Local Area Network Magazine: LAN 1991: Vol 6 Index

11 Pages·1991·4.6 MB·English

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THE LAN STAFF
1991 at a Glance
ach December, we at E-Mail Arrives Real-World SQL BRIDGES
a LAN Magazine sift A flexible, scalable, stable After years of hype, network
through the year’s is- e-mail infrastructure carries integrators are selling and Bridges Buyers Guide
sues and compile this list of company messages installing database servers Part 1
Nina Burns Jim Carr The LAN Staff
articles, for you, our read-
Interoperability, page 34 June, page 63 February, page 67
ers. Most stories are cross-
referenced for easy location. Extra! Extra! Sum and Then Some LAN Legos
Online services now deliver Accounting software has Bridges and routers: the build-
ANNIVERSARY ISSUE news to the LAN evolved into sophisticated ing blocks of internetworks
Shyamala Reddy information systems Shyamala Reddy
Five Years of LAN January, page 93 J. Carlton Collins February, page 59
LAN Magazine’s first five November, page 97
years reveal the key to Finding Your Way BUYERS GUIDE
building tomorrow’s networks To make your way around Window of Opportunity
Patricia Schnaidt large heterogeneous networks, The X Window system may Directory—Yellow Pages
and Jim Carr all signposts point to X.500 give users of PC networks the A guide to contact companies
October, page 34 Lindsey Vereen best of all possible worlds in the Buyers Guide with ad-
Interoperability, page 34 Lindsey Vereen dresses, phone and fax num-
APPLICATIONS November, page 123 bers, and company product
Fortified Projects lines
Automatic Office How project management Workgroups Share The LAN Staff
A new crop of workgroup enriched certified grocers An Office August, page 206
software aims to streamline Elizabeth Dougherty WordPerfect Office provides
group interaction, but users February, page 93 multiplatform scheduling, Internetworking
may not be ready yet e-mail, and database functions Building multiprotocol, multi-
Shyamala Reddy Gateway Glue Bonny Hinners vendor enterprise networks
July, page 75 How to build a messaging June, page 140 The LAN Staff
system that is seamlessly August, page 102
A Board for Business integrated, totally trans- ARCNET
With the right bulletin board parent, and highly reliable Network Management
software, you can turn a Nina Burns Arcnet Buyers Guide Products to configure, control,
hobbyist’s toy into a valuable April, page 97 The LAN Staff monitor, test, protect, and
corporate asset January, page 110 inventory your enterprise
Peter Stephenson InfoAlliance network’s resources
November, page 85 SPC changes how we look Arcnet Grows Up The LAN Staff
at LAN databases With management tools, Arc- August, page 146
Desktop Meeting Jim Carr net users save time and money
Video teleconferencing brings February, page 101 Elizabeth Dougherty Network Software
sights and sound to the desk- January, page 105 The network exists to solve
top with FDDI’s ample Lean and Mean business problems, so we offer
network bandwidth Project management software BACKUP application and system
Larry Palmer makes you more efficient software
and Ricky Palmer Shyamala Reddy Exabyte The LAN Staff
November, page 111 February, page 85 High-speed search makes August, page 186
Exabyte the fastest
Drawing on Data Mixed Messages tape backup Physical-Layer
Autodesk’s database keeps As client-server e-mail Mike Hurwicz Hardware-The Basic
pace with rapid growth and ac- architecture gains ground, the February, page 157 Building Blocks
cess to 4.5 million records mix of the parts is the key to Your workstations will talk on
Elizabeth Dougherty faster, flexible messaging the physical layer with
June, page 77 Elizabeth Dougherty network interface cards,
April, page 87
DECEMBER 1991 LAN MAGAZINE
wiring hubs, and cable Jage Schiff Start Your Engines Elizabeth Dougherty
The LAN Staff November, page 145 New client-server front ends February, page 109
August, page 28 are easy to use and deliver
Just Add Water functionality and flexibility DISTRIBUTED
