Dr. Dobb's Journal December 1997
Iona Technologies has unveiled Version 3.0 of OrbixWeb, a Java-CORBA development environment. OrbixWeb 3.0 includes the full CORBA Naming Service natively in Java, a range of new GUI tools, and full support for the recently adopted OMG IDL-Java mapping. It also supports Orbix Wonderwall, Iona's CORBA-IIOP firewall solution. OrbixWeb 3.0 sells for $799.00 per developer, with no additional run-time costs.
Iona Technologies
60 Aberdeen Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-949-9000
http://www.iona.com/
InterSolv's DataDirect ODBC 3.01 Drivers are available for Windows 95/NT, DEC Alpha NT, Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, HP-UX, and OS/2. DataDirect ODBC 3.01 Drivers include a multithreaded architecture and enhanced performance-tuning options. In addition, this release delivers updated support for the latest database and operating system versions. The DataDirect ODBC 3.01 Drivers start at $99.00.
InterSolv
9420 Key West Avenue
Rockville, MD 20850
800-876-3101
http://www.intersolv.com/
Wilson WindowWare has announced WinBatch 97 with scripting capabilities that include manipulating ODBC-compliant databases, managing serial communications, and manipulating windows controls. The nine new core language functions enhance Clipboard data retrieval, Registry data querying, string handling, and window information listing. WinBatch 97 sells for $99.95 for a single user, and $495.00 with a compiler (to create royalty-free executables).
Wilson WindowWare Inc.
2701 California Avenue SW, Suite 212
Seattle, WA 98116
206-938-1740
http://www.windowware.com/
Baltimore Technologies has launched CST for VB, a cryptography toolkit for Visual Basic developers. CST for VB contains implementations of RSA, DSA, DES, Triple DES, IDEA, and others. The CST API is based on Microsoft's Crypto API (CAPI). CST for VB provides access to a range of pseudorandom-number generators. RSA keys can be up to 2048 bits in length, and DSA keys can be any length up to the 1024 bit maximum length specified in the standard.
Baltimore Technologies Ltd.
IFSC House, International Financial Services Centre
Custom House Quay
Dublin 1, Ireland
353-1-6054357
http://www.baltimore.ie/
Stingray Software has released Visual CASE 1.0, a tool that provides Visual C++ developers with a graphical, object-oriented view of their projects. Visual CASE can import existing projects and provide you with a graphical representation that can be manipulated. You can graphically manipulate projects using Visual CASE (either from scratch or reverse engineered), then generate MFC/ATL source code for Visual C++. Visual CASE supports a subset of the Unified Modeling Language (UML) that is appropriate for Visual C++ development. Visual CASE 1.0 fully supports MFC, ATL, ActiveX, and OLE/COM. The Visual CASE App Wizard allows you to export generated code into Microsoft Developer's Studio. Visual CASE comes with complete templates for Stingray's Objective Toolkit and Objective Grid. (To actually use the objects, you must purchase the complete libraries separately.) The retail cost of Visual CASE is $695.00. Subscriptions are available for $295.00.
Stingray Software Inc.
3000 Aerial Center, Suite 110
Morrisville, NC 27560
800-924-4223
http://www.stingsoft.com/
Embedded C++ (EC++) from Green Hills Software is a C++ compiler that implements a subset of C++ optimized for resource-constrained embedded applications. The EC++ compiler supposedly achieves a 30-90 percent improvement in code size and run-time efficiency over full-blown C++, particularly for applications containing I/O of any kind. Green Hills' C++/EC++ compiler is fully compatible with the draft specification produced by the EC++ Technical Committee. The compiler is available for Motorola 68K and PowerPC family processors. The compiler also produces native code for workstations running Solaris 2.5. Development host options include PCs and workstations running Windows 95/NT, Solaris 2.5, and HP/UX 10.0. Windows 95/NT versions of the Green Hills C++/EC++ compiler cost $3900.00; UNIX versions cost $5400.00.
Green Hills Software Inc.
