There are thousands of products you can use to enhance your intranet, and more are being developed every day. This listing, therefore, is far from comprehensive, but rather provides a good place to start in your quest for suites, software, shareware, and freeware that you can run from both the server side of the intranet and the client side. The one common denominator for these products is that all, except the few noted, are available for download from the World Wide Web sites indicated for them.
O'Reilly & Associates
Includes statistics package, image map editor, web indexer, and a server administration toolkit
http://www.ora.com/
Web and Gopher included
http://www.zbserver.com
CSM
Comes with multithreading, a control panel administration application, directory listings, CGI, aliases, definable
Mimetypes, access and error logging, image maps (NCSA and CERN formats), online statistics
http://alibaba.austria.eu.net
Global Network Navigator
Freeware formerly known as NaviServer
http://www.tools.gnn.com
NetManage
This suite, which runs under Windows NT, includes NFS, LDP, Web Director, PC Net Time, and DNS servers.
http://www.netmanage.com
Lotus
Release 4.0 includes InterNotes, which integrates with the Web.
http://www.lotus.com
Excite Corporation
The search engine is free, but if you want support, you'll have to pay for a service contract. Many sites have taken their chances, and the Excite engine is cropping up all over Intranets and World Wide Web sites.
http://www.excite.com
Digital Equipment Corporation
The hottest search engine on the Web has led its creator, Digital Equipment Corporation, to offer it for sale to corporations building Intranets.
http://www.altavista.digital.com
Hot Dog (32-bit and 16-bit)
Sausage Software
Excellent, easy-to-use, full-featured HTML authoring program
http://www.sausage.com
SoftQuad
Full-featured, including frames, ActiveX, and Java
http://www.sq.com
Nesbitt Software
WYSIWIG preview in a simple-to-use package
http://www.thegroup.net/webedit
Microsoft Corporation
More than HTML authoring, it's an entire site development tool
http://www.microsoft.com
Netscape Corporation
http://home.netscape.com
Microsoft Corporation
http://www.microsoft.com
Accent Worldwide Inc.
Allows you to browse, publish, and e-mail in 30 languages under English Windows
http://www.accentsoft.com
Novell, Inc.
Server, browser, authoring, IPX-to-IP translator, and NetWare 4.1 runtime, all designed to allow companies to run Intranets on existing Novell networks without making a full-blown conversion to TCP/IP
http://www.novell.com
Hummingbird Communications
Administration, central server, document authoring, management and distribution, search engine, gopher, browser, mail, USENET newsgroups, more
http://www.hummingbird.com
OpenText Corporation
Group collaboration suite
http://www.opentext.com/livelink
(not available for download, but the Web site features an online demo)
Thuridion
Group scheduling and messaging suite
http://www.thuridion.com
(not available for download)
JSB
All-in-one client features includes client, gateway, and user interface
http://www.intranet.co.uk
Microsoft Corporation
Integrates the famous Microsoft Office suite (word processor, spreadsheet, database, scheduler, etc.) with Web-browsing capabilities
http://www.microsoft.com
(in development; not available for download)
InfoAccess
Quick conversion of a multitude of elements from word processor and other documents to HTML
http://www.infoaccess.com
Microsoft Corporation
Convert Word files to HTML or author original HTML in Word
http://www.microsoft.com
Customizable message board system for Web-based conferencing; designed to function on any Unix system
http://workshop.matisse.net/yapp
Lundeen & Associates
Allows you to create a hierarchy of topics to organize Web-based conversations
http://webx.lundeen.com
Allaire Corp.
Provides Web managers with a threaded messaging system that uses color coding to help users navigate discussion groups and postings
http://www.allaire.com
Simware
Salvo allows you to take full advantage of existing legacy mainframe systems by providing a middleman application to serve as a gatekeeper between the mainframe and Web servers.
http://www.simware.com
Attachmate
Another system that provides a link between legacy mainframe and other information repositories and the Intranet
http://www.attachmate.com/Intranet
Distinct
Integrated terminal emulator for DEC and IBM systems
http://www.distinct.com
Excellent package includes filtering and lots of other features
http://www.qualcomm.com/ProdTech/Quest/products.html
Free SMTP mail reader with lots of features
http://www.pegasus.usa.com
Bonzi Software
Send audio and graphical "v-mail" over TCP/IP networks; player is
freeware
http://www.bonzi.com
Forte, Inc.
