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BY THE LAN STAFF
1993 at a Glance
- ach December, we at LAN Magazine sift through the ASYNC COMM SERVERS
year’s issues and compile this list of articles, for you,
our readers. Most stories are cross-referenced for easy Async Comm Servers Buyers Guide
location. The listing includes a brief description of the The LAN Staff March, page 58
articles as well as the author and the month in which it ran.
ATM
ACCOUNTING ATM Takes Off
ATM may bring about the unification of voice, video, and data
communications.
Opening Windows
Charles Feltman Interoperability Fall, page 19
Accounting vendors have begun shipping GUI-based products.
Theresa Carey October, page 63
ATM: The Grand Unifier
APPLICATIONS ATM promises to solve a wide range of network problems.
Charles Feltman November, page 52
Network of Networks
Fred Sammartino, president and chairman of the board,
What is the Internet, and what can it do for you? The ATM Forum
Joel Snyder February, page 137 ATM may be suitable for everything from your PDA to your
WAN, but it must be deployed in a low-cost and nonintrusive
Stay in Touch manner.
Contact managers are calendars, word processors, e-mail, and Patricia Schnaidt November, page 30
sales-management tools in one.
John Bryan September, page 115 BACKUP
Team Spirit
ARCserve 5.0, Ready and Waiting
Team computing was supposed to transform the office. Three
Cheyenne’s ARCserve 5.0 backup software is more
years after its introduction, has groupware changed the way we
comprehensive, and it works with NetWare 4.0.
work?
Tom Henderson September, page 170
Anand Rao March, page 109
Diverging and Converging
Virtual Desk
Everything that rises must converge, and the tape industry is
Desktop publishers use today’s connected environment, and a
rising to the challenge with a greater variety of products.
paperless final product, to its best advantage.
Bonny Hinners July, page 99
Dave Brambert August, page 89
ARCNET Keeping Data Close at Hand
The ADIC 1200C tape autochanger can bring order to backup.
Tom Henderson and Terry Hickman February, page 180
Arcnet Cards and Hubs Buyers Guide
The LAN Staff January, page 104 Style and Substance
Attractive, reliable, fast worker: Intel StorageExpress backup
Pulling the Plug server.
Will ArcnetPlus be able to breathe new life into Arcnet? Bonny Hinners March, page 169
Bonny Hinners January, page 99
Tape-Backup Hardware Buyers Guide
AS/400 CONNECTIVITY
The LAN Staff July, page 108
Multitusking BRIDGES/ROUTERS
The AS/400 could be a welcome node on the network savannah.
But watch for connectivity poachers. Bridge and Router Buyers Guide
Pat Becker Interoperability Spring, page 21 The LAN Staff October, page 127
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Inside the Black Box Saving Children’s Lives
How transparent MAC-layer bridges provide dynamic packet Center for missing children distributes case information through
routing. a variety of media.
William Stallings January, page 78 Lenny Liebmann December, page 155
A Phone Call Away Trading Places
Remote offices are no longer disenfranchised from corporate Schwab subsidiary trades its mainframe for a Unix network.
network resources thanks to low-cost, simplified routers. John McMullen August, page 151
Christine Strehlo October, page 115
Tuning in to ABC
CABLING A company reorganization unites once-separate divisions, and
computer systems follow.
Suketu Mehta July, page 129
Cable Vision
Using unshielded twisted pair is the way to go, if you can see far COVER STORY
enough ahead.
Howard Marks April, page 77
An APPN Blueprint
Taming the Wire APPN and APPI extend SNA to LAN interconnecticn.
Install network cabling right the first time. Stephen Randesi September, page 51
Barbara Hume and Charles Ogden September, page 91
Crank Up the Volume
CASE STUDY For the LAN 100 integrators, 1992 was a year of slower growth,
2E2s TE narrower margins but, somehow, still massive profits.
Dave Brambert June, page 38
Battle of the Bandwidth
The world’s biggest engineering construction company proves The French Connection
the FDDI-duddies wrong. US West imports France’s Minitel.