Server and Peripherals How the Interop show network Mike Hurwicz COMPUTING
How to share files, applica- was installed overnight December, page 34
tions, printers, and faxes over Peter De Vries The Peer Connection
the departmental network January, page 127 DATABASES APPC and LU6.2 are the
The LAN Staff cornerstones of distributed
August, page 74 The Light Option Client Confessions computing in an IBM
Fiber gives First Brands the Front ends for database en- SAA environment
CABLING flexibility to start small and gines are coming, albeit slowly Peter Stephenson
grow as it goes Shyamala Reddy June, page 121
Present and Shyamala Reddy January, page 99
Future Perfect September, page 151 DOWNSIZING
Vision and planning enabled Drawing on Data
Yale University to build a suc- Loop de Loop LANs Autodesk’s database keeps Downsizing (Tutorial)
cessful campus wiring plant Networking makes Six Flags pace with rapid growth and Jim Carr
Martha Heller parks screamingly efficient access to 4.5 million records October, page 23
October, page 155 Shyamala Reddy Elizabeth Dougherty
February, page 123 June, page 77 The Up Side
Untethering the of Downsizing
Cable-Bound Prescription for a LAN Help for the Weary Downsizing from mainframes
New wireless networks finally A Fort Worth hospital cures Techs and TIDB technical to PC LANs can be rewarding,
free users from cabling hassles its growing pains with a support databases provide if the expectations are realistic
and deliver viable performance mainframe-based LAN information to tech support and the move is well-planned
Shyamala Reddy Sam Diamond Tom Henderson Anand Rao
April, page 119 June, page 131 June, page 156 June, page 51
Wringing Out Token Ring Present and InfoAlliance DOCUMENT-
The Microtest Ring Scanner Future Perfect SPC changes how we look MANAGEMENT
makes it easy to check out your Vision and planning enabled at LAN databases
Token Ring network and cable Yale University to build a suc- Jim Carr A Fine-Tuned File Finder
Howard Marks cessful campus wiring plant February, page 101 How to create document
June, page 151 Martha Heller management systems
October, page 155 Real-World SQL Ruth Helpern
CASE STUDY After years of hype, network December, page 51
Slammer Net integrators are selling and
Airborne LAN California’s Contra Costa installing database servers EDITORIAL INDEX
One of the world’s largest County uses an X.25 Jim Carr
broadband networks keeps network to catch criminals June, page 63 1991 at a Glance
the Air Force flying Shyamala Reddy A guide to finding
Shyamala Reddy May, page 111 SQL Front Ends (Tutorial) this year’s stories
April, page 141 Jim Carr The LAN Staff
Speedy and Smart January, page 22 December, page 127
Building On Carnegie Mellon uses a
A systems integrator builds a 530Mbps backbone-in-a-box DIRECTORY SERVICES ELECTRONIC MAIL
contact management system topology and an expert system
Sam Johnson Patricia Schnaidt Finding Your Way E-Mail Arrives
December, page 43 and Shyamala Reddy To make your way around A flexible, scalable, stable
March, page 127 large heterogeneous networks, e-mail infrastructure carries
Connective Cures all signposts point to X.500 company messages
NIH’s LAN artery connects To Catch a Thief Lindsey Vereen Nina Burns
researchers worldwide. A New York police Interoperability, page 34 Interoperability, page 34
Melanie McMullen department uses electronic
December, page 107 forms to slash paperwork DISASTER RECOVERY Gateway Glue
Shyamala Reddy
How to build a messaging
Fortified Projects July, page 97 Out of the Ashes system that is seamlessly
How project management Planning will let your business integrated, totally trans-
enriched certified grocers CLIENT-SERVER recover from disaster parent, and highly reliable
Elizabeth Dougherty Pat Becker Nina Burns
February, page 93 Building On January, page 73 April, page 97
A systems integrator builds a
Give Me Shelter contact management system DISKLESS PCs Mixed Messages
A nonprofit organization uses Sam Johnson
As client-server e-mail
a LAN to find shelter for low- December, page 43 Hot or Not? architecture gains ground, the
