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Product:
Database Excellerator
- performance boosting equipment
Company: Database Excelleration Systems
(Santa Clara, CA)
Telephone: (408) 727-5497
E-mail: info@desdbx.com
URL: http://www.desdbx.com
Platforms: Sun, HP, Digital, Stratus, Data General, & IBM
Description:
Designed to deliver application performance gains by moving key
portions of the application -- temporary work areas, transactions log,
or indices -- onto solid state Database Excellerators instead of a
conventional disk subsystem.
Product:
HDS 5700 Midrange Disk Series and HDS 5493 Tape Subsystem
- Disk/Tape
(HDS 5493: $22,950 HDS 5700: $14,145)
Company: Hitachi Data Systems
(Santa Clara, CA)
Telephone: (408) 970-4318
E-mail: lewis@hdshq.com
URL: http://www.hdshq.com
Platforms: Sun, HP, IBM, DEC, AT&T, SGI, Sequent, NetWare, Windows NT, & OS/400
Description:
Cache/RAID Solution Combined with High-Speed Tape Handling.
High-performance storage subsystems for midrange and PC-LAN
environments with multi-level RAID compliance, secondary subsystem
redundancy, front-panel control, SNMP remote maintenance,
Product:
SBus Extender Board (Model SBus XB2-P/R)
- SBus Extender Board for Sun SPARCstation
($195)
Company: Dawn VME Products
(Fremont, CA)
Telephone: (800) 258-DAWN or (510) 657-4444
Fax: (510) 657-3274
Platforms: Sun SPARCstation
Description:
Allows engineers and lab technicians to extend active boards off the
SPARCstation for development and debugging. The board`s
multi-layer design has a signal
line impedance of approximately 75 ohms. This construction ensures
that a high level of power and signal integrity is maintained on the
SBus signal interface. Two versions of the board are available,
extending the active board either parallel to the SPARCstation or at a
right angle to it.
Product:
COS/Print
- Print Spooling Software
(From $400)
Company: Open Systems Management
(Seattle, WA)
Telephone: (206) 583-8373
Fax: (206) 292-4965
E-mail: osm@ix.netcom.com
Platforms: Solaris 1 & 2, HP-UX, Digital UNIX, Sequent PTX, IBM AIX.
Description:
Mainframe-quality print spooler with true network awareness. It allows
for printing to devices connected to any system on the network whether
connected directly to a host, via a terminal server or even via a PC,
Novell, or Appletalk network. Provides for multiple queues per
printer, multiple printers per queue, print from any page to any page,
hold before and after printing, prioritization, forms control, style
control, filters, viewing of print jobs on-line, and a host of other
features.
Product:
COS/Report
- Report Management Software
(From $400)
Company: Open Systems Management
(Seattle, WA)
Telephone: (206) 583-8373
Fax: (206) 292-4965
E-mail: osm@ix.netcom.com
Platforms: Solaris 1 & 2, HP-UX, Digital UNIX, Sequent PTX, IBM AIX.
Description:
Report management software which allows for automatic generation and
distribution of reports on a network of systems. It allows the user to
specify a master report and secure views of that report for each
recipient. It then provides automatic distribution of those parts of
the report through whatever electronic means specified.
Product:
Composer 3
- development tool for client/server applications
Company: Texas Instruments
(Plano, TX)
Telephone: (800) 838-1843, (214) 575-6896
E-mail: xalt@msg.ti.com
URL: http://www.ti.com
Platforms: Unix, Windows NT, Digital, OS/2
Description:
Component-based development tool for building client/server
applications with scalability from workgroup to enterprise. It provides workgroup
development, global application support, an enhanced GUI, support for
Windows 95, and Internet/Web access.
Product:
EventIX MapSync 2.1
- virtual private network
($5,000 for VPN Provider Client; $3,500 for VPN Customer Client)
Company: Bridgeway Corporation
(Andover, MA)
Telephone: (508) 683-3626
Fax: (508) 685-1048
E-mail: hruda@aol.com
Platforms: Sun, HP, IBM
Description:
Provides management support for Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Services. Two new client applications will support VPN. The first,
MapSync Provider Client, will be co-resident with the provider's SNMP
management system, subsequently managing the segmentation and
distribution function at the provider's station. The second, MapSync
Customer Client, will receive and accept management information and
fully cooperate with the Provider Client. Both are fully compatible
with MapSync 2.0, which allows network operators to synchronize and
share topology, map, and event data among the popular SNMP management
systems such as Sun's SunNet Manager, HP's Open View, and IBM's Netview
for AIX.