Best full-featured news-reader available
http://www.forteinc.com
Still in beta, but coming on strong
http://www.malch.com/mxfaq.html
Group Collaboration Software
Microsoft Corporation
Integrated phone, application sharing, and whiteboard
http://www.microsoft.com
Cornell University
Videoconferencing over TCP/IP networks
http://cu-seeme.cornell.edu
White Pine
Color and other enhancements from the commercial version of the Cornell application
http://www.cu-seeme.com
Now Software
Address book for searching for employees on the Web; integrates with Now Up-to-Date Publisher
http://www.nowsoft.com
Calendar for intranets; integrates with Now Up-to-Date Web Publisher
MDL Information Systems
Allows scientists to display 2D and 3D chemical models within an HTML page
http://www.mdli.com
View Adobe's popular PDF files
http://www.adobe.com
Tumbleweed Software
Read Envoy files from the Web
http://www.tumbleweed.com
View CommonGround portable documents from the Web
http://www.commonground.com
FTP Software
View, print, convert, and manage 200 file formats from inside browser; high-fidelity viewing also allows copy, paste, and convert options
http://www.ftp.com
INSO Corporation
PC Magazine Editor's Choice allows users to view, copy, print, and manage any file from within a browser window; supports more than 200 file formats
http://www.inso.com
INSO
View any Microsoft Word 6.0 or 7.0 document
http://www.inso.com
Micrografx
Allows Web users to place, view, and interact with Micrografx ABC Graphics Suite files
http://www.micrografx.com
Corel
View smooth vector graphics online over the net
http://www.corel.com
Corel
Configure a fully functional CAD program with standard view and object-creation capabilities
http://www.corel.com
SoftSource
View AutoCAD and DFX drawings over the Web
http://www.softsource.com
Carberry Technology/EBT
Adds rotation of all images in 90, 180, 270, or 360 degrees
http://www.ct.ebt.com
Interated Systems
View fractal images on the Web
http://www.iterated.com
InterCAP Graphics Systems
Vector-based CGM graphics viewed on the Web
http://www.intercap.com
Infino
Optimized wavelet image codec for higher compression rations, smaller image files, faster transmissions, and improved image quality; replaced JPEG
http://www.infinop.com
Pegasus Imaging
Supports JPEG, Progressive JPEG, and PIC at faster decompression and viewing speeds
http://www.jpg.com
Macromedia
Users can interact with FreeHand art and graphics
http://www.macromedia.com
SoftSource
View CAD drawings and other complex graphics
http://www.softsource.com
TMSqwww.tmsinc.com
Summus
Wavelet-based image compression
http://www.summus.com
Autodesk
View, send, and share 2D vector data and design content over the Web
http://www.autodesk.com
Software Publishing Corporation
Presentation view for viewing, downloading, and printing reports and presentations from the Web
http://www.spco.com
Gold Disk
Plays multimedia documents created with Astound or Studio M software
http://www.golddisk.com
LMSOFT
Hypermedia authoring tool for embedding hypermedia presentations in HTML documents
http://www.lmsoft.ca
Strata
Streams MediaForge titles over the Net
http://wwwstrata3d.comPointPlus
Net-Scene
View Microsoft PowerPoint presentations embedded in HTML
http://www.net-scene.com
RadMedia
Visual multimedia authoring software
http://www.radmedia.com
Microsoft Corporation
View and publish PowerPoint animations and presentations in browser window
Microcom
Remotely control another PC over the Internet
http://www.microcom.com
Starfish Software
Lets you tell time around the world at a glance without leaving your browser; displays local time and date for eight geographical locations
http://www.starfishsoftware.com
Ichat
Integrates chat capability directly into browser
http://www.ichat.com
ActiveX
Ncompass
Allows you to embed ActiveX controls; also allows ActiveX, currently for Microsoft's Internet Explorer, to be viewed in Netscape Navigator
Alpha Software
Adds data-entry functionality to Navigator; used to connect any CGI script for processing a Web-based form
http://www.alphasoftware.com
Business@Web
Brings OLE/OCX compatibility and enterprise application development to the Web; use drag-and-drop environment and Visual Basic scripting to build interactive Net applications
http://www.busweb.com
PenOP
