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Company Business and Marketing Masood Jabbar, president of Sun Microsystems' computer systems division, discusses his company's Internet-based marketing strategies. The division managed by Jabbar includes enterprise networking, emerging business, and the service provider market. According to Jabbar, the networking computer market will change dramatically over the next few years, with intelligent applications residing on both provate and public networks. He predicts that services will dominat...

Cents and sensibility.

Industry Trend or Event The results of the 1999 IT industry salary survey, based on the responses of 300 readers of 'Communications News' reveal that employees are staying with the same company for longer periods of time. A total of 69% report that they have been with the same company for five years or longer. Salary ranges, overall, can be considered high, with a two-thirds majority (66%) of our respondents reporting annual salaries of $50,000 or more. One-quarter (25%) of all respondents t...

Bubble, bubble, less toil and trouble.

Company Business and Marketing Molson Breweries sells over 40 brands of beer and ale products, including Molson Canadian and Molson Dry. The brewery has annual sales of $1.5 billion, holds the top market share in a number of Canadian provinces, and is the leading Canadian exporter of beer and ale to the US market. In an effort to revamp its MIS operations, Molson adopted a data warehousing solution based on software from Oracle, and Cognos Inc, including Cognos Impromptu and PowerPlay. The M...

Networking's packet-packed future.

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Sometimes the grass is greener.

Product Information Central Power Systems is a wholesale distributor of lawn and garden parts and equipment, serving companies in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Florida through a distribution network of more than 5,000 retailing outlets. The distribution firm recently initiated an extranet application based on Persoft's Persona Internet/Web server software platform. CPS launched LIVE!--a secure, customers-only extranet site within the corporate Web site. ...

Press 'play' for on-line business profits.

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Mother, may I connect at higher speeds more cheaply?

Industry Trend or Event According to a recent survey, the rollout of digital subscriber line (DSL) services is expected to accelerate in 1999. In 1998, communications service providers concentrated on installing DSL multiplexers in central offices and boosting the deployment of business-oriented DSL services. The current year will be characterized by the growth of the customer base, geographic expansion propelled by the efforts of local exchange carriers and their competitors, and a push int...

The creative collision of Java and AIN.

Industry Trend or Event Communications services providers are turning to advanced intelligent network (AIN) technology, a new way of structuring telecommunications networks. The advantages of AIN include expanded software-based communications services, shorter time-to-market cycles, and lower costs for service deployment. The key element of the AIN architecture is the way it separates a network's execution environment from its switching and transport environment.

Honoring commitment.

Company Business and Marketing Honor Technologies, a company that provides electronic funds transfer services to a network of 250 major banks, decided to switch from a digital T1 network to a frame relay network in order to accommodate its 100 million monthly transactions. The company awarded the service contract to AT and T. For Frame Relay equipment, it turned to Motorola and its Fort Lauderdale value-added reseller, Communication Concepts, Inc., for solutions. The Motorola Vanguard 100 fr...

VoIP and ATM heat up the comm server market.

Technology Information Voice over IP (VoIP) and ATM technologies are propelling the communications server into mainstream markets at an increasingly rapid pace. The main competition to the communications server solution is computer telephony integration (CTI), a scheme by which telephony devices from voice mail systems to automatic call distributors, are integrated with the corporate computer system. Although expensive and complex, CTI solutions can offer a good deal of functionality. Barrie...

ATM/Frame Relay Buyers' Guide.

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It's elementary, my dear Watson.

Mixed ATM-Frame Relay networks - Industry Trend or Event Enterprise customers who choose ATM for increased bandwidth and decide to introduce ATM in their existing Frame Relay environment should take some precautions. First, they should choose a network service provider (NSP) who can provide an appropriate service-level agreement (SLA) in the mixed ART-Frame Relay environment. The NSP in turn should ensure that that the traffic-stream parameters at each end of the mixed connection is done pro...

Latest ATM/Frame Relay products.

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Controlling oversubscription.

Internet A fundamental issue in Internet quality of service (QoS) is oversubscription by the service provider, which occurs when the provider consciously overbooks network resources. There are various metrics to estimate oversubscription. Internet service providers are busy trying to understand which metrics provide the most useful information on the performance of their networks

The center of the organized networking universe.

Directory management Directory management is an important complement to directory services, enabling enterprises to address directory and domain issues in a thorough fashion at the granular object level. Typical enterprise directory management tasks include domain management, security management, policy management, delegation, reporting, migrations, scripting and directory synchronization. Directory management is essential for large businesses, enterprises, reseller and consultants as well a...

Surefire installation.

Banco Popular's high-speed computer network and cabling infrastructure - Company Operations Banco Popular , the largest bank in Puerto Rico and pioneer of innovative banking services, has accomplished its computerized banking procedures with its newly installed high-speed network and revamped cabling infrastructure. Banco Popular used an Ortronics modular network system for structured cabling. The system integrates both copper and fiber media with capability for future upgrading.

Singin' in the rain ... or the storm ... or the lightnin'.

Best Power's UPSs - Company Business and Marketing Best Power's UPSs are increasingly become integral part of information-technology systems since the company introduced its FERRUPS UPS line in 1983. They protect organizations from power outages, which according to a 1998 study by Ernst & Young is the number one cause of business disruptions in the US. A case study of Tampa Bay Federal Credit Union's experience with Best Power UPSs is presented.

Are your connectors time bombs?

Punching down 110 blocks - Technology Information IDC punch-down failures in the copper and glass glue physical layer is one of the most common problems associated with cable systems. The case history of IDC punch down in a CAT 5 installation is presented and the importance of a quality-control program to ensure network stability is discussed.

Latest cabling/wiring products.

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Latest power products.

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Network office in a box.

Four Ethernet SOHO devices - Hardware Review - Evaluation Four small office, home office (SOHO) Ethernet products are evaluated for installation, ease of use, documentation, technical support and performance. The products are 3Com's OfficeConnect telecommunications device and the ISDN routers ZyXEL USA Prestige 1001H, Bay Networks NETGEAR RH348 and Ascend Communications Pipeline 85. The difference between the products arise not on performance and ease of use, but on ease of setup and support...

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