======================================================================= VISUALWARE NEWSLETTER, Vol. 3, Issue #1 July 31, 2003 ======================================================================= In this issue ... 1. MICROSOFT SECURITY BULLETIN - Make sure you protect your systems and confidential data by staying up to date on security patches 2. NEW WEB SITE - We've got a new look! 3. PAGESLEUTH - Measure Web Page efficiency, connectivity and bandwidth 4. VISUALPULSE CISCO EDITION - Keep your Cisco devices running effectively 5. PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT -- Kansas Sheriff locates runaway with eMailTrackerPro and VisualRoute 6. ON-LINE PRODUCT DEMOS -- Try our new products on-line! -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 1. MICROSOFT SECURITY BULLETIN - a recent bulletin identifies a new security hole (MS03-030: Security Bulletin for DirectX) that affects *all* versions of Windows, for which hackers have already released exploit code on the Internet. Everyone must install the security patch or risk their Windows system being compromised by hackers. To stay on top of future security alerts, subscribe to the Microsoft security newsletter at http://www.microsoft.com/security. Going to Start / Windows Update on a regular basis and installing critical software patches is recommended. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 2. NEW WEB SITE! The Visualware Team has been busy putting together a new Website packed full of new products and solutions for helping you manage Internet performance and security. To help you quickly find solutions for your area of interest, the new site has separate areas for Home/Home Office, Small/Medium Business, and Enterprises. http://www.visualware.com Please explore our new site and send us your comments and suggestions! mailto:mtkg@visualware.com?subject=Website -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 3. PAGESLEUTH analyzes website efficiency through accurate measurement of the Internet connection and throughput of your ISP provider (bandwidth performance) and download time of a Web page or transaction. PageSleuth Product Information: http://www.visualware.com/personal/products/pagesleuth/index.html Special Introductory Offer only $19.95, save 50%! http://www.visualware.com/personal/purchase/index.html -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 4. VISUALPULSE CISCO EDITION! Now you can monitor Cisco router bandwidth and utilization levels with our popular VisualPulse Web interface. VisualPulse continuously gathers and summarizes latency and availability data for router traffic and network latency/packet loss. A variety of standard reports are available for easy reporting along with user-defined options for custom reports. VisualPulse Cisco Edition Product Information: http://www.visualware.com/business/products/visualpulsece/index.html -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 5. PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT: VisualRoute and eMailTrackerPro are used by law enforcement worldwide to assist in investigations. Read about how a Jefferson County Sheriff utilized Visualware products to locate a runaway and reunite her with her family: http://www.visualware.com/whitepapers/casestudies/jeffco.html -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 6. ON-LINE DEMOS: New Live Demo Portals! Personal & Home Office - Try VisualRoute Servers around the world! http://www.visualware.com/personal/demo/index.html Small & Medium Business - Live demos for Internet performance and network management, http://www.visualware.com/business/demo/index.html Enterprise - See how Visualware helps you manage the Internet customer experience, http://www.visualware.com/enterprise/demo/index.html -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+