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Is there any field exploding with more new products than that of Web applications? And once you install them, how do you keep them running? This newsletter, prepared by Network World columnist Mark Gibbs, will keep you current on new products and new features, as well as provide advice on getting the most out of your apps.

Mark Gibbs

AfterCAD Insite, showing the client what you’ve got

AfterCAD Insite CAD Viewer

Web Applications Newsletter  By Mark Gibbs, Network World, 04/16/07

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Making documents available for Web viewing simply requires uploading the document to the Insite server using the server’s Web interface. The server converts them into JPEG tiles for each zoom level and each layer (think Google maps) and then creates the displayed image on demand by the Insite CAD viewer. The result is excellent browser-side performance.

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The Insite server is priced at $1,995 per server, and maintenance subscriptions are also available. Each server license allows for up to 50 concurrent users, and 50 additional concurrent users can be purchased for $995.

I’m really impressed with this company. Their Insite system works incredibly well and is very flexible, and if anything it is remarkably cheap for what it delivers as compared to similar presentation products particularly in the GIS market.

The company is currently in beta test with a 3D presentation solution that uses pure AJAX wrapped in a Flash frame, but still avoids using anything additional such as ActiveX controls or Java applets. They are currently using MySpace as a testing ground (you can get a sneak peak here) and they are at pains to point out that the technology is in beta and therefore it is subject to downtime.

Mark Gibbs is a consultant, author, journalist, and columnist and now blogger: Check out Gibbsblog.

Gibbs not only pens (well, keyboards) this newsletter he also writes the weekly Backspin and Gearhead columns in Network World. We’ll spare you the rest of the bio but if you want to know more, go here.

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