Here you will find detailed reviews of the latest software, hardware, books, and services.

software reviews Stalker Software CommuniGate Pro 4.0.1 Charting a new roadmap for MAPI clients February 2003 Macromedia Contribute Simple content update tool for non-techies February 2003 Quest Spotlight on Web Servers 3 Gather remote systems stats without agents February 2003 Dirig PathFinder Identify transaction flows within J2EE apps February 2003 Microsoft Content Management Server 2002 XML and .Net support make for a stronger development platform February 2003 Corel Ventura 10 A long awaited update, but the XML January 2003 Macromedia Director MX The new version brings power for Lingo scripters and improves ease of use January 2003 Discreet Plasma Dedicated tool for authoring and deploying 3-D content on the Web December 2002 Lotus Notes and Domino 6 The granddaddy of enterprise groupware, now with many welcome multiuser features and server enhancements. December 2002 InterSystems Caché 5.0 An object-oriented approach to multi-dimensional databases November 2002 NetIQ WebTrends Reporting Center 5.0, Enterprise Edition Web reporting with all the options November 2002 IBM DB2 UDB 8.1 for Linux (Beta) Despite some bugs, the latest version has new wizards and control options. November 2002 Anark Studio 1.5 Create broadcast-quality images and 3-D content November 2002 Crystal Decisions Crystal Enterprise 8.5 Reporting for the enterprise October 2002 eXcelon Stylus Studio 4.0 An excellent XSLT editor, now a mature, useful tool for XML developers October 2002 A Secure Server Is An Optimized Server Solaris 9 Operating Environment September 2002 Web Services Made Easy Macromedia ColdFusion MX September 2002 When Good Servers Meet Bad Clients Coherity XML Database (CXD) 3.0 September 2002 Toward A Consistent IDE Eclipse Platform/IDE August 2002 Aim For the Enterprise Microsoft Project 2002 July 2002 Central Hub For Design Assets Adobe GoLive 6.0 July 2002 Development tools for PHP grow up Zend Studio 2.0 June 2002 Integration Hub Microsoft BizTalk Server 2002 Enterprise Edition June 2002 Freedom of Choice Six J2EE1.3-compliant application servers June 2002 Hope for Wireless Developers WAP toolkits from Nokia and Openwave May 2002 Build Rich Front Ends to Your Web Applications Macromedia Flash MX May 2002 Manage Distributed Apache Web Servers Covalent Enterprise Ready Server 2.0 April 2002 Web Access Management for the Enterprise Oblix NetPoint 5.2 April 2002 When a Language Becomes a Platform REBOL IOS Express March 2002 A Unique Approach to Web Application Development Instantis SiteWand 3 March 2002 Single Source Image Servers TrueSpectra 3 and MGI Zoom Image Server 4 February 2002 Yet Another Programming Language? Curl and Surge Lab February 2002 Protecting Content From Metaphor Shear Authentica Recall February 2002

hardware reviews F5 BIG-IP 520 Server Appliance 4.5 Active load balancing puts applications in control February 2003 OmniCluster SlotShield 3000 A security appliance delivered on a PCI-compatible, plug-and-play blade December 2002 Sun LX50 General Purpose Server Sun's most recent X86-based 1U server December 2002 HP Proliant DL380 Generation 3 A solid, general-purpose 2U server December 2002 Coyote Point Emissary Load balancing device with geo-intelligence October 2002 Slim Servers Dell PowerEdge 1650 and 2650 August 2002 See How It Feels to Be Popular Caw Networks WebAvalanche 4.0 May 2002 SSL Accelerators Speed up SSL transactions with hardware April 2002

service reviews Roundup: Email List Management Services Five top hosted list management services January 2003 Keynote Transaction Gather historical trends and benchmark data for your site October 2002 Atomz Promote Push products based on search results October 2002 Target Your Content SiteBrand InSite August 2002 Reaching For Five Nines ActiveWatch and SiteSeer July 2002 Secure Infrastructures Flamenco Networks, Grand Central Web Services Network March 2002 Collaborating on Design Adobe DesignTeam February 2002

book reviews Intuition at Work and Information Architecture February 2003 The Art of Deception and XML: A Manager's Guide January 2003 Deadline! and Web Services Explained December 2002 MTIV: Process, Inspiration, and Practice and Re-Thinking the Network Economy November 2002 Train of Thoughts and Free Agent Nation October 2002 Thought Provoking Works Unix Network Programming and The Intelligent Wireless Web August 2002 For the Web Application Developers And New Project Managers Wanted July 2002 Original Inspiration Experience Design 1 June 2002 Inspirational Guidance The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO May 2002 Understand Your Employees Better Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams March 2002 Organized Chaos Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software February 2002