Info-Tech Advisor Newsletter articles from May 1999

Info-Tech Advisor Newsletter archives from May 1999

A "Universal Inbox" - Unified Messaging.
May 4, 1999... (A Customer Support Management Magazine Article) Cell phones, pagers, faxes, and PCs of both the desktop and handheld variety have dramatically increased our range of options for sending and receiving information. The growing modes of...

A Great Way to Protect Secure Data from Virus Attack.
May 4, 1999... (A Businesswire Press Release) The Melissa and Chernobyl double whammy has got the networked world wondering if there is any 100% effective security solution out there. Firewalls and anti-virus software aren't the indomitable defense that...

Managing Mergers.
May 4, 1999... (Giga Information Group and CIO Magazine Articles) Mergers are a growing reality in every industry be they to improve operational efficiency, reduce overhead cost, access new technology and talent, increase market share, or simply eliminate...

Globalize your Web Site.
May 4, 1999... (An InfoWorld Electric Feature Story and E-Commerce Times Special Report) You've built your Web site. You have impressive graphics leading to pages of database-driven product listings. You've even set up an online Order Form. META tags are...

Job Satisfaction Better, But Still Room for Improvement...
May 4, 1999... (An International Network Services Survey) Given the scarcity of skilled IT professionals, you must seriously your current staff's job satisfaction if you plan on keeping them. International Network Services (INS) has released the results...

Embedded Systems are Y2K's Final Frontier.
May 4, 1999... (A PlanetIT Article) If you think you're done checking for Y2K glitches, don't forget about embedded systems. For many IT managers, embedded processors stand as the sadly overlooked "final frontier" in the trek towards Y2K compliance. The...

Map Out Your Marketing Future: Geographic Information Systems.
May 4, 1999... (A Computerworld Article) Geographic Information Systems (GISs) are analytical tools that help organizations leverage demographic and infrastructure information by putting it on a digital map. When it comes to marketing and retail, having...

The Crossroads of Technology & Business.
May 4, 1999... (Open Systems Advisors Inc) The Crossroads 99 Conference gathered data on how the "savviest business are planning to use new technology...to address critical business issues in 1999." The data and opinions come from over 300 senior IT and...

The Wow Project.
May 4, 1999... (A Fast Company Feature) "In the new economy, all work is project work. And you are your projects!" In today's workforce, it is increasingly important to prove your worth to the organization on a regular basis. In an environment where...

Storage Resource Extravaganza.
May 4, 1999... (PC Magazine, ENT Magazine, and TCP Online Articles) "If there's one thing we've learned by now, it's that no matter how much free space we have...sooner or later it will run out." We all know that processor power doubles every 18...

Web Site Benchmarking.
May 4, 1999... (WebCriteria) Customer expectations over Web site ease-of-use and response times are getting higher and higher. How can you find out if your corporate Web site measures up against the top sites? WebCriteria is a Web site reporting...

It's Time to XML.
May 4, 1999... (University of Waterloo, IBM and W3C) Although Extensible Markup Language (XML) is relatively new to the Web, it has gained widespread acceptance in a relatively short period of time. XML's popularity is in its power, as... * It allows...

Gigabit Ethernet RFPs.
May 4, 1999... (A Network Computing Feature) If you're thinking about upgrading your network because Fast Ethernet and ATM aren't meeting your needs at the backbone, Gigabit Ethernet is definitely something you're considering. Yet given the relative...

A Practical Guide to Data Warehousing.
May 4, 1999... (A techguide.com Publication) A lot of the literature out there on data warehousing works from the assumption that you already have one in place. Even if you do, it's an unfortunate truth that "over 50% of warehousing implementations fail...

COMDEX HIGHLIGHTS : PC Week Announces "Best of Comdex" Winners.
May 4, 1999... A. PC Week Announces "Best of Comdex" Winners (A PC Week Article) Spring Comdex has sprung in Chicago, and PC Week has announced its "Best of Comdex" winners, a who's who of the latest and greatest products to hit the scene. Here they...

SOFTWARE : Sun's i-Planet Revolutionizes Remote Access.
May 4, 1999... A. Sun's i-Planet Revolutionizes Remote Access (Sun Microsystems) Sun is set to release its new, highly acclaimed remote access solution, i-Planet - a server software-based virtual desktop that is accessible from any Java-enabled...

