InfoWorld articles from August 1996

InfoWorld archives from August 1996

Warp 4: the final frontier? Merlin may be OS 2's last incarnation. (new version of IBM operating system)(Product Announcement)
August 26, 1996... IBM will formally launch the next version of OS/2 Warp late next month and reposition the 32-bit product as the ultimate network-centric client. At the Sept. 25 introduction in San Francisco, IBM will announce that Version 4.0 will include a...

Netscape applets aimed at wooing ISVs. (Netscape's Open Network Environment designed for independent software developers)(Product Announcement)
August 26, 1996... Trying to wean corporate developers away from their dependence on Microsoft Corp.'s huge range of products, Netscape Communications Corp. will introduce 19 Application Templates designed to transform its SuiteSpot server software into a...

Object spec wakes up Web: Netscape puts weight behind Internet Inter-ORB Protocol. (object request broker architecture could replace HTTP) (Company Business and Marketing)
August 26, 1996... Netscape Communications Corp. is determined to move the Internet to the Internet Inter-ORB Protocol (IIOP), replacing static HTTP pages with live, object-based components as the Internet standard. But competing standards for supporting the...

Browser server computing?(Special Report on the widening scope of the Internet) (Industry Trend or Event)
August 26, 1996... How far will the Web browser client go? Judging from the speed by which Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Baan Co., Dun and Bradstreet Corp., and PeopleSoft Inc. are racing to add a Web front end to their client/server suites, it would appear that Web...

Netscape taking the lead on object front. (may boost Internet InterORB Protocol) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
August 26, 1996... Objects, objects everywhere and not a decent applet anywhere. For more than 30 years the major players in the industry have at one time or another touted the silver-bullet wonders of object-oriented computing. Yet each successive wave of new...

Digital NT notebooks will gain plug and play. (DEC's HiNote Ultra II and HiNote VP 500 introduced)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
August 26, 1996... Not content to wait for Microsoft Corp. to make Windows NT a suitable platform for portables, Digital Equipment Corp. will add its own versions of crucial features such as power management and Plug and Play to its HiNote notebooks. On Sept. 9...

Microsoft to do Explorer forms tool. (Forms(3) utility slated for inclusion in Office 97, Visual Basic 5.0 and Visual Basic for Applications 5.0)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
August 26, 1996... Microsoft will release a forms building tool based on its Internet Explorer control pad and HTML layout control that will give users a single environment for creating front ends in a variety of applications. Microsoft will include the common...

Security hole found in Explorer. (Princeton scientists find flaw in Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
August 26, 1996... Scientists at Princeton University last week discovered a flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer 3.0 that lets hackers set up dummy Web sites to lure in unsuspecting users. Once users enter the site, the bug lets hackers run DOS commands on the...

Web filer speeds 'net transmissions. (Network Appliance Inc's Web Filer)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
August 26, 1996... Network Appliance Inc. will announce this week its Web Filer software that natively supports HTML files to speed transmission over the Internet and intranets. The software adds HTTP support to its Data Ontap kernel, giving the company's F220,...

Netscape details plans to take the desktop. (challenges Microsoft with IIOP standard) (Company Business and Marketing)
August 26, 1996... Netscape Communications Corp. plans to take its fight with Microsoft Corp. directly to its rival's stronghold -- the desktop. If things go according to Netscape's plan, this push toward distributed object computing will reduce the need for...

Intel to add on-site service to its offerings. (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
August 26, 1996... Following the lead of two of the largest market players, Bay Networks Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc., Intel Corp. will announce this week an expansion in its service offerings for hubs, switches, and routers. Now offering limited support by...

Microstar will make it easier to use SGML. (introduction of Near & Far Author 2.0)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
August 26, 1996... Seybold San Francisco in September will be the stage for Microstar Software Ltd.'s announcement of a new Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) initiative that the company hopes will bring SGML to the business market by linking it with...

Mesa to ease groupware migration. (introduces JumpStart)(includes related article on Radnet Inc CEO Don Bulens)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
August 26, 1996... The Mesa Group Inc. will release early next month a product that can replicate between Lotus Development Corp.'s Lotus Notes databases and Microsoft Corp.'s Exchange files, easing migration from one groupware system to another and allowing the...

