Data Based Advisor articles from December 1996

Data Based Advisor archives from December 1996

When leaders stumble .... (Novell, IBM) (Company Business and Marketing)(Editorial)
December 1, 1996... Do you use NetWare? A recent survey by Forrester Research of 1,000 corporate users showed that 90 percent own Novell NetWare. What company could ask for more success than this? But...80 percent are using older versions. Novell has spent...

Electronic forms for the dynamic enterprise.(Symantec's FormFlow 2.0 Starter Kit) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
December 1, 1996... A user asked what the advantages would be in using electronic forms software to develop an application instead of developing a database with an Access, Delphi, or Visual Basic front end. He works for a legal practice and the application...

Coming Events.
December 1, 1996... Networld + Interop Conference, Sydney, Australia, 25-29 November-Networking hardware, software, and services for IT professionals, networking engineers, and LAN managers. Focus on business, technical, and product application issues. Sydney...

Create database queries quickly.(Progress Software's EnQuiry 2.0) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
December 1, 1996... In today's business world, developers must give users quick access to data. Providing users with a query tool for their own use can, however, often generate more help desk traffic than useful reports. EnQuiry 2.0 from Crescent seeks to address...

Performance management solution.(Platinum Technology's PLATINUM TransTracker)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1996... PLATINUM TransTracker is one of several new products released by Platinum Technologies designed to measure transactions at the database, server, and network levels. It can also be used to evaluate third-party applications before an organization...

Building telephony applications. (News)(Voysys' VoysAccess 2.0) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1996... VoysAccess 2.0 is an ActiveX software development toolkit that lets developers build interactive voice response (IVR) applications. These applications let callers make changes to database information through their touch-tone phones. New...

Web/database integation solution.(Everyware Development's Tango Enterprise) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1996... Tango Enterprise offers a way to create Web-based applications with database conductivity. Its editor provides a drag-and-drop format for easy development and gives the user complete control over the format of the web page, as well as how the...

Financial software.(Platinum Software's Platinum for Windows 4.4) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1996... Platinum for Windows Version 4.4 is Windows-based client-server software written in Visual Basic and utilizes OLE automation. New features include the addition of the Windows 95 task bar that lets users launch applications from their desktops,...

Application development tool.(Vision Software's Vision Builder for SQL Server)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1996... Vision Software has released Vision Builder for SQL Server. This product lets users define their applications as a series of extensible, configurable, and reusable models and business rules. It automatically generates the application to be...

Object-oriented analysis and design.(Platinum Technology's Paradigm Plus/Enterprise Edition 3.5) (Product Information)
December 1, 1996... Paradigm plus/Enterprise Edition 3.5 supports fully integrated business process modeling, physical database modeling, and object modeling to help organizations develop new applications. With this product, users can identify business...

Serving your client visually.(Blue Sky Software's Visual SQL 4.01 application development software) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
December 1, 1996... I keep hearing how wonderful client-server applications are, but usually, I'm hearing this from people who don't have to create them. For those of us in the trenches, understanding what client-server is, let alone delivering a client-server...

Centralized event log management.(TACT Software's SeNTryELM) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1996... SeNTryELM filters the event log information of NT servers and workstations and consolidates it into an ODBC-compliant, relational database repository. Administrators are informed of critical events via e-mail or pager. Prices range according to...

Real-time information retrieval service.(ETI Sales Support's Internet Retrieval System) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1996... ETI's Internet Retrieval System gives users of any browser access to continuously updated prospect data. The database, maintained by ETI, offers encryption and hierarchic information availability, software to create HTML documents, and...

SQL tool. (News)(COAD Solutions' SQL Ace) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1996... SQL Ace is an ad-hoc SQL tool that provides GUI for execution on of one or more SQL statements against a variety of ODBC compliant database management systems. US$299 for 32 bit version. COAD Solutions, Inc., St. Louis, MO, (888)602-4492,...

Increase your productivity.(Future Tech Systems' Envision 5.0) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1996... Envision 5.0 is modeling software that locates trouble spots and reengineers operations to fix them. It generates natural business objects from flowchart objects and uses graphics and animation to illustrate the changes before they are made....

Testing solutions for Windows.(Mercury Interactive's WinRunner, XRunner and LoadRunner) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1996... WinRunner tests any Windows-based client-server GUI application, and XRunner is its UNIX counterpart. Both operate automatically and offer an interactive test scripting environment. LoadRunner exercises a client-server system to pinpoint...