Suketu Mehta September, page 161 Suketu Mehta May, page 55
The Height of High Tech Future Perfect: 21 Steps
Microsoft’s prolific developers give their enterprise network a Twenty-one trends to guide you through the network odyssey.
workout. The LAN Staff January, page 36
Charles Feltman March, page 127
Having Designs on SNA
High School Goes Prime Time SNA architectures are combined with non-SNA LANs.
Five schools break new ground with their use of interactive Alex Castaldo and Sean Flynn September, page 38
multimedia.
Leslie Goff April, page 151 Hit the Road
Just when you thought you were delivering maximum network
Learning to Fly performance, your users want dial-in access.
BF Goodrich’s Aerospace division moved to open systems. Tom Dolan March, page 53
Pat Becker May, page 133
In Step: Unix Workstations and NetWare
Never Forget Systems that once stood alone are now gracefully paired.
Steve Baker August, page 38
The National Holocaust Museum builds an interactive
multimedia LAN to preserve memory.
Lunch at NAFTA
Suketu Mehta October, page 163
Sitting down with the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Michael Mansbach May, page 45
No-Fault Network
J.P. Morgan says no to down time and builds the first large-scale
The Net Workout
NetWare SFT III network.
Most IS workers train on the job, but employers seek educational
Barbara Hume November, page 173
resources.
Cheryl Krivda April, page 49
Not by the Seat of the Pants
MIS staff at Levi Strauss fashioned a strategy for LANs, but
Networks Unplugged
will it sell?
Wireless networks are replacing existing technology as vendors
Elizabeth Dougherty January, page 139
tackle the issues of speed and price.
Martha Strizich December, page 53
Olympic-size Rings
The U.S. Olympic Festival builds a speedy, fault-tolerant WAN NOSs Mimic the Mainframe
using a client-server architecture. NOS vendors recreate the centralized functions of minis and
Israel Martinez June, page 171 mainframes.
Ted Bunker October, page 40
Paving the Way
Houston-based company Enron Gas’ fault-tolerant enterprise Portable Apples: Young and Restless
network encourages growth. PowerBooks and PDAs create a mobile link to your network
Pat Becker February, page 163 information.
Melanie McMullen July, page 38
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Products of the Year DISK STORAGE
A spotlight of the year’s 32 best products.
The LAN Staff February, page 38 Be Direct With CD-Direct
Add peer access and CD-ROMs to your VINES network.
Remote Possibilities William Wong November, page 219
Not only can you now provide users with remote network access,
you can pick and choose between methods. Feeding the Space Hogs
Dave Brambert March, page 38 Here’s how one MIS manager gained 3GB of storage.
Dennis Wiedman April, page 66
Toys of the Trade
PDAs may become handy mobile clients. The Host With the Most
Melanie McMullen December, page 40 If you haven’t experienced problems with SCSI, you haven’t
tried to use it to its fullest potential.
Train to Win Bonny Hinners August, page 117
Gaining skill means training, but how much?
Loretta Weiss-Morris and Hal Morris April, page 38 Hungry for More
Providing users with storage via networked CD-ROMs.
What’s the World Coming To? Tom Henderson and Terry Hickman February, page 125
Asia and Western Europe are on the heels of U.S. enterprise
advancement, while less-developed countries lag behind. Microscopic RAID on Size
Jack Powers May, page 38 Core packs five 120MB hard drives, a RISC processor, a SCSI
band, and RAID 3 technology into one drive bay.
When the LAN 100 Talks... Ken Mackin January, page 148
The LAN 100 grapple with continuing their financial growth.
Dave Brambert June, page 60 SCSI Hardware Product Guide
The LAN Staff August, page 127
Working Hard for the Money
LAN Magazine’s first network manager’s salary survey. DOWNSIZING
Melanie McMullen November, page 38
Sizing Up Downsizing
DATABASES
Should your company follow the trend of others and downsize to
client-server? It offers a host of advantages, with as many
The Crossroads considerations.
