e-Business Advisor articles from May 1998

e-Business Advisor archives from May 1998

Learn from history. (companies should not cripple their future by clinging to old Microsoft software paradigms) (Industry Trend or Event)(Editorial)
May 1, 1998... Do you want to be in the IT drive's seat--or taken for a ride? When faced with multiple technology roads into the future, the past can teach us and guide us. Picture yourself in, say, 1908. You have a successful business, and one key...

HP tackles e-business. (HP Changengine e-commerce software) (Product Development)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1998... Hewlett-Packard (HP) has introduced its Electronic World strategy, a framework for e-business that focuses on e-consumer products, such as personal ATM machines that let users download virtual money to smartcards, extending the enterprise...

Microsoft Palm PC. (Palm PC Companion PDA) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1998... Microsoft recently announced the Palm PC Companion, powered by Windows CE 2.0. Palm PC offers calendaring, contact management, the ability to view web content offline, support for wireless communication, and a voice recorder. Microsoft...

Informix Java strategy. (Informix Dynamic Server to be integrated with Enterprise JavaBeans) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1998... At JavaOne, Informix announced a new Java strategy that focuses on the integration of Enterprise JavaBeans and Informix Dynamic Server. "We're focusing on running Java natively on the database," says Steve Lambright, senior manager of server...

Ask e-Business Advisor.(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 1998... Client-Side vs. Server-Side Scripting Q: I understand the advantage of server-side scripting. It makes sense to be able to write a program the server runs and sends the results to the browser. But why would you want to use scripting in...

E-Business Advisor tips. (News Briefs)
May 1, 1998... Restrict Columns for Sorting and Filtering * Sybase PowerBuilder 5.0 When using the PowerBuilder Sort or Filter routine (by sending a null value to SetSort or SetFilter), you might only want certain columns to appear in the...

Create database-powered intranet applications. (Wall Data's SALSA Live! Web development tool suite) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1998... SALSA Live! is a suite of web development tools that lets you create Intranet-ready database applications with minimal programming. This suite of products lets developers change their applications as business environment needs change, and...

New help for road warriors. (AvantGo's Web Client browser, Desktop network software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1998... Mobile professionals using handheld computers can now have current Intranet information with AvantGo's new Web Client and Desktop software. The software provides a snapshot of corporate data that was previously available only via a direct...

Will thin-client computing work for you? (trends in corporate network computer use) (includes related articles on NCs and electronic commerce; NCs and network PCs) (Technology Information)
May 1, 1998... Can a Network Computer replace a PC? Software is the key. A lower total cost of ownership is the promise made by manufacturers of network computers, or NCs, the thin-client devices that use Internet protocols for network and server...

Multi-national company bets on network computing. (Berendsen Fluid Power adds IBM Network Station network computers) (Product Information)
May 1, 1998... Berendsen Fluid Power adopted IBM Network Stations to reduce costs and increase flexibility. Does network computing really work? Berendsen Fluid Power thought, "Yes"--and set out to prove it. Berendsen is a multi-national company...

Server Management Tool. (Seagate Manage Exec network management software) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1998... Seagate Manage Exec monitors Windows NT and Novell NetWare events, and lets you know via Internet, Intranet, console, pager, SNMP, and third-party application alert options before your systems reach an unacceptable state. You can use Manage...

Custom application development product. (Microstrategy's DSS Objects 5.0 applications development software) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1998... DSS Objects 5.0 is an OLE API for custom application development and system integration. DSS Objects 5.0 provides a universal link between traditional and customized decision-support applications by letting you leverage the ROLAP engine to...

Map your data to middle-tier objects. (Black & White Software's PRO/Enable programming utility software) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1998... PRO/Enable is a Persistent Relational to Object (PRO) mapping product based in a scalable, three-tier architecture. PRO/Enable offers a way to migrate monolithic and two-tier relational systems to object-oriented, three-tier systems capable of...

Develop Internet applications with PowerBuilder 6.0 (Sybase DBMS) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
May 1, 1998... Shared objects, Server Push, and asynchronous function calls add to PowerBuilder's distributed features. If you need to quickly develop a multi-tier application for the Internet or Intranet, consider Sybase PowerBuilder 6.0. PowerBuilder has...

Java-based backup system. (Divya's BackOnline backup and restore system) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
May 1, 1998... BackOnline is a backup and restore system for users with a client-side API for developers. The rapid acceptance of Java for client-server applications has created a universal avenue for Internet-based backup and recovery. BackOnline 1.0,...

Web page authoring tool. (Luckman Interactive's WebEdit Pro 3.0 multimedia authoring software) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1998... WebEdit Pro 3.0 offers a set of interactive wizards to add links, anchors, graphics, image maps, tables, forms, ActiveX objects, Java objects, multimedia, and style sheets for Windows NT/95. The user toolbar can be customized to provide...

Integrated tool set for enterprise applications. (Rogue Wave Software's Tools.h++ Professional programming utility) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1998... Tools.h++ Professional includes tools for Java/C++ interoperability, networking, and CORBA, and a library of C++ data structures. The Java/C++ interoperability tools supply a C++ implementation of the Java object serialization format and a...

Imaging toolkit. (Data Technique's ImageMan image-processing software) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1998... ImageMan image processing toolkits help developers create image-enabled applications and include support for over 30 vector and raster image formats, including JPEG, FlashPix, .PNG, Photo CD, .TGA, .BMP, .PCX, .DIB, .RLE, OS/2 BMP, .DCX, .GIF,...

CORBA/DCOM Solution. (ObjectSpace's ObjectSpace Voyager Core Technology 2.0 application development software) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1998... ObjectSpace Voyager Core Technology 2.0, the agent ORB for Java includes complete bidirectional CORBA support letting users take an existing Java class and use it as a CORBA server, and new JavaBeans timer services that let you program timers...

New features for Visual dBASE 7. (Borland International's Visual dBASE 7 for Windows NT/95 application development software) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1998... Visual dBASE 7 for Windows NT/95 features two-way visual design tools and object-oriented component support, as well as a compiler and enhanced connectivity for Microsoft FoxPro, Access, and corporate database servers. Visual dBASE 7 contains...

Build Java-based e-commerce solutions. (Java Commerce Client framework) (Technology Information)
May 1, 1998... Use the Java Commerce Client framework to implement e-business quickly and securely. HIGHLIGHTS Commerce Beans Java Commerce Client framework Java Commerce Messages Java Wallets The Java Commerce Client (JCC) framework is an...

Multi-threaded Java programming.(includes related article on synchronization of Win32 vs. Java) (Technology Tutorial)
May 1, 1998... You can create better performing online applications in Java by taking advantage of multi-threading. An application can perform better with Multiple threads. If you've programmed with Win32 and you're now (or will be) programming with...

Security solutions. (Question and Answer)
May 1, 1998... Answers to readers' questions. Keep your questions and tips coming to: E-BusinessSecurity@advisor.com. HIGHLIGHTS Clearing Hard Drives Browser Authentication Incompatibility ASP Code-Based Security NT Password Expiration Warning...

E-biz buzz.(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 1998... A couple of new entries have found their way to the Buzzman's acronym file: The first comes from Hewlett-Packard which recently announced its Electronic World strategy, a framework for e-business. (For more details on this announcement, see...