Of Interest

7 New England Executive Park

Burlington, MA 01803

781-238-1111

http://www.radview.com/

VMware has announced two new servers: the GSX Server for Linux platforms and the ESX Server, which does not require an operating system. The GSX Server is intended to provide improved control on Intel servers through the use of virtual machines, all of which can be remotely managed. New features include the ability to run multiple applications on a single host; detect server crashes and automatically switch to a backup; create a small server farm dedicated to testing and integration; and use only one server to run in isolation sets of applications that were designed for separate machines. The ESX Server also runs multiple virtual machines on the Intel architecture and shares many capabilities of the GSX Server. It includes monitor architecture to provide scheduling, resource governing, memory management, high-performance I/O, data collectors, and an SNMP agent.

VMware Inc.

3145 Porter Drive, Building F

Palo Alto, CA 94304

650-475-5000

http://www.vmware.com/

WebGain's TopLink for Java Version 3.0 is intended to bridge the gap between JavaBean objects and relational databases. TopLink abstracts the interface to the database and maps the data directly into application objects, so you can build object-based applications even when the database you work with is relational. TopLink is compatible with a number of application servers, including IBM WebSphere and BEA WebLogic. TopLink will also be included in the professional edition of WebGain Studio.

WebGain

5425 Stevens Creek Boulevard

Santa Clara, CA 95051

408-517-3700

http://www.webgain.com/

Insider Software has announced SpaceAgent 2.5, which improves the web site optimizer's handling of JavaScript, ASP, and XML code. SpaceAgent 2.5 removes comments, whitespace, and redundant and superfluous tags from the code, letting browsers render faster, and scripting-language interpreters to parse and run scripts more efficiently. SpaceAgent supports all types of text files and also compresses graphics. It runs on Windows or MacOS and is available in a free full-function demo mode.

Insider Software Inc.

6412 Merlin Drive, Suite 700

Carlsbad, CA 92009-1211

760-804-9900

http://www.insidersoftware.com/

Archaeopteryx Software has announced its Wing IDE, an IDE for Python. This release runs on Intel-based Linux systems and provides an integrated project manager, graphical debugger, and module and class-oriented source-code browser. The source-code editor includes emacs mode, syntax highlighting, autocompletion, autoindentation and indentation guides, source structure menu, multipart key bindings, and keyboard/command macros. The Wing IDE is customizable, works with external build configuration tools like Makefiles, and contains no proprietary hooks preventing collaboration with developers not using the product.

Archaeopteryx Software Inc.

P.O. Box 1937

Brookline, MA 02446-0016

617-232-0059

http://www.wingide.com/

Xorsis Software's Language Assistant 2 is a Macintosh application consisting of several different dictionaries and a translation system that translates to and from English, French, German, and 24 other languages. It makes use of DICT, a common protocol used for accessing word definitions around the world.

Xorsis Software

715 McKinley Street, Suite 3

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

http://www.xorsis.com/

The Apache Software Foundation's XML Project has released the beta version of Batik 1.0, an open-source Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) toolkit. The project provides a set of core modules that can be used together or individually to support specific SVG solutions. Example modules include SVG parsers, SVG generators, and SVG DOM implementations. Batik is also designed for extensibility, and lets you handle custom SVG tags. The toolkit also includes a full-fledged SVG Viewer implementation. Batik is compatible with any operating system that supports Java.

The Apache Software Foundation

1901 Munsey Drive

Forest Hill, MD 21050-2747

http://xml.apache.org/

Macromedia has introduced Dreamweaver 4 and Fireworks 4. The tools are supported by Dreamweaver UltraDev 4, an authoring tool for server-side applications that generates scripts in ASP, JSP, or ColdFusion, and by Fireworks Studio, which supports the creation, editing, and animation of web graphics. Dreamweaver and Fireworks now share a common user interface and can interchange graphics and code; the tools are available separately or as a unified studio. Workflow tools include XML-based design notes, new asset management, support for content management standards (including WebDAV), and integration with version control tools such as Microsoft's Visual Sourcesafe.

Macromedia Inc.

600 Townsend Street

San Francisco, CA 94103

415-252-2000

http://www.macromedia.com/

Technology Builders has introduced Caliber-RM 3.0, a web-based requirements management solution. Caliber-RM stores requirements and their attributes in a central repository, making them available from a Windows client or web browser, and allowing an instant view of test status, the content of use cases, and the latest requirement changes. Included in the new version is a traceability diagram, a graphical depiction of how requirements and other project artifacts interrelate. Also available is the professional edition of Caliber-RM, adding query and online analytical processing technology to extract meaningful data and metrics within or across projects. The Caliber-RM web client is launched inside a browser and runs on Windows, Solaris, and HP/UX platforms.

Technology Builders Inc.

