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‘ Mailed on: 12/01/1998 8:24 PM Number 6 ‘
‘ Int’l Standard Serial No. - ISSN00751 (applied for) ‘
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‘ In this issue (4 Items): ‘
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‘ 1--COMPUTING FABRICS ‘
‘ 2--PRODUCT WATCH ‘
‘ 3--FIVE STRATEGIC LINKS ‘
‘ 4--WHY SUBSCRIBE?, 2SS.Com and YOUR ‘
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‘ --------------Item One----------- ‘
‘ COMPUTING FABRICS ‘
‘ The concept of a giant world-wide-computer ‘
‘ was the stuff of science fiction just a dozen ‘
‘ years ago. In 1998 some might claim it’s ‘
‘ coming to life with the advent of the Internet’s ‘
‘ World-Wide-Web. Now new unifying concepts ‘
‘ and technologies are developing on a number ‘
‘ of fronts.
‘ One of the most provocative is called ‘
‘ COMPUTING FABRICS. The concept it ‘
‘ advances is inexpensive and limitless ‘
‘ computing power that threatens to change the ‘
‘ balance of power among major technology ‘
‘ vendors. ‘
‘ The computing fabrics concept is many PCs ‘
‘ inter-linked so effectively they appear to users ‘
‘ as a single giant computer.. They might be ‘
‘ PC’s similar to the one on your desktop, but ‘
‘ instead of working alone, they are woven ‘
‘ into massively (e.g. 100 or more processors) ‘
‘ parallel supercomputers. ‘
‘ Another significant force in making computing ‘
‘ fabrics a reality is the approach it calls for in ‘
‘ connecting computers. Computer fabrics would ‘
‘ erase the distinctions between current networks ;’
‘ (Novell and Windows NT) and computer ‘
‘ connection architectures (IBM’s SNA and the ‘
‘ Internet’s TCP/IP). In their place we’d see what ‘
‘ appears to be a single giant easy to access and ‘
‘ easy to use system. It’s the ease-of-use and total ‘
‘ accessibility that make this technology so ‘
‘ compelling. ‘‘
‘ Other vendors have other technology initiatives ‘
‘ that aim in a similar direction. Examples include: ‘
‘ * Jini from Sun Microsystems ‘
‘ * T-Spaces being developed by IBM ‘
‘ * Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM) in R&D at the ‘
‘ Oakridge National Laboratories ‘
‘ * Project Millennium being undertaken by ‘
‘ Microsoft ‘
‘ * Inferno by Lucent Technologies ‘
‘ The underlying strength of the idea behind all ‘
‘ these technologies is the simple interconnection ‘
‘ of computing capabilities among a large variety ‘
‘ of devices that as a result of the connections can ‘
‘ work together. A simple example that exists today ‘
‘ is a suddenly overloaded Internet WWW site that ‘
‘ is programmed to automatically begin storing data ‘
‘ on other 'more available' computers. They then ‘
‘ begin to WORK TOGETHER to handle the ‘
‘ increased load. ‘
‘ All these state-of-the-art initiatives are actually ‘
‘ new names (and to be fair new approaches) to ‘
‘ old concepts like distributed database and ‘
‘ distributed systems. Regardless of the name the ‘
‘ key idea has is to get components to work ‘
‘ together in a simple way, no matter how ‘
‘ comparatively 'smart' (e.g. a PC or super- ‘
‘ computer) or 'dumb' (a printer, PDA or Cell ‘
‘ phone) they might be. ‘
‘ The pragmatic side of all this today includes: ‘
‘ * Network servers and workstations capable of ‘
‘ utilizing multiple processors ‘
‘ * Increasingly good tools to tie disparate ‘
‘ networks (e.g. Novell, Windows NT and the ‘
Internet) together, and ‘
‘ * Forces that will surely create the ‘Computing ‘
‘ Fabric’ of the future no matter what we finally ‘
‘ call the technology that achieves it. ‘
‘ One important action item is to consider making ‘
‘ PC and especially network server purchases that ‘
‘ can utilize multiple processors and hard disks. ‘
‘ We already know with certainty that you’ll need ‘
‘ more of both in the future.
