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`MAY 12, 1997 VOLUME 19,ISSUE 19 Founded in 1918
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`IBM gets new BOS
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`• Software to unify disparate platforms
`By Ed Sca ,me/1
`11d Ted Smalley Bowe11
`IBM WILL roll out !he centerpiece
`of its enterprisewide middleware
`strategy this week wilh 1he unveil(cid:173)
`ing of its Business Objects Services
`(BOS) sof1ware at IBM Technical
`lnlerchange '97, in Si. Louis.
`BOS makes use of server-based
`objec ts lo we ld togeth e r IBM 's
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`ba sed objec1s across diverse IBM
`platforms.
`Some observers were surprised
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`1ha1 BOS is predominantly based
`o n 1he Objecl Managemenl Group's
`CO RBA model.
`Although I BM also will announce
`a deepening of ils commi1men110
`Java Beans ac ross !he enlerprise, ii
`will show Jiule or no commilment
`10 1he Remote Meih od Invocation
`(RMI) slandard pushed by JavaSofl.
`"Whal 1hey are doing is laking
`CORBA and making ii inlo a whole
`produc1,'' said an analysl briefed by
`IBM. "They will slill use Java Beans
`as a high-level componenl formal
`and marry ii 10 1his CORBA-based
`programming model Iha! is going
`10 emerge."
`I BM sources confirmed !he em(cid:173)
`• IBM page 26
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`Site set on the enterprise: Microsoft Site
`Server beta bundles tools and
`adds in Commerce Server. 96
`Search panies: Metasites make the
`most of search engines to answer
`your Web queries accurately. 72
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`Directories point the way
`Microsoft enlists Cisco Push integration on tap
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`By Mattllt'w Woollacott
`MI CROSOFT AND C ISCO anno unced las! week Iha!
`!hey will form a pannership 10 bring nelwo rk services
`10 Microsof1's Ac1ive Di rec1ory and 10 pon 1ha1 direc(cid:173)
`lory's serv ices 10 01her platforms in a bid loconlrol the
`software infras1ruc1ure of !he nelworked enterprise.
`T he joint venlure be1ween !he heavyweigh1 s will
`marry Microsof!'s unreleased Aclive Direc lo ry wilh
`• CISCO page 26
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`Ry Jim Balderston
`NOVELL AND NETSCAPE have begun finalizing plans
`10 leverage !heir direclor y services as a means of man(cid:173)
`aging push lechnology on enlerpr ise nclworks.
`Novell officia ls confirmed 1his week 1ha1 any push
`lechnology 1he company incorporales from 1hird par(cid:173)
`lies or builds ilself"will have 10 in1egra1e closely"wi1h
`Novell Dircclory Services.
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`NT scalability
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`Microsoft vies
`iriothold
`in clustering
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`By Bob Trott a11d Ed Semmel/
`. M I C ROSOFT 0 S Scalabili1y Day in
`New York 1his monlh will set th e
`s1age for the company's· next assault
`on the enterprise, in which Win (cid:173)
`dows NT and related software will
`be positioned as the link be1wecn
`workgroups and the enlerprise.
`The company is expected to raise
`the curlain on an Enlerprise Edi1ion
`of Windows NT Server 5.0, which
`includes Microsoft's clustering sof1 -
`ware, code-named Wolfpack, Trans(cid:173)
`aclion Server, and Message Queue.
`Bui ii appears that Wolfpack, key
`to Microsof1's proclaimed scalabil (cid:173)
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`sof!'s server peers. The firs! release
`ofWolfpack, expec led 10 ship !his
`summer, will no! go beyond a 1wo(cid:173)
`node fail-over.
`In addi1ion, Digilal will demon(cid:173)
`strate at the show an NT imple(cid:173)
`mentation that scales to 12 pro(cid:173)
`cessors on its AlphaServer 8000
`servers, officials said. The company
`also will exhibit 64-bit, very-large-
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`NEWS
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`J BackOffice gains Base Camp, Microsoft's
`answer to remote access.
`
`6 Microsoft makes inroads In delivering cross(cid:173)
`platform versions of its component models.
`
`10 Bay Networks narrows it s focus on boosting
`IP networks and enhancing software.
`
`15 Adobe will release the first PageMill version
`for Windows, PageMill 2.0.
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`17 GTE hopes to climb higher in the telecom(cid:173)
`munications market by acquiring BBN.
`
`19 Lotus enhances cc:Mail and Domino's Inter(cid:173)
`net capabilities and protocol support.
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`21 Oracle unveil~ a supply-chain software trio.
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`CLIENT
`
`Jl Compaq lowers the bar in the PC market by
`dropping prices for several lines.
