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Product:
SPARC CPU-7V
- 6U VME Board Based on Fujitsu's TurboSPARC
($6995)
Company: Force Computers
(San Jose, CA)
Telephone: (408) 369-6000 or (888) FORCE-USA
Fax: (408) 371-3382
E-mail: www-sales@forcecomputers.com
URL: http://www.forcecomputers.com
Platforms: Solaris embedded Unix applications
Description:
Based on the TurboSPARC 32-bit microprocessor from Fujitsu
Microelectronics, Inc. Runs UNIX-based applications on the VME
architecture. Running at 170 MHz, it delivers 120 SPECint92 and 85
SPECfp92. Ideal for designers who want to incorporate the latest
processor technology into their embedded applications using less
design time and resources. All I/O pin-outs and cables are completely
compatible with the SPARC CPU-5V. Also includes stiffener bars for
added ruggedness. It is compatible with the Solaris operating system
and all SPARC applications. It is ideal for telecommunications
applications such as high-level advanced intelligent networks and
intelligent voice response where Solstice products such as DiskSuite,
X.400, X.500 and Telecom Management Network (TMN) are already
available for integration. C3I applications including mission
planning systems, graphical mapping systems and console development
can also benefit. It insures design scalability with options for 16
or 64 Mb of on-board DRAM and field-upgradeable memory modules. In
addition, 2 SBus slots for graphics and flexible I/O expansion are
provided. It also includes fast SCSI-2 and Ethernet interfaces.
Product:
The Angel
- Internet personalization utility
(Free D/L)
Company: NetAngels
(San Francisco, CA)
Telephone: (415) 546-5737
E-mail: info@netangels.com
URL: http://www.netangels.com
Description:
Intelligent client agent software. Intelligent profiling gives users
the ability to receive a virtual road map of personalized content
throughout the Internet. This personal assistant filters information
and navigates the World Wide Web to locate the best of the Internet
for everyone. The Personal World Page is a custom interface that
dynamically changes to offer a unique road map for each user.
Internet sites, chosen from a series of personal recommendations,
interview results, and intelligent analysis, present a unique series
of choices to visit and explore.
Product:
EmcScan
- Design and Diagnostic PCB Emissions Locator
($15,000)
Company: Quantic Laboratories Inc.
(Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
Telephone: (204) 942-4000 or (800) 665-0235
Fax: (204) 957-1158
E-mail: info@quantic.mb.ca
URL: http://www.quantic.mb.ca
Platforms: Unix
Description:
Created for printed circuit board (PCB) designers to identify
electromagnetic emission "hot spots" and the segments of nets that
cause these problems. It performs the EMC simulation during routing
or at the post-layout stage and interfaces directly with the CCT
SPECCTRA autorouter and all major CAD layout tools. A complimentary
product for Compliance, an electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
simulator. Where Compliance simulates electromagnetic radiation from
systems of printed circuit boards with cables and enclosures, EmcScan
focuses on the PCB. Calculates the electric and magnetic fields over
the PCB, as well as current spectra and track current densities.
Current and voltage waveforms can be examined to look for signal
ringing which, along with improper routing, are major contributors to
radiation.
Product:
Enterprise/Integrator 3.2
- tool for building and maintaining a data warehouse
($130K to $255K)
Company: Apertus Technologies Incorporated
(Eden Prairie, MN)
Telephone: (800) 793-3509
E-mail: info@apertus.com
URL: http://www.apertus.com
Platforms: HP 9000 Series, Windows/NT 3.5, Sun SPARC Solaris 2.5
Description:
Data integration tool designed for building and maintaining a data
warehouse. Version 3.2 can read and write data from relational
databases, including DB2, Informix, Oracle, and Sybase, as well as
handle non-relational data through delimited text files. Also
includes an integrated metadata management facility with metadata
versioning, automated merging and change impact analysis. Users can
work on multiple projects concurrently, keeping track of all changes.