Mixing complex hardware and topologies has made distributed Anand Rao December, page 87
database management systems the network snarl of the decade.
Richard Finkelstein Interoperability Spring, page 31 ELECTRONIC MAIL
Guard the Treasure
E-Mail on a Budget
How to guard against the corporate thieves who try to rob the
Smaller companies can still reap the benefits of e-mail systems.
storehouse of database riches.
Peter Stephenson December, page 95
Ellen Snell Adams June, page 131
E-Mail Software Product Guide
Objections Overcome
The LAN Staff April, page 125
Business Objects gives users the power to query relational
databases without endangering data.
Mail Masonry
Ken Miller April, page 182
Interoperable, multivendor messaging can provide a foundation
for global directory services and applications.
DEPARTMENTAL LANS
Nina Burns Interoperability Fall, page 49
Changing Channels ENTERPRISE
Fibre Channel combines the elegance of network protocol
communications with the simplicity of channel architecture.
The Electronic Superhighway
Gary Kessler December, page 69
Will the superhighway be marred with potholes?
Patricia Schnaidt Interoperability Fall, page 6
The DOS Ages
Will smart mixtures of NOS and OS from Novell and Microsoft
Having an Open Mind
be able to ward off doomsday for DOS?
Will MIS pick DCE and DME?
Melanie McMullen October, page 53
Cheryl Krivda Interoperability Spring, page 12
DIRECTORY SERVICES
eeepaNRARcE Inside the Black Box
How transparent MAC-layer bridges provide dynamic packet
Directory Assistance routing.
When applications’ directories deliver dissonance, you need William Stallings January, page 78
assistance to provide a cohesive directory service.
Sara Radicati and Nina Burns April, page 107
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Lightweight Protocols FRAME RELAY
Internetworking protocols are replaced by faster, leaner
protocols. A New Model for Frame Relay
William Stallings August, page 69 Looking for network redundancy, one company found its solution
in Sprint’s new frame relay model.
Packing Them In Susan Fitzgerald and Larry Kraft August, page 61
One T-3 line can offer the service of 18 T-1 lines.
Susan Fitzgerald September, page 77 Outfit Your WAN With Frame Relay
Frame relay’s reliance on upper-layer protocols dictates that
PPP: Getting to the Point
managers learn about their network’s traffic patterns.
You may not need higher-level technological solutions for
Susan Fitzgerald August, page 52
connectivity. In many cases, a simple point-to-point protocol will
get the job done.
A Work in Progress
Gary Kessler July, page 60 Just when it seemed ATM would shape LAN/WAN
connectivity, users show renewed interest in frame relay.
The Route to Linking LANs
Cheryl Krivda February, page 93
Avoid problems in NetWare router design as you add wide-area
links to your network.
GATEWAY
Howard Marks April, page 168
The SMDS Express Bridging the Gap
SMDS is expanding the frontiers for MANs. Brian Fairless March, page 28
Russell Sharer July, page 51
Building a Shipshape Network
SNA Meets LAN Vern Williams September, page 28
The wall between SNA and PC LAN networks is crumbling.
Cheryl Krivda January, page 69 Building an Automatic Network
Scott Koegler February, page 28
ETHERNET
CNE: Fad or Fraud?
Ben Rothke December, page 30
Ethernet Hubs Product Guide
The LAN Staff May, page 85 CNEs Ease into NetWare 4.0
Linda Hentzen June, page 28
Twice as Nice
100Mbps Ethernet promises 10 times the speed at twice the price E-mail Energy
of 10BaseT, but when will it be available? Darwin Engwer January, page 28
Patricia Schnaidt May, page 75
Getting to Know Your Network
FAX
Dianne Siebold November, page 28
Fax Server Software Guide The Network Dresser
The LAN Staff November, page 135 Gregory Wolf July, page 28
Reach Out and Fax Someone OS/2 and LAN Manager: a Bad Graft
Fax technology is extending into many fields. Jim Persky May, page 28
Michelle Rae McLean November, page 121
Planning? What Planning?
