Rogue Wave Ships Analytics.h++ and DBTools.h++ 3.0
Rogue Wave Software, Inc. has begun shipping two new products: Analytics.h++ and DBTools.h++ 3.0. Analytics.h++, a new suite of components and classes, provides developers with the building blocks for modeling business data, freeing developers to focus on the higher-level, conceptual issues in designing and building business data models. DBTools.h++ 3.0 is an upgrade of the suite of tools that delivers object-oriented access to relational databases, including a relational-to-object mapping tool that automatically maps relational database constructs to C++ classes.
Analytics.h++ supports Windows 95/NT 4.0, HP-UX 10.2, and Solaris 2.5/2.6. Analytics.h++ costs $2,995 plus $895 for support per platform. A single-user license for DBTools.h++ starts at $1,490 plus $690 for support.
For more information, contact Rogue Wave Software, Inc., 800.487.3217 or +1.303.473.9118; sales@roguewave.com; www.roguewave.com.
White Mountain DSP Introduces Network Extensions
White Mountain DSP, Inc. has introduced network extensions supporting network-based debugging with GO DSP's Code Composer IDE for Texas Instruments (TI) digital signal processors (DSPs) under Windows 95/NT PCs. These network extensions for Code Composer provide software that allows a user to run a network-capable version of the Code Composer IDE under Windows 95 or NT. Network DLLs for Code Composer support full debug capability across networks and are available for most TI DSPs, including the TMS320C2xx, C3x, C4x, C5x, C54x, and the new C6x family.
Network extensions for Code Composer bundled with GO DSP's Code Composer IDE cost $2,995.
For more information, contact White Mountain DSP, Inc., +1.603.883.2430; fax +1.603.882.2655; info@wmdsp.com; www.wmdsp.com.
Rapid Logic Ships JavaControl
Rapid Logic, Inc. has shipped JavaControl, an SDK that enables developers to deploy Java-based configuration, management, monitoring, and control capabilities into products. The JavaControl SDK uses the OpenControl Backplane (OCB), the company's "write once, present anyhow" device management framework, to overcome many of the common problems associated with developing embedded Java applications. In addition, the OCB provides a unified data access model, abstracting Java presentation code from the underlying embedded C code, so the integrity of proprietary code is maintained.
The JavaControl SDK is available in both royalty and royalty-free pricing options, depending on the needs of the client, the scope of the license, and the nature of the product. Base licensing packages start at $45,000 per target product licensed.
For more information, contact Rapid Logic, Inc., +1.510.749.0900; fax +1.510.749.9009; sales@rapidlogic.com; www.rapidlogic.com.
Open Systems Solutions Announces OSS ASN.1 Tools for C r5.0
Open Systems Solutions, Inc. has released OSS ASN.1 Tools for C r5.0. The suite consists of an OSS ASN.1 compiler and a set of OSS ASN.1 encoder/decoder runtime libraries. Together these support the full ASN.1 1997 Standard, including Basic Encoding Rules (BER), Packed Encoding Rules (PER), and Distinguished Encoding Rules (DER). OSS ASN.1 Tools includes several encoders/decoders, each optimized for a different application need. Also included are various utilities to speed up the development process.
OSS ASN.1 Tools for C r5.0 is available for many platforms including Solaris Sparc, Windows 95/98/NT, and HP-UX.
For pricing and additional information, contact Open Systems Solutions, Inc., 888.677.2761 or +1.609.987.9073; fax +1.732.249.4636; info@oss.com; www.oss.com.
LEAD Technologies Announces LEADTOOLS 10
Lead Technologies has released LEADTOOLS 10, an upgrade of their line of imaging toolkits. New features include screen-capture capabilities; Pan Window, for viewing a small portion of a larger image in more detail; and Picturized Algorithm, an image-processing feature that allows a user to create one picture from thousands of separate images. Also, LEAD has added file format support including the new Fuji Exif v2.0 and multipage TIFF enhancements.
For pricing and additional information, contact LEAD Technologies at 800.637.4699 or +1.704.332.5532; fax +1.704.372.8116; sales@leadtools.com; www.leadtools.com.
