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Product:
NetApp Multiprotocol Filer
- data-access server for Windows and UNIX clients
($3,950 - $10,950)
Company: Network Appliance Inc.
(Mountain View, CA)
Telephone: (415) 428-5203
E-mail: info@netapp.com
URL: http://www.netapp.com
Platforms: NetApp F220, F330 and F540
Description:
Windows, Windows 95, Windows NT and UNIX clients can use the same
network file server for data storage. Users of both the UNIX and NT
versions of an application software package can access the same server
data at the same time in native mode. The network protocol
communicates directly with the core operating system, as opposed to
requiring translation to another protocol supported on the file
server. Adds native support for CIFS, the protocol used by Microsoft
Windows, Windows 95 and Windows NT, to existing NFS file services.
Provides file service interoperability with all Windows operating
systems, including Windows NT (client and server), Windows 95 and
Windows for Workgroups. A single filer can be configured to provide
either NFS-only, CIFS-only or simultaneous NFS/CIFS data access.
Product:
Network Computer (NC) line
- thin-client computers
($649 - $799)
Company: Boundless Technologies
(Austin, TX)
Telephone: (512) 349-5800
Fax: (512) 346-7062
E-mail: info@boundless.com
URL: http://www.boundless.com
Platforms: DOS, Windows (3.1, 95 and NT), Internet, corporate
Description:
A network computer line aimed at companies desiring to replace older
PCs and terminals to gain the advantages of thin-client computing.
Provides end-users with capabilities similar to LAN-based PCs,
including multimedia support and on-demand access to data and
applications. Provides centralized administration, security and
control benefits. Computers are network-ready and easy to maintain,
since software upgrades are made on the server instead of the desktop.
Offers high-performance graphics, digital video, optional audio and
telephony capabilities, such as for use in call center environments.
A modular logic unit design allows customers to select the
performance, processing power and multimedia support that is right for
their needs. Flagship model scaleable configurations range from a 25
MHz Intel i960 local processor and 1 MB of VRAM to a
higher-performance graphics system with 2 MB VRAM and a 33 MHz
processor. The entire family offers flexible connectivity with
twisted pair (10BaseT) standard or thin (10Base2) Ethernet optional;
one parallel port, two serial ports, a PS/2 mouse port and a PS/2
keyboard port.
Product:
Chemscape Chime 1.0
- Netscape Navigator plug-in
(free D/L)
Company: MDL Information Systems Inc.
(San Leandro, CA)
Telephone: (510) 895-1313
E-mail: info@mdli.com
URL: http://www.mdli.com
Platforms: Netscape Navigator platforms
Description:
A Netscape Navigator plug-in which can display 2D and 3D structures
embedded within an HTML page or table. Among other applications, it
is being used in online electronic journals to display 2D and 3D
renderings of popular structure formats, such as MDL Molfile or PDB
files. It incorporates 3D rendering and RasMol scripting.
Product:
Cyclone NewsRouter
- Internet News Delivery system
Company: Highwind Software
(Marlborough, MA)
Telephone: (508) 303-6875
E-mail: info@highwind.com
URL: http://www.highwind.com/
Platforms: Sparc and Intel platforms running Solaris 2.5
Description:
Internet news delivery system (an NNTP Transit Hub) for Internet
Service Providers who supply Usenet feeds to their customers.
Customizes the bandwidth and queuing characteristics of every customer
feed, down to a Newsgroup and/or Distribution granularity. Can handle
complex news configurations. Receiving and sending redundant feeds,
overlapping feeds, partial feeds, and restricted feeds are supported.
Supports the full NNTP standard including the streaming extensions.
Uses less system resources since disk space is used only for queuing.
There is no expiring of articles, no reason to throttle the server,
and no periods of decreased performance.
Product:
LibC/Inside
- diagnostic tool
Company: Electris Software
Telephone: (011) 44 161 284 0216
E-mail: info@electris.com
URL: http://www.electris.com
Platforms: SunOS 4.1.x and Solaris 2.5
Description:
UNIX Diagnostic Tool traces the execution of unfamiliar software
systems. It reveals the internal functioning of software subsystems
by instrumenting shared libraries at the operating system level. This
allows a record of execution to be generated even of systems that are
unknown. File access can be checked to ensure that a software
subsystem is properly integrated into the desired configuration.
Failure of a subsystem can often result in a system failure or enable
a covert channel which may be exploited by an unauthorized person.
LibC/Inside is a shared library, which is able to instrument library
calls used by a dynamically linked executable. It logs all data
passed to a library call and any parameters returned from it. This
provides an accurate audit trail of the execution of a program,
without access to source code. This information can be used for many
applications, including: locating configuration problems, software
development, examining how third party software functions, locating
security vulnerabilities in security critical software, and examining
software for suspect activities, including virus, trojan or backdoor
code.