Microsoft takes a stab at Internet file-sharing spec: CIFS protocol is replacement for FTP. (Common Internet File System to replace Network File System) (Company Business and Marketing)
August 26, 1996... Pushing forward its specification for remote file-sharing over the Internet and corporate intranets, Microsoft Corp. will play host this week to more than 35 companies at its headquarters in Redmond, Wash., for the first technical conference on...

Powersoft readies PowerBuilder updates. (PowerBuilder 5.1, PowerBuilder for Macintosh 5.0)(Product Announcement)
August 26, 1996... The Powersoft Business Group of Sybase Inc. shed light on upcoming versions of its flagship PowerBuilder development tool last week, promising continued cross-platform support, improved performance, and a revised browserlike interface....

IBM object initiative gets ISVs' endoresements. (IBM's San Francisco Project) (Company Business and Marketing)
August 26, 1996... San Francisco -- IBM's project, not the city -- moved a small step closer to reality last week when 50 ISVs endorsed the object initiative of business-application frameworks. IBM also announced it would use the Java programming environment to...

Novell unveils plans for intranet package. (Novell Inc's IntranetWare turnkey system)(Product Announcement)
August 26, 1996... Novell Inc. last week introduced IntranetWare, a turnkey package that integrates NetWare 4.11 with a Web server, a Web browser, and a gateway between TCP/IP and Novell's IPX/SPX networks. In delivering IntranetWare, which is slated to hit the...

Microsoft-Netscape legal battle brews: Justice Department may get involved. (Industry Legal Issue)
August 26, 1996... A legal skirmish broke out last week between Microsoft Corp. and Netscape Communications Corp. Netscape asked the U.S. Justice Department to investigate alleged predatory pricing and bundling arrangements for Microsoft's Internet Explorer 3.0...

IBM site to host Internet commerce. (deal struck with National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
August 26, 1996... IBM this week is scheduled to announce that it has landed a deal to outfit the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW) with an Internet-based site for conducting electronic commerce. The deal calls for a pilot project, to be...

Data General shifts to Pentium Pro servers. (introduces Aviion 3600)(Product Announcement)
August 26, 1996... Data General Corp. is propagating Pentium Pro power through its server offerings, announcing the Aviion 3600 departmental server based on Intel Corp.'s 200-MHz chip with 512KB of Level 2 cache. The company said it hopes shipment of systems on...

Sun, IBM announce two-way Java licensing agreements. (Company Business and Marketing)
August 26, 1996... IBM and Sun Microsystems Inc. have announced a series of licensing agreements that will extend the presence of Sun's Java development language into IBM's product line while furthering the CORBA standard for object-oriented programming. The...

Microsoft Falcon beta takes flight: messaging middleware includes ActiveX, Internet hooks. (Product Development)
August 26, 1996... Advancing its efforts to establish Windows NT as an enterprise-level application server platform, Microsoft Corp. last week issued the beta release of its pending NT message-oriented middleware, code-named Falcon. Slated for general release...

Rapid City to give ATM a run for quality voice. (Rapid City Communications developing Gigabit Ethernet product line) (Company Business and Marketing)
August 26, 1996... Gigabit Ethernet switches being developed by start-up Rapid City Communications, in Mountain View, Calif., may remove what observers say is one of the major shortcomings of the high-speed technology when compared with Asynchronous Transfer Mode...

AutoSocks secures Windows platforms. (Aventail Corp's AutoSocks IV 1.2 network security software navigates firewalls)(Product Announcement)
August 26, 1996... With the release of AutoSocks IV 1.2, Aventail Corp. enables network administrators to "socksify" their Windows desktop TCP/IP applications, letting them cross Socks IV firewalls across all three Windows platforms. Socks IV is an Internet...

SCO pumps up UnixWare via partnerships. (Company Business and Marketing)
August 26, 1996... Recognizing that vendors missed big opportunities to unify Unix in the 1980s, The Santa Cruz Operation Inc. is aiming to make it a high-volume OS for the coming millennium by bundling its UnixWare with third-party hardware and software. In...

