InformationWeek: The Business Value of Technology

InformationWeek: The Business Value of Technology
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News In Review
April 13, 1998

Highlights

  • Cover Story
    Voice-Data Integration: Resurgence Of Convergence

  • Trends
    Hi-Test Labs

  • Application Development
    The Component Edge

  • Intranet/Internet
    Trading Push

  • Software
    Gap Refashions IS

  • Networking
    Desktop Security

  • Hardware
    Storage Via Dell

  • Channel Strategies
    Liability Concerns

  • IT Management
    Customized Apps

  • Financials
    Taking Stock: Advent's Season Of Growth
  • Top Of
The Week

    Millennium Mess
    Date-change failures rise, costs mount, and vendor disputes turn bitter as deadline draws closer.

    Transaction Server Revs Up
    Version 3.0 is key to Microsoft's COM+.

    FedEx And SAP Team On Tracking-Shipping App
    Software adds logistics information to supply chain.

    Lawson Rolls Out Windows NT Apps
    Financial analysis software also debuts.

    Cabletron Boosts Net Management
    Move promotes 'big picture' focus.

    GTE Readies Integrated Messaging Service
    Users will be able to access messages via Web, telephone.

    PC Makers To Deliver Faster Pentium II Machines
    Customers migrating graphics-intensive apps to new platform.

    Network Turbulence
    Despite lower prices from vendors and their own soaring bandwidth demands, many users aren't ready for next-generation products.

    Top of the Page


    cover

    Voice-Data Integration: Resurgence Of Convergence
    Piping voice and data over the same network could save users big money and improve operations. A handful of innovative companies are giving it a try--but plenty of issues remain.

    Top of the Page


    cover

    Hi-Test Labs
    IS shops, stretched to the limit, turn to outside labs for help in testing their appl ications.

    Top of the Page


    Application
Development

    The Component Edge
    An industrywide move to component-based development holds the promise of massive productivity gains.

    Visual Basic Add-Ons Boost Performance
    Third-party products help developers create higher-quality code in less time.

    RequisitePro 3.0 Manages Requirements, Documents
    Access dependency limits functionality of pricey tool.

    PreEmptive's DashO-Pro Tackles Java's Drawbacks
    Tool pares down code and improves app performance.

    Top of the Page


    Intranet/Internet

    Trading Push
    Schwab's latest Web application pushes real-time information to institutional investors.

    Aspects To Get Upgrade
    Version 3.0 to add controls for access, document versions.

    Internet View: Latest Sendmail Stop s Spam




    Top of the Page


    Software

    Gap Refashions IS
    Clothing retailer stays competitive by flattening IS structure and stressing ROI.

    Target: Marketing
    Rubric says app will streamline operations.

    Filling Multiuser NT Void
    New Moon, others prepare add-ons to beat Windows Terminal Server to market.

    Top of the Page


    Networking

    Desktop Security
    Ensure Technologies' XyLoc uses radio frequencies to secure systems.

    Symantec Hits The Road
    Software helps solve remote-access woes.

    Top of the Page


    Hardware

    Storage Via Dell
    Clariion systems based on Fibre Channel surpass SCSI on throughput, vendor says.

    Cruising To Thin Clients
    Princess Cruises to use NCD devices for reservations, more.

    Top of the Page


    Channel Strategies

    Liability Concerns
    Resellers, pressured by customers, urge.

    Top of the Page


    IT
Management

    Customized Apps
    TenFold targets specific industries for custom software.

    Top of the Page


    Financials

    Taking Stock: Advent's Season Of Growth
    With its highly competent portfolio-management program, this company leads the financial software and services market.

    Top of the Page


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