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`31 Small PCI boards give users more options for
`upgrading their notebooks.
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`31 StreetPrices: RAM
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`OPINIONS
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`• Plugged In: Oocument-c,ontfled comput·
`Ing sounds ~ln-tM-Sky, but the ubiqui(cid:173)
`tous W..b browser could make It a reality.
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`•
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`Inside the Arewaii: Publk and private orga·
`nlzations grapple with Internet-monitoring
`issues.
`e Loose Cables: In the corporate romper
`room.raising one's hand Is now an an fonm.
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`• Advice Line: Does futzing hinder or help
`productivity?
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`34 Ont rack releases free diagnostic software for
`users to troubleshoot their own systems.
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`FEATURES
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`• FAT!32 Is here, allowlng the management
`of more than 4 bllllon clusters.
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`PRODUCT REVIEWS
`e Hughes Netlock. Version 1.2.2, stands out
`as a network-security guard.
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`•
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`lsys:web 2.0 beta Is a solid Information(cid:173)
`retrieval application.
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`INTERVIEWS
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`• Microsoft's Cornelius WIiiis discusses the
`relationship between Java and Windows.
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`SERVER
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`Some application servers can now manage
`flexible connections to databases over th e
`Internet.
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`J9 Dell and ALR will offer Pentium ii-based entry·
`level servers.
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`J9 The Bug Reporr
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`NETWORKING
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`49 IBM and Alteon make a dea l to bring no-hop
`routi ng to Gigabit Ethernet.
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`49 Cisco 3800 aggregates voice, video, LAN.and
`legacy traffic.
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`TELECOM WORLD
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`57 An FCC rate·reform plan includes a transition
`period to allow t he system to adjust.
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`57 RegulororyRoundup
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`57 The Nokia 9000 Communicator combines a
`cellular phone and personal digital assista nt.
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`58 eFusion lets ISPs offer different services over
`the sam e phone line.
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`THIS WEEK
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`• for all Ille highlights d this
`-it's lnfoltbrld EJ«tnc. go to
`hap://Www~
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`FORU MS
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`• The lllllnfrlmr.ls It dNd7 If
`so, did IBM kHI It?
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`• X2 technology.What good Is. faster mo(cid:173)
`dem If )'OU an't get It to WO<tt?
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`ENTERPRISE COMPUTING
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`61 Businesses that see the value of disseminat·
`ing data over the Internet are rushing to
`acquire data~access wares.
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`INTERNET
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`65 The Internet's list of domain names is gening
`bigger .
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`65 Internet Performance Index
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`• Open letter: Now Is )"'Ur chafl? to spout
`off at the CEO d your ctlc>a.
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`65 The Web Horlisr
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`Compared
`in this issue
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`Well seardl sollltlons
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`Starch tngint solutions
`AltaVista
`Yahoo
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`Monitoring and starch
`tngint solutions
`Smart Bookmarks 3.0
`and Excitt
`nerra Highlights2
`and Excit,
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`Mttasrarch softwart
`solutions
`lnttmtt fastfind
`WtbCompass 2.0
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`Mttositt solutions
`MttaCrawltr
`SavvySearch
`
`ALR's
`Revolution 2x2
`converts from
`tower to
`rack-mount,
`page 39
`
`66 NetObjects hands out an SOK for Java-based
`development of its Fusion authoring tool.
`
`COMPARISON
`
`72 You want your employees to take advantage
`of the wealth of information on the World
`Wide Web, but you don't want them wasting
`time. Thankfully, metasites dig up relevant
`hits in a snap - and they 're free.
