December 1997 / What's New

Not Quite Ready for Prime Time Set Your Phasers to 380	Tektronix is promoting the Phaser 380 solid-ink printer as a way for design departments and offices without a color laser to produce full-color, 11- by 17-inch bleeds for proofing and quick checks of creative concepts. - by Jason K. Krause
Write and Overwrite Faster Keep the Old, Go On With the New	Production and post-production for audio, video, and various multimedia applications are smoothly accomplished with the Nikon Beluga AV direct-overwrite MO drive ($2295).
Potent New PCs	Sony's VAIO Multimedia Tower computers have been expanded to offer more power for the desktop environment.
Multimedia-Application Hard Drives	The newest Micropolis Tomahawk 3-1/2-inch disk drives can store up to 20 GB and, according to the vendor, can deliver 10-MBps data transfer rates with no dropped frames for video and multimedia applications.
Faster PC Hard Drives Less Time Looking	Offering capacities from 2.1 to 8.4 GB, the DiamondMax 2160 brings new features to the desktop PC for 3-1/2-inch EIDE hard drives.
Virtual Private Networks Virtual Goes Everywhere	You can establish virtual private networks over frame relay, dedicated leased lines, or ISDN via a local connection to an Internet service provider with Intel's Express Router (from $1299).
Extend Network Access	Small or branch offices can get the same network access as large offices with the Xyplex Maxserver, a fixed-port access server.
RAID Controllers	The DAC960PJ level 5 RAID controller (from $1050) is capable of 2400 I/O per second, which Mylex claims is a 118 percent increase over its previous top-of-the-line controllers.
Small, Smart Print Servers Smart Printers from Lexmark	The MarketNet Pro print servers bring simplified configuration and management capabilities in a small form factor with support for all major network protocols and OSes.
Get More from the Web Optimized to Serve	IBM has optimized the AS/400e series of servers ($7995 to $1,250,000) for commercial Internet applications by adding more processing power than the previous AS/400s had, a new OS, and embedded Internet-user and validation-list access control.
A Complete Server for Small Networks Avoid Short-Shrift on Small Networks	Some small networks require full-featured servers; for $4389, the NetFrame LV2000 offers single or dual 233-, 266-, or 300-MHz Pentium II CPUs with a 512-KB cache and Microsoft's NT Server 4.0 with a 10-seat license.
Handy New Servers Intergraph InterServe for Utility	Utility can matter as much as processors and capacity in server configurations, so the Intergraph InterServe 650tx and 660tx (from $24,500) convert from desktop to rack-mountable configurations and include hot-swappable power supplies, RAID subsystems, and redundant fans.
CD-ROM-Less CD-ROM Servers	A CD-ROM server that doesn't rely on multiple CD drives for you to access CD-ROM titles, the SuperCD Sharer instead downloads entire CD-ROMs to a hard drive.
Fast, Economical Printing 10 Seconds Per Page Gets the Job Done	Okidata's LED page printer, the OkiPage 6ex, is capable of 6-page-per-minute printing at 600 dpi for monochrome documents and 600 by 1200 dpi for graphics.
Brighter, Smarter, Faster Palmtops Hewlett-Packard Means Higher Power	The latest Hewlett-Packard 300 Series palmtop PC, the 360LX, offers a higher-contrast screen, more processing power, and more memory than previous-generation HP palmtop systems.
Something for Everyone	The OfficeJet Series 600 multifunction machine ($599), with its all-in-one scanning, copying, fax, and printing capabilities, could save you a few trips to the copy shop.
TV on a PC The Hawk Makes Graphics Soar	Energize an ordinary PC with 64-bit 3-D graphics and NTSC/PAL or S-video output.
3-D Animation Gets More Accessible Ray Dream 3D	MetaCreations continues to demonstrate a knack for democratizing graphics applications. - by Jason K. Krause
Visual Java Let's All Do Java	Java Studio ($79), from Sun Microsystems, makes it possible for novice Java programmers to create Java applications and applets without writing code.
Programming in Tongues	Accent's Global Development Kit (from $1500) includes APIs, translation tools, and a multilingual interface for translating software into over 30 different languages.
Extend Your Intranet's Capabilities	The Guideware Software Developers Kit ($349 per developer) is an agent system for integrating Java applications into corporate intranet and extranet environments.
Smarter Dictation So ftware	IBM's ViaVoice continuous-dictation software is designed to recognize and adapt to the individual acoustics of different users.
Find Files Faster Find 'Em All	No matter how many storage devices and disks you use, C:\More, from Citadel Technology, can help locate your files.
A Network Usher	It may not be possible to micromanage your network traffic if it begins to overwhelm the available bandwidth.
Security and Antivirus Protection	McAfee has merged antivirus, encryption, and desktop-management capabilities into one suite for protecting an enterprise-network environment.
Cooler Desktop Management	KeepCool 3.1, a Windows PC desktop- management suite for remote software distribution, software/hardware inventory, and configuration and management, includes a database of 5000 well-known applications for inventory management, a bundled SQL database engine, support for new cards, increased speed, and a redesigned user interface.
Get to Know Your Net Fulcrum Tips the Source Balance	The Fulcrum Knowledge Network creates a single access source for both intranet and Internet data.
Keep Tabs on Your Intranet	DocuShare automates posting, viewing, cataloging, and searching for documents on a corporate intranet.
Deploy a Secur e Intranet	The Intra.doc Management System controls the deployment of information across intranet, extranet, and Internet Web sites.
Better OCR from ScanSoft	ScanSoft's TextBridge Pro 98 offers improved accuracy and compatibility with existing applications, plus easier operation for novice OCR users.
Web Development for Domino Domino 4.6 Delivers	Lotus's Notes Designer for Domino 4.6 is an application-development tool for designing Web-based applications for the Domino 4.6 server.
Drowning in E-Mail?	The Internet Message Center ($1500) helps companies that are swamped by e-mail requests sent to salespeople, help desks, or other on-line services.
Visual Café 2.0 for Java	Symantec sells three Java development tools: Café, Visual Café, and Visual Café Pro.
Software Air Bags from Symantec	Symantec is bolstering its line of c rash-protection and uninstaller products with two new releases, Norton Uninstall Deluxe and Norton CrashGuard Deluxe.
BackOffice Small Business Edition Server 4.0	The BackOffice Small Business Edition Server 4.0 from Microsoft (from $800) is designed to fit the needs of companies with 25 or f ewer systems and/or 100 employees.

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