SQA Team Test 5J.(Japanese version) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1996... SQA Team Test 5J is the Kanji version of SQA's testing solution. It offers a scalable client-server test repository, OLE controls, Win32 controls, and 32-bit PowerBuilder objects. This tool lets Japanese organizations address the entire testing...

preVue-C/S.(Performance Awareness Corporation) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1996... preVue-C/S tests the performance, scalability, and quality of client-server applications through load and regression testing. This tool non-intrusively records traffic at the network level, as well as client activity as seen by the server. Call...

Intranet access for a mobile workforce.(Sybase's SQL Anywhere Professional 5.5) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1996... SQL Anywhere Professional 5.5 is a DBMS that extends the corporate Intranet to remote users through bidirectional replication. This feature allows users to access corporate information without a continuous online connection by replicating...

Integrated modeling tool. (News)(Gemstone Systems' Provision Workbench for Gemstone version 2.0) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1996... The Provision Workbench for Gemstone version 2.0 works with the Gemstone Object Application Server to let companies move to object-oriented technology, for applications that directly model business processes. US$1,590. Proforma Corp.,...

Remote access security. (News)(Blockade Systems' Blockade Security Server family) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1996... The Blockade Security Server Family was designed for large corporations needing a security solution for issue resulting from remote computing. These products include the Blockade Security Architecture for the Enterprise (BSAFE) that eliminates...

Information management service.(Auerbach Information Management Service) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1996... AuerBach Information Management Service (AIMS) is a resource for advice, guidance, and information useful for planning, implementing, and supporting business computing applications. This CD-ROM service is edited by IS professionals and supplies...

Advanced design library.(Ives Development's SalesStudio) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1996... SalesStudio is an advanced design library for TeamStudio, the repository-based development system for building Lotus Notes databases. It offers a collection of frameworks that provides a complete sales automation solution to handle basic...

Stop data crashes.(Viking Electronics' telephone privacy devices) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1996... Viking Electronic's line of phone line privacy devices prevent data crashes and transmission interruptions where a computer shares a voice line with other phones. This product senses when a phone line is in use and blocks protected phones from...

Solution for multilingual documents.(Inso's Intelliscope and Information Dimensions' BASIS 8)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1996... The IntelliScope and BASIS products are being combined as an add-on utility for BASIS Version 8, to offer a new search, retrieval, and management solution for multilingual documents. IntelliScope is a tool for text indexing and searching across...

Accounting software.(SourceMate Information Systems' Visual AccountMate 2.1) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1996... Visual AccountMate 2.1 is 32-bit accounting software written in Visual FoxPro, with a Windows 95/NT user interface. Various modules provide transaction rollback for data protection, express icon for easy navigation, multiple security levels, an...

Security.(Network-1 Software and Technology's FireWall/Plus) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1996... FireWall/Plus is a multiprotocol firewall providing support for StreamWorks 2.0. It protects audio and video transmission from being tampered with, from outside and inside the system. It secures levels 2-7 of the OSI model, including...

Here's the help forecast.(SolutionSoft's HelpBreeze 2.0 help authoring utility) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
December 1, 1996... Since the release of Windows 95, goals for help developers have been "re-formatted." Whether it's documentation for Windows 3.x, NT, or 95 software, users expect 95 help generation tools, such as the fulltext search feature of the 95 compiler,...

Just the fax.(BISCOM's FAXCOM/WorkGROUP for NT) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1996... FAXCOM/WorkGROUP, for NT runs as a native 32-bit service that facilitates fax communications by routing them through up to four Class 2 or 2.0 modems connected to a multiport serial interface installed in the server. In this way, faxes can be...

Database tuning tool.(Bradmark Technologies' SQLab) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1996... SQLab, now being sold under Bradmark Technologies' DBGENERAL line of products, lets users identify and trap offensive SQL statements, tune them, and resolve I/O bottlenecks in Oracle databases. This product works in two different...

Performance monitoring tool.(Eventus Software's Adhawk Monitor 2.0) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1996... Adhawk Monitor 2.0 lets Oracle database administrators locate and correct performance bottlenecks through real-time monitoring and diagnostics. Users can simultaneously monitor different areas of the server, using the multiple window capability...

A seamless interface.(Acucobol's Acu4GL) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1996... Acu4GL interfaces seamlessly from COBOL to Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) compliant data sources. Because the Acu4GL interface takes advantage of standard ODBC drivers, developers can communicate with a variety of database formats without...

Database server.(Extended Systems' Advantage Database Server 4.2) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1996... Advantage Database Server 4.2 supports Windows 32-bit applications, RDD support for CA-Visual Objects 1.0c development platform, as well as support for Windows development environments such as Delphi, Visual Basic, and Visual C++. This product...

