Communications News

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Articles in August 2002 issue of Communications News

• Make conferences effective - Trends
• Optimize space and time: data center design depends on optical solution - Cabling, Wiring and Enclosures
• Analyze an expanding system: getting a clear picture of the network put out daily network fires - Testing and Diagnostics
• VPN and T-1 - Security appliances and VPNs - Efficient Networks se5940 T1 Business Gateway - Brief Article - Product Announcement
• Secure wireless - New Products - security solution from Funk Software - Odyssey - Brief Article - Product Announcement
• Spirent plc, Crawley, England, is acquiring the remote special services test product line of Anritsu, Laguna Hills, CA, for $26 million - nanoBits - Brief Article
• Swing rack - Bicsi 2002 - Brief Article
• Hand-held test set - Testing and monitoring products - Sunrise Telecom SunLight Loss Test Set - Brief Article - Product Announcement
• Scalable VPN - Security appliances and VPNs - NetScreen Technologies NetScreen-5400 - Brief Article - Product Announcement
• Outsourcing network management: what was once seen as a cost-cutting tactic may now be a smart strategic decision - The Bottom Line
  by Lenny Liebmann
• Proxim Corp., Sunnyvale, CA, is purchasing the 802.11 wireless LAN equipment business of Agere Systems - nanoBits - Brief Article
• Fiber converter - Bicsi 2002 - Brief Article
• Mobile testing - Testing and monitoring products - Tempo TeamMate - Brief Article - Product Announcement
• Software VPN - Security appliances and VPNs - Stonesoft StoneGate 2.0 - Brief Article - Product Announcement
• CacheFlow - nanoBits - Brief Article
• Complete copper system - Bicsi 2002 - Brief Article
• Component analysis - Testing and monitoring products - Luna Technologies Virtual Instrument Software - Brief Article - Product Announcement
• VPN, voice and multimedia service - Security appliances and VPNs - Clearpath Networks iPVN - Brief Article - Product Announcement
• Feedback is important - Editor's Note
  by Ken Anderberg
• Equant - nanoBits - contract with Bacardi - Brief Article
• Compact media conversion - Bicsi 2002 - Transition Networks Dual Fast Ethernet Converter - Brief Article - Product Announcement
• Benefit from e-mail management: enhanced features make burgeoning volumes of e-mail easily handled - Internet/IP Technologies
  by Bryant Downey
• Rewards for the remote worker: careful exploration results in easier system administration - Wireless - Clarkston Consulting
• DSL in the security mix: video surveillance, air-quality sensors and employee tracking add up to a complete security solution - Guest Column
  by Jim Southworth
• Nortel Networks - nanoBits - Brief Article
• Cable column - Bicsi 2002 - Wiremold - Brief Article
• VPN service - Security appliances and VPNs - Cable and Wireless IP-VPN Internet Service - Brief Article
• External storage - New Products - EZQuest Cobra + - Brief Article - Product Announcement
• Certificates secure new bank services - Trends
• The elevation of an IT outsourcing partnership: with HP SAP-trained staff, KONE's global strategy is top level - Cover Story
• Lockable cabinet - Bicsi 2002 - Ortronics Mighty Mo Cable Management Cabinets - Brief Article - Product Announcement
• VPN and virus protection - Security appliances and VPNs - Symantec Gateway Security appliance - Brief Article - Product Announcement
• Rack cooling - New Products - Liebert RackCooler - Brief Article - Product Announcement
• Hot spots - Trends - Airport hot spots for Wi-Fi wireless access
• A storehouse of solutions: options include speed, simplicity and cost savings - Network Management - Pacific Coast Jiffy Lube
  by Ron Levine
• Cable-cutting tool - Bicsi 2002 - Benner-Nawman - Brief Article
• Corporate VPN solution - Security appliances and VPNs - ADTRAN NetVanta 2400 gateway - Brief Article - Product Announcement
• Video messaging - New Products - Eyeball Video Communications Platform - Brief Article - Product Announcement
• Six next-gen disruptive technologies - Trends
• Conferencing: boardrooms to classrooms: the laptop-and-lunchbox generation learns that knowledge is the future's new commodity - Telephony/CTI
• Wall-mounted cabinet - Bicsi 2002 - Hoffman - Brief Article - Product Announcement
• Versatile appliance - Security appliances and VPNs - Bivio Networks Bivio 1000-AX - Brief Article - Product Announcement
• Speedy wireless - New Products - Agere Systems Orinoco AP-2000 - Brief Article - Product Announcement
• Events - Trends
• Demystify optical providers: new companies form exclusively for giving metro businesses the advantage of high-speed connectivity - Optical Technologies
  by Jon Oltsik
• Thin CAT 6 cable - Bicsi 2002 - Quabbin Wire and Cable Datamax 6 Horizontal Cable - Brief Article - Product Announcement
• Compact VPN appliance - Security appliances and VPNs - Advantech Network Computing FWA-230 - Brief Article - Product Announcement
• Cool the room - New Products - portable air conditioner from AirPac - Brief Article