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[Editorial]

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Picking Products to Improve Your Productivity

 — Mark Smith

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[En Garde]

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End Licentious Licenses
Software vendors should make licenses available before consumers buy.
 — Mark Minasi

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[Product Reviews]

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AAA-133SA
Editor David Chernicoff's pick for a good SCSI controller is Adaptec's AAA-133SA.
 — David Chernicoff


Backup Exec
Editor Paula Sharick tested Seagate's Backup Exec for 70 hours without an error dialog box and prefers it over NTBackup.
 — Paula Sharick


CoffeeCup HTML Editor++
Editor David Chernicoff's favorite tool for writing code is CoffeeCup Software's CoffeeCup HTML Editor++.
 — David Chernicoff


ConfigSafe 2.0 Network Edition
Editor Jonathan Cragle pick for restoration of data is ConfigSage because it increases the efficiency of system troubleshooting and support while reducing computer downtime.
 — Jonathan Cragle


ConSeal PC FIREWALL
ConSeal PC FIREWALL is a low-cost personal firewall with capabilities comparable to those of more expensive corporate firewall products.
 — Douglas Toombs


CRW4260
CRW4260 CD-Rewritable (CD-RW) disk drive is one of Editor Michael Reilly's favorite hardware products.
 — Michael D. Reilly


CryptoSwift ll
CryptoSwift II offloads tasks from the central processor to handle encryption processing.
 — Mark Joseph Edwards


CuteFTP
Editor Paula Sharick's pick for software favorite is GlobalSCAPE's CuteFTP, which installs in less than one minute and works every time.
 — Paula Sharick


Database Scanner 2.0
In December 1998, Internet Security Systems (ISS) announced its version of SQL Auditor based on technology it acquired from DBSecure. ISS renamed the product Database Scanner and shipped 2.0 in February.
 — Karen Watterson


Diskeeper 4.0 for Windows NT Server
Executive Software's Diskeeper 4.0 is the solution for a well-documented disk fragmentation problem.
 — Paula Sharick


DM/Suite
FastLane Technologies' DM/Suite rescues beleaguered administrators who manage NT-based WANs.
 — Sean Daily


Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred Edition 3.0
Dragon System's Dragon NaturallySpeaking is voice-recognition software for computers.
 — Michael D. Reilly


ERD Commander
ERD Commander from Winternals Software is Editor Mike Otey's favorite disaster recovery software.
 — Michael Otey


Eudora Pro 4.1
Editor Christa Anderson chose QUALCOMM's Eudora Pro 4.1 for mail management, message filtering, alias support, attachment support, ability to work in the background, and spell-checking support.
 — Christa Anderson


eXtremeRAID 1100
Mylex raises the bar for performance and features in the RAID controller market with its new ultra high-end eXtremeRAID 1100.
 — Sean Daily


GNN1000
Editor Jonathan Cragle discusses his favorite server interconnect, the GigaNet GNN1000, which has shattered TPC-D network benchmarks.
 — Jonathan Cragle


Handycam DCR-PC1
THe Sony Handycam DCR-PC1 is one of a new generation's first convergence products that increasingly blur the line between where computers stop and the rest of our lives begin.
 — Brian Gallagher


HP 9100C Digital Sender
Ken Spencer's favorite hardware device of 1999 is the HP9100C Digital Sender.
 — Paula Sharick


Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0
Microsoft's Visual InterDev 6.0 raises the standard for Internet and intranet applications to a new level.
 — Ken Spencer


Millennium G200
Editor Jonathan Chau chose Matrox's Millennium G200 as the first killer video card for Windows NT users.
 — Jonathan Chau


NIC Express 1.1
IP Metrics Software's NIC Express 1.1 is Editor Mark Joseph Edwards favorite software package. The software adds fault tolerance and performance enhancements to any Windows NT system at an affordable price.
 — Mark Joseph Edwards


Norton Ghost
Symantec's Norton Ghost takes a snapshot of your disk and then copies that image to a network drive or perhaps a Jaz cartridge.
 — Mark Minasi


OmniView
The Belkin OmniView is a 4-port keyboard/video/mouse switch (KVM switch) favored by Editor Michael Reilly.
 — Michael D. Reilly


Parallel Database Cluster
Editor Bob Chronister discusses Compaq's Parallel Database Cluster which was introduced specifically to handle Oracle Parallel Server in an NT environment.
 — Bob Chronister


PartitionMagic
PartitionMagic becomes essential for creating systems that dual-boot NT and Win98 or Win95.
 — Mark Minasi


pcANYWHERE32 8.0
You can use pcANYWHERE32 8.0 as a host or remote computer,a traditional dial-up terminal, or a gateway.
 — John Green


Perl 5.005 and ActivePerl
Perl 5.005 merges the two previously popular Win32 builds into one unified package and eliminates past incompatibilities.
 — Bob Wells


Pipeline 75
Mike Otey's favorite hardware is Ascend Communications' Pipeline 75 ISDN router with firewall.
 — Michael Otey


Precision WorkStation 410
Editor David Chernicoff likes Dell's Precision WorkStation 410. Dell has put together solid, best-of-breed baseline components that provide an excellent platform for buildig a killer desktop workstation.
 — David Chernicoff


RealSecure 3.0
Editor Jonathan Cragle's pick for security management is Internet Security Systems' RealSecure 3.0 for 24 x 7 network security.
 — Jonathan Cragle


RoboMon 7.0
If setting NT Performance Monitor alerts and writing thousands of custom lines of scripting code aren't your preferred methods of managing your NT enterprise, you'll find Heroix's RoboMon an invaluable network tool.
 — Sean Daily


Sendmail for NT
Editor David Chernicoff discusses why he relies on Sendmail for NT. The software processes 50,000 messages weekly and hosts 3 mail domains, 4 mailing lists and about 50 POP3 user accounts.
 — David Chernicoff


SoftICE
Compuware NuMega's SoftICE is the only alternative debugger on the market, and although it has a high price tag, it's a necessity for a serious kernel-mode programmer.
 — Mark Russinovich


Thunder 100
Tyan Computer released Thunder 100, an outstanding motherboard for high-end Windows NT workstations and midrange servers.
 — Mark Russinovich


WebMail
If you're not running Exchange Server, or if you're running Exchange Server with other mail platforms, consider Infinite Technologies' WebMail.
 — Douglas Toombs


WS_FTP Pro
When Editor David Chernicoff downloads files buried within directories, he cracks open Ipswith's WS_FTP Pro.
 — David Chernicoff

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[Inside Out]

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Blasting MBRs
Empty your hard disk to install a new MBR.
 — Mark Minasi

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[Scripting Solutions]

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WSH WISE
Keep your scripting environment up-to-date, but upgrade cautiously.
 — Bob Wells

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[This Old Resource Kit]

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Taking the Telnet Way
Telnet server speeds up remote administration.
 — Mark Minasi

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[Tricks & Traps]

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Ask Dr. Bob Your NT Questions
Learn the difference between tombstoning and simple database deletion, how to eliminate static mappings from the WINSdatabase without shutting down replication, how to move existing NT installation from an EIDE hard disk to a SCSI hard disk, and more.
 — Bob Chronister