income individuals The much-touted diskless PC mix of the parts is the key to
market has yet to catch fire faster, flexible messaging
128 LAN MAGAZINE DECEMBER 1991
Elizabeth Dougherty Pat Thayer Bruce McClure, all signposts point to X.500
April, page 87 The IEEE’s 802.3 chair looks Founder and Chairman, Lindsey Vereen
at Ethernet and its future Synernetics Interoperability, page 34
ENTERPRISE Jim Carr With FDDI’s growing
NETWORKS February, page 26 popularity, standards and Help Wanted
testing issues remain Wanted: a multivendor net-
The Peer Connection EXPERT SYSTEMS unresolved work management system
APPC and LU6.2 are the Shyamala Reddy between ping and pie in the sky
cornerstones of distributed Postcards from the Expert May, page 26 Sharon Fisher
computing in an IBM Expert systems can provide Interoperability, page 28
SAA environment better network support, less Unsnarling FDDI’s Kinks
Peter Stephenson downtime, better use of FDDI provides special OSI Blossoms
June, page 121 personnel, and improve your management features, but it To come to full flower, OSI
corporation’s bottom line poses some unique dilemmas requires new players, new
Red Routing Blue James Cavanaugh for users rules, and a committment to
How to integrate NetWare October, page 83 Shyamala Reddy an open market
source routing into an June, page 36 Pat Becker
enterprise IBM Token Ring Smart Sniffing Interoperability, page 20
Bob Panza Network General’s Sniffer, INTERNETWORKING
September, page 47 with its added expert system, Playing Together
is a manager’s full trouble- Eeny, Meeny, Mini, Mo If the pieces of complex
Whither OSI? shooting partner With other options available, networks don’t all play
The most complex of Peter Stephenson minicomputers must fight to together, it could mean
standards still battles skepti- November, page 63 be the platform choice headaches for end users
cal users and incomplete Shyamala Reddy Michael Hurwicz
implementations Speedy and Smart September, page 123 Interoperability, page 6
Shyamala Reddy Carnegie Mellon uses a
June, page 111 530Mbps backbone-in-a-box Exploring Extra! Square Pegs ir
topology and an expert system Attachmate’s 3270 gateways Round Holes
Who’s Behind the LAN? Patricia Schnaidt deliver reliable SNA functions Hughes LAN Systems offers
As companies integrate PC and Shyamala Reddy James Chappell an internetworking solution
LANs into enterprise March, page 127 March, page 93 for DOS workstations
networks, the LAN manager’s Bonny Hinners
role becomes more complex FIBER-OPTIC LAN Legos April, page 150
and more important. NETWORKS Bridges and routers: the build-
Elizabeth Dougherty ing blocks of internetworks INTERVIEW
October, page 73 High-Speed Twist Shyamala Reddy
Twisted-pair FDDI promises February, page 59 Patrick Courtin, President
ETHERNET to speed network traffic to and CEO, Proteon
100Mbps over copper wire A Leaner Mac Attack Recently gone public, Proteon
10BaseT Takes Off Lindsey Vereen A more efficient routing factors cutting-edge
The 10BaseT standard is September, page 89 scheme reduces AppleTalk’s technology, standardization,
giving Ethernet a mid-life kick hunger for bandwidth, making and strategic partnerships into
Elizabeth Dougherty Inside FDDI-II it a better fit for enterprise its formula for success
May, page 71 The next generation of FDDI network integration Shyamala Reddy
transmits circuit-switched and Shyamala Reddy September, page 26
CMOL Simmers packet data July, page 67
The soup’s on for mixed-media Gary C. Kessler Jim Groff, Marketing
network management. IBM March, page 117 INTEROPERABILITY Director, Apple Computer
and 3Com have cooked up a Personal computing in
way to manage Ethernet and Is Plastic Fantastic? Constructing organizations isn’t about
Token Ring, and the IEEE Plastic optical fiber, if it A Network isolation. It’s about how they
is listening. becomes a standard and less Four strategies for building hook to corporate networks,
Elizabeth Dougherty expensive, could be a viable interoperable, multivendor, databases, and applications.
