Here we have tried to arrange a quick resource guide of URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) so that you can quickly and easily find more information about the many companies, products, and individuals referenced in this book. On the accompanying CD-ROM, you will find Web pages with links to software and other Internet sites of interest.
http://intandem.intraactive.com
IntraActive's groupware intranet product will help you manage your time more efficiently.
http://www.realaudio.com
Progressive Networks' RealAudio gives your intranet the capability
to deliver audio to all users.
Price: Free client. Server is $500+ depending on the intended
number of simultaneous users.
Runs on Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT, MacOS, and UNIX.
http://www.vdo.net
VDOlive is a technology that allows for the distribution of audio
and video content on your intranet for a price that is much lower
than training videos.
Runs on Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT, and MacOS.
http://www.oracle.com
Oracle is the leader in relational databases. These databases are often available on the Web.
http://www.vocaltec.com
Vocaltec's Internet Phone enables real-time voice communication over any TCP/IP network (like the Internet).
http://www.lotus.com
Lotus Notes was the premier groupware application before intranets took hold.
http://www.netscape.com
A group of server products designed with intranets in mind.
http://www.symantec.com/act/index.html
Symantec's contact manager.
http://www.novell.com/groupwise/
Novell's group messaging and contact manager.
http://www.netscape.com/comprod/products/navigator/
Netscape Navigator is the market leader of Web clients and is positioned as the interface for the next generation of applications, on and off the Web.
http://www.sybase.com
A leader in the relational database market.
http://www.oracle.com
A leader in the relational database market.
http://www.boardwatch.com
The source for BBS information.
http://www.eudora.com
Qualcomm's e-mail program.
Free light version.
Runs on Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT, and MacOS.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/pages/softdev/fetch.html
FTP client for the Macintosh.
Free.
http://www.cuteftp.com/
CuteFTP is an FTP client for Windows.
http://www.sun.com/sunsoft/solaris/index.html
Solaris is Sun's version of UNIX.
Runs on SPARC, UltraSPARC, PowerPC, and x86 processors.
http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/
Windows NT is a robust platform with a lot of support from Microsoft.
Price: $999.
Runs on x86, PowerPC, Alpha, and MIPS processors.
http://www.software.ibm.com/os/warp-server/index.html
IBM's 32-bit multitasking environment.
Runs on x86 processors.
http://www.sco.com/
Santa Cruz Operation's UNIX.
Runs on x86 processors.
http://www.linux.org
Linux is a free version of UNIX that has all of the necessary
functions to run Web, mail, and other server software.
Runs on x86 processors.
http://www.freebsd.org/
A free version of UNIX that compares favorably to Linux.
Runs on x86 processors.
http://www.macos.apple.com/macos8/
The OS for Apple's Macintosh line of computers.
Runs on Macintosh.
http://netware.novell.com/discover/disctoc2.htm
NetWare has been the dominant LAN OS for years.
Runs on x86 processors.
http://www.austin.ibm.com/software/OS/
IBM's version of UNIX for the RS/6000 line of servers.
Runs on PowerPC and select IBM RISC processors.
http://www.hp.com
Hewlett-Packard's version of UNIX.
Runs on the HP9000 line of servers.
http://www.stroud.com
Look here to fill all your Web, Telnet, FTP, IRC, and mail needs for Windows.
http://www.ford.com
http://www.sgi.com
http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hw/servers/netrai/index.html
An all-in-one server solution.
Available through resellers around the world.
Comes with Netscape Enterprise Server, Navigator Gold, Solstice
Firewall.
Runs on Solaris.
http://www.microsoft.com/InfoServ/
Free download from Microsoft's Web site. It's scheduled to be
included in Windows NT 4.0.
Runs on Windows NT only.
http://home.netscape.com/comprod/server_central/product/suite_spot/index.html
A group of applications for Web serving, mail, news, proxy, directory,
catalog, and certificates.
Free demo from Netscape's Web site.
Price: $3,995.95.
Runs on Windows NT and many versions of UNIX.
http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/
A Web server from the same group that produced Mosaic.
Free.
Runs on many versions of UNIX. Source code is available.
http://www.apache.org/
An enhanced version of NCSA httpd 1.3.
Developed by the Internet community, it's much faster and more
efficient than NCSA 1.3.
Free.
