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Reports on what is happening across the Internet Protocol (IP) field. Information on IP address; Advantages of wireless data communications and Internet telephony. INSET: Is knowledge management in trouble?, by Allan E. Alter.

Reports that Parsons Corporated, an engineering firm in Pasadena, California, will use the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) to link more than 100 remote small offices and construction sites to its corporate network. Company's initial and long term plans for LDAP; How company will use protocol; Benefits of using LDAP to company; Costs of implementing protocol.

Comments on the move of the airline industry to introduce a single Internet Protocol network. Cost factors involved in the venture; How the move will impact on customer service; Value of saving as a result of the networks implementation.

Focuses on Banyan Systems Inc.'s intranet initiative which supports the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol for its StreetTalk directory by the end of summer 1997. Release of Banyan's Intranet Connect software which gives users access to Banyan services using Web browsers; Banyan's obvious commitment to open systems; Instability of support for Unix desktops.

Provides information about the computer network protocol Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. Design specification; Benefits it can give to Internet users.

Focuses on the benefits of Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Internet Mail Access Protocol (IMAP) mail server, called Solstice, and interoperability tests among IMAP server products conducted by the Internet Mail Consortium. Greater flexibility in accessing and managing the Internet; Growing interest in IMAP among users.

Focuses on key internetworking component suppliers' integration of Internet-spawned management protocols with real-time operating system to make their products more manageable. Benefits of a more embedded management; Demand for native instrumentation supplied by an embedded real-time operating system to handle management protocols. INSET: Embedded enablers..

Reports on the growing number of police departments in the United States that are using the Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD) wireless network. Benefits of using CDPD systems; Police departments that have signed contracts with vendors for the installation of CDPD systems; CDPD vendors' offering of low airtime costs.

Reports on the offering of the fractional T3 service for Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), by various companies. What the system is also known as; Benefits of T3 to users; Technology to be offered by MCI Communications Corporation and LDDS Worldcom by the end of 1996; Drawback to the implementation of T3; Plans by AT&T to offer the service in 1997; Comments from Chuck Rush, a global network architect.

Reports on the alternative for network managers, that fractional T3 for ATM, will provide. System known as T1 inverse multiplexing; What the inverse multiplexing for ATM is; Operations of the system.

Announces Novell Incorporated's support for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), that allows businesses the use of the Internet, to access information stored in NetWare file servers. Background on the development of LDAP; Details on the amount of memory LDAP requires; Aims of Novell's support for LDAP protocol; Comments from Vic Langford, senior vice president and general manager of Novell's Internet/Internet Business Services unit.

Editorial. Focuses on Netscape's (LDAP) Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, which accesses online directory services over TCP/IP networks. Prospects for LDAP; Support of Netscape's LDAP by 40 industry big shots; Products that use LDAP; Possible benefits of this standard approach.

Reports that Netscape Communications Corporation developed a system that allows them to track end-user electronic-mail addresses and online access privileges. Plans that Netscape has for Lightweight Directory Access (LAD); Comments from Marc Andreessen, vice president of technology, Mountain View, California, vendor. INSET: LDAP 101..

Reports on the Internet Messaging Access Protocol (IMAP), which allow users to access their messages on a server and select which message they want to download. Benefits to the client, server environment; Other announcements on IMMAP servers; Comments from Geoffrey Bock, an analyst at Patricia Seybold Group.

Reports that Lantronix has launched a line of low-cost protocol analyzers designed to help managers probe the blind spots in switched or highly segmented Ethernet networks. Diagnosing of problems across separate collision domains; Cost.

Reports on Digital Equipment Corp.'s release of its systems integrator software products. Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Gateway 2.0 for Malibus 400; SNADS Gateway for Malibus 400; Features and functions.

Reports that AT&T Wireless Services in Kirkland, Washington had broadened its vision from a single-minded focus on Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD) to encompass a wider variety of access protocols. Change to a circuit-switched cellular which uses a dedicated line for longer file transfers; Interoperability agreements with fellow CDPD carrier Ameritech Cellular Services. INSET: What's the difference? (CDPD & circuit-switched cellular)..

Reports on Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp.'s plan to release a beta version of the Winsock 2 API software development kit application programming interface (API) that will let applications harness the high-speed switching technology. Functions and features of the software; Remarks of analysts concerning API.

Reports on the Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD) carriers venture into the realm of public utilities. Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile's launching of CDPD application at Public Service Electric and Gas; CDPD agreements between GTE Mobilenet Inc. and Virginia Natural Gas Inc.; Expected benefits for public utilities from CDPD installations.

Reports on Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD) technology. Background information; Delay in deployment; Implications; Expectations. INSET: Protocol said to be finally revving up..

Reports on how the Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD) protocol may reduce reluctance of businesses to incorporate wireless communications into their wide area networks. Benefits and limitations of CDPD; Market outlook.

Reports on the strengths and weaknesses of Remote Network Monitoring (Rmon) technology as a network management protocol. Importance of stand-alone analyzers; Efforts of vendors to extend the coverage of the Rmon standard; Implications on interoperability. INSET: Needs improvement (limitations of Rmon technology)..

Reports on International Business Machines Corporation's strengthening of platforms for Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking (APPN) in order to compete with TCP/IP. Features of the APPN upgrade High Performance Routing (HPR); Initial customers; Support tools for HPR. INSET: AnyNet trims costs, adds NetBIOS..