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network license. Solflower , Inc., 1821 Platinum Technology, Inc., 1815 S. Zanker Rd., San Jose, CA 95112; (408) Meyers Rd., Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181; 436-0906. (708) 620-5000. WANT MORE INFO? CIRCLE READER SERVICE NO. 205. WANT MORE INFO? CIRCLE READER SERVICE NO. 202. RDBMS Network Management SIR Americas has introduced SIR 4.0, a Syntax has announced TotalNet Admin- relational database management system istration Services (TNAS), a network man- designed for research applications. Ver- agement and administration application sion 4.0 is available on an expanded num- for heterogeneous environments. Func- ber of platforms and includes features for SOFTWARE tions include the administration of users, data modification, improved access to IR passwords, data access rights, configura- utilities, extension of SIR commands, an Electronic Commerce Accounting tion data and replication. Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) Data Pro Accounting Software has TNAS supports Sun Solaris and IBM interface and added graphical user inter- announced the Internet Power Suite, an AIX. Prices are $1,795 for the server and face features. accounting system for Internet-based elec- $90 for the client. platforms include SGI Irix, IBM tronic commerce. It is designed to inte- Syntax, 840 S. 33rd St., Federal Way, AIX, ICL DRS6000, HP-UX, Sun Solaris, grate a company’s Web site with its inven- WA 98003; (206) 838-2626. and Digital Unix and . SIR 4.0 also tory and accounts receivable files. The WANT MORE INFO? CIRCLE READER SERVICE NO. 203. supports DOS and Windows PC platforms. aim is to allow customers placing orders Prices range from $795 for a PC to to be able to view a product’s current Backup/Restore $160,000 for a mainframe application. availability, shipping charges and total Syncsort has introduced Backup Express, SIR Americas, P.O. Box 388568, prices on the Web site. a backup and restore application for net- Chicago, IL 60638; (708) 496-0590. Internet Power Suite supports SCO works. The product allows storage devices WANT MORE INFO? CIRCLE READER SERVICE NO. 206. Open Server, Digital Unix and IBM AIX. to be connected to client or server The SCO version is priced at $23,000. The machines on a network, while providing Code Analysis Tool Digital and IBM versions are priced at a single point of control to management ParaSoft has announced CodeWizard, a $28,000. functions. code analysis tool for C++ applications. Data Pro Accounting Software, Inc., Backup Express supports HP-UX, IBM The tool reads code and displays error 5439 Beaumont Center Blvd., #1050, AIX, SunOS, Sun Solaris, SCO Open Serv- messages indicating which rule was vio- Tampa, FL 33634; (813) 885-9459. er and DG-UX, as well as Windows 95 lated with an explanation of why it was WANT MORE INFO? CIRCLE READER SERVICE NO. 201. and Windows NT. Prices start at $2,500. violated. In addition, CodeWizard specifies Syncsort, Inc., 50 Tice Blvd., CN18, the file name and the line of code that is Software Testing Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07675; (201) 930-9700. responsible for the violation. The tool also Platinum has introduced Final Exam, a WANT MORE INFO? CIRCLE READER SERVICE NO. 204. has the ability to adapt using the devel- tool suite designed for testing three-tier oper’s preferred rules. client/server applications. It is used to File System CodeWizard supports SunOS. The expose latent defects, debug programs Solflower has introduced sharefs, a clus- price is $999. and enable developers to create a repeat- tered file system for Sparc workstations ParaSoft Corp., 2031 S. Myrtle Ave., able test process for applications. that allows two servers to work as a clus- Monrovia, CA 91016; (818) 305-0041. Final Exam modules support SunOS, ter with both cluster members sharing disk WANT MORE INFO? CIRCLE READER SERVICE NO. 207. Sun Solaris, HP-UX, Digital Unix, SGI Irix, resources. The shared disk can be a Sparc- DG-UX and IBM AIX. Prices for the C/S- storage array with dual host interfaces, a Software Implementation Test module start at $700. The Memory standard dual port SCSI/IPI RAID or a Black & White Software has introduced Advisor module costs $995 for an indi- fiber channel (FC-AL) storage subsystem. Integration Manager version 2.0, a soft- vidual user license and $2,895 for a float- The sharefs product supports Sun ware installation and integration tool that ing network license. The Test Advisor Solaris. The price for two desktop sys- works with application development module is priced at $1,295 for an indi- tems is $1,400. Prices for servers begin at products, including the UIM/X graphical vidual license and $3,895 for a floating $2,400. development tool from

