Some light reading from:
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Help For Selling Network Services : 0.84
VAR Business, April 13, 1998
Before 3Com Corp. introduced its Partner Express program, selling
network services meant John Neraas, Director of Engineering at Optec,
had to provide multiple contracts for various services and long-winded
explanations to customers for com
Layer 3 Fans: You'd Better Shop Around : 0.78
Internet Week, April 13, 1998
Even with Cisco's highly anticipated gigabit switch not yet on the
streets, the market for ASIC-based fast switches is getting mighty
crowded. Nevertheless, many of these are first-generation releases that
lack QoS and WAN interface feature
The Next Gen : 0.84
Internet Week, April 13, 1998
It was an afterthought. When the American Academy of Pediatrics
ripped out its saturated shared Ethernet backbone and installed a new
gigabit-switched network earlier this year, the group had no intention
of activating the Layer 3 routing f
Humanizing The Internet -- Howard Charney, senior vice
president, Cisco : 0.78
Internet Week, April 13, 1998
When you look at the history of networking, you find few people with
the credentials of Howard Charney. He co-founded 3Com and was the
founder and chief executive officer of Grand Junction Networks, the
company that brought us Fast Ethernet
3Com Targets Small-Office Links : 0.80
Internet Week, April 13, 1998
3Com last week announced the OfficeConnect ISDN LAN Modem, an
integrated four-port hub and IP router with an ISDN BRI port and two
analog voice/fax ports. The LAN Modem is available now; pricing is
$499. The unit can be expanded to support
PDA Vendors To Combat 3Com Palm Dominance : 0.82
Internet Week, April 13, 1998
San Jose, Calif. - Microsoft's next big product war will be in your
hands.
3Com Ratchets Down To Gigabit-Level Hubs : 0.86
Internet Week, April 13, 1998
3Com this week will unveil a Gigabit Ethernet hub for those who
believe a switch is overkill.
Merger creates new force in networking : 0.78
Electronic Engineering Times, April 13, 1998
Maynard, Mass. - Over the past two decades, few companies could
match Digital Equipment Corp. for developing crackerjack engineers
for the fast-moving communications and networking business. As one
of the official developers of Ethernet in
Brings MPEG/IP equipment to new market -- Startup
SkyStream banks on data broadcasting : 0.78
Electronic Engineering Times, April 13, 1998
Las Vegas - Betting big on the emerging market for data broadcasting,
startup SkyStream Corp. (Mountain View, Calif.) formally introduced
itself at the National Association of Broadcasters confab here last
week, rolling out a clutch of prod
Networking drives high demand : 0.84
Electronic Engineering Times, April 13, 1998
In the early 1990s, when engineers were sweating out downsizing and
layoffs, the IEEE held a conference whose theme was "Jobs, Jobs,
Jobs." The IEEE could have another conference this year with the same
theme, but an entirely different stor
Computer Retail Week, April 13, 1998
San Jose, Calif. - Microsoft is asking major retailers to dedicate a
store section to "palm-sized PCs," the Windows CE 2.0-based devices
due to hit store shelves this month.
Sensing Switch : 0.78
Computer Reseller News, April 13, 1998
3Com Corp., Santa Clara, Calif., is shipping a 12-port autosensing
10/100 stackable switch. The SuperStack II Switch 3300 is priced at
$2,395. VARs can add an optional matrix module for $995 that allows
the device to be stacked up to four u
Premio lacks horsepower, but harnesses some useful features : 0.78
Computer Reseller News, April 13, 1998
The Premio Apollo offered an average cabinet design and a couple of
useful motherboard features. Performance was compromised by an
EDO memory subsystem, although the system contained some
well-known components.
Nextrend Boasts Fast CPU, Large Hard Drive, AGP Video : 0.78
Computer Reseller News, April 13, 1998
The 300MHz NexTrend unit comes with some well-known
components, but that did not help it in the BAPCo application tests.
The cabinet also raises concerns about servicing, cooling and
expandability.
Infotel Squeezes Performance, Features Under The Price Bar :
0.78
Computer Reseller News, April 13, 1998
Infotel's PRW-266 has an easy-to-service cabinet design,
expandability, brand-name components and complete documentation.
Like the Pionex product, it was loaded with 64 Mbytes of RAM and
was one of the best performers in this roundup.
Howdy, Partner : 0.80
Computer Reseller News, April 13, 1998
3Com Corp., Santa Clara, Calif., launched Partner Express, a
backup-support offering for partners across its product line. The
service includes 24-hour phone support; access to high-level 3Com
support engineers; next-business-day hardware r
3Com Gets Ready To Unveil Gigabit Ethernet Hub : 0.86
TechWeb News, April 11, 1998
3Com will unveil next week a Gigabit Ethernet hub for those who
believe a switch is overkill. |
