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embeddable components is a dramatic win for Web developers--and ultimately for users. The
move could largely spell the end of incompatible implementations of advanced Web
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proprietary product on several fronts. Bull's proposed solution met almost all the
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with 37 requirements completely met, compared with the 28 completely met by Tivoli.
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almost immediately. The rest of the file is sent, or streamed, as needed. However, after
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products, and the resulting confusion about which format to use slowed the spread of Web
multimedia. "
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University of Nevada-Las Vegas communications faculty member Barry
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Sarah Horton, of Dartmouth College, and Patrick J. Lynch, of Yale
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create substantive, meaningful course materials.
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Sarah Horton, of Dartmouth College, and Patrick J. Lynch, of Yale
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on Abilene, a nationwide network that runs at over 2 gigabits per second-Web-based video
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Sarah Horton, of Dartmouth College, and Patrick J. Lynch, of Yale
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projects, because it certifies that statements of interoperability between Bull’s
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Open Master (1998). Bull tackles business process management challenges with Release
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"OpenMaster Release 5 will be available in phases, beginning with
the U.S. in 3Q98. The first capabilities to be delivered will include: Web/Java user
interface, improved alarm correlation and configuration management capabilities. Product
availability worldwide plus support for LDAP, public key infrastructure and service
quality reporting will be available later this year. Pricing for OpenMaster core services
starts at $10,000, and includes network monitoring, alarm management, network discovery
and other enterprise management functions."
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Carl Raschke, a professor at the University of Denver and noted author
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"Promising customers complete, solid EMS solutions is one thing, but delivering on
that promise is really quite another. Bull and CA manage to do just that with their
respective offerings. Both products combine broad cross-platform support, excellent
integration, solid performance in all areas, and they are complete solutions that don't
require vast armies of consultants to implement. Both are top-notch products, which is why
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John E. Reid, of Kennesaw State University, offers advice for faculty
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The idea of vector graphics incorporated right into a markup language
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"IDC foresees many users making the CD-RW choice. According to IDC
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of small businesses (traditionally a cost-conscious market) adopting the technology in the
same time frame."
Rupley, Sebastian (1998, August 31). PC Magazine: Pay-per-month software [WWW
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"One of this year's hottest hardware trends--leasing PCs--looks
like it's influencing how software may be distributed. This week, Oracle announced that it
will rent its software applications as well as space to run them in, which is a strategy
Microsoft and other software vendors have already been exploring."
Rupley, Sebastian (1998, March 11). PC Magazine:The internet: promises and problems
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"Bandwidth and performance needs are barriers to implementing such
a machine. But Platt pointed to promising technologies such as Kodak's FlashPix, which can
save digital images in multiple resolutions, detect the capability of a receiving machine,
and send only the bits needed."
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"Push technology--the delivery of broadcast-like information to
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primarily by bandwidth limitations. In the past year, for example, several large companies
have banned the pioneering push application PointCast from users' desktops, citing
resource-hogging as the reason."
Rupley, Sebastian (1998, March 3). PC Magazine: Active X: yesterday and today
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"Tom Johnston, Group Product Manager of Microsoft's Platform Team,
stresses that Microsoft sees future Web-based applications as being based on many
different kinds of packaging technologies. "We believe in using the right tool for
the right job, with some developers needing speed of development, some needing ideal
performance in an application, and so on," says Johnston. Johnston points out that
the promise of a slew of "write once, run anywhere" applications based on Java
hasn't really materialized, and that many applications built in either Java or ActiveX
could be done more simply and quickly using nothing more than Dynamic HTML (DHTML)."
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The no significant difference phenomenon.
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Parvinder S. Sethi, a professor at Radford University in Virginia,
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tools that help students interpret data and understand complex concepts.
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DVD is the medium of the future, but today it's mired in confusion and
ambiguity. Rich Shupe describes the technology, examines the spec, and delineates the
development process from design to manufacture.
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"KinNetics 2.0, Loran Technologies Inc.'s comprehensive, Web-based
network management and trend analysis tool, will set a new standard for SNMP-based
products--once the company works out the kinks.In PC Week Labs' tests, the first
commercial version of KinNetics used both network traffic and more traditional methods,
such as reading router Advanced Resolution Protocol caches, to produce the most accurate
logical and physical topology maps of any product we've seen. However, the user
administration is obviously still in development and the product all but ignores
integration with other network management systems."
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Roy Tennant, manager of UC Berkeley's library Web site, offers several
rules to follow for good Web site design.
Tennant, Roy. Building and maintaining an academic Web service, part 1: the
organization's perspective. Syllabus, 10, 32-33.
In this first part of a two-part article on building and maintaining
academic Web services, Roy Tennant, of the University of California-Berkeley, considers
the issues that concern administrators.
Thompson, Thomas H. (1998, March/April). Three futures of the electronic university. Educom Review, 33, 34-40
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implications for education. Syllabus, 11, 22-58.
Chris Alan Thyberg makes the observation that educators can transpose
corporate models of Intranet and Extranet use-and take advantage of an open, collaborative
environment for learning while addressing necessary security issues.
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Several Web sites that focus on video technology in education. The
collection ranges from digital technology in art to video resources available for
instructional purposes in the classroom.
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Wadley, Erica R. (1997, October). Storyboarding Your Educational Multimedia Project. Syllabus,
11, 22-23.
Erica R. Wadley, of the University of Arizona-Tucson, reviews the
important role storyboarding plays in educational multimedia development efforts.
Waggoner, Ben. (1998, June). Making a great first compression: the new delivery codecs.
Digital Video, 6, 24-34.
Cinepak has long been the codec to buy for CD-ROM, kiosk, and Web delivery, but they no
longer have the monopoly. Examines the other contenders and talks about how each is best
put to use.
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principles for the visual novice. Berkeley, CA: Peach Pit Press.
Especially useful resource for web site and interactive training
development because it can facilitate effective communication between designers and
non-designers. Succinctly communicates the importance of good design without making the
common error (at least common in many web sites and interactive CD-ROMs) of design
overwhelming content.
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Discusses the primary elements of motion image messages (light, color,
space, time/motion, and sound) and shows how these are manipulated to clarify, intensify,
and interpret events for mediated presentation. It is the definitive
empirical/inductive treatment of this subject and a must-have reference for anyone
producing television, film, or multimedia messages.