Keeping you abreast of the ever-changing Java world
Index of news briefs
A one-code-for-all-platforms toolkit from SourceCraft
Be safe from data sharks with SurfinShield 2.0
Check (and apply for) credit online
Domino welcomes Java with “wide-open” arms
Improve Java speed for commercial use
Java is given some serious Thought (Inc.) with CocoBase
Java-based NC platform employs RSA encryption
JLabs surveys a map to the future
Liquid Motion and Symantec Cafe 1.5 get MVP awards
MONA helps textile designers through Java
Novell embraces Java for IntranetWare
Page authoring in a UniQue Macintosh way
Replix fax software wins Java as a client
Sun’s new chipsets to go after NCs
User identification tool looks to Java for security
WebStar upgrade lets you write Java plug-ins
Xense’s query and reporting system makes sense with Java
Domino welcomes Java with “wide-open” arms
At the recent Domino Web Developers’ Conference, Lotus announced that it will open the Domino Notes server development environment to Java, ship special Java applets and class libraries, and standardize on the JavaBeans protocol. “People would prefer to move in the Java direction on Domino because they could move beyond just Domino development,” said Alan Baren of Coopers & Lybrand in New York.
Watch out, though. There are still some bugs, such as the insect found in the Domino 4.5 beta release that sized Java applets incorrectly on a Web page.
Credit-data access on the ‘Net advanced by Canada bank
Import Direct, a product developed by the Royal Bank of Canada and American Management Systems, will enable bank customers to apply for and amend letters of credit as well as view letter of credit data using a Java-enabled Web browser. Corporate customers will be able to point their browsers to the bank’s Web address, log on to Import Direct, and send letter of credit application information to Royal Bank for processing from anywhere, at any time.
Royal Bank designed the Java-based Import Direct to skip simple HTML applications and jump right to Java, allowing real access to the data in Royal Bank’s trade systems. It uses the Netscape Enterprise server as its Web server. The product also utilizes Java for encryption, key management, and digital signatures. At Royal Bank, the architecture runs on an HP-UX machine that serves up the Java applets and serves as a proxy to Royal Bank’s Windows NT application server, which uses Open Database Connectivity to connect the back office.
PC Computing gives Liquid Motion and Symantec Cafe 1.5 1996 MVP Awards
PC Computing magazine has awarded its Most Valuable Product Award in the Web Development category to Dimension X’s Liquid Motion and to Symantec’s Cafe version 1.5.
Liquid Motion is a tool for creating interactive, animated content in Java. It was the first Java product ever nominated for this award. Written completely in Java, Liquid Motion is geared toward creating and incorporating interactive animated content, including sound, into Web sites and presentations. The recently released Liquid Motion costs 25.
Symantec Cafe is a Java development tool featuring Symantec’s integrated development environment. The enhanced features in version 1.5 include an improved compiler that is 500 percent faster than the previous one and a debugger with expression evaluation, watch window, and value tip features. Symantec Cafe 1.5 is available free to any registered Symantec Cafe user and can be downloaded at the Update Center on the Cafe Web site. It is available for purchase for 9 and runs on Windows 95 and NT.
Original story: PC Computing
https://www.zdnet.com/pccomp/features/mvp.html
Liquid Motion:
Liquid Motion MVP award press release:
Symantec Cafe 1.5:
Symantec Cafe 1.5 MVP award press release:
User identification tool looks to Java for security
TriNet Services and Vasco Data Security have jointly developed Internet AccessKey, a user identification tool that consists of a Web-based Java application and a hardware device. This Java-based technology works with the Netscape security architecture to verify the identity of users who access confidential information on the Internet and intranets.
Created to offer greater security than is afforded by password protection and encryption, the hardware device reads a unique flashing bar code on the user’s computer screen and provides an authorization code that is unique to that one-time use. To gain access to the Web site, the user enters this unique code. Integrated with a Web server’s access control system, Internet AccessKey provides multiple levels of security throughout a Web site.
Currently, Internet AccessKey works with Netscape Web servers, including the Netscape FastTrack Server and the Netscape Enterprise Server. It is available now through the AccessKey Web site.
Original story: c|net
https://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,5713,00.html
Internet AccessKey:
Ovum study shows Java users have high expectations but are confused about opportunities
Ovum, the London-based IT/telecom analyst group, has whipped up a report called Java: Hype, Hope and Opportunity, which points out that vendor hype about Java has created realistic and unrealistic hopes; users have high expectations for the programming language but are also confused about the opportunities it affords.
“Java is fast becoming all things to all people,” said Philip Carnelley, the report’s lead author. The report pinpoints four key areas in which Java represents an important catalyst for change:
- Java will take distributed object computing across the gorge between pioneers and advanced mainstream users.
- Java’s necessity to the network computer reference architecture may coax client/server skeptics to migrate to distributed object computing platforms.
- Java will weaken Microsoft’s and Intel’s ability to control the industry.
- Java will turn the componentware market into a mature market.
Still, according to the report, Java’s success relies on it maturing to the point where it is possible to prove the robustness of Java implementations, the consistency of virtual machine implementations to ensure 100 percent portability, the scalability of the component architecture to enable support for core business system implementations, and open access to legacy data sources.
The full text of the Ovum study is available for purchase through Ovum’s Web site.
