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May 13, 2002
Dr. Dobb's Software Tools Newsletter - May 2002Do you find keeping up with new developer products and version updates harder than keeping up with the Joneses (whoever they are)? If so, Dr. Dobb's Software Tools e-mail newsletter is just the deal for you. Delivered once a month to your mailbox, this unique newsletter keeps you posted on the latest in SDKs, libraries, components, compilers, and the like.
Demeanor, from WiseOwl, is a code obfuscator for .NET applications. It
secures .NET applications by making them difficult to reverse engineer.
Demeanor also removes unnecessary information and obfuscates and shortens
required symbolic names for loading/downloading of .NET assemblies. There
are two versions of Demeanor available: Demeanor .NET Lite, which performs
symbol and metadata obfuscation, and Demeanor .NET Enterprise, which performs
these functions as well as control-flow obfuscation.
Pramati Technologies has released Pramati Server 3.0, the first application
server to achieve J2EE 1.3 compatibility, and Pramati Studio 3.0, an integrated
development environment for building J2EE applications. Pramati Server
3.0 carries a high-performance EJB 2.0 container and provides load balancing,
failover, and hot deployment, as well as remote monitoring via web-based
consoles. It also works with any J2EE-compliant development environment.
Pramati Studio 3.0 is application server agnostic and supports direct
deployment to several J2EE-compliant app servers, including those from
BEA and Oracle. It also features a migration tool so that code created
with it can be moved from one application server to another.
Sourcefire has announced the availability of the OpenSnort Management
Console (OMC), an appliance-based sensor management and intrusion detection
analysis tool. The OMC centralizes the security environment of network
devices, distributed enterprise sensor deployments, and large service
provider environments. The OMC allows management from a central point
on the network, and its web-based GUI provides browser-independent local
or remote access. Other features include: multi-sensor configuration management
and data aggression, high-performance data management, encrypted communications
with sensors, forensic data analysis, network configuration, signature
management and creations, and real-time alert configuration.
Transvirtual Technologies has released XOE, an application framework
built on XML and Java technologies. It is a high-productivity, standards-based,
multi-language application execution environment that helps you build
and distribute XML web services and applications that scale easily, using
the language of your choice. XOE's online/offline integration feature
provides application operation without a direct connection to the application
server; and XOE Developer Studio provides a complete development environment
for building and deploying XOE based solutions. XOE extends Transvirtual
Technologies products to Windows XP, all J2SE Virtual Machines, and Linux.
The New England Java Users Group (NEJUG) has released the book Coding
Standards for Java. The authors of the book are the NEJUG's
Java Coding Styles and Guidelines Special Interest Group. This book is
intended for Java developers seeking guidance in establishing standards
in their own work, for their project team, and in their entire organization.
The book is freely available at http://www.nejug.org/standards.htm.
HiT Software has released winAllora Xpress, a tool for importing/exporting
XML data into/from relational databases that without programming. winAllora
Xpress is a Windows application used to define relationships between XML
document elements and relational database columns. An expression editor
also allows detailed data conversion during transformations. Once winAllora
Xpress mapping is in place, import/export XML-RDB transformations are
a one-button operation. winAllora Xpress supports industry standards including
OLEDB/ODBC SQL middleware, W3C DTD and XML schema, and MSXML.
InCert Software has announced the availability of its Halo Application
Fault Management Monitor, which monitors, pinpoints, reports on, and provides
a source-code level, root-cause diagnosis of software failures in deployed
applications. Halo watches over both proprietary and third-party applications,
and sends an alert to a central operations console detailing the exact
machine, application, module, and even line of source code responsible
for the failure. Halo works as a standalone application or in conjunction
with other systems management products. The software supports Windows,
Solaris, and Java applications.
Sagantec has released SiFix, a tool for automatic correction and optimization
of physical designs. With SiFix, you can implement layouts using simple
rules and rely on SiFix to handle the additional complex rules. You can
also begin physical implementation before final design rules values are
fully available. SiFix scans through layout files, using quality and reliability
rules to adjust width, spacing, and increase strapping in selected nets
and segments. When it finds errors and hazards, it fixes them locally,
leaving the rest of the physical design untouched. SiFix works equally
well on full-custom layout or cell-based designs. It is available on Solaris,
HP-UX, and Linux platforms.
TogetherSoft has announced Together ControlCenter 6.0, a model-build-deploy
platform for end-to-end software development. The new release supports
J2EE 1.3, which brings increased functionality for developing and deploying
enterprise-level web services. It includes features needed to build enterprise-level
applications, and provides integration links to leading databases and
application servers. Together ControlCenter supports C++, Java, and Microsoft-implemented
languages, and gives you a single platform, with a consistent but customizable
interface, for work throughout the software development cycle.
TurboCache, from OptiView Technologies, is a web content and image optimization
tool focused on reducing image bulk, caching, and accelerating all web
traffic. TurboCache is a transparent caching proxy server that optimizes
text and images, speeding page downloads across any connection including
corporate LANs, modems, and wireless devices. It adds content optimization
by reducing the byte size of content prior to caching. TurboCache optimizes
web content without visually degrading images or text, in addition to
caching traffic results to eliminate reoptimization and reduce latency.
