March 13, 2000
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Editor: Logan Harbaugh
Enhanced Cable Tester
Microtest's OmniScanner2 is a second-generation Category 5E/6/7 digital network cable tester that delivers usability and productivity enhancing features. It offers an easy-to-read LCD, backlit keypad, an NiMH battery subsystem, intelligent snap-on test-cord adapters, a universal serial bus port, and removable multimedia Flash cards. It's managed with Microtest's ScanLink software, which incorporates customizable color graphical report output on link performance and an extended cable library. Microtest delivers more than 20 vendor-specific test adapters required to certify Category 6 and 7 systems. Support for storage cards and USB will be enabled in the summer with a free software upgrade. Storage cards can hold more than 10,000 tests, full sweep data for recertification requirements, and scanner configuration information. For OmniScanner owners who purchased devices in 1999, Microtest is offering substantial trade-in rebates on the purchase of OmniScanner2. Price: $5,995.
Microtest: 800-526-9675; www.microtest.com
Sharing A High-End LCD
Network Technologies: 800-742-8324; www.networktechinc.com
More Firewall Protection
Symantec: 800-441-7234; www.symantec.com
Modular UPS
Price: The 3kVA unit begins at $2,656. Additional power modules are $1,609 each. Additional batteries are $169 each.
Best Power: 800-356-5794; www.bestpower.com
Real-Time Web-Site Monitoring
AG Group: 800-466-2447; www.aggroup.com
Easy Installer Creator
FileStream.com: 800-732-3002; www.installconstruct.com
Good Utilities In A Small Package
Pact Software: 877-353-7297; www.12Ghosts.com
Electronic Pen, Paper
Informal Software: 408-845-9490; www.informal.com
Network Technologies' ST-2U-LDI keyboard-video-mouse switch is specially designed to bring the economies of KVM switching to users of Silicon Graphics' 1600SW flat-panel monitor, which uses the second-generation Open LDI digital interface to provide the highest resolution (1,600 by 1,024) and the finest dot pitch of any flat-panel display. With the new switch, users can double the benefits of this state-of-the art monitor. One user can control both a Mac and a PC from the same SGI 1600SW flat-panel monitor, keyboard, and mouse, using the 1600SW's extra-wide screen, 24-bit color, fast pixel response, and wide-angle viewing in both platforms. Price: $760.
Symantec's Norton AntiVirus for Firewalls 1.5 is antivirus software that includes native support for the IBM firewall. Its antivirus engine eliminates the threat of Internet viruses on IBM and Content Vectoring Protocol-compliant firewalls before they enter the corporate network. The software supports Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000, scanning HTTP, FTP, and SMTP traffic. Price: $795 for 25 users, including Gold Support and maintenance for one year.
Best Power's Axxium Pro is an uninterruptible power system that can grow with an expanding network but is priced to compete against basic, nonscalable units. The double-conversion modular unit can be purchased as a basic 3kVA unit. By adding more 3kVA power modules and more batteries in open slots, the unit can be expanded up to 18kVA. Four enclosure sizes (three-slot, six-slot, nine-slot, and 12-slot) give network managers several options for anticipated growth. Each slot can hold either a 3kVA module or two batteries, or it can be left open. The Axxium Pro also includes advanced communication capabilities, N+X redundancy for power and logic, and an extremely small footprint.
AG Group is shipping WatchPoint 2.0, a server monitoring and analysis application that offers Internet data centers, service providers, and any company with a Web presence an affordable way to get real-time information about site use and performance. It's a scalable, two-part application that analyzes how site content is being used and how effectively data is being delivered from one or more Internet servers. In-depth HTTP and File Transfer Protocol analysis and reporting capabilities are available in real time. Price: $1,000 for Small Business Edition, $3,000 for Enterprise Edition.
FileStream.com's InstallConstruct 3.2.1 is designed for easy creation of installers, setup wizards, uninstallers, and HTML Internet component downloads. The compact suite of wizards and tools makes creating Windows 3.1, 95, 98, NT, and Windows 2000 installation programs easy. It saves time by automatically recording the selected package options of a project as package script file, which can be modified to eliminate the task of creating other similar packages and updating existing ones. Users can create and customize setup wizards with their own product graphics and logos, and display formatted text with a professional WYSIWYG look. Price: $199.
Pact Software has released Pact 12Ghosts 2000, a bundle of utilities that includes a tool for automatic backup of documents, a shutdown master for better control while powering down a computer, a tool for backing up the Windows registry and associated files, new context-menu entries, desktop-appearance and layout tools, and a program scheduler. It also has a desktop organizer and a file-compression utility, and is available in English, German, and Japanese. Price: $39
Informal Software has unveiled Enotate, software that enables handheld devices to become the electronic equivalent of pen and paper. Enotate software lets a stylus device such as 3Com's Palm Pilot become a real-time, direct extension of the PC, giving users the ability to annotate text, sketch ideas, and draw directly onto their PC applications using natural handwriting. This makes the personal digital assistant a fourth peripheral for the PC, working alongside the keyboard, mouse, and monitor. The software supports use with the Palm Pilot; support for other handheld platforms, including Windows CE devices and next-generation smart phones, is planned. Price: $49.99.
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