52 UniForum’s ITSolutions MAY 1996 Visual Edge Software and View.h++ class Diego, CA 92121; (619) 453-9191. textured, anti-aliased pixels per second. bindings for OSF/ from Rogue Wave WANT MORE INFO? CIRCLE READER SERVICE NO. 210. Onyx InfiniteReality supports SGI Irix. Software. Version 2.0 includes an icon- Pricing for the two-processor Onyx driven interface, package installation from InfiniteReality 10000 begins at $208,800. CD-ROM or other media and integration Pyramid Technology and parent company , Inc., 2011 N. support for additional packages. Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View, CA Integration Manager supports Sun (SNI) have announced an operating sys- 94043; (415) 960-1980. Solaris, SunOS, HP-UX and SGI Irix. Prices tem called Reliant Unix. It is based on WANT MORE INFO? CIRCLE READER SERVICE NO. 213. are $250 per single user and $1,000 per Unix System V release 4 (SVR4) with network site per platform. extensions for security, file system recov- RAID Storage System Black & White Software, Inc., 2155 ery, system management and workload Storage Dimensions has announced S. Bascom Ave., #210, Campbell, CA balancing. The product supports online SuperFlex 5000, a RAID storage system 95008; (408) 369-7400. component replacement and uninter- for Sun servers. The product provides WANT MORE INFO? CIRCLE READER SERVICE NO. 208. rupted operation in the event of compo- dual redundant controllers, a battery- nent failure. backed and mirrored cache, dual redun- Software Maintenance Reliant Unix supports the complete dant power supplies, triple redundant Panoptic Solutions has announced Augur family of Pyramid/SNI Unix platforms. cooling fan modules and dual lockable version 1.0, a software performance toolk- Pyramid Technology Corp., 3860 A/C input. it designed to correct performance prob- N. First St., San Jose, CA 95134; (408) 428- SuperFlex supports Sun servers run- lems in high-end Unix client/sever appli- 9000. ning Solaris 2. Prices start at $15,500. cations. The product enables software WANT MORE INFO? CIRCLE READER SERVICE NO. 211. Storage Dimensions, 1656 McCarthy designers to diagnose performance prob- Blvd., Milpitas, CA 95035; (408) 954-0710. lems during the development phase as WANT MORE INFO? CIRCLE READER SERVICE NO. 214. well as correct existing applications. HARDWARE Augur version 1.0 supports HP-UX. A Storage Server typical scenario of three full licenses is X Stations Maximum Strategy has introduced the priced at $33,000. Hewlett-Packard has announced Entria Strategy S-Series of storage servers. The Panoptic Solutions Corp., 856 Wapi- Plus, a line of X stations that replaces cur- SCSI-based servers support multiple Unix ti Dr., #1, Box 600, Fraser, CO 80442; rent HP Entria products. Entria Plus fea- or Windows NT platforms from a single (970) 726-5676. tures include a “fast-boot” capability and enclosure and allocate storage resources WANT MORE INFO? CIRCLE READER SERVICE NO. 209. the ability to shut down host processes among attached systems as needed. The when the power is turned off. According vendor claims that the server delivers an Storage Management to the vendor, this saves memory and aggregate data transfer rate of 200MB per Andataco has introduced Web Storage compute resources. second across up to eight fast-wide or Manager, a storage management applica- Entria Plus supports HP-UX, IBM AIX ultra-wide SCSI host connections. tion designed to control and monitor net- and SunOS. Prices range from $1,998 to The Strategy S-Series supports SGI Irix, work storage from the Internet. The prod- $4,485. Windows NT, Sun Solaris, IBM AIX and uct works with a browser from Hewlett-Packard Co., 3000 Hanover HP-UX platforms. Prices start at $80,000. and an Andataco Enterprise Storage Pack- St., Palo Alto, CA 94304; (415) 857-1501. Maximum Strategy, Inc., 801 Buck- aging storage subsystem attached to a WANT MORE INFO? CIRCLE READER SERVICE NO. 212. eye Ct., Milpitas, CA 95035; (408) 383- host. System administrators set their URL 1600. to the host to receive information on stor- Visualization Computer WANT MORE INFO? CIRCLE READER SERVICE NO. 215. age activity and conditions. Web Storage Silicon Graphics has introduced the Onyx Manager can also send out automatic InfiniteReality visualization supercomput- alerts via e-mail and work with network er, a system that processes graphics, imag- Remember to use the monitoring products. ing and video data in real time. According Reader Response Card in this Web Storage Manager supports IBM to the vendor, the product delivers 10 mil- AIX, SunOS, Sun Solaris, HP-UX and SGI lion polygons per second with the ability issue for FREE Irix. The price is $995. to download 200MB per second of data product information. Andataco, 10140 Mesa Rim Rd., San image. It has a pixel fill rate of 800 million

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