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`BEARING DOWN" .
`ON THE DESKTOP
`Oracle readies low-end database offerings
`for Windows, NetWare, Mac, 08/2.
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`nil
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`Post-PReP standard
`will unify PowerPO ~
`
`RISt: IBM could also build Power Mac clones
`BY STEPHEN HOWARD,
`MAGWEEK STAFF,
`AND NEAL BOUDETTE
`
`Where there’s smoke,
`fire.
`
`there’s
`
`Power Mac clones, sources said.
`The pair wants to announce by
`Comdex next month a post-
`PReP standard, dubbed P* or
`AIM (for Apple—IBM-Motorola),
`which would smooth over differ-
`
`
`
`ences between PReP and Apple’s
`current RISC
`architecture,
`be backward-
`compatible
`with
`PReP,
`and run Mac
`05, Work-
`place, AIX,
`Processor In-
`dependent
`.,. N e tw a r e ,
`
`IBM senior
`Jim Cannavino,
`vice president for strategy and
`development, spent several days
`at Apple headquarters in Cuper-
`SEE POWERPC, PAGE 134
`
`Amid speculation last week that
`Motorola Inc. might buy—or in-
`vest
`in—Ap-
`ple Computer
`Inc., Lhe‘pur-
`veyor' of
`the
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`The two companies are also
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`form.
`Computers
`considering bundling Lotus’
`IBM, which with Motorola has
`based on the revised spec would
`Notes Express client with some
`embraced PReP (PowerPC Ref-
`be available by 1996, sources
`Power Macintosh systems, said
`said.
`erence Platform), and Apple,
`sources from both companies fa-
`which has stuck to its own RISC
`miliar with the talks.
`architecture, are back at the bar-
`gaining table to discuss not only
`the common platform, but also
`the possibility of IBM building
`
`Lotus and Apple
`forge enhanced
`messaging links
`
`BY PAULA RODNEY
`
`Lotus Development Corp. and
`Apple Computer Inc. are work—
`ing on tighter bonds between Lo-
`tus’ Notes groupware package
`and Macintosh clients in an effort
`to ease com-
`m u n i c a t i o n
`among users.
`A c c o r d in g
`to sources, the
`work
`to
`
`
`
`enhance-
`groupware
`The
`ments should go a long way to-
`ward making it easier for IS
`SEE MESSAGING, PAGE 139
`
`
`
`Novcll pricing gets wake-up call: NT per—node plan
`
`BY ERic SMALLEV
`
`The per-node pricing model
`Microsoft Corp.
`introduced
`with the release of Windows
`
`NT Server 3.5 is forcing No-
`vell Inc. to step up its plans
`to move to a similar scheme.
`
`is
`[pricing]
`“Microsoft’s
`compelling,” said Richard
`King, executive vice presi-
`dent Of Novell’s NetWare Sys-
`tems Group, in Provo, Utah.
`“It’ll probably move us for—
`ward more rapidly than we
`had planned.”
`per—node
`Novell
`offers
`pricing to some larger users
`through an option to the com—
`pany’s Master License Agree-
`ment, but for less than 10,000
`nodes, the price is higher than
`
`standard NetWare licenses. No-
`
`vell is weighing how to bring per—
`node pricing to the entire prod—
`uct line, King said.
`
`year. Novell will introduce an
`additive license with which us-
`ers can combine multiple li-
`censes to form a single license,
`
`
`2 .
` NTHS'ervar 5.5
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`10,686.50
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`15,695.00
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`1,595.00, 3,195.00
`4,695.00
`5295.00
`8,795.00
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`15,545.00
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`List prices. in $. Discounts vary depending on reseller and are not necessarily the same for all
`operating systems.
`Sources: Vendors
`'inciudes required Symmetric Processing addon
`
`NetWaro 4.02
`
`lAN Server
`
`In the near term, Novel] will
`add a measure of flexibility to its
`current pricing with the intro-
`duction of NetWare 4.1 late this
`
`even if the resulting user
`count is outside Novell’s stan-
`dard increments, King said.