Falch.net has released Version 2.6 of Falch.net DeveloperStudio for Palm
OS. This database designer consists of three integrated parts: a Visual
Database Designer, which lets you edit database files in a simple way,
and lets you easily insert or remove tables in the database; a database
API, which extends the efficiency of memory usage allocations; and a source-code
generator, which creates a set of source files that represents your database
as defined with the Visual Database Editor.
InetSoft Technology has announced the release of Style Report 4.3. Features
include Composer, Style Report Studio, and Report Beans, which allow for
easier report creation and deployment, and lower maintenance. Composer
is a web-based report designer that lets end users create reports in browsers
with the click of a button and without special plug-ins. This gives end
users flexibility in creating dynamic reports on the web. Style Report
Studio is a full-featured IDE based on Net Beans that provides one-click
deployment and a full suite of debug/development tools. Report Beans are
reusable report components developers can create and reuse in existing
and future applications.
PERT Chart EXPERT, from Critical Tools, is a project management software
application used to plan and display projects using PERT charts (also
known as Network Charts, Precedence Diagrams, or Logic Diagrams). It simplifies
the creation of these charts, and it is both a standalone planning program
and an add-on to Microsoft Project. PERT Chart EXPERT operates under Windows
and is compatible with Microsoft Project 4.1, 98 2000, and 2002 (but Microsoft
Project is not required to use PERT Chart EXPERT).
Bachmann Software has released the PrintBoyCE SDK, giving Pocket PC developers
the ability to incorporate wireless printing into their applications.
The SDK includes an array of print driver support. PrintBoyCE supports
wireless printing via the Bluetooth and 802.11b standards. It also includes
support for barcodes, images, and various page size layouts.
Corda Technologies has announced Version 4.0 of its PopChart server products,
which let users deliver and utilize charts and graphs as a web service.
In PopChart 4.0, data visualization has been enhanced by the inclusion
of PDF and EPS output; and it now includes the ability to directly import
background images. The new 4.0 version of PopChart Builder includes a
Windows True Type font converter that provides full double-byte support
for international language symbols. PopChart works with any database and
any browser; and all graphs and charts can be configured to be 508 compliant
with descriptive text that permits the visually impaired to have the information
read to them by a screen reader.
LynuxWorks has announced the general availability of LynxOS 4.0, a real-time
operating system that offers its users the Linux processing model, POSIX
conformance, and open, standard APIs. It offers application binary interface
compatibility to Linux and lets users run Linux applications unmodified
under LynxOS or to augment real-time applications on LynxOS applications
from Linux. LynxOS 4.0 also includes features such as IPSec, IPv6, and
an integrated firewall. The TCP/IP stack has been enhanced for reentrancy,
determinism, and performance; and includes the latest protocols for networking
and routing such as OSPFv2, BGP-4, and RIPv2.
Net Nanny Software International has launched its BioPassword SDK, which
lets third parties integrate the software-only BioPassword technology
into any application that requires reliable and user-friendly authentication.
BioPassword is a user-authentication technology that learns your unique
typing pattern to ensure the person typing your password is really you.
Sitraka has release Sitraka PerformaSure 1.1, a transaction-centric diagnosis
tool for multitiered J2EE applications. Featuring a rich user interface,
PerformaSure provides intuitive graphical views into application server
configuration and run-time information, JVM performance, database performance,
network utilization, and OS and hardware platform metrics. Its Tag-and-Follow
technology reconstructs the execution path of end-user transactions, highlighting
performance hotspots to accelerate root cause diagnosis of unacceptable
e-business response times. PerformaSure 1.1 is currently available for
BEA WebLogic Server 6.x running on Sun Solaris 6, 7, and 8, or Microsoft
Windows 2000 Server (with service pack2).
VisualProfile Enterprise Edition, from Visualware, is a suite of Internet
and network monitoring tools that features a collection engine for true
scalability, a reporting interface, a wide array of data collection modules,
and a flexible licensing model. Data-collection modules that monitor the
performance metrics of routers, switches, firewalls, operating systems,
applications, databases, and IP services are included in one application.
A key feature of VisualProfile is DesktopProfile, which measures actual
user response time. DesktopProfile also enables the measurement of several
events at the end-user desktop including packet loss and latency, as well
as performance metrics for any web-based application transaction or application
port. The application engine is available on Windows, Linux, and Solaris
platforms.
No Magic has announced MagicDraw UML support for .NET technology and
Eclipse platforms. MagicDraw UML is a visual UML modeling and CASE tool
with teamwork support. The tool facilitates analysis and design of object-oriented
systems and databases. MagicDraw supports the latest standards of Java,
UML, and XMI, and provides a code engineering mechanism with full round-trip
support for Java, C++, and CORBA IDL programming languages. It also provides
database schema modeling, DDL generation, and reverse engineering facilities.
MagicDraw UML supports all nine UML diagrams and checking of diagram semantics.
Easypress Technologies has released the Developer Edition of Atomik,
its QuarkXPress-to-XML solution. Atomik 3.0 Developer Edition contains
a tighter third-party integration and automation, enabling it to become
an integral component of editorial systems including Quark Publishing
System (QPS). It includes support for AutoPilot-a QuarkXPress and QPS
automation tool. Through a "hot folders" mechanism, you can
drop QuarkXPress documents into any folder and Atomik and AutoPilot will
extract the XML automatically. Atomik Developer Edition makes the main
features of Atomik also available for AppleScripting.
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