SOFTWARE : Candle Tracks Customer Web Experience.
May 4, 1999... B. Candle Tracks Customer Web Experience (Candle Corp.) Candle has released the first two installments of its new eBusiness Assurance e-commerce Web site analysis initiative: eBA ServiceMonitor and eBA ServiceNetwork. Candle's approach...

INTERNET/INTRANET -- Lucent Eases Web Bottlenecks: IPWorX.
May 4, 1999... A. Lucent Eases Web Bottlenecks: IPWorX (Lucent Technologies) Lucent has announced IPWorX, a solution that will let larger enterprises not only enhance Web speeds and help avoid network congestion but also lower "bandwidth costs by up...

SECURITY : Rainwall Load Balances Firewalls.
May 4, 1999... A. Rainwall Load Balances Firewalls (RAINfinity) RAINfinity has released Rainwall for Check Point FireWall-1 and VPN-1, a load balancing solution for mission-critical Internet firewall and VPN gateways. If there is a hardware or...

SERVERS : HP Debuts Latest Workgroup Server.
May 4, 1999... A. HP Debuts Latest Workgroup Server (Hewlett-Packard Co.) If you're in the market for a solid departmental server, Hewlett-Packard has recently made an addition to its HP NetServer E Series, the E 60. Geared towards small-to...

PORTABLE COMPUTING : First XML Apps Available for Palm Pilot.
May 4, 1999... A. First XML Apps Available for Palm Pilot (Bluestone Software, Inc.) Bluestone has just posted one of the first XML applications for handhelds. The XML-Contact for the Palm Pilot is an "ultra-thin" contact management application that...

DEVELOPERS TOOLS : Chili!Soft ASP Maximizes IT's Programming Skill Set.
May 4, 1999... A. Chili!Soft ASP Maximizes IT's Programming Skill Set (Chili!Soft, Inc.) Version 3.0 Chili!Soft ASP is now available, "a low-cost alternative to the traditional methods for developing UNIX-based Web applications." By expanding on the...

LEISURE : Manipulate your Music.
May 4, 1999... (RealNetworks) RealNetworks has announced their latest offering for audiophiles. RealJukebox, which is now available now in beta format, allows users to record, organize and play audio in Real format or MP3. It allows you to record from...

Business-to-Business Commerce - Is OBI the Answer?
May 18, 1999... (CommerceNet, InfoWorld and IBM Institute of Advanced Commerce Articles) "Adoption of the [OBI] standard will provide companies with a secure, common method for conducting business online, enabling them to realize the full potential of the...

Enterprise JavaBeans.
May 18, 1999... (An InformationWeek Article) "It may well be that Java and Enterprise JavaBeans together constitute the most fundamental architectural change in software development for at least the next five years" - Martin Marshall, Zona Research. ...

How to Avoid Becoming an Internet Casualty.
May 18, 1999... (A USWeb/CKS White Paper and "The Experience Economy") Digital technologies, and the Internet in particular, have created a market revolution where standing still, or even moving too slowly, could put your company in jeopardy in mere...

Streamline Your Business: Enterprise Application Integration.
May 18, 1999... (Datamation and PlanetIT Articles) Urgent business demands and a push to implement new technology have turned many IT departments into a mish-mash of incompatible applications. If this scenario sounds familiar and you find yourself...

Ubiquitous Business Video.
May 18, 1999... (A New Media Feature) The expense of achieving a high quality picture, the shortage of video viewing equipment, and the cost of duplicating and distributing video cassettes prevented video from taking off as a critical business tool. Now...

Bots: Put Them to Work for You.
May 18, 1999... (CIO Web Business Magazine, BotSpot.com) Bots, also known as intelligent agents, are software programs that leverage the Web's hypertext structure by searching it in an automatic and repetitive way and retrieving documents, product prices,...

RAID Storage: Where's it going?
May 18, 1999... (An Aberdeen Group White Paper) Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disk (RAID) technology offers the advantage of increased data availability by creating a working copy of data on a separate hard drive which is instantly available for use in...

Out-of-the-Box Benchmarking.
May 18, 1999... (American Productivity & Quality Center Articles) Organizations can gain big performance benefits from looking outside of their own industry to companies that engage in "world-class 'best practices'." If you need information on how to...