Developers earmark Java Fund for start-ups. (ten companies join venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers in development funding for Marimba Inc, Active Software and Calico Technology) (Industry Trend or Event)
August 26, 1996... Ten leading technology companies, along with venture capitalists Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), raised $100 million last week for the Java Fund to help start-up companies develop products based on Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java...

Compaq slashes prices on desktop PCs. (ProLinea 5100, Deskpro 5150 and 5133, QVision 210 monitor) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
August 26, 1996... Clearing shelf space for the raft of new PCs it announced in July, Compaq Computer Corp. cut prices last week by as much as 22 percent on several of its desktop models. The Houston-based PC giant is offering users trimmer price tags on the...

Vendors to unveil apps at support expo. (Primus Communications Corp's SolutionBuilder 2.0, Astea International Inc's Heat 3.0, McAfee Associates Inc's McAfee Service Desk, InfoDynamics Inc's Concierge 2.0 and Remedy Corp's ARWeb 1.1 introduced at Support Services Expo)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
August 26, 1996... At the Support Services Expo in San Francisco this week, help desk and customer support vendors will show applications that have tighter integration with databases for reusing problem-resolution information and that leverage the Internet for...

SAP tries to move beyond proprietary reputation: APIs to promote third-party R/3 apps. (Company Business and Marketing)
August 26, 1996... SAP America Inc. this week at its Sapphire user conference in Philadelphia will seek to alter its proprietary image with a set of programming interfaces that lets users and third parties customize R/3 applications. SAP's Business Framework...

Pipeline. (Client) (News Briefs)
August 26, 1996... ANNOUNCED By month's end, MICROEXPRESS INC. will unveil a desktop system based on Cyrix Corp.'s 200-MHz 6x86 processor, company officials said. In September, the third-tier vendor will introduce the MP133A notebook sporting a 133-MHz Pentium...

Adobe, Astound to counter Microsoft's presentation graphics. (Adobe Systems Inc's Persuasion 4.0 and Astound 4.0)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
August 26, 1996... Graphics heavyweight Adobe Systems Inc. and newcomer Astound Inc. will try to revive the flagging business presentation graphics market by adding multimedia and Internet features to the latest versions of their tools. Adobe's Persuasion 4.0...

120MB floppy will operate as systems' standard built-in a:drive. (O.R. Technology and Microsoft sign licensing deal for LS-120 floppy technology; bundled in Windows 95 OEM Service 2.0) (Company Business and Marketing)
August 26, 1996... In its quest to make the 120MB capacity floppy diskette an industry standard, O.R. Technology Inc. will announce next week that Microsoft Corp. will incorporate drivers for the LS-120 technology in its Windows 95 OEM Service, Release 2. The...

Digital overhauls entire product line: HiNote, Celebris, and Prioris systems to get more powerful and support NT.(Product Announcement)
August 26, 1996... Seeking to steer its ailing PC ship toward calmer seas, Digital Equipment Corp. is readying a refresh of its full family of Intel-based desktops, notebooks, and PC servers, giving them greater horsepower and improved network management, sources...

PCI boards speed 3-D features. (Number Nine Visual Technology Corp's Imagine 128 Series 2e and ATI Technologies Inc's XClaim VR board)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
August 26, 1996... Graphics accelerators based on the PCI bus architecture continue to come down in price while offering more features. Number Nine Visual Technology Corp. has announced the Imagine 128 Series 2e, a low-cost version of its 128-bit graphics card...

Boundless brings full family of NCs to market. (Boundless Technologies Inc's NC XL and NC XLC introduced)(Product Announcement)
August 26, 1996... Sporting its new corporate moniker Boundless Technologies Inc., the former SunRiver Corp. this week will usher in its long-awaited family of network computers (NCs) and relevant software that will offer users access to the Internet, Web...

