Databased Web Advisor articles from October 1997

Databased Web Advisor archives from October 1997

Microsoft chomps Apple. (Microsoft's $150 million investment in Apple)(Editor on the Go) (Company Business and Marketing)(Editorial)
October 1, 1997... Last month, we got a lesson in the vulnerability of the Internet when someone at Network Solutions gave the InterNIC master domain name server a world-wide lobotomy. Internet addresses ending in .com and net couldn't be reached for the better...

Ask advisor. (Question and Answer)
October 1, 1997... TCP/IP on Windows NT Server Q: I've had lots of experience with networking Windows using NETBEUI. Now I have to set up a TCP/IP network. I've been hacking my way through it fairly successfully, but there are a couple of things I can't...

Put your Web apps to the test - you can't afford not to! (automated testing of increasingly complex Web applications)(Web Testing) (Internet/Web/Online Service Information)(Cover Story)
October 1, 1997... Today's web applications have changed the face of business, from increasing user access to mission-critical applications, to opening shop on the Internet with electronic commerce. The Web opens new windows of opportunity and a remarkable...

Silky smooth testing. (Netscape's implementation of Segue Software's SilkTest software testing application)(Web Testing) (Product Information)
October 1, 1997... I recently read a story that detailed a portion of the testing that went into Boeing's new 777 jumbo jet. The plane had been assembled, and the brakes were ready to be tested. A pilot started up the multi-billion dollar aircraft and headed...

Write Web apps with Delphi ActiveForms. (Borland's Delphi 3.0 application development software)(includes related article on changing version information)(Thin Client Development) (Product Support)
October 1, 1997... In the July 1997 issue of Databased Web Advisor, I showed how to use Delphi 3 to create ActiveX controls more quickly. In that article, I hinted that Delphi 3 can also create ActiveForms -- full-blown browser-hosted ActiveX applications -- for...

Visual J++ 1.1: a new look. (Microsoft's application development software) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
October 1, 1997... Visual J++ 1.1 builds on the success of Visual J++ 1.0 by adding new features, a new look, and better support for components and distributed computing. It's now included in the Visual Studio 97 tool suite, along with other major Microsoft...

Enterprise apps over the Internet. (Passport's Passport IntRprise enterprise application development toolset)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
October 1, 1997... Passport IntRprise is an enterprise application development toolset that provides a real-time Java/Internet solution. Passport intrprise allows real business application deployment over the Web. It is a tool that relinks standard client-server...

Framework for graphical Java apps. (ObjectShare's jKit/Go graphics/imaging utility)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
October 1, 1997... jKit/GO is a framework for creation of graphical Java applications. It enables developers to use graphical objects to create intuitive and interactive Internet applications, including business graphics, network diagrams, drawing editors,...

Dynamic Web applications. (HAHT Software's HAHTsite Integrated Internet Development System Internet/Web server software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
October 1, 1997... HAHT Software, Inc., and Adobe Systems, Inc., have integrated Adobe Acrobat 3.0 forms technology with the HAHTsite Integrated Internet Development System. This gives developers the ability to create dynamic web applications with forms-based...

Support for COBOL Dialects. (Sterling Software's VISION:Legacy 5.5 CASE software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
October 1, 1997... VISION:Legacy 5.5 is a suite of tools for assessing, restructuring, and redocumenting COBOL programs on enterprise servers. This release includes seven COBOL dialects, COBOL for MVS & VM. and COBOL II Release 4. The tools include:...

Hybrid OLAP capabilities. (Pilot Software's Pilot Decision Support Suite 6.0 data analysis tool)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
October 1, 1997... Pilot Decision Support Suite 6.0 is a data analysis tool that delivers online analytical processing (OLAP) and data mining in a hybrid database environment. This tool accelerates the analysis of corporate data warehouses to monitor key...

Measuring the worth of technology. (SumOne for Kids' implementation of Progress Software's Progress WebSpeed Internet/Web server software and Progress 8.2 DBMS)(includes related article on SumOne for Kids' service components) (Company Operations)
October 1, 1997... These days, technology races so quickly that it's easy to get caught up in the "neat" factor, and to forget the reason for it all: to try to make the world a little better than it was before. Then comes a project that reminds us of this goal...

Manage distributed components with Jaguar CTS. (Sybase's transaction server) (Product Support)
October 1, 1997... Sybase Jaguar CTS is one of a new breed of transaction servers that promise to deliver high-performance, scalable, and reliable component-based applications for OLTP over the Internet. In the Jaguar CTS architecture, the application is...

Know your data. (Logic Works' Universal Directory data warehousing tool)(Data Warehousing) (Software Review)(Column)(Evaluation)
October 1, 1997... There is an evolutionary cycle to the computer industry, as the early versions of a product are sent out and put to use, and the knowledge gathered by those early attempts is reapplied to new products. Bit by bit, our understanding of the...

