John Lewell

Elemental Software today announced its Drumbeat 2.0 Web authoring software. According to Elemental, nonprogramming Web professionals will now be able to create interactive, cross-browser, database-driven Web sites without writing any code. With Drumbeat 2.0, Elemental Software introduces its “Interaction Builder” utility, which gives developers the ability to easily create and manage Web applications, spending less […]

Digital Renaissance today announced T.A.G. 1.5, a substantial upgrade to its streaming media-linking utility. With full support for RealNetworks’ RealSystem 5.0 streaming media system, T.A.G. 1.5 enables Web developers to publish synchronized events to RealSystem 5.0. With T.A.G.’s support for a broader array of links beyond the standard URL flips and hotspots, RealSystem 5.0 will […]

Snowbound Software this week announced the release of the first member of its RasterMaster/Java family of imaging tools. This imaging class library for Java gives developers who are creating Java applications that utilize TIFF and/or other raster images a high-performance solution. Using the RasterMaster/Java class library, programmers can include raster images such as TIFF and […]

Chicago Map Corporation this week introduced a new mapping service to the Web community that can generate a map for almost any location within the United States. The new service, MapMania, will enable Web developers to create a map for directions to their office building, or a residence for a party or conference accurately, quickly, […]

BulletProof Corporation this week released a major upgrade to its JDesignerPro 2.32 Rapid Application Development (RAD) Java software. With this release JDesignerPro’s design features have become highly integrated with the tool’s Deployment Manager, which has itself been greatly enhanced. JDesignerPro 2.32 enables corporate users to deploy rich Java applications without requiring an advanced knowledge of […]

Keynote Systems this week launched the latest release of its Perspective Internet performance service. With this release the company is offering corporate Web sites a free one-week comparative performance appraisal. The performance appraisal is designed to showcase the new features of release 1.4 of Keynote Perspective. According to Keynote Systems, the new capabilities enhance the […]

Computer Associates International, Inc. and Innovative Systems Techniques announced a partnership that aims to provide Jasmine users with the ability to manage time-varying data using TimeSeries Class Libraries. Insyte’s TimeSeries Class Libraries are a class family within Jasmine, the multimedia, object-oriented development environment for intranets and the Internet. The TimeSeries Class Libraries provide encapsulated functionality […]

Empress this week released Empress Hypermedia V3, an Internet application development toolkit to be used by users of the Empress Remote Database Management System (RDBMS). The new version of the toolkit uses the latest Internet technologies, and includes enhanced Perl and Tcl/Tk interfaces that enable the developer to connect these scripting languages to the Empress […]

Symantec Corporation, today announced the release of Version 3 of its Just in Time (JIT) Java compiler. Symantec released test scores showing that its JIT outperforms all the other JITs available today, and is over 50% faster than Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 4.0 JIT. A JIT compiler is one of the fundamental components of the Java […]

Internet Image Inc. today released information about the development of its BeyondPush technology. BeyondPush, an advanced software distribution model, invests advanced management features into the standard Push model for the delivery of mission-critical information over intranets and the Internet. The BeyondPush technology was developed on the foundation of the Push model which is used for […]

Jetsoft Development Company this week announced an updated version of its Art-Copy scanning program which will enable one-button scans-to- Email, FTP, applications or hard drives. Art-Copy 4.0 enables developers to use their scanner or digital camera to send pictures via email or scan pictures directly to their FTP site. The product turns a flatbed scanner/digital […]

Frontier Technologies announced that its e-Lock information security suite now offers Web form signing for Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0. The e-Lock Toolkit v.2 component of e-Lock provides developers with a set of Windows ActiveX controls for signing, verifying, encrypting, and decrypting. The ActiveX controls allow developers to easily sign Web forms, HTML data, and create […]