Capture dynamics of signatures and bind them to electronic documents to create tamperproof evidential record of signatures
http://www.penop.com
Amara
Create Internet applets with Visual Basic for Applications and the WebBASIC API
http://www.webbasic.com
Silicon Graphics
Incorporate sensors, scripts, and sound into a VRML browser
http://www.sgi.com or http://vrml.sgi.com
Netscape
Allows you to use interactive, multiuser VRML applications written in Java; features 3D text, background images, texture animation, morphing, viewpoints, collision detection, gravity, and RealAudio streaming sound
http://home.netscape.com
Kinetix
Adds animation to VRML worlds
http://www.ktx.com
Chaco Communications
Allows building of multi-user multimedia
http://www.chaco.com
Integrated Data Systems
Adds object behaviors, gravity, collision detection, autopilot, multimedia
http://www.ids-net.com
LiveUpdate
Delivers high-quality stereo MIDI music to the Web
http://www.liveupdate.com
Echo Speech Corporation
High-quality compressed speech
http://www.echospeech.com
SSEYO
High-quality generative or organic MIDI music
http://www.sseyo.com
Yahama Corporation
Sound and music accompaniment in MIDI format
http://www.yamaha.co.jp/midhm.html
FastMan
Decompresses and plays music that has been compressed up to 40:1
http://www.monsterbit.com
Progressive Networks
On-demand, real-time audio over 14.4kbps or faster network connections
http://www.realaudio.com
MVP Solutions
For Macintosh only; synthesis technology uses less bandwidth than recorded audio
http://www.mvpsolutions.com
Voxware
High-quality speech audio; existing HTTP server can stream audio
http://www.voxware.com
Interated Systems
AVI plugin
http://www.iterated.com
Intelligence at Large
QuickTime movies on the Web
http://www.beingthere.com
Iván Cavero Belaúnde
Supports embedded Apple QuickTime movies in Web pages
http://www.well.com/~ivanski
Open2u
Embed MPEG movies with synchronized sound into HTML pages
http://www.open2u.com
Digigami
Real-time, streaming audio-video using AVI, MOV, and MPG for video, WAV, MID, and MP2 for audio
http://www.digigami.com
Precept
Multimedia networking software; used to create intranet applications such as LAN TV
http://www.precept.com
InterVU
Streaming MPEG audio-video downloads
http://www.intervu.com
Knowledge Engineering
For Macintosh only; handles QuickTime, ambient MIDI background sound; WAV, AU, and AIFF audio; MPEG; and AVI
http://www.maczilla.com
VIVO Software
AVI files compressed 250:1
http://www.vivo.com
FutureSplash
FutureWave
Vector-based animation
http://www.futurewave.com
Aimtech
Designed to allow building of multimedia applications
http://www.aimtech.com/prodiahome.html
mBED Software
Built-in multimedia players with interacts scripted in simple text files; uses Web-standard graphics and sound formats
http://www.mbed.com
Narrative Communications
Comprehensive platform for optimizing, distributing, and viewing large volumes of CD-ROM-quality, interactive multimedia content over TCP/IP networks with low bandwidth
http://www.narrative.com
Macromedia
Allows users to interact with Macromedia Authorware courses and Macromedia Director presentations in a browser window. Animation, clickable buttons, links to URLs, digital video movies, sound, and other elements can be integrated within the presentation
http://www.macromedia.com
Totally Hip
Simultaneous viewing and interaction with Web pages while streaming animation is delivered over the Web
http://www.totallyhip.com/6_sizz.html
Kinetix
Users can explore 3D worlds created with 3D Studio and 3D Studio Max; supports VRBL (Virtual Reality Behavior Language), Kinetix's proprietary specification
http://www.ktx.com
Superscape
Allows walkthroughs and other applications of 3D worlds
http://www.superscape.com
Plastic Thought
Allows browser to display 3D images that can be rotated, turned, and tumbled on screen
http://www.3d-active.com
DataViews
Displays 2D and 3D drawings, graphs, and controls; supports real-time interaction and continuous or periodic updating from a server datastream
http://www.ducorp.com
Apple Computer
View and act on 3D models; relies on QuickDraw 3D, Apple's 3D graphics API
http://product.info.apple.com
VREAM
Interactive 3D environments
http://www.vream.com
Omniview
Navigate within 360-degree environment
http://www.omnivivew.com