e-Business Advisor articles from August 1998

e-Business Advisor archives from August 1998

Can Microsoft enter the enterprise? (enterprise computing) (Editor's View) (Company Business and Marketing)
August 1, 1998... Microsoft seems to understand what it needs to deliver. But will it--and in time? Change always brings opportunity. Look at the companies doing business online. How many existed a few years ago? Look at how the companies you do business...

Advisor tips(Web/Internet) (Internet/Web/Online Service Information)(Brief Article)
August 1, 1998... Embedded Functions Forms If you'd like to embed the functions from another web site, you can grab the critical functions and put them on your page easily. For example, to let users of your web site launch a search using Yahoo...

Deliver hassle-free distributed Windows applications(EPiCON's ALTiS) (E-Files)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 1998... Well, almost... These three organizations found a cost-effective solution to distributing Windows applications--EPiCON ALTiS. E-Business Benefit Problem: You need to provide access to a Windows application to hundreds of people, but...

Build an integrated knowledge management solution(store searched internet information effectively) (Product Support)(Cover Story)
August 1, 1998... The Northern Light search engine provides the information, Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 provides the viewer, Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 provides the automation, and Lotus Notes 4.6 provides the database. E-Business Benefit The Web...

Weighing tradeoffs in database design.(xCase Professional 4) (Database Advisor) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
August 1, 1998... xCase Professional 4, a customizable relational data modeling tool, helps in logical and physical modeling. E-Business Benefit In business, especially e-business, time is money. Notwithstanding security, availability, or bandwidth,...

Security by router(managing network security) (Security Advisor) (Technology Information)
August 1, 1998... Routers have a central role in managing security: Here's how to set up yours to better secure your network. E-Business Benefit Routers are the first line of defense for your network. They manage access to your network as well as...

Add ZIP to Java.(new package from Java Developers Kit 1.1) (Java Advisor) (Product Information)
August 1, 1998... Do you need the ability to add data compression to your enterprise e-business application? Well, look no further because JDK 1.1 provides a package for ZIP-compatible data compression. The new package, java.util.zip, lets developers read, create,...

VJ++ 6.0: write once, run anywhere on Win32.(Microsoft Java) (Product Information)
August 1, 1998... VJ++ 6.0 may not be what you expect from a Java IDE. It looks like VB, but it's as powerful as C++. E-Business Benefit If you develop Java applications and you know your users have 32-bit Windows environments, Microsoft Visual J++...

Security Solutions(Security Advisor) (Question and Answer)
August 1, 1998... Answers to reader's questions. Keep your questions and tips coming to: E-BusinessSecurity@advisor.com. Last month's questions and answers on security policies prompted further questions on planning a security audit, which I tackle below. I...

E-biz buzz(investigative reports) (News Briefs)
August 1, 1998... Buzz has bad news for loyal Novell customers: no Year 2000 fix for NetWare 3.11! The company's official Year 2000 solution? Buy NetWare 3.2 or 4.11! Novell's NetWare 3.2 literature has the nerve to describe Y2K compliance as an "enhancement!"...