`SEE PMCING, PAGE 139
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`SONY
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`OROUPWARE
`
`Coming soon to your desktop:
`Workflow-enabled-applications
`
`BY ERICA SCHROEDER
`A raft ofworkflow-enabled appli-
`catlons title in the first half 0f
`11995 could have a major impact
`at corporate sites looking to re»
`vamp their business processes-
`Vendors ranging from Lotus
`Development Corp., Novell Inc.,
`and Microsoft Corp. to tiny PC
`Docs Inc. and Watermark Soft-
`ware Inc. are integrating sup-
`port for workflow engines di—
`rectlyinto their mainstream ap-
`pllcations (see chart, Page 135)-
`The coming generation of
`workflow-enabled E-mail, finan-
`
`cial, database, and other appli-
`cations should help IS managers
`more easily link users in a work-
`group. Because the workflow
`features are built into the appli—
`cations, IS shops won’t have to
`work as hard to add workflow
`
`capabilities to off-the-shelf soft-
`ware.
`
`“Our current system is a ma—
`jor time-consumer. We could
`probably save a couple of days”
`using workflow software, said
`jeff Capeci, advanced manufac-
`turing engineer for Norden Sys—
`SFE WORKFLOW, PAGE 135
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`r l
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`‘13.
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`NEWSPAPER
`
`SEGOWO-OlASS
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`”E"
`
`
`POWEEK
`é Windows NT,
`
`
`IBM plans consumer focus,
`corporate future for Warp
`
`OPERATING SYSTEMS Client, Server versions to follow
`3" ANDY PATRIZIO
`AND JOHN DODGE
`A_USTIN. Texas—IBM this week
`W111 introduce OS/‘Z Warp, an
`enltrydevel product designed to
`g’dm a foothold in the home mar-
`
`ket while serving as bait to lure
`corporate customers to a fuller
`version due next year.
`IBM’s Personal Software Prod—
`ucts Division has five versions of
`
`08/2 planned, Wally Casey, di~
`rector of marketing at
`PSP, said at a briefing
`here last week. This re-
`
`08/2 WARP VS. WINDOWS 95
`Function
`03/2 Warp Windows 95
`
`lease of Warp installs
`over a current Win—
`dows environment.
`Sources
`said
`
`the
`
`Multiprocessing
`Multitnreading
`Runs 16-bit
`Windows apps
`street price of 08/2
`Internet access
`Warp, due in stores by
`CompuServe front end
`the end of this month,
`TCP/IP built-in
`will be about #580. Re-
`Peer-tO-peer
`cent buyers of Version
`NetWare requesters
`2.1 received coupons
`Win52 support
`for $50 off the next ver—
`Multitasking
`sion. IBM is also offer-
`‘ Available in 08/2 8MP "Available in forthcoming Enterprise version
`SEE WARP, PAGE 134
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`BY sco1‘r KAHN
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`multimedia PC would increase
`
`
`
`Leave your message on my PC after the beep
`
`
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`will readily benefit from VocalTec
`Inc.’s latest release of the software.
`
`runs over networks including NetWare
`(2.x, 3.x, and 4.x), Windows for Work—
`groups, and other popular network operat—
`VocalChat 2.0 is an updated and
`improved version of the already
`ing systems supporting the IPX, NetBIOS,
`your productivity? Look no fur-
`TCP/IP, and thBEUI protocols.
`powerful, network-based intercom
`ther than VocalChat to help you
`In addition to VocalChat’s expanded
`and voice-messaging software for Windows.
`present a strong argument.
`Available now in a lO-user license for $239
`network support, Version 2.0 offers a net—
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`messages, a dictation system that some us-
`ers may find to be a worthy replacemef1t
`for
`their cassette—based systems, C811
`screening, a shared address book, and a
`refined user interface.
