LinkScan 7.1 includes LinkScan ServerPro & Enhancements
San Jose, CA, March 25, 2000. Electronic Software Publishing Corporation (Elsop) is pleased to announce the release of LinkScan ServerPro.With the introduction of LinkScan ServerPro, Elsop now offers a solution for every level of an organization from individual webmaster to development team to mutilple teams of developers and content managers. Elsop's family of four quality assurance products: LinkScan Workstation, LinkScan Server, LinkScan ServerPro and LinkScan Enterprise provide a seamless growth path that is offered with complete compatibility between the different products. This is important to large organizations because their training and support requirements are the same for all three products. All LinkScan products can now scan remote as well as local computer systems via HTTP and/or file system.
The LinkScan products are the industrial strength link checking and website management tools for all Linux, Unix and Windows operating systems. They are the most accurate, fastest and most scalable products available and they are highly customizable. They also do HTML validation. All LinkScan products create two types of publication quality SiteMaps and they are professionally supported. Reports may be viewed using all industry standard browsers.
- LinkScan Enterprise is the multi-team product and it will scan an unlimited number of web pages and
links on up to ten (10) physical computers that are owned or leased by you at one
Location. Enterprise includes Dispatch. Up to over 100 computers may be
scanned by a single LinkScan Enterprise by licensing additional capability.
This is the ideal solution with many teams of developers using numerous
computers to build large internet and intranet sites. Reports may be viewed with web browsers and/or
distributed via e-mail. This multi-team product is priced at only $5,000.
- LinkScan ServerPro is the high capacity multi-user team product
and it includes LinkScan/Dispatch. The size of the website that
may be analyzed may be up to 15,000 web pages and have an unlimited number
of external links. The user is permitted to scan one computer.
Reports may be viewed with web browsers and/or
distributed via e-mail. This multi-user product is priced at only $2,700.
- LinkScan Server is the complete multi-user team product
and it includes LinkScan/Dispatch. LinkScan Server is already widely
used by organizations with large websites. The size of the website that
may be analyzed may be up to 5,000 web pages and have an unlimited number
of external links. The user is permitted to scan one computer.
Reports may be viewed with web browsers and/or
distributed via e-mail. This multi-user product is priced at only $1,000.
- LinkScan Workstation is a single-user
implementation designed for individual content developers in large
enterprises, and for organizations having smaller websites with up to
500 web pages. It will check an unlimited number of external links.
LinkScan Workstation enables smaller organizations
and departments to take advantage of the proven LinkScan technology
at the very affordable price of $300.
New Enhancements
Elsop is also pleased to introduce a number of other enhancements to the LinkScan family of products with version 7.1:- LinkScan ServerPro is introduced to serve large websites on one computers.
- Page Load Time Report is now available in all LinkScan products.
This reports ranks web pages on how long they take in seconds to download at a specified
connection speed. It can be used to identify pages that take too long to download which
causes visitors to leave your site.
- Javascript scanning has been improved.
- A number of bug fixes and general improvements mainly for
Windows 98 reliability.
Summary of Capabilities and Differences in LinkScan Products
| Features | LinkScan WorkStation |
LinkScan Server |
LinkScan ServerPro |
LinkScan Enterprise |
| Users | Individual | Team | Large Team | Multiple Teams |
| Number of External URLs (Links) | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Number of Web Pages | < 500 | < 5,000 | < 15,000 | Unlimited |
| Number of Computers Scanned | One | One | One | Ten * |
| Reports Distributed via E-mail | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Scan Multiple Computers in a single project |
No | No | No | Yes |
| Scan Computer Via Remote or Local File System and/or HTTP |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Dynamic Report Generator | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Includes SiteMap & TapMap | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Platforms - Runs on All Linux, Windows and Unix O/S's |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Price | $300.00 | $1,000.00 | $2,700.00 | $5,000.00 |
LinkScan checks websites through either the file system or the web server. Both processes are necessary. The file system process is ten times faster than the server process and it enables LinkScan to identify orphan files. Checking links through the web server enables LinkScan to check active elements such as CGI's, image maps, external links and Server Side Includes. Having both capabilities also enables the user to mirror their production server on either their workstation and/or a development server.
LinkScan is being used by such large and diverse organizations as Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, NEC, Silicon Graphics, the University of Cambridge (UK), the United States Department of Defense, Goethe Institut, the California Institute of Technology, StorageTek, HBO, Shell Canada, Australia's Commonwealth Department of the Environment, Rueters, iafrica.com, Computer Associates, Candle Corp., the US National Security Agency, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northwest Airlines, Brown University, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the MITRE Corporation, the Ford Motor Company, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Walgreens Pharmacy, the Boeing Company, Business Week, the Swedish EPA, Molecular Simulations Inc., 3Com Corporation, the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Ericsson, Finnish National Gallery, KPMG and the White House.
LinkScan operates on all Unix Systems (including AIX, BSDI, FreeBSD, Digital Unix, HP/UX, IRIX, Linux, and SunOS/Solaris flavors), Linux and all Windows (95/98/NT/2000) platforms with Perl 5. Free fully functional evaluation copies of LinkScan 6.2 may be downloaded from the company's website at: http://www.elsop.com/
LinkScan Upgrade Options
- LinkScan versions 1.x, 2.x and 3.x may be upgraded to LinkScan Server 7.1 for a fee of $500.00 per copy.
- LinkScan versions 1.x, 2.x and 3.x may be upgraded to LinkScan ServerPro 7.1. Contact us for this option.
LinkScan Workstation Upgrade Options
- LinkScan Workstation 7.0 or earlier may be upgraded to LinkScan Workstation 7.1 for free.
- LinkScan Workstation 7.1 or earlier may be upgraded to LinkScan Server
for a fee of $700.00 per copy.
- LinkScan Workstation 7.1 or earlier may be upgraded to LinkScan ServerPro for a fee of $2,400 per copy.
LinkScan Server Upgrade Options
- LinkScan Server 7.0 may be upgraded to LinkScan Server 7.1 for free.
- LinkScan Server 4.x, 5.x and 6.x may be upgraded to LinkScan Server 7.1
for a fee of $250 per copy.
- LinkScan Server may be upgraded to LinkScan ServerPro 7.1
for a fee of $1,700 per copy.
- LinkScan Server 7.1 or earlier may be upgraded to LinkScan Enterprise for a fee of $4,000.00 per copy.
LinkScan ServerPro Upgrade Options
- LinkScan ServerPro may be upgraded to LinkScan Enterprise for a fee of $2,300 per copy.