Runs on many versions of UNIX. Source code is available.
http://website.ora.com/
Noted for excellent documentation.
Free demo from their Web site.
Price: $249.
Runs on Windows 95 and Windows NT.
http://www.intel.com
Intel makes the x86 line of processors, which includes the 80386, 80486, Pentium, and Pentium Pro.
http://www.digital.com
The AltaVista search engine runs off digital hardware and its 64-bit versions of UNIX. It is an extremely fast system.
http://www.sun.com
Sun's workstations and servers are based on the SPARC architecture.
http://www.linux.org
Linux is a free version of UNIX that has all the necessary functions to run Web, mail, and other server software.
http://www.usrobotics.com
US Robotics is one of the leaders in modem technology. They have modems ranging from 14.4Kbps to Combo ISDN modems. Support is excellent.
http://www.microcom.com
Microcom produces affordable modems that are often upgradable.
http://www.supra.com
Supra (now a part of Diamond Multimedia) produces a line of dependable modems.
http://www.shiva.com
Shiva produces a range of modems specifically for the purpose of connecting a LAN to the outside world.
http://www.creaf.com
The maker of the SoundBlaster family of products is the industry leader in sound cards.
http://www.gravis.com
The makers of the Gravis UltraSound line of sound cards.
http://www.qualcomm.com
The makers of Eudora.
Runs on Windows and Macintosh.
http://www.cac.washington.edu/pine/
The University of Washington's excellent mail and news client.
This is one of the first clients to support the IMAP protocol.
Free.
Runs on most versions of UNIX. Windows and DOS versions are in
preliminary release.
http://www.connectix.com
The Quickcam is a golf-ball-sized camera for color or black-and-white
video-conferencing.
Price: $99-$150.
http://www.freeloader.com
Freeloader is a service that downloads sites you set while your computer is unattended, for speedier viewing at a later time.
http://www.sun.com/sunsoft/solaris/index.html
Solaris is Sun's version of UNIX.
Runs on SPARC, UltraSPARC, PowerPC, and x86 processors.
http://www.sco.com/
Santa Cruz Operation's UNIX.
Runs on x86 processors.
http://www.linux.org
Linux is a free version of UNIX that has all of the necessary
functions to run Web, mail, and other server software.
Runs on x86 processors.
http://www.freebsd.org/
A free version of UNIX that compares favorably to Linux.
Runs on x86 processors.
http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/
Windows NT is a robust platform with a lot of support from Microsoft.
Price: $999.
Runs on x86, PowerPC, Alpha, and MIPS processors.
http://www.software.ibm.com/os/warp-server/index.html
IBM's 32-bit multitasking environment.
Runs on x86 processors.
http://www.macos.apple.com/macos8/
The OS for Apple's Macintosh line of computers.
Runs on Macintosh.
http://netware.novell.com/discover/disctoc2.htm
NetWare has been the dominant LAN OS for years.
Runs on x86 processors.
http://www.austin.ibm.com/software/OS/
IBM's version of UNIX for the RS/6000 line of servers.
Runs on PowerPC and select IBM RISC processors.
http://www.hp.com
Hewlett-Packard's version of UNIX.
Runs on the HP9000 line of servers.
http://www.webcompare.com/servers-main.html
http://www.netscape.com/comprod/netscape_commerce.html
Runs on Windows NT and UNIX.
http://www.netscape.com/comprod/products/navigator
Runs on Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT, MacOS, and UNIX.
http://www.javasoft.com
http://www.oracle.com/products/websystem/webserver/index.html
Integrates extremely well with Oracle databases.
Runs on UNIX.
http://www.netscape.com/comprod/products/tools/livewire_datasheet.html
Runs on Windows 95, Windows NT, and UNIX.
http://www.microsoft.com/infoserv/
Runs on Windows NT.
http://website.ora.com/
Noted for excellent documentation.
Free demo from their Web site.
Price: $249.
Runs on Windows 95 and Windows NT.
http://product.info.apple.com/productinfo/datasheets/ss/aiss.html
Runs on PowerMac.
http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/
A Web server from the same group that produced Mosaic.
Free.
Runs on many versions of UNIX. Source code is available.
http://www.apache.org/
An enhanced version of NCSA httpd 1.3.
Developed by the Internet community, it is much faster and more
efficient than NCSA 1.3.
Free.