`
`EASY AS PIE
`PC Week Labs installed VocalChat 2.0 on
`
`a variety of 386 and 486 PCs attached to
`a NetWare 3.12 server. Some PCs were
`
`equipped with SoundBlaster 16 audio
`cards, which used an external micrO‘
`phone for voice input and external speak'
`ers for voice output. Others had Vocal‘
`Tec’s CAT portable audio device, which
`accommodates a microphone/speak?r
`setup or a telephone handset/headset-
`We used AT&T Corp. handsets for testing.
`Installation and general use ofVocal‘
`Chat were easy. We were able to perform
`simple,
`intercom—style cornmunicatiol1
`between users (each user took turns
`speaking and listening) and could broad'
`cast voice messages to groups as defined
`on our NetWare server. Unfortunately,
`real-time, bidirectional communication
`(such as with a telephone) was not posSi'
`ble—due to a limitation of the sound
`cards, not of VocalChat.
`When a user was unavailable, messages
`were sent to his 0r
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`her voice mailboX~
`This was where Vocal‘
`Chat
`really shone
`compared
`with
`phone-based
`voice
`mail. The VoiceBOx
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`1-2 PUNGH
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`VocalChat 2.0’5
`telephone
`messaging
`combines the
`convenience of
`an answering
`.
`.
`machine. W'th
`the efflcrency 0f
`a PC-
`
`message center listed
`all our waiting mes‘
`sages, which we could
`play back in any or”
`der. It also allowed 115
`to file messages 111
`folders on the server and perform other
`typical voice-mail functions.
`In addition, VocalChat let us prerecord
`messages, using standard tape—player cofl'
`trols for recording and editing our meS'
`sages. We could then forward those meS‘
`sages to multiple users and groups.
`VocalChat also performed well as a diC’
`tation system. After we forwarded Our
`message (or other WAV file) to the appl'o‘
`priate people, their PCs played the mes—
`sage as they worked in their word proces'
`sor (or any other Windows applicatiorli'
`User-defined hot keys offered typists con“
`trol over message playback, with pausing’
`fast forwarding, and rewindin’g OptionS'
`Unlike typical dictation systems, our ti’P’
`ist had no pedals to contend with urldigr
`the desk and no piles of cassette tapes
`strewn about the desk.
`
`SOLID WINDOWS INTEGRATION
`
`VocalChat makes good use of the stark
`dard Windows Help system. Common “'5:
`age questions, few as they were with 1111’
`software, were all readily addressed.
`Performance was fast, even on OUr
`20MHz asssx system. Because the Vocfll'
`Chat application uses just a few hundre
`kilobytes of RAM, leaving it running an
`minimized (even on a 4M—byte system
`shouldn‘t be a problem.
`VocalChat messages are typically 1'5"
`corded (sampled) as 8-bit sounds at 8
`3
`or llKHz, and are saved in the standér
`WAV format to ensure compatibility W 1
`other multimedia applications.
`1’
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`PC WEEK/NETWEEK
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`Gonferencing
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`frompageN/ 1
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`simplify this task by importing current user
`names into the conferencing system.
`
`DATABASE MAINTENANCE TASKS
`Once the conferencing system is up and run(cid:173)
`ning, one of the main administrative tasks en(cid:173)
`tails monitoring the size of the databases: Prun(cid:173)
`ing databases of old material can free up valua(cid:173)
`ble disk space on the server and improve system
`performance.
`Some of the newer systems, among them Col(cid:173)
`labra Share and OpenMind, have taken more
`proactive steps to limit the size of databases by
`allowing managers to restrict the size of mes(cid:173)
`sages or attached files that users can submit.
`In addition, most of the systems on the market
`provide a mechanism for automatically "aging"
`material and purging it from the database after
`a period of administrator-defin_ed tim_e.
`Indexing exerts one of the b1ggest 1m pacts on
`system performance. Indexi~g, a
`mechanism that lets users qmckly
`search and retrieve specific items,
`can consume a lot of processor time
`and disk space. For instance, Lotus
`officials estimate that indexing 20M
`bytes of text can take as long as an
`hour, depending on document
`length. In fact, the indexes them(cid:173)
`selves can eat up a sizable chunk of
`space: Depending on the amount of
`information indexed, the index of
`an 8M-byte file can be nearly 75 per(cid:173)
`cent of the original file size.