`
`PRODUCT REVIEWS
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`1 Pentium II and K6
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`96 Microsoft Site Server, Enterprise Edition 2.0,
`beta
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`98 Applet Designer Professional 1.S
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`98 RBase for Windows 6.0
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`100 QuickBooks 5.0, QuickBooks Pro 5.0 for Win(cid:173)
`dows
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`OPINIONS
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`J From rhe News Desk I Michael Vizard
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`35 Window Manager I Brian Livingston
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`46 Help Desk I Brett Gtoss
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`6J /5 Survival Guide / Bob Lewis
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`70 The Gripe Line I Ed Fosrer
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`70 To rhe Editor
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`71 From the Editor in Chief/Sandy Reed
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`71 tnfoToon / CorolynFisher
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`1 OJ From the Er her I Bob Mercolfe
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`1 OJ Nore, From rhe Field I Roberr X. Cringe/y
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`104 Down to rhe Wire I Nicholas Perre/ey
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`104 Berween rhe Lines I Mork Tebbe
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`93 Reader Resources
`
`QuickBook's interface
`organizes accounting tasks in an
`easy-to-use design, page 100
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`Opinions
`in this issue
`
`Ed Foster
`Readers respond to the
`call for buyers action
`comminees. 70
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`Bob Metcalfe
`Pumped up on Java,
`Corel is ready lo win
`game, se~and match
`vs.Microsofi. 103
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`Bob Lewis
`Mainframes are dead but
`IBM isn't.and there's
`a lesson for your career
`in the company's latest
`~urrection.63
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`Mark Tebbe
`We must manage our
`bandwidth limits, or the
`explosion in corporate
`lntemet use could be the
`laststraw. 104
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`Metcalfe
`challenges
`Corel's
`Cowpland to
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`IBM 's Mark Klein outlines
`plans for the company's Enterprise
`Integration Business Unit,
`page 49
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`IBM, Aheon strike Gigabit Ethernet deal
`IBM's ATM route server reaches out
`to Gigabit Ethernet
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`capability to non-ATM networks
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`By Stephe11 Lawson
`A PARTN ERSH IP between IBM
`and Alteon Networks, announced
`last week at NetWorld+lnterop, in
`Las Vegas, will allow Alteon's pre(cid:173)
`standard Gigabit E.thernet server
`adapters to route traffic directly
`across a network with assistance
`from IBM's MSS ATM route server.
`Multiprotocol Switched Services
`(MSS) client software.available to(cid:173)
`day for Asynchronous Transfer
`Mode (ATM) adapters, let s the
`adapters request route information
`from an MSS server and then cache
`that information to enable no-hop
`routing from source to destination .
`Currently, for end-stations on non(cid:173)
`ATM network segments, the route
`information is cached at the near(cid:173)
`est ATM device, which allows one(cid:173)
`hop routing.
`The Alteon partnership for the
`first time will bring the no-hop
`routing capability to non -ATM
`systems. Officials said IBM plans to
`extend this capability to Ethernet,
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`Fast Ethernet, Token Ring. and
`FDDI servers and PCs through
`future partnerships.
`IBM's MSS, available as a stand (cid:173)
`alone server or as a module on the
`IBM 8260 Nways enterprise switch ,
`combines LAN Emulation func (cid:173)
`tions with Layer 3 switching based
`on the ATM Forum's Multiprotocol
`Over ATM specification.
`Alteon's AceNIC is scheduled to
`begin volume shipments thi s
`month . The company says that with
`its Gigabit Ethernet AceSwitch, the
`devices can exchange data in fewer,
`larger packets than those used in
`traditio nal Ethernet. reducing the
`number of interruptions to a
`server's CPU when large data trans(cid:173)
`fers are taking place.
`Analysts said the partnership.
`and others like it, will provide a
`much -needed link between ATM
`and other technologies.
`"With thi s approach, even if
`today you don't have hard -core
`ATM applications, you can exploit
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`Gigabit E!Mmtt
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`1. Fim paaet makes one hop before going on to the end-ustr. 2. M5S shares
`route information. 3. Subsequent paaets travene the networt with no hops.
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`ATM's high-speed sw itching," said
`Atul Kapoor, president of Kap(cid:173)
`tronics, a consulting compa ny in
`Haworth , N.).
`Alteon officials sa id adapters
`with MSS capability will be avail(cid:173)
`able by the end of the year. Pricing
`
`has not been set.
`IBM 's Networking Hardware Di(cid:173)
`vision, in Raleigh, N.C., is at (800)
`426-2255 or http://www.network
`ing.ibm.com. Alteon Networks Inc.,
`in San Jose, Calif .. is at (408) 574-
`5500 or http://www.alteon.com.
`
`Klein, the former Lotus director of
`product development at Edge Re(cid:173)
`sea rch . lllfo World reporter Amy
`Doan recently caught up with Klein
`to discuss his new role.
`
`CISCOD
`TOlmWAN
`CONNlCTIONS
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`What's IM 118 business unit's diarttr?
`It's to interconnect disparate servers
`and to make the data and informa(cid:173)
`tion on them accessible by a variety
`of clients. We're going to deliver so(cid:173)
`lutions data as well as applications.
`There's only been piecemeal work in
`this space until now. We don't see
`this as a niche business at all. It's very
`big, very broad-based, and some(cid:173)
`thing we've been doing less formal(cid:173)
`ly for a number of years. Microsoft
`is just beginning to roll out prod(cid:173)
`ucts, and Netscape hasn't got any(cid:173)
`thing but white papers.
