Friday, May 09, 2008
THERE WILL BE 1 NETWORK! (September E-News from 2SS.Com)
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‘ E – N E W S from ‘
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‘ Mailed on: 09/01/1999 6:50 PM Number 14 ‘
‘ Int’l Standard Serial No. - ISSN: 1523-3537‘
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‘ In this issue (4 Items): ‘
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‘ 1--THERE WILL BE 1 NETWORK ‘
‘ 2--QUESTIONS ‘
‘ 3--PRODUCT WATCH ‘
‘ 4--FOUR STRATEGIC / USEFUL / ‘
‘ INTERESTING LINKS ‘
‘ 5--WHY SUBSCRIBE?, 2SS.Com and YOUR ‘
‘ SUBSCRIPTION. ‘
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‘ --------------Item One----------- ‘
‘ THERE WILL BE 1 NETWORK ‘
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‘ The following thoughts from Cisco’s top technology ‘
‘ experts were extracted from a recent NOT ‘
‘ copyrighted message from Cicso to it’s ‘
‘ registered Cisco product owners of which ‘
‘ 2SS.Com is one. ‘
‘ #1. In a few short years, there will be no separate ‘
‘ telephone and data networks. There will be a
‘ single, seamless, multimedia, multi-service ip ‘
‘ (e.g. Internet Protocol) network to homes and ‘
‘ businesses supporting wireless, telephone, ‘
‘ Internet access and cable. ‘
‘ #2. The era of the virtual private network is at ‘
‘ hand. in a few short years there will be no more ‘
‘ intranets and extranets. the internet will be ‘
‘ viewed as the corporate network. ‘
‘ #3. The network is continuing to evolve as a ‘
‘ “smart” enabler of applications which ‘
‘ increasingly determine competitive position ‘
‘ and create a new model of business interaction. ‘
‘ # 4. Your role as a network professional (Cisco ‘
‘ is addressing it’s product owners) is becoming
‘ increasingly strategic. All these developments
‘ point to a new level of opportunity and leadership ‘
‘ for the it professional. Its yours for the taking! ‘
‘ For more information about key technologies, ‘
‘ and about Cisco product/technology strategy ‘
‘ and directions, please visit Cisco Systems website ‘ at www.cisco.com. For an overview of John ‘
‘ Chambers’ (Cisco President and CEO) view of ‘
‘ the Internet Economy and the impact on the way ‘
‘ we live, work, learn and play, go to ‘
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/750/johnchambers/internet_economy/white_paper.pdf and click on “white ‘
‘ paper.” ‘
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‘ --------------Item Two----------- ‘
‘ QUESTIONS ‘
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‘ IS HIGH SPEED INTERNET ACCESS ‘
‘ SAFE? ‘
‘ A note from new Strategic Systems Advisory ‘
‘ Panel member says it very clearly: ‘
‘ “Whether it's Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), Cable ‘
‘ Modems or some other high speed connectivity, ‘
‘ you should have some type of Firewall on your ‘
‘ system. These high speed connections are ‘
‘ always on, which means your PC (or network) ‘
‘ will be sitting on the Internet naked. HACKERS ‘
‘ WILL FIND YOU because you now have a ‘
‘ persistent IP address. Protect your PC (and ‘
‘ especially your network) with a personal ‘
‘ (or network) Firewall.” ‘
‘ HOW ABOUT A CORPORATE ‘
‘ PERSPECTIVE? ‘
‘ You might have been wondering about the ‘
‘ heavily consultant-oriented approach of E-News. ‘
‘ Well it wasn’t necessarily intended except as a ‘
‘ result of our efforts to cover the bases of major
‘ professional disciplines. ‘
‘ Thanks for Morris Slocum recent issues of ‘
‘ E-News has included some of that perspective
‘ and we’re please that Morris has agreed to do
‘ it as a regular member of our Strategic Systems ‘
‘ Advisory Panel. Welcome Morris and please ‘
‘ continue to make great contributions!
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‘ -----------Item Three---------- ‘
‘ PRODUCT WATCH ‘
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‘ UNLIMITED LONG DISTANCE?
‘ Here is a SPAM message I recently received and ‘
‘ took note of as a sure sign of the future! ‘
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‘ $30/month.
‘ SMALL OFFICE / HOME OFFICE....TALK ‘
‘ 24/7........$45 per line ‘
‘ AGENTS NEEDED NOW...EARN THE ‘
‘ HIGHEST COMMISSIONS and ‘
‘ STRONGEST RESIDUALS IN THE ‘
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‘ FOR MORE INFO CALL...888-804-9661 ‘
‘ 24hrs voice mail. ‘
‘ DON’T CALL! In fact I imagine I couldn’t get you ‘
‘ to even read the ad under other circumstances. ‘
‘ But note the implication. The voice network ‘
‘ local or long distance available for a fixed fee. ‘
‘ 2SS.Com’ s prediction is this is an early, if not ‘
‘ 100% creditable, indication of where we’re ‘
‘ headed. A WORLD-WIDE network (voice, data, ‘
‘ video, or?) that can be accessed and used for ‘
‘ a small (tending toward free) regular charge. In ‘
‘ fact we’ll probably get it FREE if we agree to ‘
‘ describe who we are and give it some regular ‘
‘ attention. ‘
‘ PS: Hard to believe but true! The above note was ‘ authored for last month’s issue but space ‘
‘ prevented including it. Then the CICSO notes ‘
‘ came in and creditability demanded adding ‘
‘ this ‘PS:’ ‘
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‘ ------------Item Four----------- ‘
‘ FOUR STRATEGIC / USEFUL / INTERESTING ‘
‘ LINKS ‘
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‘ 1. NEWSBROWSER RESEARCH TOOL ‘
‘ http://www.newsbrowser.com a site with free ‘
‘ search engine and inexpensive access to ‘
‘ ‘full-text’ articles from major news sources ‘
‘ including: USA Today, The Washington Post ‘
‘ and The London Times ‘
‘ 2. WINDOWS 2000 Self-paced training available at: http://www.microsoft.com/train_cert/Courses/1555afinal.html . The intent of the training is to ‘
‘ begin preparing you for Microsoft certification. ‘
‘ But you might just want to use it to get an ‘
‘ introduction, help someone else get started, ‘
‘ or to test your own accumulating knowledge. ‘
‘ 3. Request, Review and Keep a book, software, ‘
‘ consumer product or movie. ‘
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‘ ------------Item Five------------ ‘
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