`To minimize the impact of index-
`ing, administrators should limit the amount of
`information that is indexed. Rather than index(cid:173)
`ing the full text, only key words should be in(cid:173)
`dexed, such as title, author, and company or
`product name.
`Compared with OpenMind and Collabra
`Share, Notes has the most extensive administra(cid:173)
`tive controls over indexing. Administrators can
`run indexing con tinuously, on an hourly basis,
`or on an administrator-chosen schedule. In con(cid:173)
`trast, OpenMind and Collabra Share expect that
`indexing will always be operating.
`Using these indexing and aging utilities will
`ensure that the conference database is always
`being turned over, with fresh information tak(cid:173)
`ing the place of older material.
`
`VOCALCHAT
`NOT ONLY
`made it
`simple to
`contact
`others
`on our
`network via
`quick-dial
`keys, but
`also eased
`voice-mall
`navigation.
`
`ly offered proprietary 13-bit recording at 8KHz,
`which made noticeably better-sounding vocal re(cid:173)
`cordings in files of approximately the same size
`as standard 8-bit recordings. With typical sound
`cards, the difference in perceived quality be(cid:173)
`tween 8KHz and 11KHz was not enough to justify
`the extra disk space or network traffic generated
`by the higher sample rate.
`The Vocal Chat software goes one step further
`to minimize its impact on network traffic by us(cid:173)
`ing Adaptive Delta Pulse Code Modulation to
`compress voice when communicating in real
`time across the network. We noticed slightly less
`than the 2-1 compression ratio claimed by Vocal(cid:173)
`Tee in our testing, but the bottom line is that
`workgroups and small offices should not incur
`any noticeable performance hit to their network
`once users start sending voice messages.
`Although VocalChat's overall sound quality
`wasn't as good as our telephone-based voice
`mail, testers didn't have any complaints.
`If you're looking for a cool multimedia appli(cid:173)
`cation that helps you see where the future inter(cid:173)
`action between telephony and personal comput(cid:173)
`ing is headed, you may want to check out Vocal(cid:173)
`Chat. But until such software can service your
`outside telephone system, it won't suffice as an
`adequate replacement product.
`Small offices or workgroups lacking a voice(cid:173)
`messaging system may find all the voice-mail fea(cid:173)
`tures they need in VocalChat, and if your office
`has employees who are still using tape-recorder(cid:173)
`style dictation systems, you're a likely benefactor
`ofVocalChat's capabilities.
`VocalTec, of Northvale, NJ. , can be reached
`at (201) 768-9400. g
`
`Win View
`
`frompageN/ 3
`
`ing independent Web servers at the same time.
`None of our users had an IP address of their
`own, and none of them had TCP / IP software in(cid:173)
`stalled on their PCs.
`Win View is also a dial-up applications server,
`which means that remote users can dial in to the
`network via Citrix's Remote Link software and
`connect to the Intern et.
`Because only screen-redraw information is
`transmitted across the phone line, remote con(cid:173)
`trol of an applications server should provide us-
`rs with b -tter obs rvabl p rformance tha
`if
`they used a remote IP solution, such as PPP or
`SLIP. We did not test this scenario to determine
`if this theory was correct.
`
`A FINE SOLUTION FOR SOME
`If you have been considering adding a Win View
`appli ation server to your network, or you al(cid:173)
`ready have one, TCP/ IP for WinView is an op(cid:173)
`tion y u w n 't want to b without.
`For companies that want to provide services
`
`via the Internet, WinView allows the develop(cid:173)
`ment of customized Windows application-based
`solutions that look and behave noticeably differ(cid:173)
`ent from those on typical Web servers. The fact
`that these services can be accessed by PCs with
`slow CPUs and limited memory is a terrific bo(cid:173)
`nus.