30 West Sola Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
800-789-9695
http://www.ghs.com/
NuMega's SoftICE 3.2, a debugger for Windows 95/NT, lets you view, explore, or debug any Windows application, DLL, device driver, or system component on the latest multiprocessor server systems or on a single client PC. SoftICE 3.2 enhancements include SMP (Symmetric Multiprocessing) support for Windows NT and enhanced video support. The list price for SoftICE for Windows NT is $669.00, SoftICE for Windows 95 is $569.00, and the SoftICE Suite (which includes SoftICE for Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows 3.x, and DOS) is $769.00.
NuMega Technologies Inc.
9 Townsend West
Nashua, NH 03063
800-468-6342
http://www.numega.com/
Inline Internet Systems has announced iHTML 2.1, a server-side scripting/programming language that is an extension to HTML for creating dynamic and interactive web sites and intranet systems. With this release, it is possible to draw images on the fly or overlay one graphic image on top of another within an HTML document. iHTML can access multiple data sources on one HTML page. iHTML also has numerous database-cataloging capabilities, that can handle multiple concurrent connections and can perform database joins between different database systems using ODBC. iHTML 2.1 runs on Windows 95/NT and is available in Freeware, Basic, Lite, Pro, and Enterprise editions in prices ranging from $139.00 to $895.00.
Inline Internet Systems Inc.
7305 Rapistan Court
Mississauga, ON
Canada L5N 5Z4
905-813-8800
http://www.inline.net/
Milestone Software & Systems has introduced the GeNMS Application Builder, a programming tool for developing cross-platform Network Management Systems (NMS) applications. GeNMS Application Builder is based on the SunScript (Tcl/Tk) scripting language. Milestone enriched the Tcl/Tk scripts commands and mechanisms specially designed for creating NMS applications and tools, including modules for management protocols (SNMPv1, SNMPv2, CMIP, and so on) and database access. The Application Builder pricing for UNIX is $10,000 per module and $5000.00 per module for Windows, plus royalties.
Milestone Software & Systems Ltd.
P.O. Box 152,
Yoqneam Ilit 20692, Israel
972-4-959-0515
http://www.milestone.co.il/
Interactive Software Engineering (ISE) has announced Embedded Eiffel, a version of its ISE Eiffel 4 environment specifically targeting embedded and real-time development. Embedded Eiffel includes a specifically tailored version of the Eiffel run time designed to minimize the footprint (memory occupation). The resulting run time has a footprint of less than 110 KB of ROM and 70 KB of RAM. It uses a special version of ISE Eiffel's garbage collector and robust multithreading mechanism. Embedded Eiffel supports per-thread garbage collection, allowing a thread to enter a garbage collection step while letting all the other threads continue their execution undisturbed.
Interactive Software Engineering Inc.
270 Storke Road, Second Floor
Goleta, CA 93117
805-685-1006
http://www.eiffel.com/
Advanced Software Technologies has released GDPro, a cross-platform object-oriented development tool that supports several object-oriented design methodologies, including UML, Rumbaugh, Booch, Use Case, and Schlaer-Mellor, and generates C++, C, and Java. GDPro can also reverse engineer existing source code. GDPro supports collaborative multiuser development. GDPro runs on Windows 95/NT and UNIX. Pricing starts at $1795.00 for Windows and $2495.00 for UNIX.
Advanced Software Technologies Inc.
7800 South Elati Street, Suite 205
Littleton, CO 80120
303-730-7981
http://www.advancedsw.com/
Immersion's I-Force Studio is a graphical environment for developing "feel sensations." I-Force is a hardware technology that lets joysticks, steering wheels, and other game peripherals provide interactive physical sensations. I-Force Studio lets programmers design, implement, and test physical sensations for peripherals.
Immersion Corp.