Runs on many versions of UNIX. Source code is available.
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/mail/sendmail-faq/faq.html
Frequently asked questions (FAQs) from comp.mail.sendmail.
http://www.netscape.com/comprod/server_central/product/mail/index.html
Runs on Windows NT and UNIX.
http://www.mortimer.com/ntmail/index.htm
Runs on Windows NT.
http://www.seattlelab.com
Runs on Windows 3.x, Windows 95, and Windows NT.
http://www.netscape.com/comprod/server_central/product/news/index.html
Runs on Windows NT and UNIX.
http://www.academ.com/academ/nntp/index.html
Runs on UNIX.
http://www.realaudio.com
Runs on Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT, MacOS, and UNIX.
http://www.xingtech.com/streams/index.html
Runs on Windows, MacOS, and UNIX.
http://www.netscape.com/comprod/products/navigator/version_3.0/cooltalk/index.html
CoolTalk is included with Netscape Navigator.
Runs on Windows and UNIX.
http://goliath.wpine.com/cu-seeme.html
Runs on Windows and MacOS.
http://www.lotus.com/allnotes/
Runs on Windows, Windows 95, MacOS, and UNIX.
http://www.thelist.com
This service provides a comprehensive list of ISPs across the U.S.
http://www.uunet.com
UUNet was the first commercial ISP and is one of the leaders in
Internet connectivity.
Price is on a monthly basis.
http://www.psi.com
PSINet is one of the world's leading ISPs.
Price is on a monthly basis.
http://www.aol.com
America Online is the largest online service.
Price is based on the number of minutes spent online and is generally
higher than an ISP, but the user is in a controlled environment.
http://www.shiva.com
Shiva produces a range of modems specifically for the purpose of connecting a LAN to the outside world.
http://www.usrobotics.com
US Robotics is one of the leaders in modem technology. They have modems ranging from 14.4Kbps to Combo ISDN modems. Support is excellent.
http://www.microcom.com
Microcom produces affordable modems that are often upgradable.
http://www.supra.com
Supra (now a part of Diamond Multimedia) produces a line of dependable modems.
http://www.3com.com
3Com makes a range of quality networking products, including ISDN terminal adapters, NICs, and routers.
http://www.baynetworks.com
Bay Networks produces network routers and networking hardware.
http://www.cisco.com
Cisco is a router and networking hardware manufacturer.
http://www.ascend.com
Ascend makes router and networking hardware.
http://www.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Companies/Computers/Security/
Many firms specialize in security and firewall products. This is a good list of companies.
http://www.netmanage.com/netmanage/nm3.html#cham
Netmanage's Chameleon is an integrated suite of client applications.
Runs on Windows, Windows 95, and MacOS.
http://www.ftp.com/mkt_info/pctcp/pctcp4.html
FTP Software's PC/TCP provides a wide range of TCP/IP solutions
for the PC.
Runs on Windows 3.1 and Windows 95.
http://www.novell.com
Novel produces a line of quality NIC cards that are often the basis for industry standards.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/
Runs on 486 and higher.
http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/
Runs on 486 and higher.
http://www.microsoft.com/support/products/windows95/windows3x.htm
Runs on 386 and higher.
http://www.austin.ibm.com/pspinfo/os2.html
Runs on 486 and higher.
http://www.apple.com
Runs on Macintosh.
http://www.linux.org
Runs on 386 and higher.
http://www.netcom.com/software/join.html
Runs on Windows and MacOS.
http://www.sprysoft.com/
Runs on Windows.
http://www.netmanage.com
Runs on Windows 3.x, Windows 95, and MacOS.
http://www.ftp.com/mkt_info/
Runs on Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT, OS/2, and DOS.
http://www.distinct.com
http://www.spyglass.com
http://www.netscape.com/comprod/products/navigator/index.html
Runs on Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT, MacOS, and UNIX.
http://www.microsoft.com/ie/
Runs on Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT, and MacOS.
http://www.raleigh.ibm.com/WebExplorer/
Runs on OS/2.
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/NCSAMosaicHome.html
Runs on Windows 95, MacOS, and UNIX.
http://www.eudora.com
Runs on Windows and MacOS.
http://www.netscape.com/comprod/products/navigator/index.html
Netscape Mail is part of Netscape Navigator.
