3COM CMPnet weekly reading: Large Switch Vendors Take Extreme Hit : 0.78 VAR Business, June 08, 1998 While the race was close in the VAR program segment of this month's VARBusiness Labs review on switches, Extreme Networks slipped past the competition (see page 90). Although the Cupertino, Calif.-based company was matched up against the li Switching To A Better Bottom Line -- Improve Network Performance And Increase Your Profits With New Layer 3 Switches : 0.97 VAR Business, June 08, 1998 Switches speed up clients' networks, so they provide a great solution for the reseller or systems integrator upgrading an existing client network to provide better performance. Raising The Speed Limit -- Network switches promise faster performance for less, but are they delivering? : 0.80 VAR Business, June 08, 1998 Is faster always better? And is faster even better when it's cheaper? In the world of network switching, the answers are "yes" and "yes." In a relatively uncomplicated well-designed network, switches deliver better performance. But how many NIC At Nite -- Start-up NIC Express improves 'round-the-clock network availability : 0.82 VAR Business, June 08, 1998 When 3Com Corp. proposed a network interface card (NIC) or edge solution to the problem of network availability, many of its competitors cried foul. They denounced it as an expedient and unworkable solution from a company that was playing t News Nuggets : 0.78 VAR Business, June 08, 1998 - Longtime channel champion Fred L. Tufts, IBM Corp.'s vice president, channel strategy and management, has been named vice president, global channel management. In his new assignment, Tufts will be responsible for rolling out the worldwide ATM Network Takes Patient Care To Next Level : 0.84 Internet Week, June 08, 1998 It's not yet a broadly accepted prescription for IT managers' network care, but ATM is turning out to be good medicine for bandwidth-hungry multimedia applications. New wireless phones merge PC, PDA and voice functions : 0.78 Internet Week, June 08, 1998 The wireless industry is rolling out a new generation of devices that offer an integrated package of paging, e-mail, Web browsing and other data capabilities along with voice service. Dataflow : 0.78 Internet Week, June 08, 1998 A group of leading computer and communications companies last month unveiled a new wireless technology that is designed to make data communications easier and less expensive by eliminating wireless modems and cables. Led by IBM Corp., Intel Act! Gets Upgrade -- PIM Is Useful, But Big Changes Are Few : 0.80 Information Week, June 08, 1998 If you're not using a personal information manager to maintain your phone lists, calendar of appointments, and to-do lists, then you should definitely consider purchasing Act! 4.0 from Symantec Corp. However, if you're already a user of Act Stream Of Consciousness -- Companies turn to streaming media for enterprisewide information sharing : 0.80 Information Week, June 08, 1998 Darlene Wolford, manager of the best practices replication process for Ford Motor Co., wanted to disseminate information about the automaker's best practices throughout the company. That meant conquering the twin problems of size and divers Tivoli And IBM -- Though Tivoli management initially resisted close ties with IBM, the two are getting tighter. What does this new intimacy mean for customers? : 0.78 Information Week, June 08, 1998 Tivoli Systems' two-year-old relationship with parent company IBM is evolving from an arms-length business deal into a productive partnership. Tivoli is working more closely with other IBM units on product integration, and Tivoli is startin Backbone switches rise with bandwidths : 0.78 Electronic Engineering Times, June 08, 1998 Today's networks have a greater need for increased bandwidth and performance so that they may support the new application environments that are being thrust upon them. The convergence of voice-over-Internet Protocol (IP) video and data over
They Want You -- Lucent's Secret Weapons : 0.78 Computer Reseller News, June 08, 1998 Boston -- Lucent Technologies Inc. has little experience selling data networking equipment, and even less experience dealing with resellers. Concord Measures Networks' Health : 0.78 Computer Reseller News, June 08, 1998 Marlboro, Mass. -- In a bid to provide more bandwidth for enterprise and carrier networks, developers are providing new ATM tools to VARs. New Markets: India, Middle East -- CHS Continues To Spend, Spend, Spend : 0.78 Computer Reseller News, June 08, 1998 Miami -- CHS Electronics Inc. is still mum on any plans to enter the U.S. market but is speaking loud and clear on its international plans. Compaq To Outline Plans For Digital : 0.78 Computer Reseller News, June 08, 1998 New York -- While many companies will show off new products at PC Expo next week, details of Compaq Computer Corp.'s merger with Digital Equipment Corp. will likely highlight the show. techweb.com o~~~ O |