Change Your Corporate Culture.
May 18, 1999... (A Human Resources Institute Guide) Tending to your corporate culture may sound like a soft issue, but the fact of the matter is that "Changes initiated in unsupportive cultural environments tend to last less than one year." For any...

NOS Shootout.
May 18, 1999... (A PCWeek Online Report) Picking a network operating system (NOS) has never been a "one size fits all" undertaking, and using only one NOS to meet all your enterprise needs is rarely a realistic proposition these days. PCWeek recently...

Virtual Private Network Resources.
May 18, 1999... (NetworkWorld Fusion and techguide.com Articles) Virtual Private Network (VPNs) offerings have skyrocketed as they've grown into an integral part of many enterprise networks. Here are a few VPN resources, covering a range of VPN topics,...

SwitchCentral.
May 18, 1999... (The Tolly Group and bitpipe communications) The Tolly Group, in conjunction with bitpipe communications, has started a new free Web service called SwitchCentral located at http://switchcentral. bitpipe.com. This site is geared specifically...

Accounting Software Buyer's Guide.
May 18, 1999... (A CFO Publishing Buyer's Guide)) The midrange market is in a state of growth, and accounting software is no exception. Recently, this market has evolved to incorporate enterprise resource planning (ERP) functionality, yet has still...

SOFTWARE : Oracle Helps Midsize Internet Procurement.
May 18, 1999... A. Oracle Helps Midsize Internet Procurement (Oracle Corp.) Oracle has announced an addition to its FastForward family of products for mid-sized companies and corporate divisions. FastForward Internet Procurement is designed to help...

SOFTWARE : Enterworks Releases a Virtual Database.
May 18, 1999... B. Enterworks Releases a Virtual Database (Enterworks Inc.) Virtual DB 3.0 from Enterworks integrates, cleanses, and transforms data dispersed across different databases, platforms, and formats in the enterprise into a single virtual...

SOFTWARE : Nab Project Glitches with Active Alert.
May 18, 1999... C. Nab Project Glitches with Active Alert (Artemis Management Systems) Artemis Active Alert is a project management database monitoring application that notes exceptions to schedule, cost, and resource business rules during a project's...

INTERNET/INTRANET : Let Your Web Site Do the Talking...
May 18, 1999... A. Let Your Web Site Do the Talking... (PageTalk, Inc.) PageTalk lets you add an audio message anywhere on your Web site that can be heard with the click of a button. You can change or update your message as often as you like by dialing...

SECURITY : Put Hackers on ICE.
May 18, 1999... A. Put Hackers on ICE (Network ICE) Network ICE has released its first products, BlackICE Pro anti-hacking software and ICEcap intelligent attack reporting solution, which work together to protect sensitive corporate information. Using...

STORAGE : Ark Offers Data Mirroring Solution.
May 18, 1999... A. Ark Offers Data Mirroring Solution (Ark Research) Ark Research has released the Ark/2000, a server appliance that automatically mirrors data in real-time across multi-platform wide area networks. Ark/2000 is flexible and highly...

SERVERS : Microsoft Updates BackOffice Server.
May 18, 1999... A. Microsoft Updates BackOffice Server (Microsoft Corp) Microsoft has updated its integrated BackOffice Server suite that seeks to simplify "the development, management, and deployment" of branch office, department, and mid-sized...

SERVERS : Thin Server Images CDs.
May 18, 1999... B. Thin Server Images CDs (Microtest, Inc.) DiscPortVT is a versatile thin server that can create an image of a DVD or CD-ROM onto its internal hard drive to speed up content delivery and accessibility in multi-user scenarios....

SERVICES : Licensing Service Program Debuts for the Mid-Market.
May 18, 1999... A. Licensing Service Program Debuts for the Mid-Market (Corporate Software & Technology, Inc.) Corporate Software & Technology (CS&T) has launched a comprehensive licensing service program geared specifically to the mid-market. CS&T...

DEVELOPER'S TOOLS : Java HotSpot Boosts Performance.
May 18, 1999... A. Java HotSpot Boosts Performance (Sun Microsystems) The long-awaited Java HotSpot Performance Engine has finally arrived to dramatically speed up the performance of sever-side Java applications from two to four times, regardless of...

LEISURE : The Best Movie Database on the Net.
May 18, 1999... The next time you're trying to decide which movie to see or rent consider checking with the "Internet Movie Database". This site offers an incredibly comprehensive database of new and vintage films. It provides critics reviews, user...