Tenon Intersystems has released iTools for OS X Beta. iTools is an advanced suite of tools that enhances OS Xis native web serving technology, which is based on the popular and powerful Apache web server. According to Tenon:
Tenon Intersystems, today announced a public beta of iTools for Mac OS X Public Beta. Tenonis iTools is a web server that takes advantage of the preemptive multitasking and memory protection of Appleis next-generation OS. Tenonis iTools runs natively on OS X, extending and enhancing Mac OS Xis 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 Tenonis WebTen for Mac OS, heralded for being the easiest and fastest Apache in the world. Tenonis iTools package is designed to complement and extend the Apache that is included with Appleis new OS X and to make it easy for webmasters to set up and support sophisticated network servers. Using Appleis 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 ihotmaili 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.
Tenonis 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 early in 2001, 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 ([email protected]). The iTools suite of downloadable packages includes: PHP 4 (a scripting tool), Tomcat (for Java Servlets and Java Server Pages), SSL (for secure eCommerce), and a developer version of OpenBase (a powerful database engine). As the public beta proceeds, additional packages will be added.
iTools for OS X Beta can be purchased for US$395, a discount off the regular price of US$495. You can find more information at the Tenon Intersystems web site.