Product:
NTRIGUE Net Client for Macintosh and UNIX
- access Windows applications via Internet or intranet
($199)
Company: Insignia Solutions
(Santa Clara, CA)
Telephone: (800) 848-7677
E-mail: info@insignia.com
URL: http://www.insignia.com
Platforms: Macintosh, Unix
Description:
Allows Mac and UNIX desktops to access Windows applications remotely
over corporate intranets and the Internet. Lets users access
applications when working remotely, using their Web browsers to run
Windows applications. Using a Net Client as a helper application,
customers can run Windows applications by clicking on a Web page in
which a reference to the application has been embedded. Tens of
thousands of Windows applications can be run over the Internet with no
need to rewrite them in Java or download them to the desktop. Net
Clients are also well suited for use within corporate intranets where
LAN traffic is highly congested, since they use minimal network
resources. They also use minimal RAM, leaving the workstation free
for other applications.
Product:
NetCharts Version 1.4
- HTML charts and diagrams for Web applications
Company: NetFactory, Inc.
(Laurel, MD)
Telephone: (301) 317-5978
Fax: (301) 490-2437
E-mail: info@netcharts.com
URL: http://www.netcharts.com
Platforms: Java
Description:
A collection of interactive, HTML configurable, bar charts, pie
charts, XY charts, box charts, and diagrams which can be incorporated
into Web and/or Java applications. HTML authors can incorporate data
charts, diagrams or interactive image maps into their documents. Any
chart can be dynamically updated, allowing it to be used in various
system management applications, and Java programmers can customize
NetCharts objects without the need to access source code. Dynamic
data element labeling allows the HTML author or Java programmer to
specify a label to be displayed when the user hovers the pointer
(mouse) over a data element. This can be used to display help text,
or other descriptive information about a data element. The drill down
feature provides an association of data elements and Uniform Resource
Locators (URL's).
Product:
TRADE'ex Market Maker
- creates industry-wide markets on the Web
Company: TRADE'ex Electronic Commerce Systems, Inc.
(Tampa, FL)
Telephone: (888) 4-TRADEX
Fax: (813) 222-5658
E-mail: info@tradeex.com
URL: http://www.tradeex.com
Platforms: Java
Description:
Two Java compliant solutions for the commercial marketplace. TRADE'ex
Market Maker supports electronic commerce over the Internet by
allowing governments, large companies, and trade associations to
organize industry-wide markets bringing together multiple buyers and
sellers into one location on the World Wide Web. It allows an
organization to operate a live trading market where buyers and sellers
can trade interactively. It gives buyers the options of purchasing
directly from the prices on the screen or negotiating with sellers
through a bid/ask feature. Sellers can also change prices directly
on-screen, develop on-line promotions, and offer multi-tiered price
structures. In-depth product information can be accessed for any
product and purchase orders are handled directly on-line. The
"backoffice" administrator version includes five full featured
modules; user, product, sales, management, accounting and reporting
giving the administrator full control over the market activities.
Also, the TRADE'ex Distributor is a business to business electronic
commerce solution for companies conducting wholesale transactions
through their Web site. Wholesalers can negotiate, close and ship
orders to their customer base.
Product:
VOV
- design flow manager
($10,000)
Company: Runtime Design Automation
(Sunnyvale, CA)
Telephone: (408) 524-0460
Fax: (408) 481-9873
E-mail: info@rtda.com
URL: http://www.rtda.com
Platforms: Sun-OS and Solaris, HAL, HP-UX, Linux, AIX 4.1
Description:
Design flow manager helps designers deal with the complexity of the
design process by controlling and managing design files, design tools,
and network computing resources. Reduces the number of design
iterations and insures a safer design process, especially in the
critical last stages of a design. It is for designers who are using
multiple tools and resources to design complex software and/or
hardware systems. Using run-time tracing, it builds a graph of all
dependencies between the files and the tools involved in the design
process. This dependency graph is used to provide services such as
documentation and visualization of the design flow, representation of
the design status, and warnings for any attempt to use invalid files.
Because the dependency graph also represents the design flow, it is
used to manage and control the propagation of the latest design
changes by invoking tools in the correct order. Since the dependency
graph captures parallelism, VOV can also provide network computing
services, including resource management, priority scheduling, queuing,
load sharing, and load balancing.
Product:
WebSeQueL
- query, reporting and charting of databases
($395)
Company: Infospace Inc.
