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February 28, 2000

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Editor: Logan Harbaugh

Fiber Tester
Microtest has introduced SimpliFiber, a line of fiber-optic test tools that perform optical tests to ensure fiber networks run smoothly and efficiently. SimpliFiber measures the optical loss of single and multimode fiber-optic cables and components, and features data storage, auto-wavelength detection, and Microtest's ScanLink PC interface to cost-effectively boost productivity. Price: Starts at $1,295.

Microtest: 602-952-6400; www.microtest.com

Moving To Active Directory
Entevo's Managed Migrations for Windows 2000 is designed to make the transition from Windows NT domains to Win2000 and Active Directory more successful by combining automated migration support with advanced cross-directory management. It provides a one-year discount-priced license on two components of Entevo's DirectManage suite: DirectAdmin and DirectMigrate 2000. Price: $10 per managed account, per year. Customers can upgrade to a perpetual license after a year, with Managed Migrations fees credited toward it.

Entevo: 703-524-1900; www.entevo.com

Easier Resizing
TriVista Technologies' A Smaller Image 2.0 is software for reducing digital images for E-mailing or publishing on the Web. The intuitive, visual, one-screen interface makes it easy to reduce digital images to a smaller, uniform size. The user selects an output size and crops the picture in one step. The product provides simplicity and convenience--no scrolling or multiple windows. It also lets users add text to images, add colored borders, or fade the edges. Clipboard support allows importing screen captures or pasting the output image into other applications. Persistence in output size makes it easy to reduce a series of images to the same size. Price: $15.

TriVista: 630-820-5750; www.trivista.com

Web Pages From Text Made Easy
JafSoft's AscToHTM 3.2 for Windows 95/98/NT converts plain text files into attractive HTML Web pages in seconds. It converts text files using text-recognition algorithms that detect the document's structure. These can recognize headings, bullets, lists, indentation, URLs, tables, and ASCII art. The HTML reflects the structure of the original document. It adds value to the HTML, for example, by turning URLs into hyperlinks and adding color to pages. These features make the software suitable for authoring or converting. The user chooses the files to be converted and presses a single button; the results are displayed in the browser. For the advanced user, several options allow adding titles, colors, and other features. Price: $40 for a single user license.

JafSoft: 011 44 161 718 0211; www.jafsoft.com/asctohtm

Enterprise Remote Control
NetSupport Manager 5.0 is PC remote-control software with several integrated features, including voice over IP, remote PC inventory, and Windows 2000 support. It allows remote control of a PC or group of PCs, enabling real-time visual instruction, file retrieval, or remote operation and management. The PC Interrogation feature lets the control PC perform an inventory of the remote PC. The voice-over-IP full-audio capability, in conjunction with a standard sound card, now allows two-way conversations between the control PC and the client PC. Other features include enhanced security and scripting that supports a variety of common scripting languages, drag-and-drop programming, and command-line entry for automating administrative tasks. Price: $189 for a single-user license.

NetSupport: 888-665-0808; www.netsupport-inc.com

Mainframe Web Servers
Icom Informatics has unveiled version 2.5 of its Winsurf Mainframe Access, which provides Internet, intranet, and extranet connectivity to enterprise hosts. The upgrade is a major enhancement to Icom's e-Business Suite, adding features such as the Winsurf Security Server, WMA Monitor, and enhanced development tools for screen rejuvenation and application reengineering. The security server uses Secure Sockets Layer 3.0 for server authentication, MD5 fingerprint algorithm to ensure data integrity, and RSA RC4 data encryption. The WMA Monitor provides system usage information. Price: Starts at $125 per seat for a 250+ user installation.

Icom Informatics: 800-351-4244; www.icominfo.com

Content Monitor
Illumix Software's Webspector 2 is an Internet research tool that monitors Web pages for content changes. It automatically navigates an unlimited number of user-defined lists of Web pages, either by pressing a button or on a schedule. It also allows instant display of graphic-free versions of changed pages. It highlights the areas of the pages that have changed, letting users get the information they need as quickly as possible. Price: Basic edition is free; $49.95 for the professional editions through Illumix's secure online store.

Illumix: 202-965-4418; www.illumix.com

Easier Than Attachments
Sharing Technologies has released Papirus for Domino to solve large companies' problems with capturing and sharing information from multiple applications. The product integrates into the Notes client and the Domino server and Notes users select any application's print command to render an exact image of the information in Notes. No matter what applications were used to create the information, the package can be seen in Notes or a Web browser. It produces a dynamic rendering, and its information can be extracted and reused via cut and paste. Papirus can be used instead of sending attachments across a network. Papirus for Domino runs on Windows NT 4.0 and Lotus Notes 4.51 and higher. Price: Begins at $39 per user.

Sharing Technologies: 703-684-4878; www.sharing.com


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