Data Based Advisor articles from December 1995

Data Based Advisor archives from December 1995

Powersoft adds Design Products Division. (the StarDesignor Professional and StarDesignor Enterprise client/server development tools)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
December 1, 1995... Powersoft Design Products Division, a wholly independent business unit acquired in May 1 995 (formerly SDP), announced its first product offerings; a suite of client-server design tools with targets ranging from standalone applications to...

Clarion for Windows adds 32-bit compiler. (version 1.5 of TopSpeed Corp's application development software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
December 1, 1995... A 32-bit compiler has been added to Clarion for Windows 1.5, allowing applications to be compiled in Win32 Portable Executable format. This lets developers build applications to run on Windows 95 and Windows NT. Clarion also supports 16-bit...

Gupta supports Windows 95, introduces Component Developer. (Gupta Corp's SQLWindows for Windows 95, SQLBase for Windows 95, and Component Developer's Kit application development software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
December 1, 1995... Gupta's upgraded product suite-sQLWindows, SQ as , and a new Component Developer's Kit (CDK)-now supports 32-bit applications for Windows 95. SQKWindows for Windows 95 is part of Gupta's Centura, a development project that uses OLE to let...

Raima updates database engine. (Raima Corp's Velocis Database Server 1.3.1)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
December 1, 1995... Enhancements to Velocis Database Server 1.3.1, a multi-threaded, scalable, SQL ODBC database engine, include improved transaction processing, dynamic control of disk space conditions, improved server configuration capabilities, and more...

Oberon Software. (the Prospero integrated software package)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement) (Brief Article)
December 1, 1995... Aimed at power users and business professionals, Prospero's point-and-click tool integrates applications and databases. According to Oberon Software, Prospero uses "building blocks" to represent applications, such as spreadsheet, database, word...

Oracle makes news. (the annual International Oracle User Week conference) (Editor on the Go)(Editorial)
December 1, 1995... Interesting products from the largest database-centric company. It may seem like the only computerrelated news this fall is about Windows 95, but plenty more is happening. For example, the annual International Oracle User Week (IOUW) conference...

Advisor Developers Forum.(Letter to the Editor)
December 1, 1995... This new section includes comments, opinions, and dialogue from members of the development community. OOP is Efficient The move to OOP will be a boon to the users of applications and the developers of those applications. This might not seem...

Integrate your office with Notes. (Brainstorm Technologies Inc's OfficeLink for retrieving and saving files as attachments to documents in Lotus Notes databases) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
December 1, 1995... Lotus Notes is not so much a product, as it is an infrastructure. For years this was more a philosophical than a practical perspective, but the arrival of third-party tools that take advantage of the underlying presence of Notes is making this a...

Coming Events. (Software Review)(Evaluation)
December 1, 1995... German FoxPro Developer Conference, Frankfurt, Germany, 29 November-1 December--Three-day conference on Visual FoxPro with over half the sessions presented in English. dFPUG, Germany 6173-68182, fax 6173-65997, CompuServe 100024,1364. DB/EXPO...

Experts add to report writer functionality. (Crystal Services Inc's Crystal Reports Professional 4.0) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
December 1, 1995... I last looked at Crystal Reports Professional in my "Presenting Client-Server Report Writers" (DATA BASED ADVISOR, February 1995) comparison of client-server report writers. Version 3.0 fared well as a middle-of-the road program, not quite as...

Object modeling can help you develop. (Logic Works Inc's OOwin/CRC object modeling software) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
December 1, 1995... OOwin/CRC is an object modeling tool from Logic Works, the people who brought us ERwin, the popular data modeling tool, and BPwin, a business process modeling tool. OOwin is not an application development tool, rather it's an object-oriented...

Document your PowerBuilder applications. (Corsoft Corp's CorDoc for PowerBuilder documentation software) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
December 1, 1995... A wise man once said that what you don't know can't hurt you. Occasionally, this may be true, but anybody who's done of PowerBuilder development appreciate knowing what a product like CorDoc brings to the table. CorDoc from Corsoft Corp. is a...