(San Mateo, CA)
Telephone: (415) 655-3700
E-mail: info@infospace-inc.com
URL: http://www.infospace-inc.com
Platforms: Java browsers, including Netscape Navigator, Microsoft
Description:
A Java-based, thin-client application for query, reporting and
charting on the Web and corporate intranets. Combines business-class
graphics and reporting with access to any relational database,
enabling users to design and run queries and analyze corporate data
from industry-standard Web browsers. Offers business-class
three-dimensional graphics, and report generation, scheduling and
distribution. It generates underlying SQL statements, and its Gold
designer version includes a comprehensive Structured Query Language
(SQL) editor for direct entry of queries, including inner and outer
joins, group by, and order by. The report generator creates a variety
of reports, including interactive drill-down, matrix (or cross-tab)
and multi-level break reports with both automatic and user-defined
calculations. These reports can be viewed, saved and delivered in a
variety of formats, including HTML, Java charts, Java tables, .GIF,
VRML, and comma delimited CSV (Excel-compatible) files for maximum
portability.
Product:
htmlscript v2.7
- server-based solution delivery environment
($495 per server/cpu)
Company: Htmlscript Corporation
(San Diego, CA)
Telephone: (619) 490-2570
E-mail: info@htmlscript.com
URL: http://www.htmlscript.com
Platforms: most Unix and Unix-like operating systems
Description:
New version 2.7 features include send/receive e-mail capability;
Enables web pages to function as e-mail clients using POP and SMTP
protocols. HTML authors can design Web pages that send and receive
Internet e-mail. No Java applets, plug-ins, or separate e-mail
applications are required. Using the new MAIL tag, Web pages can
generate an instant e-mail reply to a user, based entirely on the
information they supply. For example, if the Web form allows users to
subscribe to various e-mail newsletters, the htmlscript features could
generate on-the-fly customized e-mail verification messages,
personally thanking the user (and using their name) for subscribing to
newsletters X, Y and Z. Web pages can also receive e-mail and
immediately make the e-mail messages available as Web documents. This
not only frees e-mail from a specific workstation or platform (users
could access their e-mail via any Web browser on any machine), but
also enables new Web/e-mail applications such as customer support
systems.
Product:
Graphic Java
- exploring the Java Abstract Window Toolkit
($39.95)
Author: David M. Geary and Alan L. McClellan
ISBN: 0-13-565847-0
Company: SunSoft Press/Prentice Hall
Telephone: (800) 382-3419 or (201) 236-7147
E-mail: sunsoftpress@sun.com
URL: http://www.sun.com/smi/ssoftpress/
Platforms: Solaris, Windows 95 and Windows NT
Description:
Book explores the Java Abstract Window Toolkit in detail, showing how
to extend it to create custom components needed for Java applets and
applications. Written for experienced programmers, it provides
detailed coverage of every aspect of the AWT, including: Graphics,
Colors, and Fonts, Image Manipulation, Event Handling, Dialogs, Menus,
and AWT Layout Managers. Book comes with a user interface toolkit
built on top of the AWT. The Graphic Java Toolkit (GJT) provides more
than 30 custom components, including: Borders, Image Buttons, Boxes,
Sprite Animation, Bargauges, Font Dialogs, Scrollers, Toolbars, and
Rubberbanding. The book also includes class diagrams for both the AWT
and the GJT. The accompanying CD-ROM includes the complete source
code for the GJT, along with the example code from the book ready to
run on Solaris, Windows 95 and Windows NT systems, as well as the
complete 1.0.2 release of the Java Developer's Kit (JDK).
Product:
UNIX Systems Programming for SVR4
- how UNIX interacts with applications
($34.95)
Author: David A. Curr
ISBN: 1-56592-163-1
Company: O'Reilly & Associates
(Sebastopol, CA)
Telephone: (707) 829-0515, (800) 998-9938
Fax: (707) 829-0104
E-mail: info@ora.com
URL: http://www.ora.com/
Platforms: Unix System v.4
Description:
Latest book in publisher's UNIX Programming series. Provides systems
programmers with details of how UNIX interacts with applications. An
examination of systems programming, this book is a guide to writing an
application from scratch or porting an application to any System V.4
platform. The first part of the book presents simple functions and
concepts supported by code fragment examples and short demonstration
programs. These examples become building blocks for the application
program examples that appear later in the book to illustrate more
advanced, complex functions. Includes: working with I/O routines,
the I/O library, managing files and directories, reading, printing,
and setting the system time and date, determining who is logged in,
times users log in and out, how to change a program's effective user
ID or group ID, and writing set user ID programs, changing system
configuration parameters for resource limits, and more.
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