Product:
FireWall-1 2.0
- network access control & security
($4,990 (1 to 50 nodes), $9,990 (50 to 250 nodes), & $18,900 (250+ nodes). $2,990 (encryption capability alone). $39,900 (Network Security Center))
Company: CheckPoint Software Technologies, Inc
(San Francisco, CA)
Telephone: (800) 429-4391
E-mail: info@checkpoint.com
URL: http://www.checkpoint.com
Platforms: Solaris 1 & 2, HP-UX, intel x86
Description:
Multi-location, traffic-scanning, cross-platform security solution that
blocks inbound or outbound communication via fully transparent
inspection, including for connectionless protocols. It is designed to
offer full
transparent connectivity for all authorized network users and
applications requiring no alterations of system hardware and software
set-ups and without loss in network performance. Integrated
logging and altering functions, with internal scripting language for
customization of reports.
Product:
G2
- software for creating intelligent real-time systems
(From $7,500 for a run-time license)
Company: Gensym Corp
(Cambridge, MA)
Telephone: (617) 547-2500
Fax: (617) 547-1962
E-mail: info@gensym.com
URL: http://www.gensym.com
Platforms: Solaris 1 and 2, Unix, OpenVMS, Windows NT
Description:
A graphical, object-oriented environment for building and delivering
intelligent real-time systems. G2 lets non-programmers create graphical
models of their operations using click and connect object-oriented
icons and sophisticated rules and procedures written in simple, if-then
style English phrases. When software bridges link G2 applications to
other systems, G2 can monitor, control, diagnose, and schedule on-line
operations in real time. G2 can also provide operators with expert
advice to help them focus on critical situations and enable them to
make more well informed decisions quickly.
Product:
GT Backup Release 4.4
- network-based backup, restore and tape management software
($395 for a single user license. Bulk discounts available)
Company: Alida, Inc.
(Bergenfield, NJ)
Telephone: (800) 883-GURU or (201) 384-0080
Fax: (201) 384-3382
E-mail: guy@alida.com
Platforms: Sun SPARCstations running Solaris 2.4; Hewlett-Packard Apollo 9000 Series 700/800 workstations and servers and IBM RS/6000.
Description:
Features standard Unix tape formats. Simultaneously
performs multiple backups and writes to multiple tape drives. Any
computer on the network can back up to any device on the network.
Should a portion of the backup fail, it can be attempted again.
Operating in a client/server architecture, GT Backup
provides security; the master/daemon mechanism encrypts and verifies
each command prior to execution. To further ensure security, every
menu item on every screen may be restricted to allow only specific
individuals access to select operations.
Product:
GrafBrowse/C version 3.0
- Graphical Reverse Engineering Tool
($8,000)
Company: Software Systems Design
(Claremont, CA)
Telephone: (909) 625-6147
Fax: (909) 625-6147
Platforms: Most workstations, incl: Sun SPARC, SGI, Alpha/OSF, HP9000-700, & RS6000.
Description:
Aids in the understanding of C source code design.
Is potentially useful for software engineers responsible for understanding code
that is generated by automatic code generators (such as GUI Builders)
as well as legacy code. GrafBrowse analyzes the source and creates several
different views. A declaration view shows the internals
of each source file. The invocation view shows the calling structure
of the entire program. The user can easily see all calls, file
dependencies, and include structure on one view. An interactive
browser allows the user to traverse the code graphically, and
PostScript output of any view is available.
Product:
HELPLINE Version 2.3
- Client/server Help Desk Software
($2,300 per user including either Oracle or Rdb database runtime capabilities. $1,500 per user for installations with existing Oracle or Rdb licenses.)
Company: Raxco, Inc.
(Rockville, MD)
Telephone: (617) 861-6262
Platforms: Solaris 1 & 2, Digital UNIX, HP UX, and VMS. clients: Windows, Motif, and/or character cell.
Description:
New features allow
customization capabilities in the graphical user interface and the
availability of administration functions from the main HELPLINE menu.
The GUI Screen Editor provides a drag-and-drop interface permitting the
customizing of any screen without the need to program or to know SQL.
Customization can be done for an entire site, groups, or individual
users.