`Although most network administrators would
`still prefer users to have individual IP addresses
`to make complete use of Internet- or TCP l iP(cid:173)
`based tools, Citrix's solution may suffice in many
`instances.
`For example, th e T P / IP for Win View offer(cid:173)
`ing is a solid choice for those who don 't want
`to deal with the hassles of configuring multiple
`n etwork protocol stacks on client PCs, th se
`who want to provide remote users with Inter(cid:173)
`n et connectivity, or those who can't afford to
`buy TCP / IP software for everyone on the net(cid:173)
`work.
`For additional information about WinView,
`Citrix; of Coral Springs, Fla., can be reached at
`(800) 437-7503. !;I
`
`Scott Kahn is a project leader at ZD L abs.
`
`EARLY TOOL AGE
`Managers must make
`sure discussion informa(cid:173)
`tion is properly stored,
`archived, and distributed
`to remote offices and
`workgroups. But the tools
`used to administer
`conferencing systems not
`only vary considerably
`but are also in the early
`stages of evolution.
`
`However, avoid the temptation to merely
`it often contains the
`toss the old material-
`critical historical context of how a decision was
`made or a policy was developed. Saving the
`context is useful in bringing new hires up to
`date on previous corporate decisions.
`Administrators should find a way to save
`such data by archiving older material rather
`than simply deleting it.
`
`THE NEED FOR ARCHIVING
`Unfortunately, conferencing products have yet
`to come up with a satisfactory method of stor(cid:173)
`ing old messages. Old data is either deleted
`from the system or archived to a backup tape,
`and archiving material to a backup system
`makes the data unavailable to users searching
`for information.
`What is needed are links to HSM (hierarchi(cid:173)
`cal storage management) systems, where older
`data is automatically moved, or migrated, from
`a server's hard disk to off-line optical disks or
`tape libraries. Long used in mainframes and
`now moving into LAN backup ar(cid:173)
`chitectures, HSM technology calls
`for leaving a shadow file behind
`that automatically restores the orig(cid:173)
`inal file once a user requests the mi(cid:173)
`grated file. Such an option would
`be very useful for larger documents
`and attached fil es, particularly in
`conferencing systems that are ori(cid:173)
`ented toward document manage(cid:173)
`ment.
`Managing a conferencing data(cid:173)
`base would be difficult enough if it
`were confined to only one network.
`But as context-oriented discussion
`systems find new life as document-management
`and workflow-automation systems, they spread
`throughout an organization, requiring manag(cid:173)
`ers to synchronize information that resides on
`distributed systems.
`Lotus Notes and some of its competitors, such
`as OpenMind, solve this problem by replicating
`information between servers, with administra(cid:173)
`tors determining which databases should be syn(cid:173)
`chronized and how often synchronization
`should occur. OpenMind has a particularly de(cid:173)
`tailed replication scheme that allows managers
`to determine which subsections of a database
`have greater priority in replication.
`
`SHORTCOMINGS TO ADDRESS
`Replication, though powerful, is still in the early
`evolutionary process. While Notes does support
`specialized servers that can be dedicated to rep(cid:173)
`lication services, there is no mechanism for
`dealing with communications failures between
`servers that prevent replication. What's needed
`are mechanisms that automatically provide an
`alternative communications path for replication
`between servers.
`Notes offi ials sugg sted that adrnini ·trators
`establish redundant links between several serv(cid:173)
`ers to ensure that material is replicated if one
`of the links should fail.
`Administrators also need the ability to man(cid:173)
`age remote servers easily. Most systems require
`them to log on to each server individually to per(cid:173)
`form management tasks. Though remote-access
`devices and direc t dial-in asyn hronous s rvi
`make this possible, a central managemen t con(cid:173)
`sole that can monitor all of the servers should
`be an option.
`De ktop confer ncing sy t m also n ed bet(cid:173)
`ter monitoring functions. Today, if a remote
`server fails, no alarm or alert informs managers
`of this calamity. Finally, vendors should tie th
`in yst -rrc into u h n -tw rk-man-
`n£ r
`agement services as SNMP. g
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