Address checker certified. (the US Postal Service certifies the USA UNZIPPED Software Developer's Kit from CD Light)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1995... The U.S. Postal Service has certified the USA UNZIPPED Software Developer's 16t (SDK) from CD Light. CASS (Coding Accuracy Support System) certification guarantees the accuracy of address matching and delivery point bar code calculation by the...

Windows bar code developer's kit upgraded. (Thunder Island's TrueBar II Developer's Edition)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
December 1, 1995... TrucBar 11, the Developer's Edition, a component based for maximum flexibility across multiple development platforms, includes a Stand Alone Bar Code Generator, Visual Basic Modules, a Printer Command Template, and a VBX Custom Control. Full...

New database engine. (Btrieve Technologies' Btrieve for Windows NT/Windows 95)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
December 1, 1995... Btrieve for Windows NT/Windows 95, a 32-bit version of its client-server navigational database, enables developers to create and deploy Btrieve applications for both platforms without modification. The Btrieve for Windows NT/Windows 95 Developer...

Put a little magic in your help. (Software Interphase Inc's Help Magician Pro 3.1 help file generator) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
December 1, 1995... Pssst! Hey, buddy, have I got a deal for you! Are you tired of using windows applications and rot knowing what to do? Do u could receive assistance with one key? Well, if you'd like to your Mom, Dad, spouse, kids, and pets with a stunning,...

Master/agent architecture manages distributed systems. (ISA Corp's SQL*Operator version 4.1)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
December 1, 1995... SQL*Operator Version 4.1, a high-end system management tool for enterprise-wide job scheduling and application workload management, is available for all UNIX platforms. It offers an MS Windows interface, as well as Motif and character-based...

Textbase management system for Windows. (InMagic Inc's DB/TextWorks)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
December 1, 1995... DB/TextWorks is a textbase management system for Windows that combines a DBMS with a text-retrieval product. Using this product, you can manage textual information in large and small organizations. Designed as a text DBMS, it provides instant...

Protection from piracy. (Software Security Inc's UniKey software protection tools)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
December 1, 1995... UniKey, a product line of software protection technologies and tools, lets developers protect mainstream desktop software products from piracy. Built-in memory is a standard feature, so developers can enable options in the program, charge for...

Monitor heterogeneous databases. (Platinum Technology Inc's Platinum SQL Spy 2.0)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
December 1, 1995... Platinum SQL Spy 2.0 is a Windows-based tool for monitoring heterogeneous databases in distributed computing environments. It provides a real-time graphical analysis of database activities. Includes a three-dimensional interface, DB2 for AIX...

New Xbase server product. (LoadStone Inc's Fortress DBF Server)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
December 1, 1995... The Fortress DBF Server Product Line is based on the foundation code of Comix and Clipmore, runs as an NLM or on a dedicated server machine. The functionality of ObjectDB is integrated into the server architecture. Includes automatic concurrency...

Visual C++ development extensions. (Stingray Software Inc's MFC++ Microsoft Foundation Class extensions)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
December 1, 1995... MFC++ 1.0 is a set of more than 20 general-purpose Microsoft Foundation Class extensions. included are: document/view enhancements, image classes for reading, writing and manipulating popular image formats, Win32 classes, MDI alternative classes,...

Informix query and database access management tools. (Informix Software Inc's New-Era ViewPoint)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
December 1, 1995... INFORMIX New-Era Viewpoint is an end-user GUI tool for retrieving data in corporate or departmental databases. It lets users create and run customized forms, reports and queries based on SQL data, without having to understand SQL, or a database's...

Decision support software suite. (Andyne Computing Ltd's Andyne Integrated Solution)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
December 1, 1995... Andyne will bundle three of its products to create the Andyne integrated Solution: Andyne GQL, a DSS application for relational data sources; Andyne PaBLO, a decision support software tool for multi-dimensional data sources; and a new product...