March, page 77 alternative to 10OBaseT multiprotocol networks Jim Carr
Michael Howard Peter Stephenson November, page 26
A Guide to Ethernet Cards June, page 44 Interoperability, page 14
The LAN Staff Stan Levine, President,
May, page 78 The Light Option E-Mail Arrives Automated Design
Fiber gives First Brands the A flexible, scalable, stable Systems
Managing the Center flexibility to start small and e-mail infrastructure carries Discussing the status of
Of the Universe grow as it goes company messages client-server applications
The IEEE hub management Shyamala Reddy Nina Burns Patricia Schnaidt
draft provides the basis for September, page 151 Interoperability, page 34 December, page 26
managing a multivendor,
hub-based Ethernet Finding Your Way Bruce McClure,
Joe Skorupa To make your way around Founder and Chairman,
March, page 69 large heterogeneous networks, Synernetics
DECEMBER 1991 LAN MAGAZINE 129
With FDDI’s growing Marshall Rose, Principal and Jim Carr No Downturn Here
popularity, standards and Scientist, Performance April, page 26 With Computerland leading
testing issues remain Systems International the way, North America’s
unresolved Because SNMP implements Pat Thayer independent network
Shyamala Reddy easily and addresses the The IEEE’s 802.3 chair looks integrators are thriving in an
May, page 26 common denominator, it at Ethernet and its future expanding marketplace
works in most networks, Jim Carr Jim Carr
Roger Moody, President leaving CMIP behind February, page 26 and Patricia Schnaidt
and CEO, Coordination Patricia Schnaidt April, page 36
Technology and Jim Carr Deborah Triant, President
On the verge of shipping To- March, page 26 and CEO, Sitka Peer to Peer
gether, Moody discusses the Sitka goes back to basics to As network adminstrators
progress of groupware and Harry Saal turn the company around and become more savvy, they gain
OS/2 Network General’s CEO meet user needs with techno- equal footing with their expert
Shyamala Reddy brings order to logically advanced products consultants, say The LAN 100
June, page 26 management chaos Patricia Schnaidt Patricia Schnaidt
Patricia Schnaidt July, page 26 and Jim Carr
Ray Noorda, and Jim Carr April, page 65
Chairman, President, January, page 26 THE LAN 100
and CEO, Novell Survival in the 1990s
Will Noorda adapt to change Paul Severino, Guarded Optimism Channel complexity is here to
and listen to customers’ needs President, CEO, The LAN 100 are optimistic stay. How will you cope?
to keep Novell on top of the and Founder, Wellfleet about business in 1991, but Robert Segal
networking hill? With sales tripling annually, guarding against market and Lesley Berkshire
Patricia Schnaidt Wellfleet strives to share the softness April, page 77
and Jim Carr high-end router market now Patricia Schnaidt
October, page 26 dominated by cisco Systems and Jim Carr
Patricia Schnaidt April, page 59
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NETWORKS hunger for bandwidth, making Connectivity (Tutorial) MANAGEMENT
it a better fit for enterprise Jim Carr
At the Core network integration February, page 23 Betting on LANtastic
Harvesting the fruits of Shyamala Reddy Network management: five
peer-to-peer, dedicated server, July, page 67 MARKET REPORT insider’s tips on how to get the
and distributed Mac tiny RAM LAN to perform
NOS offerings Mactivity Forecasting New Highs like a thoroughbred
Elizabeth Dougherty Apple revealed strategic The network industry Don Person
November, page 46 directions and vendors weathers the economic storm, September, page 63
debuted products and growth will continue un-
Crystal Ball Elizabeth Dougherty abated at least through 1995 The Case of FSNF
Pharos’ Status* Mac creates September, page 145 Jim Carr A systematic approach solves
Macintosh system profiles May, page 36 the cryptic NetWare “File
Bonny Hinners Resourcefulness Server Not Found” message
January, page 133 IBS’ DataClub: a distributed MEMORY Sam Adicoff
Macintosh network MANAGEMENT July, page 57
Jim Groff, Marketing Bonny Hinners
Director, Apple Computer February, page 147 Don’t Forget Census Takers
Personal computing in Your Options Automated inventory systems
organizations isn’t about MAINFRAME Expand DOS RAM limit not only simplify auditing net-
isolation. It’s about how they GATEWAYS with memory options work elements but also can be
hook to corporate networks, Peter Buckley vital to the network’s survival
databases, and applications. Exploring Extra! December, page 59 Anand Rao
Jim Carr Attachmate’s 3270 gateways September, page 131
November, page 26 deliver reliable SNA functions