Samsung's MSP chip challenges MMX: processor is Talisman-compliant. (Samsung Semiconductor Inc's MSP1-100 and MSP1-160 microprocessor)(Product Announcement)
August 26, 1996... The battle for microprocessor superiority continued to shift from raw computing power to multimedia friendliness when Samsung Semiconductor Inc. unveiled its multimedia signal processor (MSP) at last week's Hot Chips VIII symposium in Stanford,...

RAM -- 72-pin SIMMs.(InfoWorld Street Prices) (Industry Trend or Event)(Illustration)(Brief Article)
August 26, 1996... Chg. fr. 8MB RAM Low High Avg. June 2x32, 70 nanoseconds, nonparity $42 $70 $61 -26% 2x36, 70 nanoseconds, parity ...

Programs need tighter ties to processors: programming rules add reliability. (Technology Information)
August 26, 1996... Microprocessor architectures will become more closely tied to programming languages and applications software to improve performance and reliability, an industry expert told attendees at the Hot Chips VIII conference in Stanford, Calif., last...

Secret, silent RegEdit switches smooth Registry merge process.(Window Manager) (News Briefs)(Column)
August 26, 1996... This week is a good time to go over some Windows 95 tricks that have been sent to me by readers. Some are in response to a previous column and some are new, but all are intriguing in their own way. The silent type I wrote in my Aug. 12...

Low-cost ink-jets find a home at the office. (color ink-jet models introduced from HP, Lexmark International Inc, Epson America Inc and Canon Computer Systems Inc)(Product Announcement)
August 26, 1996... Recent innovations in color ink-jet technology may be lackluster, but prices for the ink-jet printers have been breaking new ground. In the past four weeks, Hewlett-Packard Co., Canon Computer Systems Inc., Epson America Inc., and Lexmark...

The bug report. (software bugs and patches) (News Briefs)(Brief Article)
August 26, 1996... * Microsoft Exchange 4.0: In Microsoft Corp.'s Exchange 4.0 Windows NT client, when you use Exchange Windows clients to "blind c.c." a message to hidden recipients, the Check Names tool will not resolve the name. Instead, the Microsoft Exchange...

Pipeline. (Server) (News Briefs)
August 26, 1996... ANNOUNCED SUNSOFT INC. announced the availability of a beta version of NEO 2.0, an upgrade to its CORBA-compliant object middleware that includes support for Java and the Internet. The final version will ship in January 1997. (800) 786-0404....

Sun CEO pitches Java as Unix unifier, but few agree. (Scott McNealy delivers keynote address at SCO Forum) (Industry Trend or Event)
August 26, 1996... The Santa Cruz Operation Inc. gave new meaning to open systems by inviting Sun Microsystems Inc.'s CEO Scott McNealy to deliver a keynote address at SCO Forum, in Santa Cruz, Calif., last week. While SCO and Hewlett-Packard Co. put on a...

HP boosts application servers with multiprocessor systems. (HP LH Pro and LX Pro introduced)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
August 26, 1996... Hewlett-Packard Co. is filling out its application server line, offering a low-cost dual-processor system and an entry-level quad-processor model. Instead of targeting large-scale database users, which the company did earlier this year with...

Powersoft hones Internet tool strategy: NetImpact Studio, formerly Charlotte, to anchor Powersoft's line of Web tools.(Product Announcement)
August 26, 1996... Powersoft Corp. renewed its Internet push with the unveiling of NetImpact Studio, the first in a line of Web tools, at its user meeting last week. The HTML and JavaScript tool, previously code-named Charlotte, will begin beta testing in the...

Known worldwide, SAP AG contemplates its future domain. (will adapt R/3 client/server platform to Internet)(Company Profile)
August 26, 1996... Executives at SAP AG, on the eve of their Sapphire users conference in Philadelphia this week, must feel as if they're in the driver's seat. Founded in 1972 in Walldorf, Germany, SAP has risen with little fanfare to become the world's fifth...

Accessing the Internet abroad means one word: CompuServe.(Help desk) (Question and Answer)
August 26, 1996... Q: In earlier columns, you've written about transmitting data from airliners at 20,000 feet. But how do you access the Internet from a foreign country? I am in the U.S. Air Force, and I will be spending some time in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as...