Data Mart Factory extension allows data to be read from one or more
source systems into its framework, reusing the integrated data and
associated rules for direct population of one or more data marts.
Product:
FireWall-1 SYNDefender
- protection against denial of service attacks
(free D/L)
Company: Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
(Redwood City, CA)
Telephone: (415) 562-0400
E-mail: info@checkpoint.com
URL: http://www.checkpoint.com
Platforms: Sun Solaris for SPARC and x86, SunOS 4.1.x, HP-UX 9.x, 10.x
Description:
A downloadable software module for Check Point's FireWall-1. Protects
the firewall against denial of service attacks, which have crippled
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in recent weeks. It protects
against TCP SYN (requests for connection establishment) flood attacks
by intercepting all SYN packets and mediating connection attempts
before they reach the operating system. This prevents the target host
from becoming flooded by unresolved attempts, which cause the
operating system, and the host, to stop receiving new connections. As
a result, the host system is insulated from the SYN attack and the
denial of service condition that results. It inspects network
communication attempts before they reach the operating system. There
are two implementations of the software, SYNDefender Relay and
SYNDefender Gateway. Which implementation a network administrator
chooses to integrate into a FireWall-1 installation depends on the
network's characteristics.
Product:
ILOG Planner
- C++ class library for production planning
($6,500)
Company: ILOG Inc.
(Mountain View, CA)
Telephone: (800) FOR-ILOG
E-mail: info@ilog.com
URL: http://www.ilog.com
Platforms: major UNIX and Windows platforms
Description:
C++ class library helps manufacturers optimize production plans while
reacting to short-term contingencies such as breakdowns, demand or
price changes, or strikes. Combines constraint and linear programming
technology to streamline production cycles. Uses artificial
intelligence and operational research techniques to solve
combinatorial problems such as batch sequencing. Helps managers
decide how much to produce over time, taking into consideration such
variables as customer demand, resource capacity limits, price and
availability of materials, backlogs and manufacturing constraints.
Product:
JPP
- preprocessor for the Java language
(free beta D/L)
Company: Nik Shaylor
(Firenze, Italy)
Telephone: (011) 39-55-584031
E-mail: nshaylor@tcp.co.uk
URL: http://www.digiserve.com/nshaylor/jpp.html
Platforms: Unix
Description:
Preprocessor adds closures and operator overloading to the Java
language. This is a version update with a number of improvements. A
bug that prevented its use on Unix platforms is fixed. It adds the
following features to the Java language: Block closures, Local
variable renaming, Operator overloading, Assert and trace macros,
Conditional compilation, and Nested comments. It does this by
converting an input .jpp file, into a standard .java file that is then
compiled using any standard Java compiler. The .jpp file contains
normal Java statements with syntactic extensions for the new features.
Product:
Java WorkShop
- development tool for the Internet on the Internet
($99)
Company: Sun Microsystems
(Mountain View, CA)
Telephone: (800) SUN-SOFT
E-mail: info@sun.com
URL: http://www.sun.com
Platforms: Sun Solaris
Description:
Java WorkShop is a Web-centric Java integrated development environment
for creating and publishing business and Internet applications.
Egghead Software is electronically selling the product from its
Digital Direct web site, http://www.egghead.com. In addition,
consumers can choose a try-and-buy option and pay within 30 days of
download. Credit card numbers are entered on a secure Netscape
Navigator form and transmitted over the Internet to a server without
risk of an intermediary obtaining credit card information. Security
technology protects commercial transactions, as well as all other
communications, from misappropriation and fraud that could otherwise
occur as information passes through Internet computers. Internet
communications are protected with server authentication, encryption,
and data integrity.