Product:
Huron ObjectStar 3
- client/server applications development software environment
Company: Amdahl Corporation
(Sunnyvale, CA)
Telephone: (800) 223-2215
Fax: (408) 773-0833
E-mail: plarson@sv.tbgi.com
URL: http://www.amdahl.com
Platforms: Solaris 1 & 2, AIX/6000, HP-UX, MVS/ESA, Windows 3.1, & Windows NT
Description:
Enterprise application development environment with
mission-critical-level integrity, security, and performance features
across mainframe, midrange, and desktop platforms. Combination of large
systems rapid applications development and client/server deployment.
Product:
Java Developers Kit 1.0 Beta
- Internet development tool
(free)
Company: The Java Products Group, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
(Mountain View, CA)
E-mail: java@java.sun.com
URL: http://java.sun.com
Platforms: Solaris 1 & 2, Windows NT, and Windows 95
Description:
The 1.0 Beta release allows conversion of 1.0 alpha 3 applets, creation and
debugging of applets and applications for all java-enabled browsers,
and contains the latest Java Language specification.
Product:
MAP/SDK toolkit
- toolkit for creation of embedded mapping applications
Company: Strategic Mapping Inc
(Santa Clara, CA)
Telephone: (408) 970-9600
Fax: (408) 970-9999
E-mail: info@stratmap.com
URL: http://www.stratmap.com
Platforms: Unix, Windows, & Macintosh
Description:
Toolkit that contains a library of C++ language subroutines that allows
developers to embed mapping into new or existing business applications,
with exceptional display performance and a small code footprint, making
it ideal for WWW applications and Internet deployment.
Product:
Maestro for Unix
- Job Scheduler Software
Company: Unison Software
(Santa Clara, CA)
Telephone: (408) 988-2800
Fax: (408) 988-2236
E-mail: info@unison.com
URL: http://www.unison.com
Platforms: Solaris 1 and 2, MIPS ABI (Siemens-Nixdorf and Silicon Graphics), Intel's ABI+ (Sequent, AT&T GIS, Novell UNIXWARE).
Description:
A workload management solution for distributed computing systems, which
schedules jobs and applications across the network to meet the high-end
operational needs of large-scale enterprise computing environments.
Maestro provides fault-tolerance, scalability, and an
Graphical User Interface. Maestro can schedule jobs anywhere on the
network according to customized business calendars, in addition to
date, day of the week, and time.
Product:
Netscape SmartMarks
- single-user Web monitoring program
(free for academic, $24.95 for non-academic)
Company: First Floor
(Mountain View, CA)
Telephone: (415) 528-2619
URL: http://www.firstfloor.com
Platforms: Netscape, Solaris 1 & 2, Windows
Description:
Enables users to monitor and organize information on their favorite Web
sites automatically working in the background to keep tabs on selected
sites, proactively reporting back specific additions and changes as
they occur.
Product:
O2 ODMG Database System
- C++ development for database applications
(1 seat: $3,000; 4 seat,1year onsite maintenance & training:$15,000; 30 day trial version: $99)
Company: O2 Technology
(Palo Alto, CA)
Telephone: (415) 842-7000
Fax: (415) 842-7001
E-mail: o2tech@o2tech.com
URL: http://www.o2tech.com
Platforms: Unix
Description:
Database engine, a C++ language binding, and an object query language
(OQL) interpreter and optimizer -- all fully adherent to the ODMG
standard. Enhanced concurrency control, recovery, indexing, and
clustering. Improved object creation and manipulation. A more
intelligent query optimizer that takes into account physical schema
information. Ability to call C++ methods from OQL. Monitoring functions
that return statistics on engine performance, allowing for fine-tuning
of large database applications. On-line backup. Floating client
licenses.
Product:
OpenVNetBackup 2.0
- Parallel backup for filesystems and databases
(server: $5,500 clients: from $150)
Company: OpenVision Technologies Inc
(Pleasanton, CA)
Telephone: (510) 426-6400, (800) 223-open
Fax: (510) 426-6486
URL: http://www.ov.com
Platforms: Solaris 1 & 2, Unix, Windows NT, Novell, Desktops, Macintosh
Description:
Parallel backup application designed to stream data at or
near stated transfer rates of existing
tape drives. Supports large filesystems, database objects, or raw
partitions over two gigabytes, database backups while
providing users continuous access to the database, and capability to
perform hot database backups for Oracle, Informix, and Sybase
databases.
Product:
Oracle WebSystem 1.0
- WWW RDBMS Interface Kit
(parts free or 90 day free trial)
Company: Oracle
(Redwood shores, CA)
Telephone: (800) 423-0166, (415) 506-7000
Fax: (415) 506-7200
URL: http://www.oracle.com
Platforms: Unix
Description:
WYSIWYG content creation system with BASIC interpreter built-in and internal
Blaze Database and links to SQL*Net or Oracle Webserver Option to tie
in to Oracle 7 Enterprise Servers.