Dell, Acer make plans to enter Pentium Pro server race. (Company Business and Marketing)
August 26, 1996... The lure of the enterprise server market has gotten to be too much for desktop stalwarts Dell Computer Corp. and The Acer Group. In an effort to give users a complete line of hardware, Dell and Acer plan to further penetrate the enterprise...

Tool vendors set sights on Web: Jyacc, Neuron Data enhance respective development tools. (Jyacc Inc's JAM Web 2.0, Neuron Data Inc's Elements Environment 2.0 introduced)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
August 26, 1996... Tool vendors Jyacc Inc. and Neuron Data Inc. last week introduced versions of their products geared at easier World Wide Web development. JAM/Web 2.0, the latest version of Jyacc's development tool for Web-based transactional database...

E-buyers beware? (IBM electronic commerce initiative) (interview with Internet division general manager Irving Wladawsky-Berger) (Company Business and Marketing)
August 26, 1996... As IBM prepared its Storefront electronic transaction technology, the general manager of IBM's Internet division, Irving Wladawsky-Berger, talked to Internet Editor Michael Parsons about the Olympics and the company's hopes for electronic...

Pipeline. (Internet) (News Briefs)
August 26, 1996... SHIPPING BULLETPROOF CORP. shipped last week Version 1.0 of JDesignerPro, a Java-powered application for developing custom client/server database systems in Java. JDesignerPro allows Internet or intranet developers to produce client-side...

Java applications come to Windows 3.1; IBM's Java Virtual Machine wil let today's Windows desktops hit Java sites. (company to ship beta code for new Java compiler) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
August 26, 1996... IBM will ship beta code for a Java Virtual Machine (VM) for Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 3.1 OS within two weeks, allowing the Java distributed computing model to be extended to the still-dominant desktop platform, IBM officials said. IBM will...

IBM opens a new Storefront: product to facilitate Internet business.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 26, 1996... IBM will accelerate its electronic commerce strategy next month when it unveils products and services that allow corporate users to conduct business-to-business transactions over the Internet. IBM plans to demonstrate at the Internet Commerce...

The Web hotlist: Web sites worth checking out.(Brief Article)(Directory)
August 26, 1996... Whitetree -- http://www.whitetree.com Workgroup networking solutions based on Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) technology are the focus of Whitetree Inc.'s site. The Products + Technology section includes a technical glossary, a Connectivity...

Hold the flight: I'm checking my E-mai. (Atcom Info providing services for business travelers) (Company Business and Marketing)
August 26, 1996... Business travelers with or without portable computer systems can now access the Internet and e-mail services with Atcom Info public Internet kiosks, at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Atcom Info Inc., based in San Diego, will...

Web sites move to CD-ROM. (Marketscape Inc WebCD)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 26, 1996... MarketScape Inc. this week will unveil a new software package for integrating World Wide Web site content with multimedia content on CD-ROM. WebCD 1.0 provides a set of tools for creating hybrid Internet/CD-ROMs that feature real-time links...

Smaller ISPs must join forces to fend off Internet monopolies and collapses. (From the Ether) (Industry Trend or Event)(Column)
August 26, 1996... On Aug. 7 I arrived in San Francisco to attend a convention of Internet service providers (ISPs). Boardwatch Magazine Editor Jack Rickard (http://www.boardwatch.com) was letting me keynote again. This time I was ready to wrap up ISPCon with a...

Eudora Pro 3.0 takes on browser e-mail clients. (Qualcomm Inc introduces Eudora Pro 3.0)(Product Announcement)
August 26, 1996... Qualcomm Inc. is getting ready to deliver enhanced filtering, a plug-in architecture, and rich-text capabilities to Eudora, in the face of increasing competition from Web browser e-mail clients. Eudora Pro 3.0 for Windows is now posted to the...

Pipeline. (Telecom) (News Briefs)
August 26, 1996... ANNOUNCED TADIRAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS LTD. has announced MultiGain Wireless, a wireless local loop system that delivers basic and enhanced voice and data services but without the costs for maintaining copper or fiber-optic connections. The...