Product:
Jyve Development Kit
- Tools for creating Htmlscript-compliant software
($25,000)
Company: Htmlscript Corporation
(San Diego, CA)
Telephone: (619) 490-2570
E-mail: sales@htmlscript.com
URL: http://www.htmlscript.com
Platforms: BSDI, SCO, FreeBSD, Linux, Sun Solaris, SunOS and SGI/IRIX
Description:
Development kit allows software developers and large-site webmasters
to generate customized versions of the htmlscript system. Software
developers can use it to generate their own custom-featured
htmlscript-compliant products. Large-site webmasters can use it to
customize and expand the functionality of their web sites beyond the
standard htmlscript features. Gives direct access to the `brains` of
htmlscript, giving the developer total control over its features and
functionality. Developers with a C function library have access to
feature sets of the htmlscript system, including: -- read/write
access to htmlscript memory space -- direct access to the htmlscript
expression analyzer -- ability to add new data management modules into
the htmlscript virtual database layer -- control over (and ability to
modify) htmlscript configuration routines such as security procedures,
startup procedures, etc. -- direct access to the htmlscript `HTTP`
header management routines -- ability to intercept and handle
htmlscript errors, and -- access the htmlscript interpreter and macro
preprocessor as a function call.
Product:
MASTER Toolbox, version 4.1
- cell characterization and model generation toolset
($80,000)
Company: Meta-Software, Inc.
(Campbell, CA)
Telephone: (408) 369-5400
Fax: (408) 371-5638
E-mail: info@metasw.com
URL: http://www.metasw.com
Platforms: HP, IBM and Sun
Description:
Cell characterization and model generation toolset characterizes and
generates Verilog models for complex cells, such as counters, shift
registers, and LSSD's from SPICE netlists. It also adds automatic
model generation for Avant!'s Star-R smart RC extraction and delay
analysis system and for the Synopsys Design Power low power synthesis
tool. By adding complex cell modeling technology, it gives library
developers a tool that characterizes high-performance logic libraries
from their circuit libraries. It characterizes 99% of the cells
provided in a SPICE netlist format. The previous version recognized
95%. It automatically acquires all data such as functionality, timing
and violations from circuit descriptions to create simulation,
synthesis, power and timing models for logic design. Models are
generated for design tools from Cadence, Mentor, Synopsys, Viewlogic
and others. Supports the VHDL and VITAL standards. In addition, it
automatically verifies all the models against SPICE descriptions.
Version 4.1 adds new methodology for automatic acquisition that
guarantees Verilog model generation regardless of cell complexity. It
automates the library development process for complex cells. It also
uses pattern recognition technology to automatically partition complex
cells and extract a Verilog structural netlist from the original SPICE
netlist. The Verilog netlist is further used for automatically
generating functional models and stimuli.
Product:
NetWorker
- adds interface to SAP's R/3 backup utilities
($20,000)
Company: Legato Systems, Inc.
(Palo Alto, CA)
Telephone: (415) 812-6000
Fax: (415) 812-6032
E-mail: info@legato.com
URL: http://www.legato.com
Platforms: Solaris, HP-UX, and AIX
Description:
An Application Interface for SAP's R/3 has been certified by SAP.
Users of SAP's R/3 client/server applications running with Oracle
databases can now use the NetWorker product. This lets users perform
backup and restore to NetWorker using SAP's brbackup, brarchive,
brrestore, and sapdba utilities. The Application Interface also
supports cloning of savesets containing SAP backups, creating copies
for offsite storage. The system can handle raw partition data in
addition to filesystem data, and also features optional client-side
compression. In addition, the interface includes four SAP-specific
notification events. These may be used, for example, to initiate an
electronic mail message to the network administrator when a backup or
a restore is completed.
Product:
SEARCH'97
- search engine
($149)
Company: Verity Inc.
(Sunnyvale, Ca)
Telephone: 408-541-1500
E-mail: info@verity.com
URL: http://www.verity.com
Platforms: NetScape 2.0, Microsoft Explorer 3.0
Description:
A platform for deploying search applications across the enterprise.
