Cornerstone Issue 6: July 2, 1998



Welcome to Issue 6 of Cornerstone, an electronic newsletter issued periodically by Core Competence.

Cornerstone reports on a wide range of networking topics investigated by Core Competence. A brief abstract explains what you will find if you choose to visit each URL.

VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKING

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0139786104/davidstromswebinA/
Internet Messaging; From the Desktop to the Enterprise
by Marshall Rose and David Strom

This new book provides practical insights intended to improve e-mail productivity and solve common e-mail problems for both the individual user and corporate administrator.  Check out Chapter 5 "Messaging in the Enterprise: Receiving" for an overview of Virtual Private Networking contributed by CoreCom's Lisa Phifer.

INDUSTRY CONFERENCES

http://www.corecom.com/ftpdir/pub/corecom/macworld.zip
Macworld '98 Presentation: Intranet Security

Dave Piscitello will present a seminar on Intranet Security on July 8 at 11:00 a.m. in the MacWorld Pro Conference at the Javitts Center in NYC.

http://www.corecom.com/html/pcexpo.html
My View From The Floor: PC EXPO '98

Lisa Phifer describes a few new products that caught her eye at PC EXPO ‘98, ranging from personal firewalls to pagers, web development tools to imaging technologies, PC disk utilities to PDAs.

http://www.corecom.com/html/clecoverview.html
SuperComm '98 Presentation: CLEC Market Overview

Dave Piscitello presented a CLEC Market Overview at the 3Com Presentation Theater at SuperComm '98 in Atlanta, June 9-11,1998. The presentation as well as a transcript of this 20-minute talk are both available on-line.

MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS

http://www.corecom.com/html/pocketnet2.html
Core Competence Review of AT&T's PocketNet(tm) Service

AT&T's PocketNet Service has matured considerably in one year's time. Dave Piscitello examines the features and services available to PocketNet subscribers who use the new line of smart phones from Samsung and Mitsubishi.

SERVICE MANAGEMENT

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/779/servpro/solutions/csm/acct/cba_wp.htm
Cisco Billing Architecture

This white paper, written by CoreCom staff under contract to Cisco, describes Cisco's billing architecture and strategy to meet service provider needs.

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