`
`By Stephen Lawson
`C IS CO INTRODUCED last week at
`NetWorld+lnterop in Las Vegas a
`series of access concentrators that
`aggregate voice, video, LAN, and
`legacy traffic onto a frame-relay or
`ATM service provider network.
`The Cisco 3800 platform offers
`multiservice frame-relay connec (cid:173)
`tivity and can be upgraded to
`Asy nchronous Transfer Mode
`(ATM) with a software upgrade. It
`Who .are your competitors ind how do
`will allow enterprises to exchange
`you difffrenti.ite yourself from them!
`all types of data between remote
`offices and central sites via the
`There are two classes. Most obvi(cid:173)
`same link. Providers can use a 3800
`ously, there's Netscape and Micro(cid:173)
`to offer data, voice, and video ser(cid:173)
`soft. Netscape is saying that they're
`vice over frame-relay networks and
`getting stuff that we already do very
`future ATM backbones with the
`well - object store and replication.
`Microsoft is a little further ahead.
`same device.
`But besides that, there are a group.
`A queuing feature can separate
`of the smaller, more focused com(cid:173)
`real-time voice and video traffic
`petitors specific to the business
`from data for low latency and more
`• KLEIN page 52
`• OSCO page 52
`h11p.l/www.infoworld.com MAY 12, 1997 INFOWORLD 49
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`that effort is the newly created En (cid:173)
`terprise Integration Business Unit
`and its General Manager Mark
`
`E CLE AREST message at
`IBM's e-business day in San
`Francisco recently was the need
`to combine Lotus' weight in the
`collaboration market with
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`1•, Alteon strike Gigabit Ethernet deal
`
`• Partnership will bring no-hop routing
`capability to non-ATM networks
`
`By Stephen Lawson
`A PARTNERSHIP between IBM
`and Alteon Networks, announced
`last week at NetWorld+Interop, in
`Las Vegas, will allow Alteon's pre(cid:173)
`standard Gigabit Ethernet server
`adapters to route traffic directly
`across a network with assistance
`from IBM's MSS ATM route server.
`Multiprotocol Switched Services
`(MSS) client software, available to(cid:173)
`day for Asynchrono us Transfer
`Mode (ATM) adapters, lets the
`adapters request route information
`from an MSS server and then cache
`that information to enable no-hop
`routing from source to destination.
`Currently, for end-stations on non(cid:173)
`ATM network segments, the route
`information is cached at the near(cid:173)
`est ATM device, which allows one(cid:173)
`hop routing.
`The Alteon partnership for the
`first time will bring the no-hop
`routing capability to non-ATM
`systems. Officials said IBM plans to
`extend this capability to Ethernet,
`
`Fast Ethernet, Token Ring, and
`FDDI servers and PCs through
`future partnerships.
`IBM's MSS, available as a stand(cid:173)
`alone server or as a module on the
`IBM 8260 Nways enterprise switch,
`combines LAN Emulation func (cid:173)
`tions with Layer 3 switching based
`on the ATM Forum's Multi protocol
`Over ATM specification.
`Alteon's AceNIC is scheduled to
`begin volume shipments this
`month . The company says that with
`its Gigabit Ethernet AceSwitch, the
`devices can exchange data in fewer,
`larger packets than those used 1n
`traditional Ethernet , reducing the
`nu mber of interrupti ons to a
`server's CPU when large data trans(cid:173)
`fers are taking place.
`Analysts said the part;ership,
`and others like it, will provide a
`much-needed link between ATM
`and other technologies.
`"With this approach, even if
`today you don't have hard-core
`ATM applications, you can exploit
`
`IBM's ATM.route server reaches out
`to Gigabit Ethernet
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`1. First packet makes one hop before going on to the end-user. 2. MSS shares
`route information. 3. Subsequent packets traverse the network with no hops.
`
`ATM 's high-speed switching;' said
`Atul Kapoor, president of Kap(cid:173)
`tronics, a consulting company in
`Haworth, N.J.
`Alteon officials said adapters
`with MSS capability will be avail(cid:173)
`able by the end of the year. Pricing
`
`Klein, the former Lotus director of
`product development at Edge Re(cid:173)
`search. Info World reporter Amy
`Doan recently caught up with Klein
`to discuss his new role.
`
`What's the new business unit's CNrter?
`It's to interconnect disparate servers
`and to make the data and informa-
`
`has not been set.
`IBM's Networking Hardware Di(cid:173)
`vision, in Raleigh, N.C., is at (800)
`426-2255 or http://www.network
`ing.ibm.com. Alteon Networks Inc.,
`in San Jose, Calif., is at (408) 574-
`5500 or http://www.alteon.com.
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