Oracle backup and recovery. (DataTools Inc's SQL-BackTrack backup software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
December 1, 1995... SQL-BackTrack, a non-intrusive backup and recovery tool for SQL databases, is now available for Oracle 7 databases. Features include fast physical backup, guided recovery, easy-to-use menu interface, parallel backup streams, compression, and...

Middleware links to multiple SQL databases. (TechGnosis International Inc's SequeLink 3.0)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
December 1, 1995... SequeLink 3.0 is the latest upgrade of the client-server database middleware product. New features include a dynamic ODBC driver, SequeLink Smart Server technology, and streamlined BLOB, Apple Macintosh ODBC, and Windows NT server support. Smart...

Transaction log tool for SQL databases. (Platinum Technology Inc's Log Analyzer)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
December 1, 1995... Log Analyzer is a transaction log analyzer for optimizing performance of Microsoft and Sybase SQL Server databases. it examines the contents of the syslogs system tables, which is where records of each transaction are stored. Users can look at...

Report writer works like word processor. (Snow Software's Snow Report Writer for Windows)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
December 1, 1995... Snow Report Writer for Windows is a WYSIWYG graphical reporting tool. According to the company, reports can be created as simply as telling Snow Report Writer what the report should look like. Snow Report Writer then figures out what data is...

Create Windows DLLs using Visual Basic. (Simply Solutions' Visual DLL) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
December 1, 1995... Visual DLL by Simply Solutions lets you create Windows DLLs using Visual Basic (3.0 or 4.0) as the source language. By the time I'd finished testing the product, I'd incorporated it into my project tools, generating a number of production-quality...

Access 2.0 find and replace utility. (Black Moshannon Systems' SPEED Ferret)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
December 1, 1995... SPEED Ferret is a global find and replace utility for Access 2.0 databases. it automatically finds, replaces, and updates all objects with their new, renamed references. SPEED Ferret icludes a Quick Tour in Online Help. US$69. Black Moshannon...

Client-server testing tool. (SQA Inc's SQL LoadTest SQA TeamTest add-on)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
December 1, 1995... SQL LoadTest is a SQA TeamTest add-on for load, stress, and multi-user testing of Windows client-server applications running on TCP/IP, NetBIOS, and IPX/SPX networks. It can test any UNIX, Windows NT, or OS/2 application connected to a Windows...

OLAP DSS tool. (Information Advantage Inc's DecisionSuite 3.0 decision support software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
December 1, 1995... DecisionSuite 3.0 is a decision support tool for analyzing information in data warehouses. It includes InfoAlert, NewsLine, Analysis, and Workbench. InfoAlert gives views of live data, with the ability to drill up, down, and across data, and then...

OCR imaging toolkit. (Cardiff Software's Tri-CR Software Development Kit)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
December 1, 1995... Tri-CR Software Development Kit enhances and translates hand- and machine-print information from images received via fax or scanner. It uses multiple ICR/OCR recognition engine technology and a voting engine to accurately translate characters...

Optimize hardware and software relationship. (the Database Solutions Co's Configuration Manager)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
December 1, 1995... Configuration Manager is one of several modules now available in Control Center Plus, the client-server monitoring tool. it can be used to optimize database and hardware configurations for best performance. Configuration Manager creates a...

Build host interfaces with Visual Basic. (Software Development Tools Inc's AppBridge Autocode)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
December 1, 1995... AppBridge Autocode generates Visual Basic code for client-server applications. it builds host navigation code, creates GUI versions of partial or complete host screens, and integrates generated code into a range of development environments. This...

OLAP spells success for users and developers. (online analytical processing) (includes related articles on OLAP vs. multidimensional databases, on the OLAP Report, on the 12 rules of OLAP, and on BrioQuery Designer 3.1)(Cover Story)
December 1, 1995... OLAP gives users easy, intuitive access to their data for analysis--and gets developers out of the report-writing business In the beginning were the reports--and the reports were ugly. They came in six-inch thick paper stacks, and users spent...

