Communications News

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Articles in April 2004 issue of Communications News

• Call accounting
• Fiber-optic switch
• Optical Ethernet connectivity
• Slippery slope
  by Ken Anderberg
• The power of polices
  by Lei Ann Shiramizu
• VoIP management
• RS-232 media converter
• Wireless video transmission
• Hold the spam, please
• Strategies for deploying Wi-Fi: standards offer various options suitable for a variety of customer implementations
  by Jeff Abramowitz
• Software-phone solution
• Serial device server
• Outdoor wireless bridge
• Management software eases WLAN access: new tool aids the rapid growth of wireless computing at Maryland university
  by David Hunting
• Events
• Intelligence in the cable network: distributer gains better control at several sites with a physical-layer management solution
• Extend indoor coverage
• New building, better network: Captaris IT director Roopal MacDuff opts for fiber and Category 6 cabling for new headquarters
  by Carol Everett Oliver
• Visualize the virtual network: virtualization uses dedicated infrastructure solutions managed as a single resource
  by James Leach
• Enterprise IP-PBX
• Redundant power switching
• Outdoor access point
• VoIP helps make a sale: in a time-sensitive sales environment, telephony solution provides a 'closing' advantage
• Security concerns bypass budgets
• Wait for 10-GigE standards? Electrical requirements still not determined for cabling running high-speed applications
  by Robert Zahr
• IP PBX with mobility features
• External serial adapter
• Cordless modem
• Convergence for the enterprise
  by Alex Pierson
• The cost of downtime
• Speech recognition
• Screened twisted-pair 5e cables
• Buyers guide
• Mind your PDUs
  by Roger Edelson
• Desktop IP telephone
• Hand-held electronic labeling
• Wire management
• SSLVPN secures critical information
• Web-based telephony management
• Preterminated fiber
• Secure networks: changing business models and complexity of threats force new approaches to network security
  by Roark Pollock
• University takes to the air
• Remote management
• Serial-port concentration
• WLAN monitoring
• Stay connected on the road
• Wireless switches—or not