400 Interstate North Parkway, Suite 1500

Atlanta, GA 30339

770-937-7900

http://www.tbi.com/

Sun Microsystems has announced Version 2.0 of its Forte for Java cross-platform development environment for Internet service-based applications. The new version includes transparent persistence, support for JSP 1.1 tag library editing and debugging, and a source-code control system for version control, build/release management, and problem management/tracking. Forte for Java features a modular architecture built on the NetBeans framework, and is compatible with Solaris, Linux, and Windows. Forte is available in a community or Internet edition.

Sun Microsystems Inc.

901 San Antonio Road

Palo Alto, CA 94303

925-463-1133

http://www.sun.com/

Allaire has released Version 5.0 of its Kawa IDE for Java. Kawa is a J2EE-compliant visual tool focused on serverside application development. The new version adds new editing capabilities, code completion for JAR files, multi-threaded debugging and conditional breakpoints, and enhanced support for RMI-based plug-ins. Kawa also now includes wizards for creating, importing, or editing Enterprise JavaBeans or developing Java ServerPages. Kawa integrates with other Java application server vendors and is designed for extensibility.

Allaire Corp.

275 Grove Street

Newton, MA 02466

617-219-2000

http://www.allaire.com/

CapeConnect One from Cape Clear Software lets you link XML data forms with back-end logic built on servers such as J2EE and CORBA. Cape Connect automatically generates HTML and SOAP interfaces to these servers; automatically transforms documents to components; interacts outside a firewall without additional protocols; uses JSP to control web-client behavior; requires no J2EE/CORBA run-time capability on the client side; and requires no client-side coding or knowledge of middleware component models. The web clients are generated in HTML/JavaScript with no proprietary extensions or tags.

Cape Clear Software Ltd.

7-8 Mount Street Crescent,

Dublin 2

Ireland

353-1-241-9900

http://www.capeclear.com/

TECA has released LoadBlobPro 1.0, a fully graphical import-and-export utility for adding Binary Large Objects to a SQL server database. LoadBlobPro eliminates the need to write custom file import and export programs, and is able to import and export most PC file types — including image, audio, executable, and application files — to and from a SQL server image column. An integrated file system explorer allows navigation of the PC-file system while a built-in database viewer supports interactive selection of the image column. In addition, LoadBlobPro can perform set selection, joins, and updates of record sets using custom SQL select statements.

TECA Inc.

14600 S.E. Center Street

Portland, OR 97236

503-761-9438

http://www.teca.com/

Reliable Software is offering Code Co-op 3.0, a serverless version-control system for collaborative development. Code Co-op is a fully distributed system requiring no network connection: Synchronization between project members is handled through the exchange of scripts using LAN or e-mail. The latest release integrates with Microsoft Visual Studio, Allaire ColdFusion, and other applications that use the Microsoft SCC API. Code Co-op now manages changes to binary files as well as text files. Command-line interface is supported, as well as the ability to import or export the entire history of a project. Various automation features have been added, including autosynch and automatic retrieval of synchronization scripts. Code Co-op is available for Windows.

Reliable Software

1011 Boren Avenue, PMB 206

Seattle, WA 98104

http://www.relisoft.com/

Metrowerks has released CodeWarrior for Java 6.0 and CodeWarrior for PalmOS 7.0. The tools for Java development now support J2ME application development for the Mobile Information Device profile, targeted at wireless devices with limited memory and processor power. The PalmOS toolset targets C/C++ developers, and features an improved editor with a new Find utility and symbol browser; linker that detects overlarge segments and invalid PIRC files; debugger that can show XML register details of the 68K CPU's general-purpose registers and can also handle USB debugging for Handspring Visors; and compiler conforming to the latest ANSI/ISO C/C++ standard, with inline assembly language support.

Metrowerks

9801 Metric Boulevard

Austin, TX 78758

512-997-4700

http://www.metrowerks.com/

Computer Access Technology Corp. has developed Merlin's Wand, a test generator for the Bluetooth wireless protocol. Merlin's Wand is an intelligent Bluetooth device that can be used as a verification/validation tester or as an engineering and analysis tool. Its combination of hardware and Windows-based application software is capable of acting as a standard Bluetooth master or slave device within a piconet. Merlin's Wand can receive data within the piconet or issue individual protocol commands and test sequences to a test device. When used in conjunction with CATC's Merlin protocol analyzer — a nonintrusive tool for capturing, displaying, and analyzing Bluetooth piconet data — Merlin's Wand can be controlled with the test device through a single interface, allowing for real-time capturing of the results of test sequences.

Computer Access Technology Corp.

2403 Walsh Avenue

Santa Clara, CA 95051-1302

408-727-6622

http://www.catc.com/

Bluetooth PreQual, Telelogic's testing tool for Bluetooth in-house developers, uses the same conformance test suites as those used for the official qualification of Bluetooth products. Bluetooth PreQual 1.0 is available for Windows 2000.

Telelogic AB

P.O. Box 4128

SE-203 12 Malmv

Sweden

46-40-17-47-00

http://www.telelogic.com/

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