Runs on Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT, MacOS, and UNIX.
http://www.novell.com/groupwise/
Runs on Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT, MacOS, and UNIX.
http://www.sprysoft.com
Runs on Windows 3.x and Windows 95.
http://www.cac.washington.edu/pine/
Runs on most versions of UNIX. Windows and DOS versions are in preliminary release.
http://www.cuteftp.com
Runs on Windows 3.x and Windows 95.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/pages/softdev/fetch.html
Runs on MacOS.
http://nethelp.tamu.edu/macintosh/tamunet/telnet/
Runs on MacOS.
http://www.vocaltec.com
Runs on Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT, and MacOS.
http://www.netscape.com/comprod/products/navigator/version_3.0/cooltalk/index.html
CoolTalk is included with Netscape Navigator.
Runs on Windows and UNIX.
http://www.cert.org
http://www.novell.com
Novell is the leading vendor of LAN server software and is the creator of IPX.
http://www.netscape.com/comprod/products/navigator/
Navigator is the leading Web client.
Free to nonprofit organizations and schools. Others have a free
trial.
Runs on Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT, MacOS, and UNIX.
http://www.microsoft.com
Internet Explorer is Navigator's main competition.
Free.
Runs on Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT, and MacOS.
http://www.qualcomm.com
Qualcomm's Eudora is one of the best e-mail clients available.
Free light version.
Runs on Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT, and MacOS.
http://www.shiva.com
Shiva makes a line of rack modems designed to provide connectivity to your intranet.
http://www.windows95.com
This site contains excellent information on how to set up PPP, SLIP, and LAN connections in Windows 95.
http://www.trumpet.com
Trumpet Software produces the best 16-bit Winsock client.
Free demo.
Runs on Windows 3.x and Windows 95.
http://www.cern.ch/
http://www.w3.org
http://www.netscape.com/comprod/products/navigator/
The world's most popular browser.
Runs on Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT, MacOS, and UNIX.
http://www.microsoft.com/ie/
A close competitor to Navigator that is free.
Runs on Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT, and MacOS.
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/
The "original" Web client.
Runs on Windows 95, Windows NT, MacOS, and UNIX.
http://www.oracle.com/products/websystem/powerbrowser/
Not as fast or as capable as other browsers.
Runs on Windows 3.x, Windows 95, and Windows NT.
http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/MarkUp/
http://www.javasoft.com
http://www.netscape.com/comprod/products/navigator/version_2.0/script/index.html http://www.microsoft.com/jscript/
http://www.microsoft.com/vbscript/
http://home.netscape.com/comprod/products/navigator/version_2.0/plugins/index.html
http://www.microsoft.com/activex/
http://www.netscape.com/comprod/products/navigator/
The world's most popular browser.
Runs on Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT, MacOS, and UNIX.
http://www.microsoft.com/ie/
A close competitor to Navigator that is free.
Runs on Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT, and MacOS.
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/
The "original" Web client.
Runs on Windows 95, Windows NT, MacOS, and UNIX.
http://www.oracle.com/products/websystem/powerbrowser/
Not as fast or as capable as other browsers.
Runs on Windows 3.x, Windows 95, and Windows NT.