Rational Ships Newest Version of Quantify
Rational Software Corporation has announced an upgrade of their performance profiler Quantify. Quantify enables developers to profile a Java application and identify performance bottlenecks using a Java monitoring interface. Quantify intercepts and times each byte code instruction run through the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and correlates this information with Java source code and components. Quantify's customizable, performance-data collection features allow developers to filter the performance data collected, allowing them to focus on the most critical portions of their application.
Quantify works with any development environment using the JavaSoft JVM r1.1.6 for Java on Solaris. Quantify costs $1,398 for the product and $250 for support (with a minimum of four licenses).
For more information, contact Rational Software Corporation, 800.728.1212 or +1.408.863.9900; fax +1.781.229.3734; info@rational.com; www.rational.com.
ParaSoft Releases Insure++ v4.1 and jtest! v2.0
ParaSoft Corporation has released Insure++ 4.1 and jtest! 2.0. Insure++ 4.1, an automatic runtime debugger for Unix, contains new features including an improved parser with full egcs 2.8.0/g++ 2.8.0 support and accelerated runtime, the ability to turn off unwanted error messages, and new customization options.
jtest! 2.0, an automatic white-box testing tool for Java developers, can automatically test programs at the class or module level.
For pricing and additional information, contact ParaSoft Corporation, 888.305.0041 or +1.626.305.0041; fax +1.626.305.3036; info@parasoft.com; www.parasoft.com.
Career Central Links Developers and Companies
Career Central, formerly known as MBA Central, is offering companies the new service of finding technical employees. Employers receive targeted resumes in just five days, at a fraction of the fees charged by executive search firms.
Using its JobCast email service, Career Central sends qualified candidates job descriptions that closely match their career objectives. Interested candidates reply via email with a current resume. Career Central delivers these resumes to the hiring manager within five days. If the search does not identify 10 candidates who match specifications provided by the company, there is no charge.
The service is free to software developers, and companies pay an introductory fee of $2,995 per search.
For more information, contact Career Central, 800.932.4668; DevInfo@CareerCentral.com; www.careercentral.com/dev.
Sax Software Announces Sax Setup 98
Sax Software has announced Sax Setup 98, the latest version of its installation tool for Windows. Setup 98 adds a more intuitive design environment, new actions that expand the capability of setup programs, and total control over the installation process.
Based on Windows Explorer, the new IDE adds functions such as multiple selection; cut, copy and paste; and right-click menus. In addition, setups can be tested from the project editor, and filenames can contain wildcards.
Sax Setup 98 costs $99 for version 2.0 users and $249 for new users.
For more information, contact Sax Software, 800.645.3729 or +1.541.344.2235; fax +1.541.344.2459; info@saxsoft.com; www.saxsoft.com.
Object International Releases Together/J 2.0
Object International has released Together/J 2.0, a platform-independent UML modeler that delivers round-trip engineering. Together/J 2.0 comes in four editions: Whiteboard, Standard, Developer, and Enterprise.
The Whiteboard Edition features simultaneous design-and-code editing. This edition features UML class and package diagrams. The Standard Edition adds multiframe HTML documentation generation and wall-chart printing. The Developer Edition adds customizable code construction and customizable reverse engineering. The Enterprise Edition adds features for enterprise-wide application development.
The Together/J 2.0 Whiteboard Edition is available free of charge for a limited time from the company website. The other editions cost $750 for Standard, $2,400 for Developer, and $3,600 for Enterprise.
For more information, contact Object International, Inc., +1.919.772.9350; fax +1.919.772.9389; www.togethersoft.com.
Domain Solutions Releases Domain Objects 2.1
Domain Solutions, Inc. has released Domain Objects 2.1, the latest version of the company's object-oriented visual modeling tool. The product is available in Professional Edition and Enterprise Edition. Domain Objects 2.1 Professional Edition allows a single developer to perform the analysis, design, and development of object-oriented systems built on the Microsoft Foundation Classes. The Enterprise Edition extends the Professional Edition with support for collaboration among development team members.
A feature of Domain Objects is the Event Path Architect. This mechanism, based on a cognitive process observed in object-oriented prototyping, creates and explores the dynamic collaborations between objects.
Domain Objects 2.1 runs on Windows 95/NT 4.0. A single-user license for the Professional Edition is $89. A single-user license for the Enterprise Edition is $139.
For more information, contact Domain Solutions, Inc., 800.793.1066 or +1.512.883.2498; fax +1.512.883.2499; info@domain-solutions.com; www.domain-solutions.com.