James Chappell CMOL Simmers
A Leaner Mac Attack March, page 93 The soup’s on for mixed-media
A more efficient routing network management. IBM
and 3Com have cooked up a Tom Henderson between ping and pie in the sky Managing the Center
way to manage Ethernet and May, page 154 Sharon Fisher Of the Universe
Token Ring, and the IEEE Interoperability, page 28 The IEEE hub management
is listening. Don’t Believe the Hype draft provides the basis for
Elizabeth Dougherty Origen isn’t the best thing to The Inside Track managing a multivendor,
March, page 77 hit LANs since coax, but it An insider’s guide to becoming hub-based Ethernet
alleviates the tedium of a Certified NetWare Engineer Joe Skorupa
Combatting Enterprise installing NetWare servers with the least sweat possible. March, page 69
Entropy Howard Marks Kristin Marks
Single-vendor solutions can’t November, page 150 June, page 97 Network of Elves
solve multivendor global Distributed processing can
network headaches The Dynamic Duo LANs by the Book make backup faster, more
Jim Carr How to use network monitors Maintaining a LAN can be efficient, and more flexible
March, page 38 and protocol analyzers to more than a small business Mike Hurwicz
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Performance Tom Henderson network system
Internetix’s network June, page 156 Don Person Postcards from the Expert
simulation tools show the October, page 93 Expert systems can provide
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October, page 83 Systems International with its added expert system,
Because SNMP implements is a manager’s full trouble- A Trainee’s First Steps
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March, page 145 Sage are affordable and December, page 69 The LAN Staff
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OPERATING SYSTEMS July, page 104 The LAN Staff PROJECT R
December, page 77 MANAGEMENT
At the Core Tangle-Free LAN
Harvesting the fruits of peer- Web is a flexible, low-cost, Fortified Projects
to-peer, dedicated server, and peer-to-peer NOS How project management
distributed Mac NOS Bonny Hinners enriched certified grocers
offerings February, page 131 Elizabeth Dougherty
Elizabeth Dougherty February, page 93
November, page 46 Deborah Triant,
President and CEO, Sitka T Lean and Mean
Banyan Digs New Roots Sitka goes back to basics to MAN Project management software
Banyan and SCO intertwine turn the company around and makes you more efficient
to form a synergistic product meet user needs with techno- Shyamala Reddy
that offers VINES on SCO logically advanced products February, page 85
Unix Patricia Schnaidt Y¥
Lindsey Vereen July, page 26 ROUTERS
November, page 57
LAN Legos
Betting on LANtastic PRINTING Bridges and routers: the build-
Network management: five OSI Blossoms ing blocks of internetworks
insider’s tips on how to get the To come to full flower, OSI Printing Progress Shyamala Reddy
tiny RAM LAN to perform requires new players, new Printers connecting directly to February, page 59
like a thoroughbred rules, and a committment networks are part of a flurry of
Don Person to an open market products that improve network Routers Buyers Guide
September, page 63 Pat Becker printing Part 2
Interoperability, page 20 Elizabeth Dougherty The LAN Staff
LANtastic by a Nose May, page 55 March, page 103
Five more tips that can turn Whither OSI?
your tiny RAM LANtastic The most complex of stan- The TCP/IP Way Routing Protocols
into a full-fledged dards still battles skeptical Print servers and directly Jim Carr
network system users and incomplete imple- connected printers help solve June, page 23
Don Person mentations the problems of sharing
October, page 93 Shyamala Reddy printers on TCP/IP networks Paul Severino,
June, page 111 Elizabeth Dougherty President, CEO,
Make the Leap October, page 123 and Founder, Wellfleet
Multiprocessing NOSs PERFORMANCE With sales tripling annually,
are the next step TUNING PRODUCT GUIDES Wellfleet strives to share the
Patricia Schnaidt high-end router market now
February, page 38 Bearing the Load Arcnet Buyers Guide dominated by cisco Systems
Load testing requires The LAN Staff Patricia Schnaidt
Ray Noorda, substantial planning January, page 110 and Jim Carr
Chairman, President, Howard Nevin April, page 26
and CEO, Novell February, page 53 Bridges Buyers Guide
Will Noorda adapt to change Part | SECURITY
and listen to customers’ needs Gearing Up The LAN Staff
to keep Novell on top of the A systems approach to optimi- February, page 67 Germ Warfare
networking hill? zing network performance Combat strategies for keeping