Making information organization universal. (Bell Atlantic's implementation of Logic Works' Logic Works Universal Directory data warehousing tool) (Company Operations)
October 1, 1997... Think you've got data organization problems? Pity the poor phone companies. In the past 10 years, the split-up, shuffle-around, and partial re-integration of the various phone companies wreaked havoc on basic services -- but imagine what it...

Set up shop on the Web. (Intershop Communications' INTERSHOP Online 2.0 electronic commerce application) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
October 1, 1997... Electronic commerce still presents significant challenges to Internet and web development. The tools available to create commerce-generating sites have matured over the past 12 months. But too often, the final solution is a conglomerate of...

Security solutions. (Security Advisor) (Question and Answer)(Column)
October 1, 1997... How secure is your "sneaker net"? This issue's first tip explains how one company fixed the floppy disk dilemma without dipping into its budget, while the issue of securely linking locations is looked at in our first question. Keep your...

Put your personal data under lock and key. (McAfee Associates' PCCrypto 1.0.1 for Windows 3.1/95/NT encryption tool)(Security Advisor) (Software Review)(Column)(Evaluation)
October 1, 1997... McAfee PCCrypto 1.0.1 is a general-purpose encryption tool for Windows that protects data and e-mail correspondence. Once data is encrypted, it can be safely sent across the Internet or saved to disk until decrypted. Many encryption products...

Web activity solution. (Andromedia's ARIA 2.0 recording and reporting tool)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
October 1, 1997... ARIA 2.0 is a web activity recording and reporting solution for monitoring data from multiple web sites hosted on a single machine or multiple machines, simultaneously. ARIA 2.0 scales to handle large destination and information web sites,...

Corporate-intranet software. (Netiva Software's Netiva Internet/Web database software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
October 1, 1997... Netiva 1.0 lets users create and deploy database applications across their corporate Intranets, using thin client/web platform to let both developers and end-users create multi-user Intranet database applications that are accessible to...

Access control for Web application tools. (DASCOM's IntraVerse WebSEAL Internet/Web server software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
October 1, 1997... IntraVerse WebSEAL works with web applications that deploy dynamic-URLs. It provides a secure solution that transparently adds fine-grained access control, without changing source code in the applications. The user interface is generated as an...

Web analysis tool. (Aquas' Bazaar Analyzer Pro 2.0)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
October 1, 1997... Bazaar Analyzer Pro 2.0 is a Java-based, web site analysis tool. With pathView, a graphical path analysis module, users can view the path of a visitor's session displaying both the order and time spent on each page. Other features include:...

Defect tracking tool. (Soffront Software's TRACK 4.0, TRACKWeb 4.0)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
October 1, 1997... TRACK 4.0 is a database that provides a tool for entering a record of all defects and a description of the environment in which the defects occurred. Users can view, edit, query, e-mail, change history, and customize reports via the Internet...

Your face provides access to secure applications. (Miros' TrueFace CyberWatch systems/data security software) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
October 1, 1997... While you may have a hard time remembering faces, your PC doesn't if it's equipped with Miros TrueFace CyberWatch. This software system, when used with a video camera, can grant or deny access to protected applications and data based on...

Capture ASCII text from your desktop. (TechSmith's SnagIt 4.0 screen capture software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
October 1, 1997... SnagIT version 4.0 captures ASCII text and video, where Cut-and-Paste is available, and automatically saves, appends, and annotates selected text to a file. Plain text is portable across computing platforms, and can be manipulated, searched,...

Correct year 2000 compliance issues in C/C++. (Software Emancipation Technology's DISCOVER Y2K 5.0 programming utility)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
October 1, 1997... DISCOVER Y2K version 5.0 addresses conversion to date compliance issues in C and C++ software code. This new edition provides customization, tracking, and reporting enhancements, and can be used as the underlying technology to support a number...

Full-text search and display of .PDF files. (Information Dimensions' BASIS Document Manager 8.0 document management application, Portable Document Format files)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
October 1, 1997... BASIS version 8.0 Document Manager now supports full-text indexing, search and display of Portable Document Format (.PDF) files. This format can deliver documents via BASIS over corporate Intranets, Extranets, and the Web. Created for use in...

Add-ons for Oracle Designer/2000 Forms. (Uniscape's DesignAssist 1.6 add-on template, library and preferences tool for Designer/2000 Forms 4.5 application generator)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
October 1, 1997... DesignAssist version 1.6 is an add-on template, library, and preferences package for Oracle Designer/2000 Forms 4.5 application generator. DesignAssist provides developers with debugging and tracing aids, and a variety of screen layouts....

How to secure Windows NT. (Microsoft's OS)(Advisor Tips) (Product Support)(Column)
October 1, 1997... Microsoft says that Windows NT is "not locked down out of the box..." This is important to note because one of the biggest NT security problems I encounter is a misunderstanding of what secure means. So, to get started securing your Windows NT...