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To: Jan Crawley who wrote (37888)	3/5/1998 8:39:00 PM
From: Jack Colton	Respond to of 61433

ChannelWeb Executive Briefing -- Thursday, March 5, 1998 The ChannelWeb Executive Briefing comes to you FREE OF CHARGE with your membership to the channelweb.com community. If you do not wish to receive subsequent issues, please see the instructions on how to unsubscribe at the end of this newsletter. Pass this newsletter on to your colleagues, and tell them why they should join channelweb.com today. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TOP TIPS on channelweb.com (scroll down for more) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Intel earnings warning: Three reasons why it may be GOOD news. 2. VARBusiness Labs: We Test Drive Five Thin Clients 3. Check out CRN's searchable directory of distributors. 4. Memory configurator onboard today 5. Compaq Ships NT-based Remote Access Server starting at $6,000 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EXECUTIVE BRIEFING: ChannelWeb Executive Editor Roy Asfar ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 204.74.114.74 Intel's eye-popping earnings warning, despite the doomsday-like chill it sent over technology stocks on Thursday, potentially has three underlying themes which could have a positive effect on your business. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MARGIN-ENHANCING RESOURCES: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 204.74.114.74 ChannelWeb Business Center: Advantage Memory Configurator Check Out The Advantage Memory Configurator for Your Systems Manufacturing Needs. Enter our Business Center and click on the Advantage Memory logo to find the hottest new reseller tool. 204.74.114.74 ChannelWeb's Command Center: Quick Poll update, only for the channel "Do you think the potential of channel assembly will persuade you to build less of your own systems and sell more brand-name models?" Update: This Poll Closes Sunday Yes: 44.7% No: 55.3% crn.com Free Premium Service: CRN's "Distributor Databank" Notice that each of our publication sites are adding "Premium Services"? These are actually members-only subsites bundled FREE with your ChannelWeb subscription. For instance, The Computer Reseller News 1997-1998 Distributor Census database gives you a comprehensive list of distributors with quality custom services to help you with customers. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FREE RESELLER SEMINAR FROM PCORDER AND CHANNELWEB ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Attend "Thriving on E-Commerce," the new, FREE, one-day seminar from pcOrder and CMP Channel Group (publishers of ChannelWeb). "Thriving on E-Commerce" will provide you with the tools you need to harness the Internet to grow and improve customer satisfaction. When you attend "Thriving on E-Commerce" you'll also be entered to win a one-year subscription to the WEB STOREFRONT 3.0, a $10,000 value. Get more information and sign-up to win at channelweb.com Or call a pcOrder representative at 512.342.0100 ext.1171 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PROFITABLE NEWS YOU CAN USE, FROM ACROSS CHANNELWEB: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 204.74.114.74 ChannelWeb Solution Centers Here's the latest batch of product news from our theme sites: Tips on how VARs can kill the Millenium Bug (in the Developers Center); Bay Networks Ups The Ante In ATM Market (Enterprise Center); The latest scoop on Microsoft's online sales campaign (E-Business); and New Intel Chip to Spawn Several Graphics Cards (Channel Assembly). crn.com Compaq Ships NT-based Remote Access Server Compaq Computer Corp. is boosting its Windows NT server offerings by shipping a new family of remote servers based on the ProLiant 1600 and ProSignia 200. ESP starts at $5,939, for the RAS 5208, which has eight 33.6 kilobits/sec V.34 connections. techweb.cmp.com Compaq to Enter $1,500 Notebook Fray Compaq Computer will join Fujitsu PC in the $1,500 notebook computer market March 18 with the Presario 1215, a 180MHz Cyrix MediaGX-based notebook that just began shipping to retail accounts. techweb.cmp.com Retail Preprints CompUSA offers multiple configuration step-ups to stimulate add-on sales. Is there something here for you? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pass this newsletter on to your colleagues, and tell them why they should join channelweb.com today. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THE LIST ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you do not wish to receive subsequent issues, follow this simple 2-step process. 1: SEND MAIL TO: listserv@cmplists.cmp.com

To: Jan Crawley who wrote (37888)	3/5/1998 8:40:00 PM
From: Jack Colton	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 61433

Data Comm WebInsite - March 1998 What does it take to build a hierarchical switched network? How do you compare prices for VSAT services? How fast should you move to high-speed copper? Get the inside info in this issue of Data Communications On the Web: data.com CASE STUDY: TRADING UP TO SWITCHES In 1996, Chase's trading-floor network was in trouble. Traffic was so slow that traders joked they could hail a cab in less time than it took to download files. Two years and a big trade-up later, their hierarchical switched network is paying big dividends: data.com VSAT SERVICES: KEEPING AN EYE ON THE SKY Net managers know that when it comes to VSAT services, there's a lot that's up in the air. To bring it all down to earth, we issued an RFP for our own international network and nine operators responded. Among our findings? Price isn't always an indicator of coverage - or quality. data.com REGIONAL INTERNET BACKBONES: DIRECT CONNECTIONS Internet detours add delays. Until recently Asia-Pacific 'Net traffic went the long way, making transpacific trips to the U.S. just to make regional connections. Now new backbones are being built that will offer a local exchange. Time to bone up on the benefits: data.com GIGABIT CABLING: THE COPPER STOPPER? Can new cabling systems carry gigabit data? Vendors says yes, but with a Category 6 spec months (or more) away, corporate networkers have no way of knowing for sure. What's more, there's evidence that cable vendors are cutting Cat 6 margins dangerously thin. That's why Data Comm is advising net managers to go slow on high-speed copper: data.com VOICE OVER IP SERVICES: THE SOUND DECISION Talk is cheap--and IP telephony is making it a lot cheaper, especially when net managers can bypass pricey international circuits. Corporate networkers interested in savings need to give voice over IP a close look and check out the trade-offs in coverage and quality: data.com PACKET OVER SONET: RINGING UP SPEED Get ready for a high-speed WAN transport that leaves LAN traffic in its native format--and ATM in the dust. POS (packet over Sonet) is faster, more reliable, and makes better use of Sonet capacity, since there's no ATM overhead: data.com MONITORING INTRANET PERFORMANCE: TIME TO STRATEGIZE Intranets evolve piece-by-piece with technical choices arising from urgency, not strategy. Net managers need to plan intranet growth to avoid business risk. Here's how, in just four simple steps: data.com INTERACTIVE POLL: SERVER SOFTWARE Involved in purchasing server software? Take our new poll; go to Data Comm's home page and click on the "Take the Poll" button: data.com And check out our latest product leaders: PRODUCT LEADERS: KEEPING WEB PAGES CURRENT Cacheflow's proxy cache automatically updates stored pages, speeding response times. data.com PRODUCT LEADERS: A REASONED APPROACH TO NET MANAGEMENT FCI's Mars agents work right out of the box to pinpoint network problems. data.com PRODUCT LEADERS: FRAME RELAY ACCESS MEETS SDSL AccessLAN's Accesscentral concentrator uses SDSL to shoot data through a single copper pair: data.com If you want to be taken off this list, do not return this message to the sending mailbox. Instead, simply send "unsubscribe" in the body of a message to webinsite-request@webinsite.data.com.