Databased Web Advisor articles from August 1997

Databased Web Advisor archives from August 1997

Can you rely on the Internet for your extranet? (Internet/Web/Online Service Information)(Editorial)
August 1, 1997... Is random routing and unpredictable traffic good enough? A few times a week, someone calls Advisor in San Diego and declares, "Your Web site is down!" We issue a red alert, our tech staff dashes to the server room, and 99 percent of the...

Ask Databased Web Advisor. (Question and Answer)
August 1, 1997... Getting Started with Internet Development Q: Agh! This is driving me crazy! I'm trying to expand my programming experience into more Internet-related stuff, but I'm getting nowhere fast. I have NT Server 4, with Service Pack 2, running IIS...

3-D on the Internet. (developments in 3-D Internet database market)(includes related article on 3-D rendering tool vendors and products) (Internet/Web/Online Service Information)
August 1, 1997... New standards signal an anticipated proliferation of 3-D on the Net. Once largely the plaything of computer graphics aficionados, 3-D objects and environments will be getting a monumental boost this year from Microsoft and Netscape. Both...

Creative interactive multimedia. (Innovus' INNOVUS Multimedia Authoring 2.2 interactive multimedia authoring software) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
August 1, 1997... Tie your multimedia applications to databases, and connect with the Web using INNOVUS Multimedia Authoring 2.2. Creating interactive multimedia has always been an involved process requiring developers to learn complicated and relatively...

What's up with object-relational databases?(includes executive summary) (Technology Information)(Cover Story)
August 1, 1997... Databases that support complex data types are maturing, and their capabilities are remarkable. Databases, like everything else in this industry, are evolving. The more people use products, the more they like them and want to continue using...

Object-relational databases: the key players. (IBM's DB2 Universal Server 5, Informix's Universal Server, Oracle's Oracle8 Universal Server, and Sybase's Adaptive Server)(Buyers Guide)
August 1, 1997... Here's a look at four of the most popular object-relational databases, their technology, and the companies behind them. Object databases are growing in popularity, in leaps and bounds. The term "object database" is likely to rise the ire of...

A tale of two ODBMSs. (Object Design's ObjectStore 5.0 and POET Software's POET 4.0 object database management systems) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
August 1, 1997... Object databases are well-suited for web-oriented applications, and here's a look at two: ObjectStore and POET. Prior to the emergence of the Internet, object database management systems (ODBMSs) were primarily used for applications that...

Ticketless travel takes off, thanks to ODBMS technology. (Southwest Airlines using Object Design's ObjectStore Object DBMS)(includes related article on which situations are most appropriate for object database technology) (Product Information)
August 1, 1997... Southwest Airlines powers its online reservation system with Object Design, Inc.'s ObjectStore, an Object Database Management System. Southwest Airlines is known for its low fares, on-time flights, and stripped-down amenities. In the minds...

Manage your Web development projects.(includes related article on documenting development projects) (Industry Trend or Event)
August 1, 1997... Incorporate these disciplines: adaptability, research, accountability, and protocol to improve your web applications. Last year, I visited a number of project managers across the United States, speaking to corporations, government, and...

The EPA creates a Web of environmental data. (Environmental Protection Agency's Envirofacts Web site) (Government Activity)
August 1, 1997... The Environmental Protection Agency offers users realtime information through an online data warehouse. How do you provide thousands of people with realtime information while keeping your costs under control? At the Environmental Protection...

Decisions, decisions: netting key corporate data. (NEC Electronics' use of Interweave Software's Interweave Modeler and Interweave Server decision support software) (Product Information)
August 1, 1997... NEC Electronics eases access to sales and marketing data with a web-based information system. Web-browser access to networked databases and data warehouses sounds like a neat solution to the tough problem of supplying people with the means...

Enterprise document management. (Information Dimensions' BASIS Intranet Solution 8.1 document management software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
August 1, 1997... BASIS Intranet Solution 8.1 lets users search, display, navigate, and manage large, complex document collections. This version is fully integrated with Microsoft Internet Information Server and is available on the Windows NT platform. It also...

Manage multimedia data. (Empress Software's Empress RDBMS 6.10)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
August 1, 1997... Empress RDBMS 6.10 is a development database that manages text and multimedia data in applications such as weather forecasting, space exploration, flight simulation, and geographical information systems. New enhancements include: faster BLOb...

Total data collection to the Web. (Cardiff Software's TELEform Elite forms processing system and TELEform Internet Solution forms processing tool)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 1997... TELE form Elite is a production-level forms processing system that provides a multi-user, scalable LAN solution yielding up to 100,000 forms per day. The product supports Windows 95, Windows 3.51, and Windows NT Server 4.0. US$4,995. TELEform...

