iTools for Mac OS X (DP3)
A suite of tools to dramatically simplify Apache configuration & maintenance
Santa Barbara, CA, May 8, 2000. Tenon Intersystems, today announced a
public beta of iTools for Mac OS X (DP3). Tenon’s iTools is a web server
that takes advantage of the preemptive multitasking and memory protection
of Apple’s next-generation OS. iTools for Mac OS X Server has been
available for over one year and is being used worldwide for secure,
commercial web service. Because iTools runs natively on OS X, Tenon has
been able to leapfrog traditional Macintosh vendors who are pursuing
Carbonized versions of their existing Macintosh applications for Apple’s
upcoming OS X. Tenon’s iTools extends and enhances Mac OS X’s networking
performance, efficiency, ease-of-use, and functionality, with a family of
tools essential to serious, commercial content delivery and eCommerce.
iTools for Mac OS X is an evolution of Tenon’s WebTen for Mac OS, heralded
for being the easiest and fastest Apache in the world. The iTools package
is designed to complement and extend the Apache that is included with
Apple’s OS X and to make it easy for webmasters to set up and support
sophisticated network servers. Jack Miller, President of the Miller Group
(http://www.miller-group.net), a consulting firm specializing in web-based
software for schools, said, “iTools brings true ease of administration to
our school district clients and still gives them the power and flexibility
of Apache. We know that iTools will be an important part of our portfolio.”
Using Apple’s bundled Apache as a point of departure and incorporating the
latest open source protocol implementations of Apache, DNS, FTP and
sendmail, iTools extends the OS X platform with a rich set of network
services. Included with iTools are a powerful WEBmail server, a
state-of-the-art domain name server, a multihoming FTP server, a robust SSL
encryption engine with tiered-certificate support for eCommerce, a powerful
caching engine with state-of-the-art proxy support, a Sherlock-savvy search
engine, and FastCGI to provide high-performance Perl and CGI execution. The
WEBmail tool turns Mac OS X into a complete POP3, IMAP4, fully
customizable, anytime, anywhere ‘hotmail’ style mail server. The FTP tool
includes support for virtual FTP hosts, password protected FTP and
anonymous FTP. The iTools web server package is mature, integrated and
scalable and all of the networking services are supported using a point and
click, browser-based administration tool, enabling system administrators
and webmasters to manage their web servers remotely using any internet
browser. iTools provides the power and flexibility of an advanced graphical
user interface, while still leaving the native configuration files
accessible.
Tenon’s web server software gives webmasters an evolutionary path from Mac
OS to OS X Server to OS X, enabling them to gracefully move content and CGI
scripts from one platform to another, all with a consistent architecture
for secure web and mail delivery. iTools for OS X will ship this summer as
soon as Apple releases OS X. A preliminary version of iTools for OS X is
available now as a downloadable public beta
(http://www.tenon.com/products/itools-osx). The beta includes a built-in
14-day license, which can be easily extended by contacting Tenon
(sales@tenon.com). The iTools suite of downloadable packages includes: open
source applications (a search engine, a Java servlet engine, a powerful PHP
scripting tool, and an MySQL database), demonstrations of third party
applications (Matador Design’s WebEvent calendar program, Aestiva’s dynamic
web building HTML/OS tool), SSL and WEBmail.
Founded in 1989, Tenon Intersystems is a leader in high-performance
networking. Apple’s OS X, coupled with the new G4 processors and Tenon’s
iTools, provides the foundation for world-class content delivery. Tenon
Intersystems can be reached in the U.S. at 805-963-6983, by the internet at
sales@tenon.com, or via the web at http://www.tenon.com.