Product:
OrthoMAX Version 8.2
- GIS Software
Company: Vision International
(Alexandria, VA)
Telephone: (207) 945-6353
Fax: (207) 942-9815
E-mail: sbarrett@ais.autometric.com
URL: http://www.autometric.com
Platforms: Solaris 1 and 2,, SGI
Description:
Provides IMAGINE users with
softcopy terrain mapping capabilities including aerotriangulation,
automated DEM/TIN (elevation model) collection, and orthophoto
generation.
Release 8.2 provides a comprehensive set of stereo workstation
capabilities. Especially important are the mensuration and elevation
model editing. Other key enhancements are: IMAGINE 8.2 compatibility
providing support for IMAGINE 8.2 datums, seamless upgrade
compatibility to SoftPlotter 1.5, support TIFF image file format, new
monoscopic mensuration and viewing tool and improved display and
processing speed.
Product:
RasteRx 2000
- Raster Editing Software
(A single-user license $1,995 and operates with a floating license server)
Company: Audre Recognition Systems Inc.
(San Diego, CA)
Telephone: (619) 451-2260
Fax: (619) 451-0267
Platforms: HP Unix, Solaris 1 & PCs running Solaris x86.
Description:
Allows users to restore old engineering drawings, maps and technical
publications and edit the raster image. The software operates under an
X Window interface. Source documents may be of any size
and scan resolution. Updated raster images can be produced in a
variety of industry standard formats. RasteRx requires neither a
CAD-knowledgeable operator nor the purchase of a CAD system.
Product:
Release V1.2 of the Linkage Family of Solutions
- automation design and engineering suite
Company: CIMLINC
(Itasca, IL)
Telephone: (708) 250-0090
Fax: (708) 250-8514
E-mail: speed.wins@cimlinc.com
Platforms: Unix, including Sun, HP, IBM and Digital
Description:
Helps companies to reduce
their product design and production cycle times.
Targeted at manufacturers of large, complex products such as heavy
equipment, aircraft and aircraft sub-assemblies, and industrial
fabrication centers. It includes process-enabling applications for
manufacturing process planning, shop-floor work instructions,
concurrent engineering, engineering change management, non-conformance
management, and quality and configuration management.
Product:
SQL<>SECURE V.4
- User authentication that integrates with PeopleTools
(From $7,500 Per Instance)
Company: BrainTree Technology, Inc.
(Norwell, MA)
Telephone: (800) 232-5215, (617) 982-0200
Fax: (617) 982-8076
E-mail: pbc@brntree.bti.com
Platforms: Solaris2 , HP-UX, IBM-AIX, DEC UNIX & OpenVMS, Sequent Dynix, Pyramid, NCR/AT&T Unix, MacOS, DOS, Windows, Windows 95
Description:
SQL<>SECURE user authentication is now available to users logging into
PeopleSoft HR and Financials. Standards for password aging, lengths,
reuse analysis, structure, guessability, etc., are defined and
enforced. Optional password synchronization is offered. Break-ins and
account dormancy are monitored and automatically responded to.
Product:
Seagate AshWin 2.5
- Batch Job Scheduling Software
($4,950 for a basic five-machine license)
Company: Seagate Enterprise Management Software, Inc.
(Cupertino, CA)
Telephone: (408) 342-4500
Fax: (408) 342-4600
URL: http://www.sems.com
Platforms: Unix, Windows NT, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows for Workgroups
Description:
Provides hierarchical job scheduling of mission-critical applications
across the distributed client/server enterprise. Managers can set
dependencies to ensure proper sequencing and timing among schedules and
batch jobs running in different workgroups anywhere in the enterprise.
Jobs can be run at various sites and on various platforms for
independent local and remote processing as well as communication with a
central control site. Security features limit user access so that only
approved personnel can launch a schedule, and return codes provide
feedback for error-checking and job reliability.
Product:
SpeedCHART environment
- flowchart editor w/Verilog and VHDL hardware description language
($16,500)
Company: Speed Electronic
(Santa Clara, CA)
Telephone: (408) 980-0884
Fax: (408) 980-1409
E-mail: info@speed.com
Platforms: Sun and HP workstations and under X-Terminal
Description:
Manage design flow for high-level hardware description language (HDL)
with schematic, spreadsheet, finite state machine,Verilog or VHDL,
graphical descriptions, flowchart editing capabilities for HDL
descriptions.