FDDI Steven Kreiter October, page 30
The Quest for Open Systems
FDDI Cards Guide
The LAN Staff December, page 121 Randy Jackson April, page 28
Travel Automation Takes Off
Mario Mazzola, president and CEO,
Wil Alveno August, page 28
Crescendo Communications
Crescendo Communications faces up-and-coming Fast Ethernet
HUBS
foes in the battle for the speedy desktop.
Melanie McMullen April, page 30
A Buyers Guide to Arcnet Cards and Hubs
FILE SERVERS The LAN Staff January, page 104
A Buyers Guide to File Servers Ethernet Hubs Product Guide
The LAN Staff February, page 109 The LAN Staff May, page 85
Wanna Buy a Server? Token Ring Cards, Hubs, and Concentrators Guide
The 486 server may be the best bargain in networking. The LAN Staff September, page 131
Melanie McMullen February, page 100
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IMAGING INTERVIEW
Imaging: Save the Green Ed Ekstrom, business unit manager,
Seeing the imaging forest for the money trees. Intel Network Management Operation
Mike Hurwicz December, page 131 Intel looks to network management as the way to differentiate its
products, from the desktop computer’s CPU to the network.
Imaging for the People Patricia Schnaidt August, page 30
Pinnacle Micro P1 and Alacrity E-Quip offer basic document-
imaging functions. Bob Frankenberg, vice president and general manager,
Dan Carroll and Mike Hurwicz July, page 152 Information Products Group, Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard counts on fast Ethernet and the OmniBook to
The Paper Chase create a new wave.
Document-imaging systems offer more than the knowledge that Melanie McMullen September, page 30
you are helping to save trees.
Dan Carroll and Mike Hurwicz July, page 93 Geoff Goodfellow, founder and chairman, RadioMail
With the cellular radio network, portable computers, and
INTEROPERABILITY RadioMail Gateways, anytime, anywhere messaging is a reality.
meee Melanie McMullen December, page 32
ATM Takes Off
Gary Hughes, president and CEO, Photonics
ATM may bring about the unification of voice, video, and data
Coming on the crest of rising Powerbook sales and the hot
communications.
PCMCIA slot, Photonics aims its wireless infrared LAN at the
Charles Feltman Interoperability Fall, page 19
mobile maniac.
Melanie McMullen May, page 30
The Crossroads
Mixing complex hardware and topologies has made distributed
Robert Madge, CEO, Madge Networks
database management systems the network snarl of the decade.
Madge Networks widens its Token Ring circle to include
Richard Finkelstein Interoperability Spring, page 21
network administrators who want IBM compatibility.
The Electronic Superhighway Patricia Schnaidt January, page 30
Will the superhighway be marred with potholes?
Patricia Schnaidt Interoperability Fall, page 6 Mario Mazzola, president and CEO,
Crescendo Communications
Having An Open Mind Crescendo Communications faces up-and-coming Fast-Ethernet
Will MIS pick DCE and DME? foes in the battle for the speedy desktop.
Cheryl Krivda Interoperability Spring, page 12 Melanie McMullen April, page 30
Mail Masonry Art Olbert, personal systems director for LAN Systems, IBM
Interoperable, multivendor messaging can provide a foundation Peddling both NetWare and a speedy new LAN Server, IBM
for global directory services and applications. makes its mark in network operating systems.
Nina Burns Interoperability Fall, page 49 Melanie McMullen February, page 30
Mobile Messaging Eli Oxenhorn, president, Cheyenne Software
With digital cellular technology and a bevy of PDAs coming to Cheyenne Software surges ahead into new markets, fueled by the
market, your messages may soon begin arriving via airmail. success of ARCserve.
Cheryl Krivda Interoperability Fall, page 61 Patricia Schnaidt October, page 32
Multitusking Fred Sammartino, president and chairman of the board,
With a built-in database and a herd of business applications, the The ATM Forum
AS/400 could be a welcome node on the network savannah. ATM may be a technology suitable for everything from your
Pat Becker Interoperability Spring, page 21 PDA to your WAN.