ISPs begin to unite against RBOC threat. (Internet service providers) (Internet/Web/Online Service Information)
August 26, 1996... Internet pervice providers (ISPs) have started to swap strategies for winning the war against regional Bell operating companies (RBOCs). Some ISPs believe RBOCs want to drive them out of business so they can then provide Internet access at...

Sprint Internet Passport takes flight with free pilot offering. (new Internet services from long-distance provider) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
August 26, 1996... Sprint Corp. last week officially announced plans to enter the Internet service provider market, offering a free pilot to its existing long-distance telephone customers. (See "Sprint plans online service," July 22, page 1.) The service,...

AT&T president Mandl resigns, will head wireless start-up. (Associates Communications) (Company Operations)(Brief Article)
August 26, 1996... AT&T President and Chief Operating Officer Alex J. Mandl resigned last week to become chairman and chief executive officer of Associated Communications, a small wireless communications start-up. Associated Communications, in Pittsburgh, which...

Telco expansion has a Great Wall to scale in China. (international telecommunications) (Industry Trend or Event)
August 26, 1996... Multinational companies that want to extend their data services to China may find a Great Wall of regulatory hurdles makes it an expensive proposition, telecommunications analysts and vendors say. China bars foreign companies from operating...

Global mirror search sites reflect 'net growth. (DEC to set up AltaVista sites in Sweden, Australia) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
August 26, 1996... Digital Equipment Corp. will set up AltaVista search sites in Sweden and Australia as part of its plan to establish mirror sites worldwide in response to rapid growth of Internet users outside the United States, company officials announced last...

Motorola's Tango offers wireless E-mail. (pagerlike device)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 26, 1996... Motorola announced last week a two-way messaging device designed to let users send and receive e-mail unobtrusively. "The most clear advantage is the fact that you can actually originate messages and answer messages without looking for a...

Chorus Systems ships real-time application development ORB for telcos. (Chorus Cool ORB 3.1 object request broker)(Product Announcement)
August 26, 1996... Chorus Systems Inc. last week released Chorus Cool ORB 3.1, an object request broker (ORB) for distributed, real-time application development targeted at telecommunications companies. Chorus Cool ORB lets users at those companies build...

Pipeline. (Networking) (News Briefs)
August 26, 1996... SHIPPING CABLETRON SYSTEMS INC. last week began shipping a 36-port Ethernet SmartSwitch for its MMAC Plus platform. The module, priced at $23,995, or approximately $667 per port, is designed to offer high-end functionality for wiring closets...

Bay sells guaranteed support; One-Price Program includes LAN and WAN migration. (Bay Networks Inc offering to build, maintain, upgrade entire networks, guarantee high levels of uptime) (Company Business and Marketing)
August 26, 1996... Bay Networks Inc. last week tapped into a growing demand for end-to-end network support packages by offering to build, maintain, and upgrade entire networks while guaranteeing high levels of uptime. Analysts said Bay's One-Price Program is an...

Cisco's Catalyst switches to remote access. (Cisco Systems Inc Catalyst 3200 stackable switch)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 26, 1996... Cisco Systems Inc. this week will launch a new stackable switch, called the Catalyst 3200, that provides a highly integrated package for remote access. The switch is an extension to the Catalyst 3000 family that offers a more flexible choice...

Sahara devices to consolidate WAN services. (Sahara Networks Inc Cross-Flow Switching Architecture) (SA 100, SA 600, SA 1200)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 26, 1996... Sahara Networks Inc. will announce in early September a family of Internet access devices that simplifies the support of multiple types of network traffic over WANs. The company's Cross-Flow Switching Architecture gives users Internet access by...

McAfee launches network security suite. (McAfee Associates Secure-1)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 26, 1996... McAfee Associates Inc. last week announced Secure-1, a desktop security suite for network managers that offers anti-virus and encryption integration. The suite uses technology McAfee gained through a company acquisition worth more than $23...