Raima Announces RDM/CE
Raima Corporation has announced Raima Database Manager for Windows CE (RDM/CE), an embedded database engine for Windows CE. This release includes an ActiveX control for developing with the DBMS in Visual Basic. Now RDM/CE provides two APIs: a C function library (DLL) for database storage, retrieval, and navigation, and the ActiveX control for database development in Visual Basic and other environments that support ActiveX objects.
RDM/CE has a small footprint, requiring approximately 150K of RAM.
For pricing and additional information, contact Raima Corporation, 800.327.2462 or +1.206.515.9477; fax +1.206.748.5200; sales@raima.com; www.raima.com.
Crossware Launches Embedded Development Studio v2.0
Crossware has released Embedded Development Studio v2.0 for Windows 95/NT 4.0. New features include a fully integrated source-level simulator for the 8051 microcontroller and dockable windows. Version 2.0 offers wizards and property pages to help with the setup process. It features a multithreaded interface to multiple tool chains, an integrated text editor, multiple terminal emulators, a source-code browser, and a configuration system to manage start-up files and target specific options.
For pricing and additional information, contact Crossware, +44.0.1223.421263; fax +44.0.1223.421006; alan@crossware.com; www.crossware.com.
Metrowerks Ships CodeWarrior Discover Programming Edition 3
Metrowerks Inc. has released CodeWarrior Discover Programming Edition 3 for Windows, a personal edition of the CodeWarrior software development environment for Java, C, C++, and Pascal, designed for novice programmers and experienced developers interested in learning a new language. CodeWarrior Discover Programming Edition 3 for Windows features a new Windows Resource Editor that enables the programmer to create and modify Windows resources defined in resource script files, binary resource files, and executable files. Discover Programming Edition 3 includes the latest version of the CodeWarrior IDE, which features a project manager, code editor, code browser, compilers and linkers, and a debugger that allows the user to edit source code while debugging.
CodeWarrior Discover Programming Edition 3 for Windows costs $79.
For more information, contact Metrowerks Inc., 800.377.5416 or +1.512.873.4700; fax +1.512.873.4922; sales@metrowerks.com; www.metrowerks.com.
devSoft Releases IP*Works! C++ Edition for Windows CE
devSoft Inc. has released a public beta of its IP*Works! C++ Edition for Windows CE. Based on IP*Works!, IP*Works! C++ Edition for Windows CE provides a set of controls for developing Internet applications.
IP*Works! C++ Edition for Windows CE contains 16 C++ classes packaged in a 32-bit DLL and is very similar to IP*Works! C++ Edition for Win32. The classes contain native implementations of Internet protocols such as HTTP, FTP, SMTP/POP, NNTP, Telnet, and Rshell/Rexec.
A trial version of IP*Works! C++ Edition for Windows CE is available for download from the company website. Sample applications that demonstrate the capabilities of the controls are included with the package.
For more information, contact devSoft Inc., +1.919.490.3269; fax +1.919.493.5805; sales@dev-soft.com; www.dev-soft.com.
Nettech Systems Introduces Smart IP
Nettech Systems has introduced Smart IP, a communications product that enables Internet and intranet applications to run over wireless networks without modification, providing mobile access to standard enterprise-wide applications. Smart IP lets organizations run browsers, file transfer protocol (FTP), email, and Java and ActiveX applets over any wireless network. In addition, Smart IP allows companies to develop wireless applications using the Winsock API.
Smart IP is compatible with many standard applications and protocols, including Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator and Communicator, Qualcomm Eudora, MS Exchange Server 5.0 (accessed via the Web using a browser), EnterpriseLink SmartTran, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, SMTP, POP3, and IMAP4.
An optional SDK is available for Smart IP that allows developers to add application-level optimizations through Intelligent Protocol Agents (IPAs) without modifying the applications.
For pricing and additional information, contact Nettech Systems, +1.609.734.0300; fax +1.609.734.0346; www.NettechRF.com.
MKS Releases MKS Source Integrity SDK
Mortice Kern Systems Inc. has released the MKS Source Integrity SDK, a product for development teams requiring software configuration management integration into third-party tools and environments. The MKS Source Integrity SDK is a set of libraries that enables the integration of MKS Source Integrity functions into any Win32 application. The SDK includes a full version of MKS Source Integrity 7.3, the Source libraries, and the API Specification Guide.
