Riverbed Technologies has announced an update to ScoutMTS v3.0, an enterprise platform for mobile computing data exchange, integrating wireless and other handheld devices with mainstream enterprise computing technologies. The ScoutMTS SDK leverages Microsoft COM to allow Windows developers to extend any application to a handheld device in a matter of hours. Other features include bidirectional information exchange, record-level synchronization, and automatic load balancing between multiple servers. New features include support for CE devices, an extended API, and advanced system management. The ScoutMTS suite runs on Windows NT; pricing begins at $995.00 for the developer edition.
Riverbed Technologies' MobileArchitect is a graphical-design tool for developing PalmOS and Windows CE mobile systems for use in enterprise deployments. With MobileArchitect, you can paint the critical elements of an enterprise application (such as tables and forms) and then automatically generate client code for a number of environments, including SatelliteForms and CodeWarrior R5 for the PalmOS, and Visual Basic and Visual C++ for Windows CE. MobileArchitect then generates the specified client and server code as well as a Riverbed Scout conduit for the target application. MobileArchitect includes the MobileArchitect plugin API, an open and documented API for creating customized plug-ins, wizards that generate application logic. The suggested list price for MobileArchitect is $1795.00.
Riverbed Technologies
2070 Chain Bridge Road, Suite 475
Vienna, VA 22182
703-847-3303
http://www.riverbedtech.com/
Reliable Software has released Code Co-op 2.0, a serverless version-control system for collaborative development. Code Co-op lets you perform standard version-control functions such as check-in, check-out, merge, and restore without a server or network connection. Code Co-op works on a peer-to-peer network, but allows synchronization over e-mail or through the exchange of diskettes. The release of Version 2.0 automates distribution of synchronization information. The e-mail distribution system works with any e-mail clients that support Simple MAPI. A single-seat license costs $150.00, with discounts for multiple seats.
Reliable Software
1011 Boren Avenue, Suite 206
Seattle, WA 98104
206-361-6679
http://www.relisoft.com/
M Squared Technologies has announced Version 4 of its Resource Standard Metrics (RSM), a source-code metrics and quality analysis tool for C, C++, and Java for use on Windows NT/95/98 and UNIX systems. RSM performs metrics for lines of code (LOC), comment percentage, keywords, and constructs, logical and interface functional complexity, and class metrics. Additionally, RSM performs metrics on the function, class, file, project, and code tree. RSM can also run LOC metrics between two date-dependent code baselines yielding LOC and file differentials. Prices for a single user license start at $195.00.
M Squared Technologies
2128 Hidden Pine Lane
Apopka, FL 32712
407-880-2627
http://www.m2tech.net/
LUCA 2.4 from Griffin Technologies is an upgrade to its universal communications components package. LUCA provides components for data communications and supports more than 50 different transport protocols. LUCA v2.4 adds encryption to every LUCA product package, support for VCL component technology for Delphi programmers, and a new ActiveX control so Visual Basic programmers can use LUCA under Windows CE. Other new features include CAPI supplementary services, revised documentation, and support for the latest versions of the compilers.
Griffin Technologies
916 Massachusetts Street
Lawrence, KS 66044
785-832-2070
http://www.griftech.com/
TeamQuest has announced TeamQuest Alert, a multisystem monitor with built-in performance evaluation assistance. TeamQuest Alert provides a visual summary to highlight both good and poor performance in a single display. When a potential problem is identified, users can display key system indicators and user-activity reports. TeamQuest Alert is designed to run from a single location on Windows NT and on a variety of UNIX platforms.
TeamQuest Corp.
2410 3rd Avenue South
Clear Lake, IA 50428
515-357-2700
http://www.teamquest.com/
Insignia Solutions has released Jeode 1.0, its implementation of Java for Windows CE/NT and Linux-based embedded systems. Licensed by Sun Microsystems to deliver a clean-room Java-compatible virtual machine, Insignia developed Jeode using virtual machine technology that dynamically optimizes the use of available system resources.
Insignia Solutions
41300 Christy Street
Fremont, CA 94538
510-360-3700
http://www.insignia.com/
Data Junction has announced its Universal Transformation Suite (UTS), a complete tool set for application integration, data migration, data replication, data cleansing, and data-mart projects on any platform. Data Junction UTS supports complex data structures with multiple record types and a graphical process flow designer for visually designing complete transformation projects that incorporate a limitless number of external procedures and programs. The product also incorporates event management for sophisticated error handling and data-driven transformation logic.
Data Junction Corp.
2201 Northland Drive
Austin, TX 78756
512-459-1309
http://www.datajunction.com/
Continuus Software has launched WebSynergy 2, an update to its change management software for web-based development and web content. WebSynergy 2 features an enhanced Continuus Web Author Component; WebSynergy Server, a commercial repository for managing complex web development environments and processes; task-based change management for web teams, task-based web workflow process, and task-based team coordination. Representative pricing for a 25 member team is $59,995.00.
Continuus Software Corp.
108 Pacifica
Irvine, CA 92618
949-453-2200
http://www.continuus.com/
Aonix Lifecycle Desktop from Aonix provides you with a process-oriented approach to complete lifecycle management of software applications. Aonix Lifecycle Desktop meets development process mandates such as IEEE 12207 and D0-178B. It offers immediate and customizable access to all lifecycle activities and artifacts, including requirements analysis, definition, management, code generation, lifecycle modeling and test specification, generation, and execution. Aonix Lifecycle Desktop is available for Windows NT and for UNIX. Pricing starts at $4500.00.