Patricia Schnaidt Mike Klein A Guide to Ethernet Cards the worms, trojan horses,
and Jim Carr February, page 47 The LAN Staff and viruses out of networks
October, page 26 May, page 78 Fardad ‘Don’ Kazem-Zadeh
PORTABLE NETWORKS April, page 107
Red Streaks in
Routers Buyers Guide
The Blue Sky From Hand to LANs Part 2 Safe and Secure
With the blue thunder of When pen-based, palmtop The LAN Staff To lock up your LAN, the
LANRES/VM, an IBM computers fall into users’ March, page 103 combination is an administra-
mainframe helps NetWare hands, it’s only natural to want tive plan and products that
users, shooting red lightning to connect them to LANs UPS Chart give maximum protection with
across the universe Jim Carr The LAN Staff minimal intrusion
September, page 115 December, page 77
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Peter Stephenson Bonny Hinners Microtest’s easy-to-use, Windows 3.0 operation
September, page 34 January, page 133 inexpensive comm server on NetWare and
addresses the problems of LAN Manager networks
SERVERS prker
Demystifying its PC-based brethren Tom Henderson
Performance Mike Hurwicz April, page 162
Justifying Fax Servers Internetix’s network July, page 126
Don’t ignore the broader simulation tools show the Workgroups Share
issues of workflow and pro- effects of changing the NetWare by Numbers An Office
ductivity when researching network before you do it Support for NFS, TCP/IP, WordPerfect Office provides
online fax products Tom Henderson and OSI brings NetWare 3.11 multiplatform scheduling,
Tom Dolan May, page 154 into the enterprise arena e-mail, and database functions
May, page 63 Tom Henderson Bonny Hinners
Don’t Believe the Hype October, page 177 June, page 140
Lanport-ll Solves Origen isn’t the best thing to
Comm Server Ills hit LANs since coax, but it Norton Utilities Wringing Out 1 sken Ring
Microtest’s easy-to-use, alleviates the tedium of Go Network The Microtest Ring Scanner
inexpensive comm server installing NetWare servers Norton Utilities offers disk makes it easy to check out your
addresses the problems of its Howard Marks maintenance and some Token Ring network and cable
PC-based brethren November, page 150 network support Howard Marks
Mike Hurwicz Bonny Hinners June, page 151
July, page 126 Exabyte March, page 134
High-speed search makes XTreeNet Is Your
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Superservers boost network tape backup Power Windows XTreeNet simplifies
performance with processing Mike Hurwicz Object-orientation and 4GL maneuvering through
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Shyamala Reddy Tom Henderson Bonny Hinners
October, page 113 Getting Wired and Terry Hickman March, page 145
Over Wireless December, page 114
Printing Progress Motorola’s Altair can provide TOKEN RING
Printers connecting directly to a cost-effective and easy-to- Resourcefulness
networks are part of a flurry of install wireless Ethernet LAN IBS’ DataClub: a distributed CMOL Simmers
products that improve network Macintosh network The soup’s on for mixed-media
printing Bonny Hinners network management. IBM
Elizabeth Dougherty February, page 147 and 3Com have cooked up a
May, page 55 way to manage Ethernet and
Square Pegs in Token Ring, and the IEEE
The TCP/IP Way Round Holes is listening.
Print servers and directly Hughes LAN Systems offers Elizabeth Dougherty
connected printers help solve an internetworking solution March, page 77
the problems of sharing for DOS workstations
printers on TCP/IP networks Bonny Hinners Patrick Courtin, President
Elizabeth Dougherty April, page 150 and CEO, Proteon
October, page 123 Recently gone public, Proteon
Starting Out Small factors cutting-edge
STORAGE Network operating systems technology, standardization,
from D-Link, Hayes, and US and strategic partnerships into
Abuzz About Arrays Mike Hurwicz Sage are affordable and its formula for success
The latest word in storage, October, page 166 reliable Shyamala Reddy
disk arrays offer a fault-toler- Bonny Hinners September, page 26
ant, high-performance solu- Health Food July, page 104
tion for server storage needs For Programmers Keeping Pace
Elizabeth Dougherty Visible Systems’ CASE tool Taking a Leap of Faith With Ethernet in sight and
July, page 83 helps software designers work Legato’s and Mountain’s FDDI nipping at its heels,
faster, with less frustration backup products for NetWare Token Ring forges forward,
TEST DRIVE and fewer mistakes and NFS inspire confidence offering companies the
Mike Hurwicz Bonny Hinners interoperability they demand
