Now with more than 500 companies and 1,200 products in some two dozen networking categories, the Guide should be your first stop when shopping for network hardware and software. Compare price, features, platforms, warranties and more to find the products that meet the needs of your network. This week, ATM Edge Switches joins Windows NT NFS Clients and Servers in our latest collection of guides. For more information, see www.networkcomputing.com/ibg/home.

Our Real-World Labs® really set Network Computing apart from others when it comes to the quality of our product testing. Online, you can visit the labs at www.networkcomputing.com/labs/labs.html. With the free Live Picture Viewer, you can even zoom around 360-degree panoramic pictures while you read about the staff, equipment and expertise at each of our test sites, located at corporations and universities across the country.

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--Joe Caponi, jcaponi@nwc.com