Patricia Schnaidt November, page 30
Power To The Desktop
Unix has never been a contender among the desktop OS top Jack Schoof, chairman and CEO, Artisoft
three—DOS, Windows, and OS/2. Can SCO, Sun, and Univel Artisoft grows, matures, and girds itself for the next round of
change that? peer-to-peer operating system battles.
Paulina Borsook Interoperability Spring, page 6 Dave Brambert July, page 30
Pull Up Your Win-Socks Gary Stimac, senior vice president and general manager, Compaq
The Windows Socket interface can make TCP/IP and Windows Compaq rolls out cheaper desktop PCs and servers and manages
a matched set in your network drawer. to turn a profit during hardware’s hardest times.
Peter J.L. de Vries Interoperability Fall, page 73 Melanie McMullen June, page 30
The Server King
Tom White, president and CEO, Action Technologies
Unix superservers are becoming a practical processing
Action Technologies creates a workflow methodology.
investment.
Patricia Schnaidt March, page 30
Mike Hurwicz Interoperability Spring, page 41
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ISDN Network, P.I.
Protocol analyzers for the Macintosh help unravel your LAN’s
tougher mysteries.
Never Say Die
Joel Snyder November, page 93
Proponents of ISDN tout its low cost and availability.
Cheryl Krivda May, page 111
A Network Escort for Windows
LAN Escort provides a Windows user interface for managing
LAN 100
SDr RESSTTE A RS U user accounts, groups, applications, and the Windows desktop.
Howard Marks July, page 177
Crank Up the Volume
For the LAN 100 integrators, 1992 was a year of slower growth, Preventive Medicine
narrower margins but, somehow, still massive profits. Viruses don’t have to be a threat—if you take the proper
Dave Brambert June, page 38 precautions.
Peter Stephenson November, page 107
When the LAN 100 Talks...
Tae LAN 100 grapple with continuing their financial growth. The Problem Hunt
Dave Brambert June, page 60 Network management is the rallying cry in the hunt to find
network faults and maintain smooth operation.
MACINTOSH CONNECTIVITY
Robert Panza June, page 73
Hands Across the LAN Right on Target
If your LAN extends from here to Timbuktu, Farallon can save Take aim at network problems by thinking through your
you some shoe leather. troubleshooting methodology before crisis hits.
Jim Persky September, page 189 Anand Rao January, page 89
Mac and PC as True Peers A Rise in Green Power
Products from Coactive, Farallon, and Miramar deliver low-cost UPS manufacturers look to increase battery life, reduce power
and easy-to-use ways to connect Macs and PCs. consumption, and slow the rate of replacement.
Jim Persky November, page 195 Cheryl Krivda December, page 107
Network, P.I. A Server With a View
Protocol analyzers for the Macintosh help unravel your LAN’s Insight Manager provides fault analysis, inventory, and
tougher mysteries. monitoring of Compaq and NetWare servers.
Joel Snyder November, page 93 Dan Carroll and Mike Hurwicz October, page 214
Portable Apples: Young and Restless An SFT Safety Net
PowerBooks and PDAs create a mobile link to your network. SFT III provided one firm with the necessary backup.
Melanie McMullen July, page 38 Howard Lubert August, page 99
MANAGEMENT Taking Inventory With Bindview
Bindview NCS is the network-management package you’ve been
waiting for.
Easy Transport
Kristin Marks September, page 179
Shouldn’t you be able to update users’ applications without
getting a workout?
Vinzant ECS: Personal Assistant
Kristin Marks July, page 75
Vinzant’s Event Control Server is a job scheduler and processor
that harnesses the network’s idle power.
Getting Support
Daniel Bahr June, page 193
Third-party service organizations provide skilled technicians,
who focus on specific products.
A Watchful Eye on Your Network
Tom Dolan and Sue Smith October, page 77
Shany’s AlertView 2.0 allows administrators to monitor a wide
range of workstation conditions.