Arbor Software Corp.(OLAP Product Directory)(Brief Article)(Directory)
December 1, 1995... 1325 Chesapeake Terr. Sunnyvale, CA 94089 800-858-1 666; (408)727-5800 Fax (408)727-7140 Essbase Analysis Server (V.3.2) An OLAP database server for mission-critical analysis of current and projected enterprise performance data. Automates...

Brio Technology Inc.(OLAP Product Directory)(Brief Article)(Directory)
December 1, 1995... 650 Castro St., Ste. 500 Mountain View, CA 94041 800-879-2746; (415)961-41 1 0 Fax (41 5)961-4572 BrioQuery for Windows (V.3.1) Ad hoc visual query and analysis tool with built-in crosstabs and reporting designed for data warehouses....

Cognos Corp.(OLAP Product Directory)(Brief Article)(Directory)
December 1, 1995... 67 S. Bedford St. Burlington, MA 01803-5164 800-223-2321 ; (61 7)229 6600 Fax (61 7)229-9828 PowerPlay (V.4.1) User information system provides corporate business performance data access from desktops and is designed for decision makers and...

Computer Concepts Corp.(OLAP Product Directory)(Brief Article)(Directory)
December 1, 1995... 80 Orville Dr. Bohemia, NY 11716 800-210-4209; (516)244-1 500 Fax (516)563-8085 d.b.Express for Windows (V.2.1) Allows users of data management tools to perform multi-dimensional queries, report writing, and graphics. Provides an intuitive...

Comshare Inc.(OLAP Product Directory)(Brief Article)(Directory) (Brief Article)
December 1, 1995... 555 Briarwood Circle Ann Arbor, M 1 48108 800-922 7979; (31 3)994-4800 Fax (31 3)769-6943 Commander ADL for Windows Engine for developing client-server data warehouses. Provides data acquisitions, cleansing, rotation, integration,...

Dimensional Insight Inc.(OLAP Product Directory)(Brief Article)(Directory) (Brief Article)
December 1, 1995... 111 S. Bedford St. Burlington, MA 01803 (617)229-91 1 1; Fax (617)229-9113 CrossTarget 3.0 Family of multidimensional data analysis tools that provide ad hoc access to SQL, Oracle, Ingres, and Sybase. Allows user to navigate through data...

Holistic Systems Inc.(OLAP Product Directory)(Brief Article)(Directory)
December 1, 1995... 510 Thornall St., Ste. 270 Edison, Nj 08837 800-664-6567; (908)321-6500 Fax (908)321-6504 Holos 4.0 Integrated tool that allows multi-dimensional applications to map directly onto data in underlying relational systems and combines EIS an...

IBM.(OLAP Product Directory)(Brief Article)(Directory)
December 1, 1995... Old Orchard Rd. Armonk, NY 10504 800-426-3333; (914)765-1 900 Visualizer Plans for OS/2 Builds multi-dimensional models suitable for solving a wide range of business problems. Enables users to build hierarchies that represent problems with...

Information Advantage Inc.(OLAP Product Directory)(Brief Article)(Directory)
December 1, 1995... 7401 Metro Blvd., Ste. 500 Edina, MN 55439 800-959-701 5; (61 2)820-0702 Fax (61 2)820-071 2 DecisionSuite 3.0 Integrated set of decision-support applications designed to perform multidimensional OLAP analysis against data warehouses....

IRI Software.(OLAP Product Directory)(Brief Article)(Directory)
December 1, 1995... 200 Fifth Ave. Waltham, MA 02154 800-765-7227; (617)890-1100 Fax (617)890-4660 Express EIS (V.4.8) Enterprise-wide OLAP business intelligence system that provides interactive environment for executives, managers, and analysts to...

Kenan Technologies.(OLAP Product Directory)(Brief Article)(Directory)
December 1, 1995... One Main St., 5th Fl. Cambridge, MA 02142-1517 800-775-3626; (61 7)225-2200, Fax (61 7)225 2220 Acumate Enterprise Solution (V.1.2) Business intelligence ACUMATE system based on multidimensional database engine. Provides set of on-line...

