
sorting, components in cells, programmic callbacks; presentation
capabilities such as mixed colors, fonts, and image support.
Designers can add scrolling views of a table, on-the-fly sorting, and
in-table searching capabilities. Applet provides extended
presentation features as well as the interactive capabilities required
to build Intranet applications on the Web.
Product:
Open Inventor 2.1 on OpenGL
- 3D graphics development tool
Company: Portable Graphics, Inc.
(Austin, TX)
Telephone: (512) 719-8000
Fax: (512) 832-0752
E-mail: info@portable.com
URL: http://www.portable.com
Platforms: Solaris(TM) Ultra(TM) Creator3D
Description:
A 3D graphics development tool for commercial and corporate
application development. An object-oriented developer's toolkit for
writing interactive 3D visualization and animation applications based
on the OpenGL application programming interface. New enhancements in
version 2.1 support the Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML).
VRML, a subset of the Open Inventor file format, is the
industry-standard, platform-independent file format for 3D graphics on
the Internet. Developers can also use the product to port existing
applications to Sun Ultra workstations.
Product:
Output Server 2.5
- manages output in client/server applications
($420 per user, 100 users)
Company: DAZEL Corp.
(Austin, TX)
Telephone: (512) 306-7300, (800) 357-8357
E-mail: info@dazel.com
URL: http://www.dazel.com
Platforms: SunOS, Sun Solaris, HP-UX, IBM AIX and NCR SVR4
Description:
Tailors resources to match business processes for output across
geographically distributed environments. Organizations can configure
multiple interoperable output domains, providing a scalable and secure
environment where output resources can be modeled according to
business processes and shared across geographically dispersed
locations. For example, system administrators can design a separate
and unique output domain (printers, faxes and e-mail systems) for the
finance department, including restricted access, and still allow
finance personnel to access other geographically dispersed output
domains, such as those located in regional sales offices. This lets
the finance department deliver information to output destinations in
regional sales offices, while ensuring centralized management and
control of all output domains and resources for the systems
administrator.
Product:
Response Time Monitor (RTM)
- Agent for TCP/IP networks
($750 per agent)
Company: Apertus Technologies Incorporated
(Eden Prairie, MN)
Telephone: (800) 793-3509
E-mail: info@apertus.com
URL: http://www.apertus.com
Platforms: AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, Digital UNIX, NetWare IPX
Description:
Response Time Monitor (RTM) Agent for TCP/IP networks measures
response time from UNIX workstations and servers to any devices
running IP protocol. Statistics help measure user service levels and
pinpoint network bottlenecks. Data collection is scheduled for the IP
RTM agent by Vital Signs VisionNet, an SNA network performance
monitor. LAN statistics are collected into a central performance data
repository where they can be viewed real-time or graphed over time.
Metrics include average response time, maximum response time, minimum
response time, last response time, number of non-responses, and
distribution of responses by user-defined frequency ranges. Alerts
can be triggered for any SNMP-based Network Manager, such as OpenView
or NetView for AIX, or to NetView or NetMaster on IBM mainframe
systems. Collects and reports SNA network and host time, so the total
end-to-end response time for LAN users accessing traditional mainframe
applications can be measured.
Product:
SmartStream DE v4.1
- financial and human resources applications
Company: Dun & Bradstreet Software
(Atlanta, GA)
Telephone: (404) 239-2000
E-mail: solutions@dbsoftware.com
URL: http://www.dbsoftware.com
Platforms: Sybase System 11, HP-UX, SUN Solaris, OSF/1, AIX, and
Description:
New version adds increased performance and scalability through the
support of symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) and Sybase's System 11
database. Performance optimization and tuning applies to both On-Line
Transaction Processing (OLTP) and Decision Support. Scaleable
parallel processing features of SMP systems are enabled by the System
11 database. By breaking work into steps, customers can perform
functions such as Ledger Posting on a server as a parallel process.
These steps can be run independently, in combination with one another,
or concurrently to provide greater posting performance. Conditional
workflow automates repetitive tasks and allows customers to
standardize procedures specific to an organization. Extends the use
of conditional workflow to include approval activities for invoices,
journal entries, and requisitions. Included is a Human Resources
application, with a full suite of personnel, payroll and benefits
modules. This provides a view of compensation and people costs for
the management of the entire employment cycle.
Product:
TED 4.1 and NTED
- Integrates Windows and UNIX data and applications
Company: TriTeal Corp.
(Carlsbad, CA)
Telephone: (619) 930-2077
E-mail: info@triteal.com
URL: http://www.triteal.com
Platforms: AIX, SunOS, Solaris, HP-UX, UnixWare, IRIX, SINIX, Windows 3.1, 95, NT, Digital UNIX
Description:
TriTeal Enterprise Desktop (TED v4.1), desktop system software, works
with NTED, a Windows-on-UNIX interoperability solution, to unite
Windows and UNIX data and applications in a single, common user and
developer environment. TED 4.1 provides enhancements including
drag-and-drop integration between Netscape Navigator and TED, DCE and
Kerberos login authentication, and enhancements to the Graphical
Workspace Manager (GWM). NTED provides UNIX users with access to
Windows applications running natively on a Windows NT server, to UNIX
workstation users with application and file integration and
interoperability between the two environments. Users can cut, copy
and paste data between Windows and UNIX. Applications and files from
both environments can be organized and accessed from a common
application and file manager. NTED also off-loads graphics to the
desktop for optimum performance.