A Management Framework
Howard Marks October, page 189
SNMPv2 makes up for some ofS NMPv1’s earlier shortcomings.
William Stallings April, page 94
X-Ray Vision for Networks
VisiNet is a useful network alarm system.
Me and My Shadow
Frye’s NCC and Knozall’s NLMAuto can help a network Tom Henderson June, page 209
manager be in two places at the same time.
MOBILE COMPUTING
Dan Carroll and Mike Hurwicz October, page 178
More Tools for Your Network Mobile Messaging
XTree pulls together administration utilities for NetWare and With digital cellular technology and a bevy of PDAs coming to
rolls them into one toolkit. market, your messages may soon begin arriving via airmail.
Jon Johnston June, page 202 Cheryl Krivda Interoperability Fall, page 61
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Networks Unplugged NOSs Mimic the Mainframe
Wireless networks are on their way to replacing existing NOS vendors recreate the centralized functions of minis and
technology. mainframes.
Martha Strizich December, page 53 Ted Bunker October, page 40
No Visible Means of Connectivity Power to the Desktop
Proxim’s RangeLAN may be just the thing for getting into those Unix has never been considered a contender among the OS top
hard-to-reach corners of your building. three—DOS, Windows, and OS/2. Can SCO, Sun, and Univel
Alan Frank October, page 170 change that?
Paulina Borsook Interoperability Spring, page 6
Portable Apples: Young and Restless
PowerBooks and PDAs create a mobile link to your network. Put Peer Acess in View
Melanie McMullen July, page 38 SerView provides a simple, transparent way to give NetWare
users peer services.
Remote Possi*ilities Howard Marks June, page 187
Provide users with remote network access and pick and choose
between methods. Rhapsody in Blue
Dave Brambert March, page 38 IBM’s OS/2 2.0, LAN Server 3.0, and Extended Services team
up for a distributed jam session.
Toys of the Trade Ken Mackin February, page 170
PDAs may become handy mobile clients that can access
information from your desktop and your network. Round 5 for LANtastic
Melanie McMullen December, page 40 Artisoft’s latest upgrade shows the tiny ram still packs a punch.
Don Person August, page 158
WinView Opens New Doors
Citrix’s WinView opens remote access to applications. Tuning LANtastic
Daniel Bahr October, page 199 LANtastic can perform like a virtuoso.
Tom Rugg May, page 103
MULTIMEDIA
Univel UnixWare: What’s in a Blend?
UnixWare is a potentially great bottling of Unix and NetWare.
High School Goes Prime Time
Jim Robinson March, page 160
In rural Oklahoma, five schools break new ground with their use
of interactive multimedia.
A Welcome Arrival
Leslie Goff April, page 151
VINES 5.5 is a challenge and a pleasure.
Never Forget Martin Mangold June, page 178
National Holocaust Museum builds an interactive multimedia
PRINTING
LAN to preserve memory. hmea ee aR eceC aT
Suketu Mehta October, page 163
Beyond Speed
NETWORK OPERATING SYSTEMS If you’re evaluating a new network printer, consider features that
OAS RE may really impact the workgroup.
William Gott March, page 77
A Dark Horse in the Peer Race
Web’s peer-to-peer NOS is as reliable and easy to use as any
For the Sake of Appearance
market leader.
Three printers finally begin to fulfill one early promise of
Barbara Hume and Charles Ogden May, page 162
networks: the ability to share printing resources.
Ken Mackin April, page 158
All Roads Lead to NetWare
You can buy NetWare from a variety of resellers, software
More Than One Billion Served
stores, or VARs. Where should you buy?
Fast, convenient, and inexpensive: What better reason to have it
Mike Hurwicz May, page 67
your way when it comes to print servers.
Bonny Hinners January, page 170
The Heart of Windows
Windows for Workgroups gives you file-sharing, printer-sharing,
PRODUCTS OF THE YEAR
mail, and scheduling software.
