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Sept
27, 1999
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By
Erick Von Schweber
Vendors
give more cache for the cash
Web
solutions also support streaming media
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story is no longer posted online.
Chart:
Caching accelerates transfer of multimedia files over
the Web
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story is no longer posted online.
Data
caching can reduce gridlock on the Web, but high cost
and a lack of support for multimedia have limited its
use. Help is on the way, however, from Cobalt Networks
Inc., Inktomi Corp., InfoLibria Inc. and other vendors...
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June
9, 1998
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 Volume
17 No. 11
2001 Computing in the New Millenium:
Network
Computers
By
Linda Von Schweber
& Erick Von Schweber
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story is no longer posted online.
The
behind-the-scenes network computer could become part
of everyday life, as well as a means of distributed
computing.
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May
25, 1998
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Creating
an express line for downloads
By
Erick Von Schweber
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story is no longer posted online.
Waiting
for large graphics and program files to download over
the Web is about as popular as waiting in line at the
supermarket: Just like shoppers, users want the goods,
but they hate to wait.
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May
5, 1998
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MISSI
not ready for actionI
By
Erick Von Schweber
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story is no longer posted online.
Multilevel
Information Systems Security Initiative, was developed
by the National Security Administration to support national
defense operations, but it also holds promise for non-cloak-and-dagger
commercial applications.
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March
6, 1998
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Making
Memories That Last
By
Erick Von Schweber
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story is no longer posted online.
Network
routers and switches are some of the most sophisticated
devices in the enterprise, and their memory needs are
often more complex than the large SMP systems that manage
enterprise data. Although too little memory can cause
out-and-out network device failure, less catastrophic
configurations can reduce network performance and efficiency,
robbing users and applications of bandwidth with little
or no notification.
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February
10, 1998
Comparison
chart of Internet, Internet2 (I2), and Next Generation
Internet (NGI)
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Projects
Promise IS Plenty
By
Erick Von Schweber
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story is no longer posted online.
Although
Internet technology has advanced at the speed of, well,
Internet time, users still have to suffer the consequences
of available bandwidth spread thin. But two research
projects aim to change that.
Although
they come from different sides of the fast track, I2
(Internet2) and NGI (Next Generation Internet) will
rev up Internet speed and reliability, providing the
bandwidth for Net-intensive research without hitting
the limits of today's Internet.
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January
26, 1998
Bandwidth
Comparison Graphic
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SuperHIPPI
Turns On Power
By
Erick Von Schweber
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story is no longer posted online.
Gigabyte-per-second
capacity will blow away today’s fastest technologies.
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October
31, 1997
API
Info Graphic
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3-D
APIs Conserve Bandwidth
By
Linda Von Schweber
& Erick Von Schweber
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story is no longer posted online.
The
advanced 3-D APIs being incorporated into industry-standard
Web browsers can significantly reduce network traffic
compared with image-based technologies such as bit maps
and digital video--for some applications, the reductions
are on the order of 1,000-to-1.
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October
27, 1997
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The
Land of the Lost
By
Erick Von Schweber
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story is no longer posted online.
PC
Week Labs uncovers ways to recover NOSes when disaster
strikes and explains how to prevent disasters in the
first place.
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Efficiency
Isn't Just a Pipe Dream
By
Erick Von Schweber
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story is no longer posted online.
New
products help net managers squeeze more bandwidth out
of systems.
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