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netViz 3D Software Featured in Network Computing Magazine "Sneak Preview" recommends netViz for data-rich diagramming September 18, 2000, Rockville, MD - Network Computing magazine has printed the first review of netViz Corporation's newest software product, netViz 3D. The verdict - two thumbs up. In an article in the September 18 issue, an independent review of netViz 3D focused on the software's ability to integrate and graphically depict complex systems in three dimensions. "Programs like Microsoft's PowerPoint and Visio are ideal if you want to draw pictures of your enterprise data network, but those illustrations don't provide much information about the devices and the connections between them. Sure, you can make notes in a PowerPoint presentation and put words on a Visio drawing, but you are limited by space on the page. If you need to create professional-looking network diagrams that also contain data, check out netViz Corporation's updated netViz 3D." Taking advantage of OpenGL to generate lifelike views of objects and their interconnections across system levels, netViz 3D can create three-dimensional depictions of even the most complex information networks. The product ships with hundreds of ready-to-use three-dimensional business graphics, including models of computer and network equipment. Multi-level
netViz projects can be exported directly into many graphical formats,
including PowerPoint. By incorporating a mix of two- Unlike conventional drawing tools, netViz diagrams reflect underlying system information. Whether viewed on the desktop or over the Web, users can select an object in a netViz graphical model and see data associated with the object. If a user connects netViz objects to outside databases, a simple refresh from the netViz toolbar will update the objects' embedded information. According to Vo Tran, netViz Corporation's CEO, supplementing netVIz's traditional 2D diagrams with full-blown three-dimensional data-visualization capabilities meets a real business need. "Until now, 3D has generally been used for video games, movies and high-end engineering applications, but we saw a great opportunity to apply the technology to a real-world business problem. Network Computing agreed, remarking that "netViz's decision to make this version of the product 3-D was smart. The company's goal is to let enterprises create hierarchical diagrams of their networks to show the relationships of the different components. To do this, the program has to rely on different levels, or views. A WAN, for example, may have dozens of locations, buildings and wiring closets, and thousands of nodes. Trying to depict that in a single image is next to impossible. Likewise, the information about the links, the speed and type of devices would never fit on a diagram without making it cluttered and hard to read. netViz uses levels of diagrams and data fields to explain each component. The 3-D feature lets you view multiple levels on a single diagram without having to click on each object to drill down for more information." About
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and three-dimensional netViz diagrams, users can create PowerPoint presentations
that navigate across vast hierarchies one diagram at a time or view
an entire system in a single, integrated three-dimensional view.