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Articles in Sept, 1997 issue of Communications News

• Moving toward ISDN interoperability - ISDN interface devices in a nonstandardized industry - Technology Information
• The LAN desktop: shared or switched? - clients should share 100 Mbps backbone for best LAN architecture - Network Management: Special Focus - Technology Information - Cover Story
  by Yoseph L. Linde
• Redefining remote sites - Merck & Co manages its remote global network with modem sharing and A/C power reboot switches from Kelly Communication Systems - Company Operations
• Servers to spam: drop dead - block unwanted bulk e-mail with Sendmail 8.8 for Unix, Ipswitch's IMail Server 4.0, Software.Com's Post.Office 3.1 - Product Information
  by John Junod
• Don't be ambushed by hired guns - how to hire and manage consulting firms - Industry Trend or Event
  by Paul Kirvan
• Uncommon power - Devices to protect computer systems from unexpected power surges, losses - Includes related articles on network UPS, UPS power tips - Special focus: network management - Technology Information - Cover Story
  by Andy D'Amelio
• A simplified approach to ATM - Digital Lightwave's Network Information Computer eases the installation, test and maintenance of ATM networks - Product Information
  by Mike Watson
• Dialing into the Internet while on the road - ISPs share points of presence, or local phone numbers, in peering arrangement that eases Internet access for travelers - Internet/Web/Online Service Information - Column
  by Daniel Dern
• Form follows function - Simon & Schuster implements prototype Ethernet wiring system at MacMillan Publishing - Company Operations
• Service-level management in a switched network - RMON2 standard is inadequate - Special Focus: Network Management - Technology Information - Cover Story
  by Paul Farr
• The information-centered network - MCI CIO Lance Boxer says company plans new integration services - Company Business and Marketing
  by Ripley Hotch
• To the ends of the earth - GPS with Argos and Torrey Sciences components is tested by Systems Engineering Society at North Pole - Product Information
  by Renee Ayer
• The electronic commerce juggernaut - IBM, Lotus and others develop Web commerce servers, software and services - includes related article on Secure Electronic Transactions, or SET - Company Business and Marketing
  by Morris Edwards
• Wiring in high gear - Sine Co, Belden Wire & Cable design and produce cables for Ford Motor's automated welding assembly line - Company Operations
• Unlocking the mystery of MPOA - Multi-protocol over ATM network architecture - includes Network Management Directory of companies listing contacts, phone numbers, matrices - Special Focus: Network Management - Technology Information - Cover Story
  by Andy Reid
• Getting the most out of packet voice - Packet voice software permits cheap voice communication over existing data networks - Technology Information
  by Matt Noah
• Power management: more than a plug - power management software - Special Focus: Network Management - Technology Information - Cover Story
  by Brad Wyckoff
• Sending a cellular SOS - AT&T Wireless Services and SCC Communications introduce 911 Connect, a wireless-911 program for public safety agencies - Company Business and Marketing
  by James W. Montgomery
• Better tools for a harder job - SNMP-compliant systems are better than proprietary ones - Special Focus: Network Management - Technology Information - Cover Story
  by M. Michael Drummer
• The sounds of Fast Ethernet - QSC Audio Products uses Fast Ethernet at Super Bowl XXXI - Company Business and Marketing
• Bandwidth for art's sake - Getty Center installs 2,400-node fiber optics network - Special Focus: Network Management - Technology Information - Cover Story
  by Dan Silver