Reviews

Comparisons / Analyses

ClearTrust SecureControl 3.5 offers a means of tying up loose security-system ends cost-effectively.
Sybase PowerDesigner 7.0 helps users build a sturdy foundation for designing software applications.
Microsoft Project 2000, beta is a relatively inexpensive solution for handling enterprise-scale projects.
TSI Software Novera 4.6 and Pervasive Software Tango 2000, Version 4.0 go head-to-head in beefing up e-business integration.
Softquad's HotMetal Pro 6.0 helps developers create cleanly coded Web pages.
RealNetworks RealPlayer 7, beta, with its handy navigation tools, enriches the Web multimedia experience.
Dell Latitude CPx H500GT, HP Omnibook 900 Notebook PC, and IBM ThinkPad 600X 5EU pack a prolonged Pentium III processor-powered punch.
Bluestone Visual XML 1.1 is a wizard-driven solution that speeds up XML document development.

Scoring & Testing Methodology

1999 Test Center index

1998 Test Center index

1997 Test Center index

IS Success Supplement

Best of the Test Center

1998 Product of the Year

1997 Product of the Year

Test Center Forum

Year 2000 coverage

Test Center Columns

Test Center Rx -- Brooks Talley
& Mark Pace

Security Watch -- Stuart McClure
& Joel Scambray

Enterprise Toolbox -- Maggie Biggs




Enterprise portals

Any portal in the storm? Two enterprise portals -- Plumtree and Brio -- live up to the heady claims made about this promising information management market, coalescing disparate enterprise data for improved business decisions.


End-to-end quality-of-service tools

Following business's lead: By adding a QoS tool to your enterprise, you can turn your leaders' visions and business goals into network practices -- and focus on revenue.


Test Center Action Plan: A step-by-step guide to fulfilling your data-warehousing needs


Test Center Analysis: Maturing Web-auction software broadens enterprises' buying and selling power.


Test Center Action Plan: guides you through upgrading to Netware 5.


Test Center Action Plan: can help you pave a path toward successful I-commerce.


Test Center Analysis: Unified messaging merges e-mail, voice, and fax.


Test Center Analysis: Despites advances, using speech recognition software requires patience and quiet.


End-to-end quality-of-service tools

Directing network traffic: You have embraced new technologies, but your network cannot handle hogs such as ERP tools. The knee-jerk reaction is to load up on fatter pipes, but instead, divvy up the bandwidth you already have.


Test Center Action Plan: Upgrading to IBM's DB2 Enterprise Edition, 6.1


Test Center Analysis: Make virtual meetings a reality






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