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Editor's Favorites Summer 1999

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The time has come again for our editors to pick from the thousands of Windows NT products on the market and narrow down the ones they found to be the most helpful. In this special Summer issue, our editors present their favorite NT products for 1998.


Thunder 100

By Mark Russinovich, 05/15/1999

Tyan Computer released Thunder 100, an outstanding motherboard for high-end Windows NT workstations and midrange servers.

ConfigSafe 2.0 Network Edition

By Jonathan Cragle, 05/15/1999

Editor Jonathan Cragle pick for restoration of data is ConfigSage because it increases the efficiency of system troubleshooting and support while reducing computer downtime.

Diskeeper 4.0 for Windows NT Server

By Paula Sharick, 05/15/1999

Executive Software's Diskeeper 4.0 is the solution for a well-documented disk fragmentation problem.

Parallel Database Cluster

By Bob Chronister, 05/15/1999

Editor Bob Chronister discusses Compaq's Parallel Database Cluster which was introduced specifically to handle Oracle Parallel Server in an NT environment.

CoffeeCup HTML Editor++

By David Chernicoff, 05/15/1999

Editor David Chernicoff's favorite tool for writing code is CoffeeCup Software's CoffeeCup HTML Editor++.

OmniView

By Michael D. Reilly, 05/15/1999

The Belkin OmniView is a 4-port keyboard/video/mouse switch (KVM switch) favored by Editor Michael Reilly.

RoboMon 7.0

By Sean Daily, 05/15/1999

If setting NT Performance Monitor alerts and writing thousands of custom lines of scripting code aren't your preferred methods of managing your NT enterprise, you'll find Heroix's ...

Blasting MBRs

By Mark Minasi, 05/15/1999

Empty your hard disk to install a new MBR.

ConSeal PC FIREWALL

By Douglas Toombs, 05/15/1999

ConSeal PC FIREWALL is a low-cost personal firewall with capabilities comparable to those of more expensive corporate firewall products.

CryptoSwift ll

By Mark Joseph Edwards, 05/15/1999

CryptoSwift II offloads tasks from the central processor to handle encryption processing.

Perl 5.005 and ActivePerl

By Bob Wells, 05/15/1999

Perl 5.005 merges the two previously popular Win32 builds into one unified package and eliminates past incompatibilities.

AAA-133SA

By David Chernicoff, 05/15/1999

Editor David Chernicoff's pick for a good SCSI controller is Adaptec's AAA-133SA.

Precision WorkStation 410

By David Chernicoff, 05/15/1999

Editor David Chernicoff likes Dell's Precision WorkStation 410. Dell has put together solid, best-of-breed baseline components that provide an excellent platform for buildig a ...

Ask Dr. Bob Your NT Questions

By Bob Chronister, 05/15/1999

Learn the difference between tombstoning and simple database deletion, how to eliminate static mappings from the WINSdatabase without shutting down replication, how to move ...

Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred Edition 3.0

By Michael D. Reilly, 05/15/1999

Dragon System's Dragon NaturallySpeaking is voice-recognition software for computers.

Eudora Pro 4.1

By Christa Anderson, 05/15/1999

Editor Christa Anderson chose QUALCOMM's Eudora Pro 4.1 for mail management, message filtering, alias support, attachment support, ability to work in the background, and ...

Pipeline 75

By Michael Otey, 05/15/1999

Mike Otey's favorite hardware is Ascend Communications' Pipeline 75 ISDN router with firewall.

PartitionMagic

By Mark Minasi, 05/15/1999

PartitionMagic becomes essential for creating systems that dual-boot NT and Win98 or Win95.

Sendmail for NT

By David Chernicoff, 05/15/1999

Editor David Chernicoff discusses why he relies on Sendmail for NT. The software processes 50,000 messages weekly and hosts 3 mail domains, 4 mailing lists and about 50 POP3 user ...

