October 1997 / International What's New

A Tape Drive for MPEG-2 Streams The Eagle Has Landed	Exabyte's Eagle DM-1 tape drive is a low-cost, high-capacity storage solution for stand-alone PCs as well as networked servers. - by Bob Emmerson
24-Inch Monitor for the Mac and PCs	The miroC2496 uses a 24-inch-wide Trinitron tube and a 0.25-0.28-mm tension mask to display at a resolution of up to 1920 by 1200 pixels at 75 Hz.
Run Concurrent Backups Be in Command of Your Backups	With Tape Commander, a tape controller, you can integrate two single-drive subsystems into one dual-drive backup system.
CD-ROM Server Supports NDS	The DataProvider CD-ROM servers for Unix, OS/2, Windows, and NetWare 3.1 now support NDS.
ISDN Switches for Home Offices	The Elmeg C23 and C43 digital ISDN switches connect to up to three analog devices.
Find It on the Site Map Keep It In Site	Site maps are useful navigation assistants that mirror the architecture of a Web site graphically and let users find their way through a site's document hierarchy. - by Rainer Mauth
F ax Server Supports Unix and NT	Supporting several Windows NT and Unix servers in one network, ComFAX is a fax server with extensive gateway functions.
Scan Legacy Databases on the Web No Search Too Fuzzy for DataSpot	Internet DataSpot brings combined search facilities to SQL, ISAM, ODBC, and flat-file databases, thus letting visitors to corporate Web sites make semantic and fuzzy searches in existing databases.
Call-Center Software Runs Java	CallManager 3.0, which is call-center software, tracks incoming calls, e-mail, and faxes to record actions relating to a call and to organize help desks.
Nero Improves CD Recording	With Nero 2.0 CD-recording software, you can link tracks of multisession CDs and implement comprehensive audio indexes.
Office-X Extends Microsoft Office	Office-X for Windows95/NT improves cooperation between Microsoft Office applications.
SpringBoard Launches Windows Applications	Microtrope's SpringBoard'97 program launcher lets you start any of 20 predefined programs from within a running application on your PC.

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