Rapidly Produce Network, Database, Software And Web Diagrams! Visio 2000 Professional Edition is the market leader in IT diagramming software, delivering industry-standard tools for rapidly producing network, database, software, and Web diagrams. Visio 2000 Professional Edition introduces new tools, a new drawing engine, and a new model-based approach to IT diagramming. Powering these innovations is the revamped Visio 2000 platform, with its streamlined interface, customizable toolbars, and support for larger diagrams. And because all Visio 2000 products rely on this platform and file format, you can easily share your IT diagrams with other Visio users for an enterprise-wide exchange of ideas. Every day, IT professionals manage demanding network, user, application, and data issues. And while you're up to your ears in those details, businesses demand the latest voice-data technology, or a better e-commerce infrastructure, or a Windows 2000 migration. You're expected to plan ahead, provide a strategy, and document it so that everyone understands. With Visio 2000 Professional Edition , you can finally get a clear picture of the networks, databases, software, processes, and Web sites you have, and even start planning for the ones you want. Visualize legacy systems. Document development projects. Prototype architectures. The innovative diagramming tools in Professional Edition translate the complexity of your day-to-day IT systems into a visual language that everyone understands, so that clients get the big picture, team members can coordinate their efforts, and projects run more smoothly. Features: Inherent Ease of Use Your IT systems and processes may be complicated, but visualizing them doesn't have to be. With Professional Edition , you assemble drawings using predrawn shapes called SmartShapes* symbols, which snap together effortlessly to represent network equipment, business processes, and more. Or, connect to databases, software projects, or Web sites and use Professional Edition's built-in tools to generate diagrams for you. Plus, productivity tools in the Visio 2000 platform streamline the work environment for everyone. Model-Based Intelligence Build certain IT diagrams based on a model that keeps track of objects for you. When you revise a database, software, directory services, or data flow diagramming shape in your model, all instances of the shape update automatically in your diagrams. Read about our model-based approach to IT diagramming. Broad Compatibility Drop your IT diagrams into Microsoft Office documents and e-mail messages, or publish them in HTML or other formats on the corporate intranet or an Internet site. With deeper Microsoft integration and richer Internet support, the Visio 2000 platform gives you convenient options for communicating with team members and clients. Built-in and Add-On Extensibility Because of the open architecture of the Visio 2000 platform, virtually every aspect of Professional Edition can be customized. Check out the Visio Developer Network for invaluable developer resources. Or, extend Professional Edition with the Visio Network Equipment add-on solution for designing and documenting networks. System Requirements: PC Hardware: Intel Pentium processor (minimum); 200 MHz or faster recommended Operating System: Windows 95/98/NT 4.0 (with Service Pack 3.0 or later) System RAM: 32 MB; 64 MB or more recommended Hard Drive: 110 MB CD-ROM Drive: Required