Attachmate adds Java flavour to HostView Server

Attachmate has announced that its HostView Server now adheres to all Java standards as the Java applet in HostView has been developed to support JDK 1.1 and the Java Virtual Machine.

HP expands family of backup utilities

Hewlett-Packard has added TapeAlert self-diagnostic software and HP TapeAssure configuration-verification utilities to its family of DLT products. The utilities aim to ease backup administration and backup management.

New company launched under BSW Group umbrella

BSW Group said it has launched a new business solutions company. The BSW Business Solutions aims to become a premier provider of customer contact solutions to the corporate market. The company said its business portfolio will include call centres, electronic commerce systems, Internet, software integration and corporate telecommunications solutions.

EMC opens Enterprise Storage Discovery center in Ireland

EMC Corporation announced the opening of a new Enterprise Storage Discovery Center that will enable customers and prospects to test new enterprise applications using the latest intelligent storage, server and software technology.

Attachmate introduced universal database access tool

Attachmate has introduced QuickDB 2.3, a client and server tool for database access over a LAN, WAN, or the Internet. The product features JDBC support which broadens QuickDB`s appeal to Java developers, and DRDA over IP which facilitates DB2 access.

Sidestepping the billion rand Y2K problem

No convincing estimate appears to have been published of what it will cost South Africa to get rid of the millennium bug, but Ernst & Young CSI managing director Hans Visser speculates the bill will reach well over R1 billion. Visser said it is going to cost R90 billion to solve the world`s problem and the cost to us, taking into account our market size, could hardly be less than R900 million. "However, when First National Bank says its 2000 project is expected to cost about R130m alone, R900 for the whole country looks more than a little light," Visser said.

Gates, John Major to open CA-World conference

Computer Associates said Bill Gates and former British Prime Minister John Major would open the company`s annual conference CA-World 1998. Eckhard Pfeiffer, President and Chairman of Compaq and CA`s Charles Wang and Sanjay Kumar will join the speakers.

3Com reports third quarter fiscal 1998 results

BMC PATROL gets into Baan environments

AST Database Technologies, the southern African distributor of BMC Software products, said it has established a local joint marketing venture with Baan to bring BMC PATROL`s centralised management and pre-emptive monitoring to Baan environments.