Lingo Computer Design Inc.(OLAP Product Directory)(Brief Article)(Directory)
December 1, 1995... 380 Wellington Street West, First Floor Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5V 1 E3 (416)593-5334; Fax (416)593-5338 FISCAL An open architecture for rapid implemention of enterprise wide on-line analytical processing (OLAP) and decision support....

MicroStrategy Inc.(OLAP Product Directory)(Brief Article)(Directory)
December 1, 1995... 8000 Towers Crescent Dr. Vienna,VA 22182 800-927-1 868; (703)848-8600 Fax (703)848-8610 DSS Agent (V.3.0) OLAP decision-support tool that provides access to information for analysis, presentation, integration, and action. Features include...

Pilot Software Inc.(OLAP Product Directory)(Brief Article)(Directory)
December 1, 1995... 1 Canal Park Cambridge, MA 02141 800-944-0094; (617)374-9400 Fax (617)374-1110 LightShip Server (v. 2.1 ) Client-server time-intelligent product that enables users to query, display, and report data in time frames (daily, weekly, monthly,...

Planning Sciences Inc.(OLAP Product Directory)(Brief Article)(Directory)
December 1, 1995... 26 W. Dry Creek Circle, Ste. 250 Littleton, CO 801 20 (303)794-87; Fax (303)794-8702 GENTIUM 2.0 Provides a workgrouprecognizing second generation client-server decision support System/executive information system (DSS/EIS) that...

Prodea.(OLAP Product Directory)(Brief Article)(Directory)
December 1, 1995... 11095 Viking Drive, Suite 225 Eden Prarie, Minnesota 55344-7240 (612)942-1 000; Fax (612)942-1010 ProdeaBeacon Decision-support product that delivers OLAP capabili ties to relational databases. Built on three-tier client-server architecture...

Renaissance Information Technology Inc.(OLAP Product Directory)(Brief Article)(Directory)
December 1, 1995... 621 W. College St., Ste. 201 Grapevine, TX 76051-2507 (817)421-8127; Fax (817)481-1469 Multi-D Lite Multi-dimensional database access and analysis program with Lotus 1-2-3. Single workstation version of Renaissance Information Spectrum...

Sinper Corp.(OLAP Product Directory)(Brief Article)(Directory)
December 1, 1995... 513 Warrenville Rd. Warren, Nj 07059 800-822-1596; (908)755-9880 Fax (908)755-9230 TM/1 (Table Manager/1) (V.4.5) Multi-dimensional database and spreadsheet. Includes tabular database which organizes data as multi-dimensional tables. Accepts...

SelectStar Inc.(OLAP Product Directory)(Brief Article)(Directory)
December 1, 1995... 240 West 23rd St., Ste. 3A New York, NY 1 001 1 (212)243-841; Fax (212)627-9784 StarTrieve for Windows Multi-dimensional analysis tool designed for use with relational databases. Enables users to define questions with graphical template...

Stanford Technology Group Inc.(OLAP Product Directory)(Brief Article)(Directory)
December 1, 1995... 88 Kearny St., 1 7th Fl. San Francisco, CA 941 08 (415)288-7960-, Fax (415)288-7968 MetaCube Decision-support product for data warehouses. Enables standard desktop applications and development environments to act as front-end to large...

pcEXPRESS brings data down to size for CIGNA HealthCare. (IRI's database access software)
December 1, 1995... Shielding its customers from medical details, CIGNA presents summary data using IRI's EXPRESS tool kit. In 1989, CIGNA Healthcare, a worldwide health care organization of 50,000 employees, decided it was time to make life easier for its...

HBO prefers DataPrism for getting the information out.
December 1, 1995... HBO's solution was to save BrioQuery queries in a repository for DataPrism users. Home Box Office (HBO), a division of Time-Warner, is a 25-year-old company with 1,600 employees in eight locations across the country. The company needed a...

Flexibility of Essbase sells Sears. (Sears Roebuck & Co's use of Arbor Software's Essbase DBMS)
December 1, 1995... Sears Roebuck & Co. went looking for a flexible business analysis solution--and fount it! Sears Roebuck & Co., a $35 million corporation with 2,000 locations and 25 subsidiaries, looked at about 15 products in early 1994 in its search for a...

