John Lewell

Neuromedia Inc. today released NeuroStudio, a new line of authoring tools and server software that enables non-programmers to develop automated software agents, or “bots,” designed to mimic human service representatives on the Web. Through the use of these “Virtual Representatives,” a Web page is able to interactively “chat” with visitors to the site using text, […]

ArborText announced the availability of ACL Designer, a powerful tool for building customized graphical user interfaces on top of the ADEPT Series, ArborText’s SGML/XML editing and publishing software. ACL Designer allows application developers to simplify and automate ADEPT for the creation, management, and delivery of documents based on Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) and the […]

NetObjects, Inc. today announced the NetObjects Fusion ProPack, a suite of products and components that lets developers plug advanced technologies into NetObjects Fusion 3.0 to facilitate the creation of e-business Web sites. The NetObjects Fusion ProPack will be available in May, 1998. NetObjects also announced that NetObjects Fusion 3.0 is shipping today. The NetObjects Fusion […]

Activerse, Inc. announced today it released a Unix version of its Ding! instant messaging client, one of the first all-Java presence management/instant communications systems. Unix is still widely used in engineering and high-performance computing workstations. The Ding! Switchboard, which is the Java-based server component to the presence platform, has been available for the Unix platform […]

Vervet Logic today announced the beta release of its XML editor, XML Pro. The XML Pro editor enables users to develop and edit documents using XML, the new Internet document standard that was recently ratified by the W3C. XML Pro is the one of the first XML editors to be released to the developer community. […]

Trellix Corporation today announced the beta release of the Trellix Trelligram Utility, a Web content distribution solution. The Trellix Trelligram Utility enables users for the first time to e-mail multiple graphics-rich HTML files, streamlining the distribution of Web content. For users, this provides greater flexibility and ease-of-use versus posting files to Web sites, “FTP”-ing files, […]

Bluestone Software Inc. announced today Sapphire/Web Release 5, network management tools for large-scale enterprises. The product has been significantly extended and restructured into a five-part product family including the core Sapphire/Universal Business Server, Sapphire/Application Manager, the well-known Sapphire/Developer, Sapphire/Enterprise Deployment Kit, and Sapphire/Integration Modules (SIM) for native data integration. Bluestone’s “Web-server” products enable hardware servers […]

Mainstay announced at Spring Internet World in Los Angeles the release of PageMover, a family of Java applets that provide an alternative to DHTML. PageMover provides developers with a method of using DHTML-like features on their Web pages without requiring users to have the latest DHTML-capable Web browser. The tool allows the use of DHTML-like […]

SmartDesk, Inc. recently announced the release of a new version of its Web utility software, SmartDesk WebSuite. The new release includes over 200 new features and functions, including real-time graphs, statistics, and site tracking information. WebSuite enables any Windows-based computer to host Web sites, share local computer resources on the Net, and utilize true Net-based, […]

Technical publisher O’Reilly & Associates has teamed up with Digital Education Systems (DES) to produce training programs in Web development that are based on O’Reilly’s best-selling books. The O’Reilly/DES training programs can be accessed on the Web and through corporate intranets. The Web-based courses are designed to include instructor interaction, through email, Web boards, and […]

Site Technologies, Inc. announced the immediate availability of QuickSite 3.0 on the company’s Web site. The new version of the award-winning Web site development, management, and electronic commerce tool will cost $49.95. New product features include a Visual Site Architect to speed site creation and modification, a new reporting system that delivers Web site statistics, […]

Intel Corporation announced today that it is expanding its Web developer tool offerings with the introduction of Intel Web Design Effects and Intel Indeo Media Kit, two new products that will help Web designers deliver animated effects, and rich audio and video content to Web pages. Intel Web Design Effects is a design tool that […]