JSB Announces INTRAnet Jazz; A Corporate Revolution in Viewing and Accessing Information.SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 6, 1996--JSB Corporation announced the the first integrated Intranet suite, INTRAnet Jazz. Designed to deliver the benefits of Internet technologies into corporate organizations, INTRAnet Jazz contains both client and server components. An 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. web based interface, 'The Kiosk' is provided for Windows 16 and 32 bit clients, and includes 'AlphaBrowser' which supports terminal based servers. The components of INTRAnet Jazz represent a revolutionary means of accessing information behind the company firewall that is direct, fast, and efficient. Steve Purdham, managing director for JSB, said "In today's competitive business environment, rapid, effective communication is the key to success. INTRAnet Jazz takes advantage of highly robust, low cost, proven Internet technology to deliver all of an organization's information resources to the desktop, with minimal time, cost and effort." The INTRAnet Jazz Client provides an integrated suite of Windows 95 and Windows NT tools for Intranet access, including a web browser. It enables Windows users to eliminate the complexity of Intranet access by presenting a unified interface to all services and resources. Designed and written from the ground up, for 32bit windows platforms, INTRAnet Jazz Client takes full advantage of technologies such as OLE and multimedia. For example, a web document referenced on a remote database can be visualized in a terminal window, and accessed by a single click. An embedded reference to a remote file in a terminal or mail window can be downloaded automatically. The Kiosk interface, which comes with INTRAnet Jazz Client, is HTML based and can be customized to meet customer needs. This is particularly helpful for companies who want to take advantage of their PC desktop investment but do not want the complexity of a Windows interface. The Kiosk provides interfaces that are consistent across platforms, increasing user productivity and decreasing training overhead. The INTRAnet Jazz Server delivers rich hypermedia information across the enterprise. It combines a high-performance communications server and proxy server in one. The INTRAnet Jazz Server is extensible and portable to meet the demands made of a corporate web server. The AlphaBrowser supports server terminals by providing a customizable menu driven user interface. This interface provides popup menus and dialog boxes while supporting popular Internet utilities like ftp, News, Gopher and Telnet services. INTRAnet Jazz Client with the Kiosk is available across Windows 3.x, Windows 95 and NT. INTRAnet Jazz Server with the AlphaBrowser is currently available for Windows NT, IBM AIX and SCO UNIX. Additional server platforms will rollout over the next three months. JSB Corporation is a subsidiary of JSB Computer Systems Limited, an international software developer with offices in the U.K. and U.S. Founded in 1981, JSB has a world-wide distribution network, OEM agreements with major UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). suppliers and over 5.5 million users. JSB is recognized as a leading force in user interface, communication, and integration technology. Telephone (408) 438-8300. E-mail: info@jsb.com. -0- ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL DETAILS INTRAnet Jazz Client includes: -- Microsoft OLE2 enablement -- Industrial-strength Web source technology licensed from Spyglass Inc. -- Support of industry-standard TCP/IP FTP protocol -- Full OLE Drag and Drop A graphical user interface (GUI) capability that lets you perform operations by moving the icon of an object with the mouse into another window or onto another icon. For example, files can be copied or moved by dragging them from one folder to another. support: - between local and remote, or remote to remote system - Windows applications into File Transfer - Web ftp URLs directly into File Transfer -- FTP entire directory structures between local and remote, or remote to remote Terminal Emulation -- Supports industry-standard TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. Telnet and Rlogin protocols -- Industry hardened emulation delivering the high speed and accurate vt100, vt220 and SCO ANSI (American National Standards Institute, New York, www.ansi.org) A membership organization founded in 1918 that coordinates the development of U.S. voluntary national standards in both the private and public sectors. It is the U.S. member body to ISO and IEC. emulation -- Save connection profiles for automatic reuse -- Full scripting interface for Visual Basic and other open scripting engines -- In-built scripting with innovative Learn Mode -- OLE2-enabled for Automation and Embedding as an In-place Activated OLE Server -- Also supports DDE for backwards compatibility -- Intuitive, simple Copy and Paste To copy files from one location to another or to copy text and images from one document to another. All modern operating systems and applications have a copy and paste capability that is typically selected from an Edit menu. See cut and paste and Win Copy between windows. with fast-track 'Action Menu' Copy/Paste -- Web-enabled to allow on-screen objects to be activated as Web URLs, files, etc. -- TrueType font support with full Unicode character set handling -- Graphical keyboard remapping -- Completely configurable scrollback buffer -- Windows 95 architectural file-based configuration for ultimate flexibility Remote Printing -- Supports industry-standard TCP/IP lpr/lpd protocols for bi-directional printing -- Completely transparent PC to remote printer mapping -- Installs as architectural Windows 95 Port Monitor to allow transparent Windows to remote lpd daemon printing -- Always available for action and reconfiguration via Windows 95 taskbar An on-screen toolbar that displays the active applications (tasks). Clicking on a taskbar button restores the application to its previous appearance. Windows 95 popularized this feature. See Win Taskbar. notification area MultiPing -- Supports industry-standard TCP/IP protocols for remote service detection - - ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) A TCP/IP protocol used to send error and control messages. For example, a router uses ICMP to notify the sender that its destination node is not available. , Telnet, FTP, SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) The standard e-mail protocol on the Internet and part of the TCP/IP protocol suite, as defined by IETF RFC 2821. SMTP defines the message format and the message transfer agent (MTA), which stores and forwards the mail. , POP3, HTTP HTTP in full HyperText Transfer Protocol Standard application-level protocol used for exchanging files on the World Wide Web. HTTP runs on top of the TCP/IP protocol. , RLOGIN, REXEC REXEC Remote Execution REXEC Remote Execution Command , RSH, or direct Port access -- Simple, user-centric method of detecting temporary service unavailability -- Immediate graphical and audio feedback -- Handles all relevant TCP/IP protocols, not just ICMP (ping), on three levels to detect DNS name service translation, host availability and actual service presence -- Available in-context from other INTRAnet Client components TCP/IP stack and NFS -- Industrial-strength alternative TCP/IP solution to Microsoft Windows 95 stack -- High-performance 32-bit Windows VxD TCP/IP protocol -- NDIS (Network Driver Interface Specification) A network driver interface from Microsoft. See network driver interface. NDIS - Network Device Interface Specification 3, NDIS2 and ODI driver support -- SLIP and PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) The most popular method for transporting IP packets over a serial link between the user and the ISP. Developed in 1994 by the IETF and superseding the SLIP protocol, PPP establishes the session between the user's computer and the ISP using support for users in dial-up (modem) environments -- DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) Software that automatically assigns temporary IP addresses to client stations logging into an IP network. It eliminates having to manually assign permanent "static" IP addresses. DHCP software runs in servers and routers. support for dynamic IP address allocation IP address allocation is the process of distributing IP addresses to organizations world-wide. It is managed by IANA and several Regional Internet Registries (RIRs). See also
NFS support Electronic Mail -- Author Web-enabled email with rich text and graphic content -- MIME support for both outgoing and incoming mail -- Supports SMTP, POP3, IMAP IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol and MIME TCP/IP standard mail protocols -- View incoming richly formatted email using Web Browser technology, completely transparently -- Natural compound-document support -- Complete OLE2 integration with other INTRAnet Client components -- Automatic launch of third-party Windows applications for attachment display -- Tree-view folder hierarchy with drag and drop functionality -- Alternatively, use third-party Microsoft MAPI-compliant emailer completely transparently INTRAnet Jazz Server: -The enhanced web server for the corporate intranet -- A combined All-in-One Communications Server and Proxy Server -- Designed to deliver rich hypermedia information across an enterprise -- High-performance, case-hardened, extended and portable -- Based on CERN/W3C consortium standard, proven codeset -- Includes AlphaBrowser for character terminal web access Supported Platforms: Windows NT, IBM AIX and SCO UNIX -- CGI (Common Gateway Interface) 1.1 compliance -- MIME-typing supported through filename extensions -- Imagemap support -- Event logging with common log format -- Directory indexing -- Virtual hosting. Supports multiple web sites on a single server. -- Standards compatible. Complies with HTTP/1.0, CGI 1.1, HTML and MIME -- Proxy services. Supports proxy for HTTP, FTP, Gopher and WAIS (Wide Area Information Server) A database on the Internet that contains indexes to documents that reside on the Internet. Using the Z39.50 query language, text files can be searched based on keywords. Information resources on the Internet are called "sources. services. -- Caching provides improved performance for frequently retrieved documents. AlphaBrowser Supported Terminals -- ANSI; IBM3151; DEC VT100,VT220,VT241,VT320, VT420; Wyse60, Wyse370. Facilities -- Menu driven user interface and online configuration -- Popup menus and dialog boxes -- HTTP1.0 support -- Support for FTP, News, Gopher and Telnet services INTRAnet Jazz Kiosk - -- Allows images/icons to access corporate information, applications and shared resources, -- Delivers one consistent interface on multiple platforms. -- Interfaces are administered and controlled from a single point. -- Is not limited to the Web; it will operate in stand alone mode and local PC networks such as NetWare IPX/SPX See IPX. . -- Provides consistent cross-platform user interfaces -- Replaces or complements existing Windows 3.x, Windows 95 and NT Graphical User Interfaces -- Supports local or central administration -- Supports HTML extensions: tables, forms, text and image alignment, text wrap, colored text, backgrounds. -- Web enabled for use with JSB INTRAnet Server -- Local disk cache enhances performance -- Progressive display of graphic images (JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. and GIF GIF in full Graphics Interchange Format Standard computer file format for graphic images. GIF files use data compression to reduce the file size. The original version of the format was developed by CompuServe in 1987. ) -- Based on 32-bit asynchronous Refers to events that are not synchronized, or coordinated, in time. The following are considered asynchronous operations. The interval between transmitting A and B is not the same as between B and C. The ability to initiate a transmission at either end. architecture -- Intelligent Wallpaper -- Supports audio multimedia files (AU and AIFF) -- Built-in external image viewers (JPEG and GIF) -- Right hand mouse button shortcuts -- Auto-launch applications from associated documents -- Intuitive Setup includes Kiosk examples -- Built-in Help system CONTACT: Nadel Phelan Paula Phelan, 408/335-7745 |
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