The Seybold Report on Internet Publishing articles from November 1999

The Seybold Report on Internet Publishing archives from November 1999

Windows 2000: Microsoft Boosts its Web Platform.(Product Development)
November 1, 1999... WITH WINDOWS 2000 just around the corner, it's time to ask what new Web facilities the upgrade to NT will provide. Will there still be a Commerce Editon for Site Server, and what will it look like? What's all the buzz about BizTalk, and...

InfoOffice's RedDot: German System Simplifies Publishing of Static Sites.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 1999... Content-management systems for Web publishing are popping up all over the globe. This month we take our first look at InfoOffice, an attractive product from the German developer of the same name. InfoOffice has penetrated online newspapers,...

InfoOffice's Red Dot: WYSIWYG Editing in a Mid-Level Web Publishing System.(browser-based editorial client software)
November 1, 1999... A German supplier of a midrange content-management system, InfoOffice last month introduced RedDot, an innovative browser-based editorial client that lets editorial staff work with the content directly from within a browser view of the site...

Windows 2000 and the Web: Microsoft Prepares an XML-Enabled Commerce/Publishing Platform.(Product Development)
November 1, 1999... Due at the disk-stamping mill in the next 60 days, Windows 2000 will be another milestone in Microsoft's ongoing effort to extend its dominance from the desktop to the server. A key facet of Microsoft's strategy will be the bundling of a...

The BizTalk Framework.
November 1, 1999... The BizTalk Framework is a set of guidelines for implementing XML-based schemas and a set of tags for XML-based messaging between software applications. The idea is for developers to adopt a common framework for inter-program communication,...

TV-PC Convergence: Only a Click Away?(Convergence 99, held in late September in Santa Clara, CA)(Industry Trend or Event)
November 1, 1999... As television experiments with interactive features, and the Web adds streaming video, content developers begin taking converged content and services more seriously. Who will be the first to successfully combine the passive content of...

As we went to press...
November 1, 1999... Down another road. SGI and Netscape founder Jim Clark is at it again, this time looking to invade the online digital photo market with a Web site, shutterfly.com. The project, being funded by Clark himself and Mohr Davidow Ventures,...

Macromedia to enter the systems business by acquiring Andromedia.(Company Business and Marketing)
November 1, 1999... Reveals plans for Whirlwind content-management system Last month Macromedia stepped boldly into the systems business, acquiring Andromedia, a supplier of high-end software for monitoring, analyzing and personalizing Web sites, and...

News syndication solutions spring up.(Industry Trend or Event)
November 1, 1999... New systems allow integration of news into Web sites The presence of news on Web sites is a huge factor in a site's ability to draw traffic and cater to specific markets. At Fall Internet World, there was evidence of an increasing number...

Virage, Obvious handle multimedia on the Web.(Internet World trade show, in New York)(Industry Trend or Event)
November 1, 1999... As multimedia becomes the norm, innovative systems hit the market While the idea of convergence moves closer to the mainstream radar screen, multimedia has become almost a standard fixture, especially in news and entertainment sites. The...

CyberSource retains lead in payment processing Visa fraud screening adds to impressive system.(Company Business and Marketing)
November 1, 1999... In-house developers may be adept at constructing Web sites with dynamic content, but adding industrial-strength backend automated order processing and fulfillment can present challenges that can make buying a more compelling option than...

Object Design misses the mark with eXcelon upgrade XML transformation server adds database connectors, lacks integration with office tools.(Software Review)(Evaluation)
November 1, 1999... Last month Object Design released version 2.0 of eXcelon, its XML-aware server and application-development environment. Based on Object Design's ObjectStore database, eXcelon is an application server designed to massage data passing among...

Digital video: ready for Web prime time?(DV Expo in Long Beach, CA)(Industry Trend or Event)
November 1, 1999... It takes more than a digital video camera and a director's eye to create compelling video for the Web. One look at the box office take for The Blair Witch Project leaves no doubt that digital video has arrived. And the broadband pipeline,...

Yes, But What's The Business Model?(DV Expo, in Long Beach, CA)(Industry Trend or Event)
November 1, 1999... Five years ago, everyone agreed that the Web was going to be the next big thing. Today, many companies are still struggling to create a profitable Web business model. The same challenge faces developers who want to turn Web video into a...

Enigma buys tech pubs business from Inso.(Company Business and Marketing)
November 1, 1999... Bids to strengthen technical publishing reputation In a bid to establish itself as the leader in one its markets, Engima (www.enigma. com) has acquired the technical publishing business of Inso for $15.5 million in cash. The deal...

Informix plans new asset management system.(Media360)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 1999... Promises industrial-strength support for rich media Database vendor Informix (www. informix.com) has announced Media360, an asset management system built on Informix Internet Foundation 2000, the latest iteration of Informix's object...

Peachpit surveys the Linux landscape.(Peachpit Press)(Company Business and Marketing)
November 1, 1999... Red Hat Linux 6 Visual QuickPro Guide, by Harold Davis. Peachpit Press, 300 pages, $30 Red Hat 6 may or may not be the best Linux distribution, but it is certainly the best-marketed distribution. In addition to its own $40 boxed set, Red...

The Web by the Numbers.(the relationship between print and the Web)(Internet/Web/Online Service Information)
November 1, 1999... Newspaper earnings on the rise; surfing not the way to go; consumers take to Windows '98 In our monthly look at the numbers that shape the growth of the World Wide Web, we'll take a look at some numbers that can provide insight into the...