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‘ Product Watch ‘
‘ DO YOU USE INTERNET EXPLORER 4? ‘
‘ If so you might try a way to cut down on the time ‘
‘ it takes to enter a Web site address in IE 4.0's ‘
‘ Address Bar. Type in the middle part of the ‘
‘ address, then press [Ctrl] [Enter], and IE 4.0 will ‘
‘ add ‘http://www.’ before the entry, and ‘.com’ ‘
‘ after it. (Use MSIE 5.0 Beta? - Next month) ‘
‘ THE INTERNET? ‘
‘ If you or an associate have any doubts about the ‘
‘ impact of the Internet and its potential to make ‘
‘ money, here are a few recent news clips that ‘
‘ provide convincing evidence: ‘
‘ America Online Inc. has signed deals with three ‘
‘ online brokerages giving them top placement in ‘
‘ the service's new finance center in exchange ‘
‘ for a total of $75 million. ‘
‘ For $75 million, E*Trade Group, DLJDirect Inc., ‘
‘ and Waterhouse Securities Inc. bought 2 years of ‘
" premier placement" on AOL’s finance channel, ‘
‘ which AOL describes as its most popular site. ‘
‘ Qwest Communications International Inc. has ‘
‘ agreed to pay Netscape Communications Corp. ‘
‘ $25 million for 3 years to promote its ‘
‘ telecommunications services to millions of ‘
‘ customers who cross Netscape’s, NetCenter, ‘
Web site. ‘
‘ What do these search engine competitors have ‘
‘ in common? ‘
‘ * Compaq's AltaVista, ‘
‘ * Infoseek Corp., ‘
‘ * Lycos Inc., and ‘
‘ * CNet's Snap! ‘
‘ Each of has agreed to pay for the privilege ‘
‘ of becoming one of the premier search ‘
‘ engineS on the MSN Start at ‘
‘ (http://home.microsoft.com/). In exchange for ‘
‘ their payments totaling $60 million, the four sites ‘
‘ are each guaranteed a minimum number of ad ‘
‘ impressions. ‘
‘ You may not have millions to invest in marketing, ‘
but you certainly can be thinking about and ‘
‘ investing in Internet marketing channels.
‘ GLOBAL WIRELESS PHONE? ‘
‘ Ericsson has announced its I-888 World phone ‘
‘ that offers global roaming capabilities and includes ‘
‘ a built-in modem for E-Mail. It can also send and ‘
‘ receive faxes, browse the Internet and access a ‘
‘ company network. The new device weighs just ‘
‘ 6.3 oz. and measures 5.2” long by 1.9” thick. ‘
‘ (From PCS System & Tech Magazine, Nov. 1998). ‘
‘ ISDN CONNECTION IN CA? ‘
‘ Pacific Bell, (800) 472-ISDN or www.pacbell.com
‘ has installation fees ranging from $125 to $250 ‘
‘ and a monthly fee of under $35. This pricing is ‘
‘ some of the most attractive available anywhere ‘
‘ in the US. If ISDN interests you we recommend ‘
‘ you order through your ISP and be sure they ‘
‘ agree to stay on the hook as you go through the ‘
‘ sometimes challenging installation process. ‘
‘ BEAM ME UP? ‘
‘ CalTech researchers claim to have conducted the ‘
‘ first ‘real’ teleportation al-la Star Trek’s ‘
‘ ‘Beam me up’ science fiction. ‘;
‘ The first ever successful teleportation experiment ‘
‘ actually teleported a beam of light across a ‘
‘ laboratory bench. NOT physically, but the ‘
‘ properties of the beam were transferred to ‘
‘ another beam. As a result the second beam ‘
became an exact duplicate of the first ‘
‘ In a telephone interview, Jeff Kimble, a physics ‘
‘ professor at the California Institute of ‘
‘ Technology, noted his belief that quantum ‘
‘ teleportation might eventually transform ‘
‘ everyday life. For more on teleportation go to: ‘
‘ http://www.msnbc.com/news/207969.asp ‘
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‘ 5 STRATEGIC, PRACTICLE & ‘COOL’ LINKS ‘
‘ Following are links that are useful, interesting, ‘
‘ and help show the powerful reach of the Internet: ‘
1. http://support.microsoft.com/support/c.asp?M=F ‘
‘ Is a great place to begin getting useful help on ‘
‘ Microsoft software. It’s also a good model for ‘
‘ How to automate the delivery of support to anyone ‘
‘ for most any information sharing reason. Give it ‘
‘ a try and imagine learning how to set up your ‘
‘ new toy, program a VCR, or execute an in-home ‘
‘ medical procedure. Get the idea?
2. http://officeupdate.microsoft.com is a good ‘
‘ place to keep up with Microsoft Office and ‘
‘ therefore the future. Microsoft tries out it’s new ‘
‘ technology plans (e.g. right mouse button use ‘
‘ was one example) in Office before putting it into ‘
‘ its operating systems. ‘
3. http://www.hoovers.com Free information on ‘
‘ over 13,500 public and private companies.
4. http://www.usps.gov/ncsc let’s you look-up ‘
‘ Zip Codes using just your browser. Maybe ‘
‘ not strategic, but certainly useful.
5. http://www.ipix.com is a WWW site that ‘
‘ features some very unique 3-D visuals that are ‘
‘ surely a sign of things to come on computers ‘
‘ and the Internet. ‘
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