http://www.microsoft.com/msword/internet/ia/
http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/
http://www.netscape.com/comprod/products/navigator/gold/index.html
http://www.sausage.com/hotdog32.htm
http://www.sq.com/index.html
http://www.adobe.com/acrobat/prodinfo.html http://www.adobe.com/Acrobat/PDF sites.html
http://www.corel.com/products/wordperfect/envoy7/index.htm
http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/postscript/main.html
http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/MarkUp/SGML/
http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/MarkUp/
http://www.iso.ch/welcome.html
http://www.mpeg.org/index.html/
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/audio-fmts/top.html
http://www.dspg.com/internet.htm
http://www.vocaltec.com/iwave.htm
http://www.voxware.com
http://www.macromedia.com/software/sound/index.html
http://www.cakewalk.com/html/proaudio.html
http://web.cs.mun.ca/~chris3/goldwave/
http://www.syntrillium.com/
http://www.realaudio.com/products/server.html
http://www.streamworks.com/
http://www.vocaltec.com
http://www.netspeak.com
http://home.netscape.com/comprod/products/navigator/version_3.0/cooltalk/index.html
http://www.microsoft.com/ie/ie3/netmtg.htm
http://www.kurz-ai.com/gen-vr.html
http://www.starlight.com/
http://www.vdo.net
http://www.streamworks.com
http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/premiere/main.html
http://quicktime.apple.com/
http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov:81/ltpcf/about/unix/Depotdoc/netpbm/
http://www.mpeg.org
http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/photoshop/main.html
http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/illustrator/main.html
http://www.kodak.com/digitalImaging/aboutPhotoCD/aboutPCD.shtml
http://www.digidesign.com
http://www.macromedia.com/software/sound/index.html
http://web.cs.mun.ca/~chris3/goldwave/
http://www.csra.net/junodj/
http://www.cuteftp.com
http://www.ftp.com
http://www.dartmouth.edu/pages/softdev/fetch.html
http://catsoft.dorm.duke.edu/index.htm
ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/win95/inet/32wfd220.zip
(No Web site available)
http://www.oracle.com
http://www.informix.com
http://www.sysbase.com
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/
http://netserv.borland.com/paradox/
http://www.microsoft.com/msaccess/
http://www.vandyke.com/vandyke/crt/
http://starbase.neosoft.com/~zkrr01/netterm.html
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~gerke/desktop/macos/mactelnet.html
http://www.hummingbird.com/products.html#exceed
http://www.netmanage.com/netmanage/pcx/xoftware/xmac.html
http://www.cac.washington.edu/pine/
http://www.eudora.com
http://www.sprysoft.com
http://www.novell.com/groupwise/
http://www.netscape.com/comprod/products/navigator/index.html
Mail is part of Navigator.
http://www.qdeck.com/chat/
http://www.qdeck.com/chat/
http://www.ichat.com/
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ircle/
http://www.mirc.co.uk/
http://www.vocaltec.com
http://www.netspeak.com
http://www.qdeck.com
http://www.microsoft.com/ie/ie3/netmtg.htm
http://www.netscape.com/comprod/products/navigator/versions_3.0/cooltalk/index.html
http://www.freetel.com
http://www.pulver.com/fwd/
http://www.wpine.com/
http://www.vdo.net
http://www.fokus.gmd.de/step/rtp/
http://www.vocaltec.com/telephon.htm
http://www.wpine.com
http://www.pictel.com
http://www.vdo.net
http://www.bbn.com
http://www.cinecom.cokm
http://www.connectix.com
http://www.mbone.com
http://home.netscape.com/comprod/server_central/server_add_ons.html
http://home.netscape.com/comprod/products/navigator/version_2.0/plugins/index.html
http://www.oracle.com
http://www.sybase.com
http://www.microsoft.com/sql
http://www.microsoft.com/msaccess/
http://netserv.borland.com/paradox/
http://www.javasoft.com
http://home.netscape.com/comprod/products/navigator/version_2.0/script/script_info/index.html http://www.microsft.com/jscript/
http://www.bio.cam.ac.uk/cgi-lib/
http://www.microsoft.com/vbasic
http://www.microsoft.com/vbscript
http://www.netscape.com/comprod/products/navigator/version_3.0/cooltalk/index.html
http://www.pointcast.com
http://www.sdsc.edu/SDSC/Partners/vrml/examples.html
http://www.wayfarer.com
http://www.brill.com/intranet/
http://www.well.com
http://freenet.msp.mn.us/people/drwool/webconf.html
http://www.pathfinder.com
http://www.intraactive.com
http://webboard.ora.com/
http://webnotes.ostech.com/
http://lundeen.com
http://www.intraactive.com
http://www.thuridion.com
http://www.goldminesw.com/
http://www.symantec.com/act/index.html
http://www.quote.com
http://www.gamelan.com
http://www.irsociety.com/wbs.html
http://sensemedia.net/sprawl
http://www.worlds.net
http://clickshare.com
http://www.desktopdata.com
http://www.grayfire.com
http://www.iacnet.com
http://www.individual.com
http://www.lexis-nexis.com
http://www.information.com
http://www.newsalert.com/
http://www.reuters.com
http://www.bloomberg.com
http://www.businesswire.com
http://www.prnewswire.com
http://www.cnp-inc.com/
http://www.dialog.com/
http://www.intraactive.com
http://www.opentext.com
http://www.intraactive.com
http://www.opentext.com
http://www.lotus.com
http://www.netscape.com/comprod/products/navigator/