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| Theresa W. Carey
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Back in June during PC Expo, when I wasn't spending a fun-filled hour stuck in an elevator with Editor Eric Maffei and assorted other MIND-folk, I was checking out the show to find great new stuff for developers. Too bad you weren't there with us in the elevator, but your time is
probably better spent pounding on the keyboard. Here's what turned up once New York's Finest let
us loose. Managing and Monitoring Networks While utilizing the failure notification system in the broken elevator, which consisted of ringing the alarm bell and screaming in unison, the group stuck in the elevator thought it would have been just terrific if the building management was running a program that let them know that an important system component was not functioning. Don't let this happen to your network—check out these solutions.
Ripple Technologies Inc.
MonitorIT tracks any information specified through the use of performance counters. Real-time and historical reporting and analysis of selected performance data is provided, while Active Graphing features let administrators watch network and system performance levels in real time. VCR-like controls allow administrators to forward, reverse, fast forward/reverse, and stop for optimized visual display and examination. All charts and reports are generated in Dynamic HTML. MonitorIT's Intelligent Performance Wizard identifies bottlenecks and recommends a strategy for enhancing performance. Breakout Software
Platform Computing Corporation Build in Content Editing Capability
Other improvements in the new release include support for Apple Macintosh clients and security features that further ensure the integrity of Revize Web pages. Revize 2.1 allows structured distributed collaboration among technical and nontechnical contributors with the appropriate levels of security and control. The improved module editor now adds and deletes database fields automatically without the risk of deleting sensitive information. RevizeScript commands provide greater flexibility when handling Web data such as HTML code and URLs, and the Turbo Client installer supports automatic client-side upgrades, making it simple for all users to work with the most current version of Revize available. In addition, all Revize modules can now be conveniently managed through the Revize Control Panel. Idetix Inc. 850 Stephenson Highway Test Applications Prior to Deployment
Major features include integrated functional testing, data drilling, application server integration, synchronization points, and the ability to dynamically adjust loads during the test session with the Virtual Client Throttle. WebLoad creates the DOM for each virtual client, providing users with the ability to access and verify all of the objects and attributes of every Web page including tables, forms, links, images, and headers. WebLoad can test Web applications running in any computing environment; all systems participating in the test must be TCP/IP-enabled. RadView Software Inc Migrating Computers
In a corporate setting, where sets of applications or files often need to be replicated on many machines, the items selected for migration can be saved as a DNA File, then used to create multiple desktops. The settings can also be backed up to the network for disaster recovery. Desktop DNA uses a wizard interface to guide users through a customizable system migration, including validation and log reports. Multiuser packs are now available. Miramar Systems Electronic Update Service
Using the UpdatePro Vendor Wizard, most products can be eUpdate-enabled quickly, complete with automatic checkpoint restart and undo. UpdatePro can be used strictly as a self-maintaining product quality and support mechanism to deliver product fixes to your users when needed, as well as a customer direct sales channel for e-commerce sales of products and product updates. UpdatePro can give your products a built-in system to easily provide product fixes and updates over the Internet. Tigerscape Inc. Specify, Design, and Generate
WinA&D/MacA&D have diagram editors for process models, data models, class models, state models, object models, structure models, and task models. Each model shows a different view of a software system that is integrated through a global data dictionary. In addition to integrated modeling, the tool provides requirements specification and traceability, design verification reports, scriptable HTML reports, and complete text import/export features. WinA&D/MacA&D generates Java language, Object Pascal, or C++ code from a class model and associated dictionary information. The generated code includes ready-to-compile class declarations with empty function frames. Programmers write code for the logic of each function using either the integrated code and browse window built into WinA&D/MacA&D or any standard development environment. The code generator supports features like nested classes, template classes, overloaded functions, and mapping design elements to different code folders based on design namespaces. Typical components include ActiveX® controls, COM objects, CORBA objects, and Java Beans. Excel Software Custom Sound and Music
Compatible with Office 2000, Audio Anywhere features the pairing of Sonic Foundry's ACID Style audio content creation program with its Sound Forge XP 4.5 audio editing tool. The ACID Style application enables the authoring of loop-based, royalty-free compositions in rock, jazz, pop, and dance styles. These compositions can be edited, processed, and further enhanced using Sound Forge XP 4.5. The package includes over 800 professional-quality sound clips of all varieties, such as music beds, button clicks, sound effects, transitions, tags, and environments. Audio Anywhere can save files in a variety of formats, including WAV, ASF, AVI, and RM. The Sound Forge XP 4.5 application, which supports Microsoft Windows Media™ Technologies 4.0 and RealNetworks G2 file formats, enables these files and video data to be synchronized and placed into Web pages created by FrontPage. Sonic Foundry 
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| From the September 1999 issue of Microsoft Internet Developer.
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