IntraActive Software to Introduce ActiveForum 2.0 for Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows 2000 At PCExpo.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 22, 1999-- Free Message Board Software Extends Capabilities Across Additional Platforms IntraActive Software Corp. (http://www.iasoft.com) today introduced ActiveForum 2.0 for Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows 2000 at PCExpo in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. (BOOTH 24 Microsoft Pavillion), it was announced by Iasoft.com Founder and President Zor Gorelov. ActiveForum 2.0 allows large corporations and Dotcom businesses to create vibrant communities and incorporate message boards within workgroups on Windows 95/98 and large scale communities on Windows 2000. Since Iasoft.com unveiled ActiveForum 2.0 for Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. at Microsoft Tech-Ed '99 in Dallas, Texas “Dallas” redirects here. For other uses, see Dallas (disambiguation). The City of Dallas (pronounced [ˈdæl.əs] or [ˈdæl. , three weeks ago, there have been more than 10,000 new downloads of the free software (http://www.iasoft.com/activeforum). With ActiveForum 2.0, business and project-based threaded discussion forums are quick and easy to integrate into Internet and Intranet sites. Groupware capabilities include threading, HTML-in-messages, search, auto-login, message alerts, dynamic message tagging, import/export and file attachments with file upload. ActiveForum supports open Internet standards, and is the first forum product based on state-of-the art software component technologies. It is also the first and only forum product that takes advantage of Windows DNA architecture. For example developers can use standard scripting languages, such as VBScript and JavaScript, to build ActiveForum applications. "We're excited to extend ActiveForum to the millions of Windows 95/98 users and to large corporations planning to deploy Windows 2000. The download response clearly indicates the need for our product, and its open architecture allows us to support these additional platforms," says Gorelov. "ActiveForum provides critical messaging and workgroup functionality for e-businesses of all sizes," explains Gorelov. Based on server side Java and XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. technologies, ActiveForum features a rich detailed object API, providing developers with full access to all forums, messages and user attributes. This lets developers pick and choose the storage medium from relational databases to news servers to file systems. The COM components take advantage of the advanced object management and transaction services provided by Microsoft Transaction Server A TP monitor for Windows NT servers from Microsoft that supports transaction-based applications on LANs, the Internet and intranets. It also serves as the infrastructure for a multi-tier system. It is used in the middle tier between the client and the database server. (MTS (1) See Microsoft Transaction Server. (2) (Modular TV System) The stereo channel added to the NTSC standard, which includes the SAP audio channel for special use. 1. MTS - Message Transport System. 2. ) for exceptional performance, scalability and reliability. As a result, ActiveForum supports an unlimited number of messages, forums and users. Unlike other products which force developers to use proprietary languages and "templates", ActiveForum takes a fundamentally different approach: It makes available all of the data and functionality of a community, giving developers full control over every aspect of the user interface and HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. . The out-of-the-box, high performance solution is also the only forum product that gives developers complete freedom in controlling the look and feel of the site. This enables developers to leverage the distinct visual identity of their web sites in their discussion forums. System Requirements: Microsoft Windows NT 4.0; Microsoft Internet Information Server See IIS. Microsoft Internet Information Server - Internet Information Server 4.0+; Microsoft Transaction Server 2.0+; Microsoft Java Virtual Machine A Java interpreter. The Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is software that converts the Java intermediate language (bytecode) into machine language and executes it. The original JVM came from the JavaSoft division of Sun. ; and, Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects (database, Microsoft, programming) ActiveX Data Objects - (ADO) Microsoft's library for accessing data sources through OLE DB. Typically it is used to query or modify data stored in a relational database. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/ado270/htm/adostartpage1.asp. version 2.0+. For more information on ActiveForum or to download a free copy of Version 2.0, visit IntraActive's Web site at http://www.iasoft.com/activeforum About IntraActive Software (http://www.iasoft.com): Founded in 1996, and headquartered in New York City, IntraActive Software helps companies take full advantage of the emerging Internet economy. The privately-held company is a leader in providing Web based software products and solutions. The company's products and services deliver high performance, scaleable, transaction-driven, dynamic Web applications and create an infrastructure for secure and robust E-Commerce Internet sites. Key customers include Microsoft, Lucent, Time Warner, NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. , Merrill Lynch, iTurf, MarketSource Interactive and Wall Street Services. |
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