Aonix
5040 Shoreham Place
San Diego, CA 92122
619-457-2700
http://www.aonix.com/
Zero G Software's InstallAnywhere Now! is available to all software developers free of charge. InstallAnywhere Now! is the entry-level version of Zero G's Java application installer that handles platform- specific details, giving you the ability to build multiplatform installers for distributing software over the Internet or on CD-ROM. Its Project Wizard interface enables installers to be built in six steps. InstallAnywhere Now! automatically locates the application's "main class" and properly configures the classpath. The tool also offers the ability to create double-clickable LaunchAnywhere application launchers with custom icons. InstallAnywhere Now! is freely available for download from http://www .javalobby.org/, Zero G Software's web site, and other Java development resources.
Zero G Software Inc.
118 King Street, # 415
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-512-7771
http://www.zerog.com/
Sybase's SQL Anywhere Studio now includes the UltraLite deployment option and MobiLink enterprise server synchronization technology for Windows CE and the 3Com Palm Computing platform. The UltraLite deployment option provides an application-optimized, ultra-small database that resides locally on handheld devices and embedded systems. MobiLink provides two-way server synchronization, enabling the UltraLite database on a handheld device or embedded system to receive information from and send information to an enterprise database. Suggested retail price for SQL Anywhere Studio is $399.00 for one user or $999.00 for five users.
Sybase Inc.
6475 Christie Avenue
Emeryville, CA 94608-1050
800-879-2273
http://www.sybase.com/
Reticular Systems has released AgentBuilder Pro 1.1, an integrated software toolkit that lets you develop intelligent software agents and agent-based applications. AgentBuilder Pro provides a number of tools for defining an "agency" -- a collection of agents that work together. These tools let you define behavioral roles for agents in an agency. In addition, tools are provided for graphically constructing communications dialogs or protocols that define the conversations between agents. AgentBuilder Pro uses these protocols to automatically construct the behavioral code required by the agents to implement a protocol. In addition, AgentBuilder Pro includes an Agency Viewer to monitor and display inter-agent message traffic in real time. AgentBuilder Pro sells for $4995.00 for a single-user developer license. Academic licenses are available at significantly reduced prices. Reticular also produces AgentBuilder Lite priced at $495.00.
Reticular Systems Inc.
4715 Viewridge Avenue, Suite #200
San Diego, CA 92123
619-279-9723
http://www.reticular.com/
Visual SourceFormat 1.0 is a tool that reformats C++ source code to any desired style. Released by Raleigh Group International (RGI), the tool works as either an add-in for Visual Studio or a stand-alone application. Visual SourceFormat automatically converts C++ code from any style to any other desired style. The tool comes with seven predefined styles, and you can define your own custom styles, specifying over 30 aspects of curly-brace placement, indentation, operator spacing, function spacing, parenthesized expressions, control statements, and more. Visual SourceFormat 1.0 costs $399.00.
Raleigh Group International
5440 Atlantic Springs, Suite 115
Raleigh, NC 27616
919-878-3717
http://www.sourceformat.com/
Anabasis has introduced a collection of software tools for C++ and Visual Basic developers that support a wide variety of scientific and numeric functionality, such as random-number generation for pseudorandom and quasirandom deviates, root solving, moments computation, integration and optimization based on the method of Monte Carlo, and simulation capabilities useful for the calculation of Value-at-Risk and credit risk. These tools are typically used for the manipulation of matrices, various types of matrix decompositions, computing financial rates, discount factors and forward rates in several market conventions, and a market simulation library that can be used to generate interest rate curves. The libraries come with classical and modern algorithms, and you can extend these libraries with your own algorithms.
Anabasis Corp.
65 Front Street West, 0116
Toronto, ON
Canada M5J 1E6
416-604-3475
http://www.anabasis.com/
The 6th Annual Conference on the Pattern Languages of Programs (PLoP99) will take place at the Robert Allerton Park and Conference Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL from August 15 through 18, 1999. PLoP brings together people who share an interest in exploring software design patterns. For more information, see http://jerry.cs.uiuc .edu/plop/plop99/.
Natural MicroSystems has announced Version 3.0 of its Fusion IP telephony system. Fusion 3.0 is available in the CompactPCI form factor (a ruggedized hardware platform) and supports the SPARC Solaris operating system and standard protocols such as H.323, MGCP, and SIP. Version 3.0 also supports IVR and T.37 fax capabilities, standard vocoding algorithms (G.723.1, G.711, G.729a, MS-GSM, ETSI GSM), dual 10/100Mb Ethernet interfaces for failover and multiroute support, and real-time fax support.
Natural Microsystems
100 Crossing Boulevard
Framingham, MA 01702-5406
800-533-6120
http://www.nmss.com/
The Visual End User, a workshop on visual languages for end-user and domain-specific programming, will take place on October 24-25, 1999 at the Ramada Plaza Hotel, Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. Held in conjunction with the Eighth Workshop on Empirical Studies of Programmers, VEU is a new workshop about end users and the way they program computers, or perform tasks similar to programming. Application areas include robot control, spreadsheets and form-based languages, structural and architectural design, programming for children, and multimedia authoring. For more information, go to http://www.cs.dal.ca/ ~smedley/veu/.
DDJ