Product:
Tivoli/Plus for Systems Management Server
- enterprise-scale management capabilities across Unix and Windows NT
($150 per Systems Management Server primary site server.)
Company: Tivoli Systems, Inc.
(Austin, TX)
Telephone: (800) 2-tivoli
Fax: (512) 794-0623
E-mail: support@tivoli.com
URL: http://www.tivoli.com
Platforms: Unix, Windows NT
Description:
Systems management system offering an interoperable suite of
applications that allow adminstrators to control users, systems,
databases and applications from a central location. These applications
let you automate and delegate routine tasks, enabling
you to control distributed environments without adding additional staff.
Product:
TriTeal Enterprise Desktop (TED) Version 4.0
- CDE desktop environment
($425 (U.S.) for TED 4.0; TEDsecure add-on module is $200 (U.S.))
Company: TriTeal Corp.
(Carlsbad, CA)
Telephone: (619) 930-2077
Fax: (619) 930-2081
E-mail: info@triteal.com
Platforms: Solaris 1 & 2, IBM AIX, HP-UX, SGI IRIX, UnixWare, Digital UNIX, SNI SINIX, AT&T MP-RAS, HP Panacom X-terminals, Tektronix X-terminals, NCD X-terminals, Sun River X-terminals, and PCs running Hummingbird eXceed or NCD PC-Xware.
Description:
An implementation of the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) that
includes value-added enhancements.
Has fully integrated features such
as TEDvision, an Internet browser; TEDsecure, an NSA Fortezza-based
security solution; TEDfax, a fax application; GWM, a graphical
workspace manager; WinTED, a interoperability app that
allows a user to run a Unix session and Microsoft Windows session
concurrently at native speed on a PC; and LocalTED, a distributed
processing feature that runs TED clients locally on X-terminals.
Product:
UniWizard Unix Desktop Software
- command-line interface
Company: UniWizard, Inc.
(San Jose, CA)
Telephone: (408) 437-7781
Fax: (408) 437-0497
Platforms: Solaris 1 and 2, HP-UX 9.x, SCO Unix Open Desktop 3.0
Description:
Graphical interface to Unix that builds command line for you. Each of
the 36 common Unix commands features a custom screen. Instead of typing
complicated syntax, users simply point and click on dynamic lists of
directories and files. Options for each command are summarized and
available for immediate selection.
Product:
VBASE
- multi-platform relational database
and
Product:
VBIX
- run Visual Basic apps under Unix
Company: Halcyon Software, Inc.
(Campbell, CA)
Telephone: (408) 378-9898
Fax: (408) 378-9935
Platforms: Solaris 1 & 2, HP-UX, Digital Ultrix, IBM AIX, SCO, Windows, Windows 95, Windows NT.
Description:
VBASE is a multi-platform relational database. Highlights
include data recovery, transaction logging, record-level locking,
full ANSI SQL standard compliance and an ODBC interface. VBASE also
includes performance- enhancing SQL extensions and access to shared
cursors in its Windows versions.
VBIX enables you to run applications created using Microsoft Visual Basic as native Motif applications in a Unix environment. It requires only a small amount of resources on a Unix client and will currently run any Visual Basic application created using the standard built-in objects of the version 3.0 professional edition. VBIX supports data access using both Data Controls and ODB. No source code revision is required.
Product:
WebMaker 2.0
- Frame-to-HTML and WWW content creation tool
(free evaluation, then $99)
Company: Harlequin, Inc
(Cambridge, Ma)
Telephone: (617) 374-2400
Fax: (617) 252-6505
E-mail: web@harlequin.com
URL: http://www.harlequin.com
Platforms: Unix, Windows, Macintosh
Description:
FrameMaker-to-HTML conversion utility with re-usable template
formats and rapid, accurate conversions. Capability to convert to
PostScript format and generate automatic hyperlinks in HTML documents created.
Tables and graphics also auto-converted.
Product:
WebTrak, SalesTrak, & TeleTrak
- internet customer management solution & Web Customer Interface
(from $7,500 to $10,000)
Company: Aurum Software
(Boston, MA)
Telephone: (408) 654-3463
E-mail: prodinfo@aurum.com
URL: http://www.aurum.com
Platforms: Netscape, Unix, Windows, Oracle
Description:
Internet-enabled customer management application to eliminate manual
and redundant processes from the initial phases of lead generation and
qualification. Supports auto-response requests and follow-up
activities.
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