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Vol. 6, No. 4, April 1, 1995

QUICK BOOT

• News, Trends and Opinion
• Infrastructure : Will Novell's Upcoming Embedded Systems
  Technology Change Your Life?
• Internet : What's the Word on the Internet?

COLUMNISTS

• The Networkologist : Patricia Schnaidt
  Provo Pilgrimage
• FreeWire : Bill Frezza
  Succumbing to Techno-Seduction
• Corporate View : Brian Walsh
  The Inertia of DMI
• On The Wire : Bill Alderson and J. Scott Haugdahl
  It s a Question of Latency
• In The Middle : Bruce Robertson
  Object Service: The New File System
  
• The Last Byte : Timothy Haight
  The Risks of Internet Competition

SNEAK PREVIEWS

• Microsoft Gets You From NetWare to NT
• Dayna, Xircom Find Right Size for Wireless

COVER STORY

• Navigating the Web Navigators
  by Dani el Dern and Barry Gerber

  There's more than hype to this hyperworld. The WorldWide Web has become the de facto drive-in window for on-line business. In this Web navigator profile, we take a close look at six WinSock-compatible browsers and tell you what's in store for the Web.

FEATURES

• 1995 Well-Connected Awards
  

• The New Network Frontier
  by Art Wittmann and Robert J. Kohlhepp

  A comprehensive look at switching hubs a fast-action, growing market segment.

• St. Allchin on the Road to Cairo
  by Christine Hudgins-Bonafield

  Much has changed at Microsoft in the past year, and its Business Systems Division vice president, Jim Allchin, has a vision. Will Microsoft s new attitude lead the company down a new road?

CENTERFOLD

• Networking Enhances the Picture at KBLCOM
  By Linda Nicastro

  A San Antonio, Texas, cable television provider is beginning to reap the rewards of improved communications and reduced paperwork due to a wide-area Ethernet network.

REVIEWS

• Comparisons : PCMCIA Network Cards
• Comparison : Fax Server Software
• Comparison : Print Servers
• Review : VocalTec's VocalChat 2.0

WORKSHOPS

Middleware &Cross-Platform Development

• Maybe You Have a Case of the BLOBs
  by Tom Henderson

  Binary Large Objects can dim network bandwidth in ways network designers didn't conceive of even three years ago. Here's how to get you r BLOBs under control.

E-Mail and Messaging

• Protecting Your Privacy
  by Karl L. Barrus

  A popular and powerful program by the name of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) can serve your data protection needs and is especially suited for electronic mail.

Infrastructure

• LAN Emulation, Virtual LANs and the Reality of ATM
  by Art Wittmann

  Virtual LANs let you configure your network much more flexibly. LAN emulation helps support hardware and software over ATM.

BUYER'S GUIDE

• Get More Mileage From V.34 Modems
  by Bruce Boardman

  The new wave of V.34 modems promises data rates of 28.8 Kbps, but vendors are implementing the standard differently.

PRODUCT UPDATE

• Proteon 1490plus, On Technology Meeting Maker XP v2.5, Micropolis RAIDION LTX disk arrays, MiLAN Technology FastPort 3200x and more.