Product:
Trudger
- multi-platform Internet Web agent
($59.95)
Company: Vital Inc.
(Plano, TX)
Telephone: (214) 491-6907
Fax: (214) 491-6909
E-mail: info@vital.com
URL: http://www.vital.com
Platforms: Windows 95, NT, Unixware, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, SGI, SCO, BSD, Linux, DEC
Description:
Builds customized corporate intranets by downloading Web pages,
graphics, text and IITML links of interest. Monitors Web sites of
interest, downloading Web pages automatically. Controls the type of
content/files to download, number of links to traverse, sites to
avoid, time to spend downloading, amount of disk space to use, etc.
Uses asynchronous replication to stop an in-progress download and
resume it later where it left off. Maximizes transfer rates by
parallelizing the download of related links. Users can specify how
many links to download in parallel, and adjust the transfer rate while
in operation. Users can also dynamically redirect the Web traversal
route by pausing an in progress download and then deleting the
links/pages they do not want to download. Designed to be
multi-platform; does not require a Web browser. However, it can
communicate with one to display downloaded pages. Site folders make
efficient disk space management possible.
Product:
VHDL Discovery Kit
- synthesis and optimization toolkit
($3495)
Company: Exemplar Logic, Inc.
(Alameda, CA)
Telephone: (510) 337-3700
Fax: (510) 337-3799
E-mail: sales@antaresco.com
URL: http://www.exemplar.com
Platforms: Windows 95, Windows NT, UNIX (HP and Sun)
Description:
A synthesis toolkit targeted to Windows-based FPGA designers
transitioning from schematics to VHDL-based design methodologies. A
full synthesis tool based on Galileo engine; includes VHDL training
course. Accepts VHDL as input and offers synthesis and optimization
for a single FPGA library from Actel, Altera, Lucent Technologies or
Xilinx. Offers users a migration path to Galileo or Leonardo design
environments. The synthesis tool is based on the Galileo synthesis
engine. It includes an HDL Logic Explorer module for Windows with
VHDL language support with architecture-specific logic optimization
and the ModGen operator library. Features: VHDL language input,
Galileo-based synthesis engine, PC-node locked license, EDIF or XNF
output for place and route, and support for a single technology
library.
Product:
WebReferee
- Web server utility module
($129 per server)
Company: Maximized Software
(Irvine, CA)
Telephone: (888) MAX-SOFT, (714) 955-5800
Fax: (714) 955-5801
E-mail: info@maximized.com
URL: http://maximized.com
Platforms: Windows NT, SunOS and Solaris
Description:
Plug-in software module to combat unauthorized references to Web site
content. Instead of downloading files, some sites have become adept
at "referencing" -- using live links to build their Web pages from the
images and pages of other Web sites. In addition to taking credit for
other peoples' work, these sites often use the content out of context.
Limits access to site content to those actually visiting the original
Web site and prevents outside Web servers from referencing the content
by recognizing and denying unauthorized requests for content placed on
other sites' pages. Prevents unauthorized access to all types of page
content, such as images, video, audio, Java applets and CGI programs.
When an unauthorized request is made, it responds with a return error
message or re-directs unauthorized requests to a different URL.
Product:
Willows Toolkit Version 2.0
- Cross-platform tool for Macintosh, UNIX and other platforms
($4,995 per developer)
Company: Willows Software
(Saratoga, CA)
Telephone: (800) 814-6351, (408) 777-1820
Fax: (408) 777-1827
E-mail: info@willows.com
URL: http://www.willows.com
Platforms: Solaris, SunOS, AIX, HP-UX, Digital UNIX, IRIX, SCO, UnixWare, Linux
Description:
32-bit toolkit supports Borland's ObjectWindows Library (OWL). Helps
Windows developers to migrate applications to other platforms, such as
Macintosh and UNIX. Supports OWL, a leading applications framework.
A seamless migration path from Windows to other platforms. Library is
based on a single set of source code that can be compiled and linked
for the target environment, allowing developers to deliver
cross-platform applications that run at native execution speed.
Because the code remains completely compatible with Windows,
developers are able to exploit non-Windows platforms from Windows
applications with minimum effort. Source code and existing Intel
binary objects (i.e., DLLs) can be combined to take advantage of
third-party components without requiring vendor code. Toolkit has no
ties to Windows source code and no run-time royalties. Includes OWL
encapsulations of Windows 95 common controls such as Tab Controls,
Property Pages and Tool Tips, and encapsulations of splitter windows,
splash screens, dockable toolbars, print preview, animation and more.
Supports synchronization objects for multi-threaded development and
supports both 32-and 16-bit development, including 16-bit emulation of
most Windows 95-based common controls.
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