Stories by Paul Krill

SOCKS Security Spec Gets Stronger Foothold

Upcoming additions to the Secure Sockets (SOCKS) standard, detailed at the SOCKS Developer Conference on Monday, will make the security and policy-making specification more suitable for multicasting and multimedia application deployment.

Lucent: Oustings not related to MCI situation

Lucent Technologies has told 180 employees in its communications software business unit to either take a severance package worth 30 weeks' salary plus benefits, or be reassigned, a Lucent representative confirmed on Monday.

Sprint executive predicts hybrid of IP, ATM

With the Internet Protocol insufficient to provide functions such as quality of service over telecommunications networks, a merging of IP with Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) is likely to occur, said a Sprint official at the NetWorld+Interop conference here on Wednesday.

N+I: Lucent to expand Web-based tech support

Looking to boost its online customer support offerings, Lucent Technologies is set to expand its Web-based support services to enable features such as online chats with technical personnel pertaining to all the company's products.

3Com Suite to Monitor Cell-, Packet-Based Networks

3Com unveiled Transcend Network Control Services Version 1.1 for Windows NT, a suite of policy-based management applications for the company's systems.
Functioning with both cell- and packet-based networks, the Web-based system can configure and manage multidomain virtual LANs (VLANs) based on the LAN Emulation (LANE) and 802.1Q standards, according to 3Com.

StorageTek looks to meld SANs, NAS

StorageTek next year hopes to combine the best of two storage concepts, network-attached storage (NAS) and storage area networks (SANs).

Artisoft Adds Web Caching to IP-Sharing App

Artisoft is highlighting server-side caching of Web sites in i.Share 3.5, an updated version of the company's software package that lets as many as 32 PCs share a single IP connection.
Scheduled for release next week, i.Share 3.5 features a server-side proxy-caching function similar in concept to Novell's Internet Caching System technology, in that URLs and Web pages of frequently accessed Web sites can be maintained on a central server, officials said.
One i.Share user planning to upgrade to the latest version said she looks forward to this feature.

Interview: Lucent's Carroll Charts Company Plans

As chief operating officer and vice president of business operations at telecommunications equipment supplier Lucent Technologies' Business Communications Systems unit, Daniel J. Carroll Jr. has his hands full. This division is responsible for products such as Definity PBX systems, CentreVu customer care offerings, TransTalk wireless systems, and the Octel multimedia messaging platform. Recently, InfoWorld Associate News Editor Paul Krill spoke with Carroll, in Baskingridge, New Jersey, about company directions.

Panel says huge IP information nets face hurdles

Internet Protocol (IP) networks providing voice, data, and newer applications are braced for continued enormous growth worldwide, but issues such as improved communications software and changing of business habits still need to be worked out, said telecommunications executives at the SuperComm '99 conference here Sunday.

Microsoft's telecomms push calls for NT

Looking to make inroads in the growing telecommunications services market, Microsoft at the SuperComm conference in Atlanta this week will push a Windows NT-based platform as a stronger alternative to Java-based systems for delivering telecommunications management services.

CA, J.P. Morgan push app-management standard

Computer Associates (CA) and J.P. Morgan & Co. are co-sponsoring a standard specification for an application management-framework that is focused on business processes and heterogeneous computing.

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