*** HEADLINE NEWS
* ENT Magazine Article: "Integrating the Web with SNA Host
Environment"
"The World Wide Web and corporate intranets promise to let
organizations serve information to internal and external
customers on a global basis. But the fact remains: Most
corporate data still resides on mainframe systems. Fortunately,
new technology is allowing the integration of Web-based front
ends and host data." The entire white paper is available on
the web at http://www.entmag.com/new/webtohost.html.
* Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Application Sampler Available
for Field
There are 13,400 free applications sampler CDs now available
to the field to distribute to customers. 500 maximum order
please. Part number 098-65958. This application sampler
contains marketing information as well as timed and fully
functional 32-bit applications for Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0.
Participating software companies include Adobe, Micrografx,
Quarterdeck, Executive Software, Citrix, Attachmate, Intergraph,
SAS Institute and many others. The CD also contains IE 3.0,
upgrade information from Microsoft on Windows NT Workstation
4.0, and hardware information on Intel Pentium Pro PCs from
Compaq, Dell, Digital and many others. It was distributed in
October to approximately 260,000 Windows NT 3.51 customers,
Solution Providers, resellers, and at NetWorld & InterOp etc.
Get them while they last. We expect to have a new Windows NT
Server Enterprise Management CD sampler in the spring.
* Unisys Announces Windows-Based Internet Banking Strategy
Unisys recently announced a mutual marketing arrangement with
Microsoft for Internet banking services, using Windows NT
Server-based home banking software. The solutions will combine
Unisys integration services and Microsoft suite of Windows NT
Server-based home banking software, as well as related tools,
including Microsoft Internet Information Server, Internet
Explorer, and Money 97. For more information about Unisys or
its products, visit the Unisys homepage at http://www.unisys.com.
* LAN Times Applauds Windows NT Remote Access Services
Check out this review of Windows NT 4.0 Remote Access Services
(RAS) to see what Dennis Williams of LAN Times finds when he
puts RAS to the test (November 1996). Williams states that
Microsoft boosts the argument for Windows NT Server by adding
a robust and secure remote node solution. He highlights Point to
Point Tunneling and Multilink, among other great RAS features.
The entire review is available at
http://www.lantimes.com/lantimes/96nov/611b076a.html
*** ADDITIONAL NEWS
** Third Party and Other News
* Acuity Financials Accounting Package Released for BackOffice
STATE OF THE ART recently earned the Designed For Microsoft
BackOffice Logo for its Acuity Financials Software. Acuity
Financials tight integration with Microsoft technology allows
users to quickly and easily utilize emerging technologies from
both Microsoft and the growing network of Microsoft Solutions
Providers. Acuity will allow customers to take advantage of key
technologies in Microsoft BackOffice such as SQL Server,
Microsoft Exchange, and Microsoft Internet Information Server.
* Information Dimensions Offers Web Document Management on
Windows NT
Information Dimensions' BASIS Document Manager and its WEBServer
Gateway are now available on Windows NT Server. BASIS customers
who build their document management systems on Windows NT Server
gain UNIX high-end server and management capabilities at half
the cost and true portability across diverse hardware
architectures. The combination of Information Dimensions and
Microsoft technologies also addresses the needs of customers
who want to use Windows NT Servers as a Web-based gateway to
document collections residing on VMS and MVS systems. For more
information about Microsoft document management, visit
http://www.microsoft.com/industry/docman/.
* Janna Announces Contact Enterprise SQL Server Edition
Janna Systems recently announced the availability of Janna
Contact Enterprise Microsoft SQL Server Edition, a collaborative
relationship management system that provides enterprise users
with integrated contact and document management, workgroup
scheduling and communications features. Janna Contact Enterprise
also includes integrated opportunity management, sales forecasting
and remote synchronization for mobile users to provide a complete
field force automation solution.
* Ulitmus Cyberflow Offers Administrative Workflow Without
Programming
The new CyberFlow Web-server application enables corporate users
to graphically design, test, simulate, implement, monitor and
measure any administrative workflow process. The CyberFlow
option for the Ultimus Workflow Suite runs on the Microsoft
Internet Information Server (IIS) and uses enterprise databases
such as Microsoft SQL Server. The Workflow Server is available
in a Microsoft BackOffice version, fully integrated with Windows
NT Server and supporting system administration features via SMS.
For more information about Ultimus, visit the Web site at
http://www.ultimus1.com/
Thanks,
Doyoung Rhee
(02) 531-4628 , dyrhee@microsoft.com