Developer's toolset.(MITI's SQR ProBench for Windows) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1996... SQR ProBench for Windows is a developer's repont toolset that features a new, fully integrated, SQR debugger, GUI, and query builder. It offers support for OLE2, OCX, and ActiveX to allow integration into application environments such as Visual...

Add new dimensions to your OLAP applications.(Oracle's Oracle Express Objects 2.0) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
December 1, 1996... Oracles Express Objects lets you express your data in new and graphical ways. Many companies are drowning in a sea of data they've accumulated over the years. Their online transaction processing (OLTP) systems efficiently process orders,...

Making way for a new generation.(Borland's Visual dBASE 6.0) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
December 1, 1996... Visual dBASE 6.0 includes new tools, new classes, a stronger client-server architecture, and a whole new way of programming. Whatever else may be said about the new version of Visual dBASE, one thing is certain: This is not your father's...

Generate applets in a snap.(Microsoft's Visual J++) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
December 1, 1996... If you're looking for a helping hand to get started with Java development, Microsoft's Visual J++ (VJ++) may be just the help you need. With its code generating Java Applet Wizard and a host of other tricks, it can get you off to a flying...

January 1, 2000: the day the computers died. (Solutions: Year 2000)(includes related product-directory table) (Technology Information)
December 1, 1996... EDITOR'S NOTE Perhaps you'd prefer to just stick your head under the pillow and sleep through the Year 2000 nightmare. But there are other options, and Robert shows you what they are. For further help, check out the Year 2000 Product...

2000 ways to fix a legacy. (Solutions: Year 2000)(Cayenne Software's Cayenne 2000 1.1.4 and Intersolv's Manage2000) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
December 1, 1996... Larry takes a look at two software solutions designed to help you take that leap into the next millennium--landing on your feet. TEST DRIVES Cayenne 2000 1.1.4 US$1.497 Cayenne Software, Inc. 8 New England Executive Park Burlington,...

Dating problems (and solutions). (Solutions: Year 2000) (Technology Information)
December 1, 1996... What the Royal Bank of Canada is doing to resolve their Year 2000 issues. CASE STUDY Royal Bank of Canada Toronto, Ontario, Canada To contact Ron O'Donoughue, e-mail him at ronodon@interlog.com. Misery loves company. That old...

Develop applications for the Web with JavaScript. (Technology Tutorial)
December 1, 1996... With JavaScript, you can avoid the Java learning curve and still create interactive web content. HIGHLIGHTS Arrays Database interfaces Handling events JavaScript components Object model Much of the current fervor surrounding the...

Leveraging your database investment in the Internet age. (Technology Information)
December 1, 1996... Getting your databases on the Net doesn't have to be a nightmare. Here are six organizations that made the leap easily with off-the-shelf software. PRODUCTS Informix Jyacc JAM/Web Nomad Development WebDBC Oracle Spider Technologies...

Developing applications for a global market. (Technology Information)
December 1, 1996... International application development isn't so much a problem of translating the user interface as it is a problem of coordinating the various people, culture, support, and infrastructure issues. Many companies are moving to global markets,...

Coping with repetitive report syndrome. (Seagate Software's Crystal Info 4.5, Brio Technology's Brio Query 4.0) (Product Information)
December 1, 1996... How do you keep users from generating 20 copies of the same report? Here are several strategies. PRODUCTS Crystal Info 4.5 US$350 (five-user kit) Seagate Software 1095 West Pender St. Vancouver, British Columbia Canada V6E 2M6...

Can encryption protect your data? (Technology Information)
December 1, 1996... What encryption does, and how it works to protect your data. EDITOR'S NOTE For a directory of encryption products, see page 86. From changing the course of history, encouraging Sherlock antics in childhood, to today's dizzying array...

Secure your company and your laptop.(Mergent International's PC/DACS for Windows 95 and Safe Guard Easy for Windows 95) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
December 1, 1996... REVIEW PC/DACS for Windows 95 Safe Guard Easy for Windows 95 Mergent International, Inc. (A Utimaco Safeware Group Co.) 70 Inwood Road Rocky Hill, CT 06067-3441 800-688-3227, (860)257-4223 Fax (860)257-4245 www.mergent.com/ The...

Database confidential.
December 1, 1996... In my "things-Nerds-do-when-they-have-too-much-time" file: Computer scientists at Cray Research have discovered the largest known prime number. This number, the 34th known prime, is 378,632 digits long. You probably know that prime numbers can...