Integrates a search engine with intelligent search components,
enabling dynamic personalization and delivery of information across
the enterprise. Search interface guides users through corporate
information, creating unique interest profiles. Includes SEARCH'97
Personal, Information Server and Agent Server, and search components
for queries, visualization and navigation. SEARCH'97 Personal lets a
user create and launch specific information queries and view documents
in their native format without launching the application that created
them. SEARCH'97 Information Server creates and manages information
catalogs that comprise corporate memory. SEARCH '97 Agent Server
creates and launches intelligent agents, which automatically search
for new or updated information. These search agents continuously
monitor corporate memory, including RDBMS data, interactive news feeds
or Verity-enabled applications, for information meeting a specific
profile.
Product:
Third Party Ticket System
- tracks third party petroleum meter tickets
Company: Harbinger Corporation
(Atlanta, GA)
Telephone: (404) 841-4334
E-mail: info@harbinger.net
URL: http://www.harbinger.com
Platforms: Windows NT, MVS, UNIX
Description:
Automates the tracking of third party meter tickets between pipelines,
suppliers and petroleum companies. Supports the petroleum industry's
move to standardize, implement and utilize EDI solutions. This
includes the movement of documents required for the management of
petroleum products among third parties or "trading partners" that
include refiners, tank owners, and suppliers. The new service
supports inbound and outbound fax capabilities. Meets EPA regulations
regarding trading partner responsibilities for tracking Product
Transfer Documents (PTDs). PTDs or "tickets" record the movement and
ownership of product between and among trading partners. Detailed
information such as volume, product location and ownership was
previously passed between parties via mail or fax.
Product:
WebSpeed 1.0
- development tools for Internet and corporate intranets
(Workshop: $499; Transaction Server: $22,500)
Company: Progress Software Corp.
(Bedford, MA)
Telephone: (617) 280-4697
E-mail: info@progress.com
URL: http://www.progress.com
Platforms: Workshop: Windows 95 and NT; Server: Windows NT, Sun
Description:
An open development and deployment environment that enables
organizations to build transaction processing applications on the
Internet and corporate intranets. Used to deploy Internet Transaction
Processing (ITP) applications that connect customers and business
partners to corporate databases. Customers serve themselves; they get
direct access to, for example, corporate inventory systems to check on
the availability of certain items without the need of an intermediary
customer service person. These "self-service" applications extend the
use of the Internet and corporate intranets to provide a link to
customers. Consists of two products: WebSpeed Workshop: a set of
development tools using a 4GL scripting language to build data-driven,
transaction-based Web objects. WebSpeed Transaction Server: a
Web-based deployment engine that executes Web objects, performs
database transactions and dynamically merges data into HTML pages.
Product:
pRISM+
- development tools for real-time embedded applications
($7,500)
Company: Integrated Systems, Inc.
(Sunnyvale, CA)
Telephone: (408) 542-1785
E-mail: info@isi.com
URL: http://www.isi.com/
Platforms: Motorola 68K, PowerPC, MIPS, i960 and x86 processors
Description:
Visual development suite for writing, compiling, debugging and
analyzing real-time embedded applications. Combines the multitasking,
multiprocessor SpOTLIGHT graphical debugger, the ESp analysis tool,
and project management tools. Product is built on an object bus which
conforms to the open industry-standard, CORBA (Common Object Request
Broker Architecture). CORBA is a middleware specification created and
controlled by the Object Management Group (OMG), a consortium of
nearly 700 leading software companies (see http://www.omg.com). The
product's heterogeneous development environment allows tool-to-tool
and tool-to-target communication over local and wide area networks.
This capability allows development projects to move from single
workstations to distribution across networked workstations with
enterprise-wide access to shared targets and data. A project's pRISM+
development environment can be spread across both Windows and UNIX
platforms. The project management tools are derived from SNiFF+, an
open object-oriented tool set developed by ISI subsidiary TakeFive
Software that provides management, analysis, and browsing capabilities
in the native environment for C, C++ and Java code.
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