Counting on a Network May, page 138 May, page 118 Elizabeth Dougherty
Brightwork, Horizon, and September, page 103
Triticom LAN inventory Help for the Weary Tangle-Free LAN
packages automate LAN Techs and TIDB technical Web is a flexible, low-cost, Wringing Out Token Ring
equipment audits support databases provide peer-to-peer NOS The Microtest Ring Scanner
Bonny Hinners information to tech support Bonny Hinners makes it easy to check out your
September, page 156 Tom Henderson February, page 131 Token Ring network and cable
June, page 156 Howard Marks
Crystal Ball Windows Dressing June, page 151
Pharos’ Status* Mac creates Lanport-ll Solves Automated Design’s Windows
Macintosh system profiles Comm Server Ills Workstation cleans up
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TRADE SHOWS was a show of solidarity of the networks headaches Shyamala Reddy
LAN industry Jim Carr October, page 67
Comdex Fall Dave Brambert March, page 38
Networking at the largest December, page 101 WIRELESS NETWORKS
computer show in the U.S. Dash to Cell Relay
Patricia Schnaidt TUTORIAL Understanding the master Getting Wired
and Jim Carr plan for the coming high- Over Wireless
January, page 121 Application Servers speed broadband revolution Motorola’s Altair can provide
Jim Carr William Stallings a cost-effective and easy-to-
Comdex Spring May, page 23 September, page 75 install wireless Ethernet LAN
Some interesting network Mike Hurwicz
products appeared amid a for- Downsizing 1 Still Don’t kNow October, page 166
est of Windows applications, Jim Carr Will a recent standardization
multimedia, and palmtop October, page 23 agreement salvage ISDN or Untethering the
computers has the technology of the Cable-Bound
Jim Carr Glossary of LAN Terms future passed itself by? New wireless networks finally
July, page 91 A—D Shyamala Reddy free users from cabling hassles
Jim Carr and Bonny Hinners May, page 47 and deliver viable performance
Comnet West March, page 23 Shyamala Reddy
Where WAN meets LAN, April, page 119
frame relay steals the show Glossary of LAN Terms
Patricia Schnaidt E—M Wireless Networking
September, page 139 Jim Carr and Bonny Hinners Jim Carr
April, page 23 Tet (GCL avis RETR Mase Tet November, page 23
Interop
MARKET
Possibilities of multivendor, Glossary of LAN Terms REPORT WIRING HUBS
multiprotocol LANs N—R FORECASTING
The LAN Staff Jim Carr and Bonny Hinners NEW HIGHS Star of the LAN
December, page 89 July, page 23 As wiring hubs deliver net-
work, bridging, routing, and
LANs Take Cebit Glossary of LAN Terms wide area services, they must
Networks are more popular S—Trigger deliver higher speeds, more
than ever at the world’s largest Jim Carr and Bonny Hinners services, and higher reliability
office technology exhibition August, page 23 Lindsey Vereen
Patricia Schnaidt November, page 135
May, page 103 Glossary of LAN Terms Less Is Faster
Twisted—Z Frame relay is acclaimed as WORKGROUP
Jim Carr and Bonny Hinners the premier way to intercon- SOFTWARE
September, page 23 nect LANs across the wide
area Automatic Office
Interop’s Challenge Frank Henderson A new crop of workgroup
Jim Carr and Joseph McCoy software aims to streamline
ThelA\ December, page 23 July, page 48 group interaction, but users
WO may not be ready yet
Routing Protocols Service for Your MAN Shyamala Reddy
Jim Carr By offering secure, high-speed July, page 75
June, page 23 data transfer, Switched
Multi-Megabit Data Service Roger Moody, President
SNA and LU6.2 may soon become an and CEO, Coordination
Connectivity interconnection success Technology
Jim Carr Gary C. Kessler On the verge of shipping To-
February, page 23 October, page 47 gether, Moody discusses the
progress of groupware and
Mactivity
SQL Front Ends Simplifying SONET OS/2
Apple revealed strategic Jim Carr SONET is emerging as an im- Shyamala Reddy
directions and vendors January, page 22 portant global June, page 26
debuted products
data transport scheme
Elizabeth Dougherty Wireless Networking Gary C. Kessler Workgroups Share
September, page 145 Jim Carr July, page 36 An Office
November, page 23 WordPerfect Office provides
Networld Boston
Try, Try Again multiplatform scheduling,
Major announcements WIDE AREA In looking at new ways to e-mail, and database functions
and technical adventures NETWORKING make ISDN work, some Bonny Hinners
at Networld Boston
vendors emphasize data and June, page 140
The LAN Staff
Combatting Enterprise call it by a different name
April, page 133
Entropy
Single-vendor solutions can’t
Networld Dallas
solve multivendor global
No blockbuster news, but it
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