http://www.corecom.com/ftpdir/pub/corecom/loop98sec.ppt
Security Considerations for Residential Broadband Access Services
Loop '98, December 9, 1998, Santa Clara, CA

This Loop '98 presentation examines security issues that IT managers, teleworkers, and small business owners must consider when migrating to always-connected broadband access services based on Digital Subscriber Line and Cable modem technology.  Dave Piscitello compares the issues and risks, and offers policy, software and hardware alternatives to be considered when making the jump from kilobits to megabits.

http://www.iw.com/print/current/iwlabs/19981214-keeping.html
Security Without Single-Point-Of-Failure
Internet World, December 14, 1998

Lisa Phifer and Dave Piscitello take a look at the load-balancing, redundancy, and resiliency issues that face today's enterprise networks. In this IW Labs, we review the RADGUARD cIPro-VPN and RADWARE FireProof - a pair of products that together make more efficient use of outbound network resources and keep traffic flowing in the event of next hop failure.

REMOTE ACCESS

http://www.iw.com/print/current/iwlabs/19981123-combining.html
Combining Cache and Compression Boosts Low-Bandwidth Connections
Internet World, November 23, 1998

Fourelle Systems' Venturi serves up cached Web pages, e-mail, and news in a compressed format that reduces traffic to the desktop. Lisa Phifer enlists the help of our local ISP, NetReach, to review this unique combination of compression server and web cache.

BILLING

http://www.corecom.com/ftpdir/pub/corecom/iprev-billing.ppt
Charging and Paying for Next Generation Services: An Overview of Billing
IP Revolution, December 2, 1998, San Francisco

Dave Piscitello describes likely service provider billing strategies for next generation multi-services networks.  This IP Revolution presentation considers architectures to accommodate ISP billing for differentiated services, and the inhibitors and enablers for billing in multi-services networks and internetworks.

INTERNET @PPLIANCES

http://www.corecom.com/ia
Technauts eServer 152-E added to
The 1998 Internet @ppliances Industry Report

We continue to be bullish on the Internet appliances market, and have added a review of the Technauts eServer 152-E to our popular Industry Report.

http://www.devx.com/upload/free/features/webbuilder/1998/wb1298/ds1298/ds1298.asp
Internet Appliances Make Internet Connection Practically Painless
WEB Builder, December, 1998

This article, co-authored by David Strom, Lisa Phifer, and Dave Piscitello, offers a glimpse at the products we reviewed in our full-length 1998 Internet @ppliances Industry Report.

NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE

http://www.corecom.com/html/corehq-nw.html
CoreCom's Lab Is Growing

During 1998, we made several changes and improvements to our testing environment at Core Competence. We've incorporated new security products, web hosting appliances, and emergent digital subscriber line technology.  This issue, we wish to thank Berkeley Software Design, Inc. and Network Associates for continuing to support our laboratory through their generous contribution of firewall and OS software.

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