ERD Commander

By Michael Otey, 05/15/1999

ERD Commander from Winternals Software is Editor Mike Otey's favorite disaster recovery software.

pcANYWHERE32 8.0

By John Green, 05/15/1999

You can use pcANYWHERE32 8.0 as a host or remote computer,a traditional dial-up terminal, or a gateway.

Taking the Telnet Way

By Mark Minasi, 05/15/1999

Telnet server speeds up remote administration.

End Licentious Licenses

By Mark Minasi, 05/15/1999

Software vendors should make licenses available before consumers buy.

RealSecure 3.0

By Jonathan Cragle, 05/15/1999

Editor Jonathan Cragle's pick for security management is Internet Security Systems' RealSecure 3.0 for 24 x 7 network security.

NIC Express 1.1

By Mark Joseph Edwards, 05/15/1999

IP Metrics Software's NIC Express 1.1 is Editor Mark Joseph Edwards favorite software package. The software adds fault tolerance and performance enhancements to any Windows NT ...

Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0

By Ken Spencer, 05/15/1999

Microsoft's Visual InterDev 6.0 raises the standard for Internet and intranet applications to a new level.

Database Scanner 2.0

By Karen Watterson, 05/15/1999

In December 1998, Internet Security Systems (ISS) announced its version of SQL Auditor based on technology it acquired from DBSecure. ISS renamed the product Database Scanner and ...

DM/Suite

By Sean Daily, 05/15/1999

FastLane Technologies' DM/Suite rescues beleaguered administrators who manage NT-based WANs.

Backup Exec

By Paula Sharick, 05/15/1999

Editor Paula Sharick tested Seagate's Backup Exec for 70 hours without an error dialog box and prefers it over NTBackup.

WS_FTP Pro

By David Chernicoff, 05/15/1999

When Editor David Chernicoff downloads files buried within directories, he cracks open Ipswith's WS_FTP Pro.

SoftICE

By Mark Russinovich, 05/15/1999

Compuware NuMega's SoftICE is the only alternative debugger on the market, and although it has a high price tag, it's a necessity for a serious kernel-mode programmer.

CRW4260

By Michael D. Reilly, 05/15/1999

CRW4260 CD-Rewritable (CD-RW) disk drive is one of Editor Michael Reilly's favorite hardware products.

Norton Ghost

By Mark Minasi, 05/15/1999

Symantec's Norton Ghost takes a snapshot of your disk and then copies that image to a network drive or perhaps a Jaz cartridge.

Millennium G200

By Jonathan Chau, 05/15/1999

Editor Jonathan Chau chose Matrox's Millennium G200 as the first killer video card for Windows NT users.

Handycam DCR-PC1

By Brian Gallagher, 05/15/1999

THe Sony Handycam DCR-PC1 is one of a new generation's first convergence products that increasingly blur the line between where computers stop and the rest of our lives begin.

WSH WISE

By Bob Wells, 05/15/1999

Keep your scripting environment up-to-date, but upgrade cautiously.

eXtremeRAID 1100

By Sean Daily, 05/15/1999

Mylex raises the bar for performance and features in the RAID controller market with its new ultra high-end eXtremeRAID 1100.

CuteFTP

By Paula Sharick, 05/15/1999

Editor Paula Sharick's pick for software favorite is GlobalSCAPE's CuteFTP, which installs in less than one minute and works every time.

GNN1000

By Jonathan Cragle, 05/15/1999

Editor Jonathan Cragle discusses his favorite server interconnect, the GigaNet GNN1000, which has shattered TPC-D network benchmarks.

HP 9100C Digital Sender

By Paula Sharick, 05/15/1999

Ken Spencer's favorite hardware device of 1999 is the HP9100C Digital Sender.

WebMail

By Douglas Toombs, 05/15/1999

If you're not running Exchange Server, or if you're running Exchange Server with other mail platforms, consider Infinite Technologies' WebMail.


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