Fortune 500 company gets decision support - and satisfaction. (Tri Valley Growers' use of Planning Science's GENTIUM decision support software)
December 1, 1995... With the help of Planning Science's GENTIUM, Tri Valley Growers has the power to make faster, smarter decisions. Tri Valley Growers (TVG), based in San Francisco, was founded 50 years ago by a group of California farmers. Today, Tri Valley is...

Sifting for trends at Southern California Edison. (Southern California Edison's use of Dimensional Insights' CrossTarget for accident reporting)
December 1, 1995... When a quick response to accident trends can save lives, the reporting process can't be slow and inflexible. Here's one utility company's solution. A few years ago, the safety personnel at Southern California Edison had a problem. Although the...

Data warehousing provides cost-effective patient care. (Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta develops one of the first information warehouses for hospital administrators and staff members)
December 1, 1995... The employees at Piedmont Hospital had the data they needed to run their facility, but they couldn't access or analyze it all--until they created an information warehouse. Piedmont Hospital, a 500-bed facility in Atlanta, Georgia, had a...

Newest DataEase hopes to hold interest of DOS developers. (DataEase International Inc's DataEase for Windows 5.0) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
December 1, 1995... If Database for Windows 5.0 seems familiar to you, it might be because you remember DataEase Express for Windows. That product met an early demise for many reasons, one of which was a lack of programmability. In all fairnaess, it was an interim...

Some avoidable user interface mistakes. (Windows Developer)(Column)(Tutorial)
December 1, 1995... How can you build an interface your users will love" Try these alternatives. By slightly tweaking the interface, you can make your Windows applictions much easier to use. Here are some tips Radio buttons Radio buttons are also known as...

Gupta: maintaining its independence. (Gupta Corp COO Sam Inman)(Interview)
December 1, 1995... Doug finds out about Gupta Corporation's current and future business strategy during an interview with Sam Inman, Gupta's COO. From its beginning in 1984, Gupta Corporation doubled in size every year for the next 10 years. At that point, the...

PowerBuilder menu tricks. (PowerBuilder Pro)(Column)(Tutorial)
December 1, 1995... It's a little difficult to concentrate this month, as I am sitting on a deck at a lake house in western Maryland, writing this column while on vacation. However, given my experiences with water skiing this week, sitting in this chair watching...

Mail-enable applications with MAPI. (Delphi Expert)(Column)(Tutorial)
December 1, 1995... MAPI is easy to implement. Here's how to mail-enable your Delphi applications. You can create innovative mail applications by combining Delphi with a MAPI interface. Why mail-enable your programs? Here are some ideas you may find useful in...

Tools for tool builders. (C++ Developer) (includes a related article on getting started with C++)(Column)(Tutorial)
December 1, 1995... If it seems you're always looking for some tool to help you develop applications, build what you need with C++. One of the most important uses of C++ is to tools you need. It seems that whatever I do, I always want some little DOS command-line...

Make Windows modal: CA-Visual Objects lacks modal DataWindows. Here's how to "fake" modality. (Visual Objects Techniques)(Column)(Tutorial)
December 1, 1995... Since the release of Ca-Visual Objects more than a year ago, the one feature that's been lacking is a modal DataWindow. The rumor is that VO 2 will address this in some way. Until then, this leaves you and me with this hindrance, and I've come up...

Maximizing the CA-Clipper 5.3 menu system. (Hardcore Clipper)(Column)(Tutorial)
December 1, 1995... The Menu Editor lest you specify and immediately prototype a complete menu system. You've all done it at one point during your career as a CA-CLIPPER developer: used the various components of a popular third-party library, or developed your...

Database Confidential.(rumors)(Column)
December 1, 1995... Borderline Buzz isn't one to spread rumors (instead, he'd rather sell you his oceanfront property in Arizona), but he's sure you've wondered about the status of Novell's effort to acquire Borland. At last report, Borland founder and chairman...