2158 Paragon Drive
San Jose, CA 95131
408-467-1900
http://www.immerse.com/
InterSystems has released Cache, a post-relational database management system for transaction processing applications. Cache uses a transactional multidimensional data model optimized for high-volume, high-concurrency transaction processing. Cache also provides object-oriented features including multiple inheritance, encapsulation, and polymorphism. The Cache database can be accessed directly using Cache's APIs, with ODBC, or with Java, ActiveX, or C++ objects. Prices range from $125.00 to $1000.00 per concurrent user.
InterSystems Corp.
One Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA 02142
617-621-0600
http://www.intersys.com/
The Aqueduct Profiler from Aqueduct Software is a profiling tool that sends usage data back to the vendor via the Internet, allowing the vendor to obtain accurate and comprehensive feedback from users. A control is provided to allow users to deactive the Aqueduct Profiler for privacy or security reasons. Users can also save the data to a file and review it before it is sent to the vendor. The Aqueduct Profiler Library supports client, server, and stand-alone applications on SunOS, Solaris, HP-UX, and Windows 95/NT. Pricing starts at $15,000 per year.
Aqueduct Software Inc.
800 Menlo Avenue, Suite 215
Menlo Park, CA 94025
650-463-8700
http://www.aqueduct.com/
APEX Software Corp. has announced Version 5.0 of its True DBGrid Pro 5.0, a grid control for Microsoft Visual Basic and Visual C++. TrueDBGrid Pro 5.0 includes multiple lines per record, data-sensitive colors and graphics, drop-down data-aware list boxes, input masking, and context-sensitive CellTips. The Pro 5.0 version also includes reusable grid layouts and a grid Design Assistant. TrueDBGrid Pro 5.0 costs $199.95.
APEX Software Corp.
4516 Henry Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-681-4343
http://www.apexsc.com/
Hewlett-Packard's HP JetSend appliance development kit is a device-to-device protocol that allows communication between appliances regardless of media type and data transport. The HP JetSend ADK is available royalty-free for a license fee of $15,000.
Hewlett-Packard
3000 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, CA 94304
http://www.jetsend.hp.com/
Borland announced JBuilder Professional and JBuilder Standard, which are visual development tools for Java. JBuilder features a tool for JavaBean component creation and a scalable database architecture. JBuilder's environment supports JDK 1.1, JavaBeans, JFC, AFC, RMI, CORBA, JDBC, and major corporate database servers. JBuilder is built on an open Java API so that third-party tools or JavaBeans can be integrated into the IDE. JBuilder Professional has an estimated street price of $249.95; JBuilder Standard has an estimated street price of $99.95.
Borland International Inc.
100 Borland Way
P.O. Box 660001
Scotts Valley, CA 95067
http://www.borland.com/
Spyglass shipped Spyglass Prism 1.0, a proxy-based dynamic-content conversion server designed to optimize content delivery to Internet-enabled devices. Prism takes standard HTML files originally formatted for PCs and adapts the files to various displays found on PDAs, TVs, phones, pagers, and other devices. Prism acts as a proxy server, receiving requests from a client, making the requests for the document, and optimizing the content for the client by stripping out unnecessary content, converting color images to grayscale, and reformatting the content.
Spyglass Inc.
1240 East Diehl Road
Naperville, IL 60563
630-505-1010
http://wwwspyglass.com/
Hummingbird Communications announces Exceed Version 6.0, a new release of Hummingbird's PC X server. Exceed Version 6.0 features full X11R6.3/Broadway compliance, new Wizard-based X client startup with NIS integration, and Jconfig, a Java-based remote application management system. Exceed Version 6.0 can function as a web browser plug-in with Netscape Navigator and Communicator, and Microsoft's Internet Explorer 3.02. Exceed Version 6.0 includes Broadway's Low Bandwidth X (LBX) optimized protocol for remote access links to UNIX/X applications, and implements the following Broadway extensions: Application Group, Security, Print, and firewall proxy support. Exceed Version 6.0 costs $545.
Hummingbird Communications Ltd.
1 Sparks Avenue
North York, ON
Canada, M2H 2W1
416-496-2200
http://www.hummingbird.com/
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