Add control to your intranet. (Mortice Kern Systems' Web Integrity 2.1 Web site development management tool software) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
August 1, 1997... Bring version control and configuration management to your web sites with MKS Web Integrity. Web Integrity is a set of tools to manage your web site development projects. It provides change management, a means to manage multiple author...

Query and report writing tool. (Quadbase Systems' PulsePoint/Web)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
August 1, 1997... PulsePoint/Web, a query-tool/report-writer, lets users do ad-hcc, as well as canned querying and reporting using a Java-enabled web browser (non-Java browsers can be used to run and view parameterized reports and charts through CGI menu...

Convert databases to DB2. (ManTech Systems Engineering's SQL Conversion Workbench data conversion toolkit)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
August 1, 1997... SQL Conversion Workbench is a customizable, automated migration toolkit that converts existing databases and applications to DB2, including IBM's DB2 Universal Database. The newly converted application can be hosted on OS/390, AIX, UNIX,...

Powerful messaging services. (Precise Software Solutions' Q/Booster software development tool)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
August 1, 1997... Q/Booster, a cross-platform development tool, offers a set of turnkey, customizable application messaging services accessible through an easy-to-implement programming interface to speed the development and deployment of IBM MQSeries Message...

Web traffic analysis. (e.g. Software's WebTrends 3.5 Internet and intranet traffic analysis tool)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
August 1, 1997... WebTrends 3.5, a real-time Internet and Intranet traffic analyzer, adds standard zip compression to web servers, as well as automatic detection of compressed log files, and on-the-fly decompression and analysis of gzip- and zip- compressed log...

Universal web access. (Oracle's Oracle Applications of the Web 2.0 information access tool)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
August 1, 1997... Oracle Applications for the Web 2.0 provides users within and beyond the enterprise with the ability to access corporate information, as well as perform critical business transactions using the easy-to-use web browser interface. The product...

Network desktop security. (McAfee Software's Desktop Security Suite network security software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
August 1, 1997... Desktop Security Suite provides security behind corporate firewalls. The suite integrates six modules: NetCrypto 2.0 for transparent network traffic encryption; PCCrypto 2.0 for file encryption; Sign 'N Seal to secure e-mail; PC Firewall 2.0, a...

Connect your databases to the Web. (Inline Internet Systems' iHTML Professional Edition 2.1 database connectivity middleware) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
August 1, 1997... iHTML provides vendor-independent database access to your web applications. Internet has had many milestones in its short life, but the emergence of the World Wide Web was more than a milestone--it was a metamorphosis. Everything changed:...

Add OLAP spreadsheets. (Information Builder's FOCUS/Fusion 2.0 DBMS)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
August 1, 1997... FOCUS/Fusion 2.0 adds multidimensional analysis to data marts and enterprise reporting architectures by providing OLAP spreadsheet functionality. The server, administrators kit, and parallel data query licenses are available for Windows NT and...

Share Windows apps. (EPiCON's ALTis application installation/distribution software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
August 1, 1997... ALTis offers companies instant access, sharing, and use of Windows software applications on the Internet or Intranets. The ALTis Enabler automatically creates a file defining the structure of the application, provides instructions on how to run...

Business-critical analysis. (Hyperion Software's Hyperion OLAP 2.8 business-critical analysis software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
August 1, 1997... Hyperion OLAP 2.8 offers users enhanced functionality and performance for business-critical analysis. New features include Build & Link wizards for building custom applications such as sales and market analysis, general ledger reporting,...

Push technology. (Astound's WebCast Web information dissemination software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
August 1, 1997... WebCast creates Personal Broadcast Networks for disseminating information to end-user desktops across the Internet or corporate and departmental Intranets in a high-impact, low bandwidth, multimedia form. It includes WebCast Studio, an...

Robust or bust! (Microsoft's Microsoft Transaction Server database middleware) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
August 1, 1997... How Microsoft Transaction Server can help you deliver robust enterprise-wide, n-tier solutions. I am an old (well, not that old) mainframer. I started my IS career at EDS (Electronic Data Systems--Ross Perot's former company). I remember...

Key recovery spawns debate. (Key Recovery Management Initiative)(includes related article on key recovery business opportunities) (Technology Information)
August 1, 1997... The Key Recovery Management Initiative may hurt encryption sales rather than help. Key escrow, a technique for ensuring the recoverability of encrypted data or network traffic by placing the keys used to encrypt the traffic with a third...

Codeless protection for your Windows software. (Seven Locks Software's SOFTWrapper and 20/20 Software's softSENTRY software trial and registration applications) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
August 1, 1997... Protect your Windows shareware the easy way with software trial and registration solutions. The software industry, particularly the shareware sector, has always struggled with the problem of piracy. The copyright symbol seems to have...

Database confidential. (News Briefs)
August 1, 1997... Music on the Web? Well, there are those streaming audio online "radio stations" that make tins can and string sound good. And then there's music information. For instance, there's the hip-hoppin' info at the Web site of a new Boston radio...