Stories by Maggie Biggs

Product review: IBM's AS/400 to give rivals tough competition

The word chameleon comes to us from the Greeks, who referred to the lizard as the "lion on the ground" because of its ability to change colour to blend into its surroundings. It seems to me that chameleon is an apt moniker for IBM's AS/400, too. It's powerful like a lion but it's adaptable too.

IBM's AS/400 to Give Rivals Tough Competition

The word chameleon comes to us from the Greeks, who referred to the lizard as the "lion on the ground" because of its ability to change color to blend into its surroundings. It seems to me that chameleon is an apt moniker for IBM's AS/400, too. It's powerful like a lion but it's adaptable too.

Product review: Save Butt salvages trashed files

PGSoft's aptly named Save Butt 1.2 is a good measure of added file protection for the Windows end-users on your network. This file recovery utility offers easy access to deleted or changed files and provides a mechanism for quick restoration, while reducing the number of frantic calls to your help desk.

Product Review: Cognos Web OLAP speeds data analysis

Cognos PowerPlay Web Edition 6.0 is a good fit for organisations that need to deliver online analytical processing (OLAP) tools to a multitude of clients. Reduced training requirements resulting from the familiar browser interface, combined with straightforward administration and deployment tools, make PowerPlay Web a winner for end-users and IT managers alike.

Oracle breaks NT's two-Node limit

Clustering technology is not new, but the advances are always intriguing. Clustered configurations let IT sites link multiple computers together to act as a single system and in the case of Oracle Parallel Server for Windows NT they also allow parallel database operations

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