Budding Alteon to offer Gigabit Ethernet switch. (Alteon Networks Inc) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
August 26, 1996... Silicon Valley start-up Alteon Networks Inc. is joining the race toward Gigabit Ethernet networking with a workgroup switch and adapter. Alteon's products will be on display at NetWorld+Interop, in Atlanta, in September and are expected to...

Seagate plans unified software management for acquisitions. (Seagate Software to consolidate product line) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
August 26, 1996... Seagate Software Inc. last week unveiled a strategic plan to consolidate all of its storage, network management, and reporting software into a single management framework and position Windows NT as its strategic platform across the board....

Vendors boost remote-control sites. (Danware Data A/S, Hilgraeve Inc, Avalan Technology)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 26, 1996... Danware Data A/S, Hilgraeve Inc., and Avalan Technology Inc. have all launched beefed-up versions and upgrades to their remote-control packages. Danware is offering a comprehensive remote-control product with NetOp for Windows, Version 5.2,...

NetSuite handles network documents. (NetSuite Professional Audit) (Product Spotlight)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 26, 1996... NetSuite Professional Audit develops and maintains network documentation. NetSuite Development LP's application integrates topology information from direct SNMP and NetWare discovery into a consolidated, dynamic model of the network. The...

Heard it on the GripeLine: your new online forum to better help us help you. (The Gripe Line) (News Briefs) (Column)
August 26, 1996... Something new has been added. If you check out InfoWorld Electric's Reader Forums this week, you'll notice a few changes have been made. For one thing, we have a new layout for the Forums overview page; now you can get a better idea at a glance...

Nicholas Petreley and his Down to the Wire column take a step backward.(From the Editor in Chief)(Editorial)
August 26, 1996... Starting next week, the back page will feature a familiar face in a new spot. Down to the Wire, by Nicholas Petreley, will replace Stewart Alsop's Distributed Thinking. Alsop, former editor in chief turned venture capitalist, notified us...

Sorry, Charlies: IBM on the Mac way ahead of its time. (11 Years Ago in Infoworld) (News Briefs)(Column)
August 26, 1996... August 26, 1985--The Macintosh has always been part machine, part religious experience, especially in the early years. People who liked the Macintosh sought it out like crusaders pursuing the Holy Grail. Corporate standards be damned; the...

Exploding the C2 myth. (C2-level security no longer adequate to today's needs) (includes related articles on original purpose of Orange Book, Secure Computing Corp approach) (Technology Information)
August 26, 1996... The label "C2 certified" is enough to make some users feel secure and cozy with what they perceive to be the Holy Grail of secure computing. Although C2-certified systems are often described as overly secure, the C2 designation is really the...

Optimizing WANs with ISDN. (excerpt from book Remote LAN Access: A Guide for Networkers and the Rest of Us) (Technology Information)
August 26, 1996... Now that ISDN devices and services are easier to come by, using them to provide remote access to corporate networks makes a lot of economic sense. After years of bandwidth-limited services, switched digital services, such as Integrated...

Manager's bulletin board. (News Briefs)
August 26, 1996... A WIDER WEB. It wasn't too long ago that Web-based commercial transactions involved mostly computer-related products and small purchases, such as CDs or books. During the past six months, Web buying has broadened, with manufacturing and heavy...

To avoid outsourcing, you should not treat employees as customers. (IS Survival Guide) (Industry Trend or Event)(Column)
August 26, 1996... "Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them." -- Samuel Butler, provided by A Word a Day What I love about management trends is their predictability. Some consultant or...

Oppenheimer zeros in on financial analysis tools. (mutual-fund investment term uses SQL Financials) (includes related article on labor-saving billing module) (Product Information)
August 26, 1996... How's this for irony: A mutual fund company, which makes money for its customers by evaluating the health of public companies, finds it's lacking the tools to analyze its own business practices in all their number-crunching minutia. Irony...

Don't tinker with new toys, improve the process. (Developers' Advocate) (Technology Information)(Column)
August 26, 1996... It can be tricky when the people in the corner window offices read an article in the general press about some magic technology solution. Perhaps someone in management has already slipped you an article titled "Object Lesson" from page 80 of the...