Kristin Marks and Howard Marks March, page 149
Products of the Year
NetWare 4.0 Spotlighting the 32 best products.
All those who have nightmares about installing the first release The LAN Staff February, page 38
of any major upgrade can rest assured with Novell’s new release.
David Grant and Jim Robinson July, page 138 SECURITY
NOS and OS Cross Make it Real
The mature desktop may soon have an operating system with Digital signatures verify the authenticity of messages to protect
built-in networking. against active attack.
Melanie McMullen March, page 89 William Stallings September, page 105
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An Ounce of Prevention Not a Total Disaster
Virus scanners head off problems before they begin. You can’t prevent a disaster, so you might as well be prepared.
Roger White May, page 150 Wylie Crawford August, page 79
Securing NetWare A Safer Bet
NetWare provides built-in security features, but knowing where Negotiating vendor contracts doesn’t have to be a gamble.
the system is vulnerable will provide an extra measure of Anand Rao March, page 67
security.
Jason Lamb October, page 91 Send Cash
You need another file server, workstations, a printer. How will
Stump the Cipher Punks you get management to allocate the funds?
Encryption eliminates the fear of network attack. Linda Musthaler February, page 74
Glenn Hyatt June, page 93
Taking Care of Business
When Security is Urgent LAN administrators need to redefine their roles.
How to beef up workstation security with Mergent security Joseph Skorupa February, page 83
products.
William Wong December, page 164 SUPPORT
‘rare
Why Get Defensive Getting Support
Security experts agree: The question isn’t “Is my network Third-party service organizations provide skilled technicians,
vulnerable?” but “When will the break-in occur?” who focus on specific products.
Ray Kaplan and Joe Kovara March, page 99
Tom Dolan and Sue Smith October, page 77
SNMP
Network Weathervane
To see which way the protocol winds blow, consult the experts,
A Management Framework Network General and Hewlett-Packard.
SNMPv2 makes up for some of SNMPv1’s earlier shortcomings. Tom Henderson and Ken Miller April, page 175
William Stallings April, page 94
Problem Busters
SPECIAL REPORT The network’s down, the users frown. Who ya gonna call?
Ghostbusters can’t fix it, but the Help Desk can.
Imaging: Save the Green Bonny Hinners October, page 101
Seeing the imaging forest for the money trees.
Mike Hurwicz December, page 131 A Support Wish List
If you didn’t spend your time solving problems, how would you
The True Cost of E-mail Ownership structure your support department?
Here’s how to show the financial analysts that you’ve built a cost- Kristin Marks September, page 61
effective e-mail system.
Creative Networks November, page 149 User Groupies
If your network troubles are knotty, try some peer-to-peer talk at
STRATEGY the local user group.
Melanie McMullen June, page 103
Attention: Network Shoppers TCP/IP
Lack of options isn’t the problem in selecting a network; the
difficulty comes in narrowing your choices.
Charles Feltman July, page 85 Four Paths From PC to TCP/IP
Beame & Whiteside, FTP Software, NetManage, and Novell
The Bottom Line bring TCP/IP to your DOS and Windows clients.
Tom Henderson and Casey Gaynor November, page 184
Analyze your network management requirements.
John Vacca January, page 49
Pull Up Your Win-Socks
The Windows Socket interface can make TCP/IP and Windows
Divining the Future
Market research can help you navigate your course. a matched set in your network drawer.
Dave Brambert April, page 58 Peter J.L. deVries Interoperability Fall, page 73
It Could Happen to You A TCP/IP Green Thumb
Your company’s move seems like a great opportunity to plan the Take full advantage of the protocol’s capabilities to create a
thriving enterprise solution.
perfect network. But, reality often hits hard.
Anthony Navarro November, page 85 Joel Snyder June, page 139
LANs in Transition TCP/IP Product Guide
Thanks to good planning and an experienced relocation services The LAN Staff June, page 153
vendor, Transamerica Leasing’s corporate move went well.
Paul Donohoe November, page 73
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