CMPnet 3COM Stories for today: Estrin: From Entrepreneur To Cisco CTO : 0.78 Network Computing, June 01, 1998 She's a Silicon Valley legend, a high-profile and prolific entrepreneur. Now Judy Estrin holds one of the most important jobs in the industry-chief technology officer at Cisco Systems. Estrin stepped into the CTO post in April after Cisco a
'Policy Power' Networking Proof Is In The Pudding : 0.82 Internet Week, June 01, 1998 3Com this week will unfold a framework and guidelines for enabling IT managers to construct "policy-powered" networks.
IT Confidential : 0.78 Information Week, June 01, 1998 A source deep within an East Coast chemical company says the Big Six consulting firm it hired got bounced off the company's SAP implementation for employing substandard talent and for price gouging. It's all on the Q.T. for now, but it's ev
ISDN Tester Works As Analyzer, Emulator -- Merge Device Also Supports Protocols Of Other Nations : 0.80 Information Week, June 01, 1998 ISDN is used by many companies for WAN connections and has had a well-deserved reputation for being difficult to set up-slowing implementation cycles and blowing budgets. Nevertheless, it's not that bad anymore-for most users. The hard part
Directory Services For Network Management : 0.78 Information Week, June 01, 1998 Directory services could create a tighter relationship between the physical and logical world of networks. Microsoft and Cisco Systems are cooperating on a version of Microsoft's Active Directory that will run on both Windows NT and the var
Support For Policy-Based Networking -- 3Com's upcoming products to help users set policies : 0.87 Information Week, June 01, 1998 3Com Corp. this week will unfold a road map detailing its plans to deliver additional hardware and software to support policy-based networking. The company's TranscendWare network-management software, its high-end devices, and some lower-en
Extreme Networks moves switches closer to the server : 0.78 Electronic Engineering Times, June 01, 1998 Cupertino, Calif. - Extreme Networks Inc.'s latest addition to the Summit family of Layer 3 enterprise switches moves the company's architecture closer to the corporate server. The Summit4 system, with 16 10/100 Fast Ethernet ports and six
AccessLan takes SDSL to work : 0.78 Electronic Engineering Times, June 01, 1998 San Jose, Calif. - AccessLan Communications Inc. is betting there's at least one new wrinkle in the overcrowded digital-subscriber-line hardware market. Instead of focusing on consumer applications of asymmetric DSL (ADSL), AccessLan is try
Planned broadband solution is company's first for central office -- Bay access router makes waves : 0.78 Electronic Engineering Times, June 01, 1998 SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Even as speculation swirls in the financial community of a possible acquisition of Bay Networks Inc. by a telecommunications-equipment OEM, Bay is attempting to prove to competitive carriers and Internet service provid
ATM, xDSL Standards Emerge : 0.78 Electronic Buyers News, June 01, 1998 Two more networking standards took shape recently, this time in the ATM and xDSL arenas. First, a group led by 3Com Corp., Santa Clara, Calif., has formed the Inverse Multiplexing for ATM Interoperability Initiative, also known as I3. Meanw Aztec finds Success With Dual Strategy : 0.78 Computer Reseller News, June 01, 1998 Dallas -- Resellers of white boxes tend to view branded computers with disdain. But Aztec Systems Inc. is doing a profitable business in both areas.
Turning To The Next Frame : 0.78 Computer Reseller News, June 01, 1998 Irvine, Calif.-based Sync Research unveiled FrameNode Release 7, the latest version of its Frame Relay access device (FRAD) software.
Figuring Out The Right Moves : 0.86 Computer Reseller News, June 01, 1998 Vendors are providing a wide range of tools and services to make it easier for a VAR to sell a networking solution.
Potential Opportunity For Reseller Sales, Services -- Cable Providers Focus On WAN Access : 0.78 Computer Reseller News, June 01, 1998 San Mateo, Calif. -- Resellers soon may have another weapon to add to their WAN and Internet-access arsenal: cable modems and cable providers.
The Struggle Goes On : 0.78 Computer Reseller News, June 01, 1998 The industry's first-quarter financial performance had the normal mix of winners and losers. But a look beneath the numbers reveals the sweeping, and still uncertain, effects of price-cutting, foreign-market upheaval and government regulati
Internet Sharing Simplified : 0.88 Windows Magazine, June 01, 1998 If you're a small business looking to maximize your ISDN connection, you can choose from three diverse hardware solutions. NetGear's Remote Access ISDN Router Model RT328 consists of an ISDN modem with a 10BaseT jack that plugs into an exis
HP Aims High-Value Vectra VL at Corporate Desktops : 0.78 Windows Magazine, June 01, 1998 Hewlett-Packard is joining the ranks of PC makers firing new NT desktops at corporations demanding state-of-the-art technology at bargain-basement prices. Its new Vectra VL Series 8 hits the mark. For $2,250, you get your choice of a mid-to
New SmartSuite Shines and Stumbles : 0.78 Windows Magazine, June 01, 1998 Are you ready for the next generation of office suites? The integrated office applications in Lotus's SmartSuite Millennium Edition-which we reviewed in beta-deliver some unique and useful Internet features, plus a voice-recognition feature
Slow Rush to Faster Modems : 0.78 Windows Magazine, June 01, 1998 Now that the standard has at long last been set, you can expect all those 56K modems to work together. Eventually. techweb.com o~~~ O |