MKS Source Integrity SDK costs $1,299.
For more information, contact Mortice Kern Systems Inc., 800.267.2797 or +1.519.884.2251; fax +1.519.884.8861; info@mks.com; www.mks.com/solution/si/sdk.htm.
Software Emancipation Technology Announces ATFx
Software Emancipation Technology, Inc. has announced the addition of Advanced Transformation Framework (ATFx) to its DISCOVER line of products. ATFx employs the technology of tree pattern matching to perform semantic analysis and modifications of source code. It provides the ability to traverse, analyze, and modify source-code syntax trees. The ATFx language allows developers to identify and transform regions of code based on its logical structure.
DISCOVER, with ATFx, can search a system and uncover reusable fragments, dangerous constructs, or areas of suspicious quality. From the DISCOVER browser, developers can launch ATFx search libraries or create ATFx libraries that analyze, evaluate, and propagate throughout the code.
For more information, contact Software Emancipation Technology, Inc., 888.347.2683 or +1.781.359.3300; fax +1.781.359.3399; support@setech.com; www.setech.com.
Mustang Ships IMC Architect
Mustang Software, Inc. has shipped IMC Architect for its Internet Message Center (IMC). Application developers can use IMC Architect to add IMC real-time statistics to existing monitoring tools or email tracking features to existing enterprise applications, computer-telephony integration systems, or a proprietary application.
IMC Architect uses Microsoft COM technology to provide interoperability in development environments such as C++, Visual Basic, Delphi, Java, and Perl.
IMC Architect is priced at $7,500 per enterprise site license.
For more information, contact Mustang Software, Inc., +1.805.873.2500; fax +1.805.873.2599; info@mustang.com; www.mustang.com.
Annasoft Announces Intrinsyc Integration Expert
Annasoft Systems has announced Intrinsyc Integration Expert (IX) for Windows CE. IX works in conjunction with MS Embedded Toolkit (ETK) for C++ to provide a GUI to the ETK and a variety of analysis, optimization, and integration tools. Features include modeling; parallel development; configuration; component optimization of Windows CE; component integration; input, analysis, and optimization tools; and an integrated build environment.
Intrinsyc Integration Expert for Windows CE costs $995.
For more information, contact Annasoft Systems, 800.390.3870 or +1.619.674.6155; fax +1.619.673.1432; annasoft@annasoft.com; www.annasoft.com.
Wall Data Launches Cyberprise Host Developer
Wall Data Inc. has introduced Cyberprise Host Developer. Cyberprise Host Developer enables developers to create and customize browser-based host applications through ActiveX controls, selectively re-engineer AS/400 and mainframe applications, and automatically generate modifiable GUI front-ends. The product provides a library of components that enable developers to build custom Cyberprise Host applications using standard development languages, such as Visual Basic and Visual C++. In addition, developers can automatically generate modifiable ActiveX controls that can be enhanced to provide the user with a GUI, without making any changes to the host application itself.
Cyberprise Host Developer costs $4,750.
For more information, contact Wall Data Inc., 800.755.9255 or +1.425.814.9255; fax +1.425.814.4353; www.walldata.com.
Algorithmic Research Releases SDRKit v1.0 and SDRZip v1.0
Algorithmic Research BV has released SDRKit v1.0 and SDRZip v1.0, software products to integrate optimized data-compression solutions into third party applications. SDRKit v1.0 is a data-compression development environment featuring Compressive-C, a dedicated data-compression modeling language. Other features include Compressive-C source-code debugging using Visual Studio, random access to very small segments of compressed data, entropy profiling, compression event tracing, a simple decompression API, and automatic optimization.
SDRZip v1.0 is a general-purpose data compression library featuring a timer to automatically optimize for target data types. Other features include random access to very small segments of compressed data, streaming, and block-based operation.
SDRKit v1.0 costs $2,500 for Win32, $3,000 for Unix, and is royalty-free. SDRZip v1.0 costs $420 for Win32 and $500 for Unix, and is royalty-free.
For more information, contact Algorithmic Research BV, +31.40.263.1132; fax +31.40.284.2936; info@algoresearch.com; www.algoresearch.com.