May 1995 / News & Views

Desktop Databases Pack More Power	PC database vendors are touting the ability of their products to scale from the desktop to the enterprise. But a closer look at today's PC databases reveals that vendors' definitions of scalability vary widely. - by Jane Richter
Wireless Bridges Grow as Campus Link Wireless Bridges Grow as Campus Link	Frost and Sullivan expects businesses to increasingly turn to wireless bridges from companies like Solectek, Windata, Persoft, Proxim, and Cylink for building-to-building (aka campus) networking.
Pentium Dream Systems Arrive BENCHMARK RESULTS Gateway's Pentium System Micron's Pentium System	PCs based on Intel's new 120-MHz Pentium should quench the most demanding power user's need for speed. - by Rick Grehan
VR Can Improve Your Health Virtual Training Can Improve the Real Thing Stereotactic Technology Widens Surgeons' Scope	Medical education and surgery professionals are using VR (virtual reality), a technology often associated with interactive, computer-generated graphics and immersive environments, to fundamentally alter and improve the way medical care is taught and delivered. - by Chris Chinnock
RISC Invades the Home and School HIGH MARKS FOR EDUCATION MAC Power Mac 5200/75	Apple is d riving RISC technology into the home and education markets with its new Power Mac 5200/75. - by Tom Thompson
Compaq Reduces Cost of Ownership	The typical PC network costs about $2800 annually to manage per PC, according to the Gartner Group (Stamford, CT). - by Dave Andrews
BYTE Picks CeBIT's Best MLL's Wizdom Pro	BYTE's editors honored innovative new products displayed at CeBIT `95, the world's largest technology exposition.
Best Of CeBIT Finalists	APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE: Object Engine ering Workbench for C++, from Innovative Software (Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 49 69-23-6929; fax, 49 69-23-6930), is a Windows-based software tool that offers object browsing, reverse engineering, program analysis, and relationship modeling.
CeBIT `95 Special Recognition Awards	-- The 6Plex six-sp eed CD-ROM drive (transfer rates of up to 900 KBps), from Plextor (Tokyo, Japan).
Toolbars To Go SmartPad Can Automate Lots of Tasks	I am always happy to see new ways of telling a computer what to do without resorting to manual programming. - by Rick Grehan
Companies Cut Phone Bills Dialing for Dollars	Corporations rely on their leased-line, private networks to cut their telecommunications charges by sending voice and data over these fixed-price-per-month circuits rather than over the public telephone network. - by Salvatore Salamone
Whatever Happened To...	Motif - by Chris Chinnock
OCR Fuels Slow Paper Burn Ligature Software's CharacterEyes for Windows New OCR Products At A Glance	An OCR scanner--when combined with a fax/modem-equipped computer, software, and a printer--could soon be replacing stand-alone fax or multifunction fax-copier machines in the business office. - by Dave Andrews

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