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Focuses on the business transaction protocol (BTP) technology submitted by BEA Systems to the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS). Committee formed by BEA to shepherd BTP through the open standard process; Concept of the BTP technology; Key management specifications announced by Kimberly Knickle, an analyst at AMR Research in Boston, Massachusetts.

Deals with the use of Internet Protocol (IP) over optical fibers by the company Fenwick & West in managing bandwidth demand. Problems contributing to the overloading of the T1 line of the company; Capabilities added by the company Yipes to the system of Fenwick; Services of Yipes where Fenwick has benefited.

Reports that major vendors of converged voice and data system are hurrying Internet protocol (IP) telephony efforts to cash in on the large-enterprise market. Information on Dow Chemicals' migration to converged system; Description of Alcatel's IP Telephony Starter Kit.

Presents information on Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6). Improvements carried by IPv6 compared to IPv4; Challenges in adopting IPv6; How wireless-handheld and Internet-enabled phone providers could benefit from the move to IPv6.

Deals with the plan of Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) Forum to upgrade its mobile specification services. Advantages of the plan to migrate to Extensible HTML and Transmission Control Protocol; Additional services on WAP devices; Details on the plan to converge with NTT DoCoMo's I-Mode system in 2001.

Deals with the beta version of Global IP Services from SmartPipes, which allows providers to offer enterprise customers control over Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity services. Features of the service; Reason for the popularity of managed network services among large enterprises.

Reports on the service offered by start-up Brix Networks to bring verification to the service-level agreements (SLA) businesses sign with their Internet Protocol service providers. Line of hardware devices and software services unveiled by Brix; Test trials conducted by Brix; Benefits offered by the SLA verification system.

Focuses on the concerns of technology executives on the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Internet Protocol (IP) during a convention of the Internet Engineering Task Force in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Brief history on the proposals in the TCP/IP; Evolution of the TCP/IP.

Outlines the plans of AT&T Corp. to boost its virtual private networks with Internet Protocol networking capabilities. Details on the company's strategy.

Provides information on the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), a solution that lets business applications communicate via the Internet. Benefits of the protocol; Importance of the protocol to companies; Efforts of Microsoft and IBM to implement the protocol.

Reports that Sun company will outline its network storage strategy which includes the capability of connecting a storage area network to the enterprise network via Internet Protocol (IP). Advantages of storage IP over the Fibre Channel technology; Response of the information technology industry to the technology; Benefits of the technology.

Comments on the diminishing popularity of wireless application protocol (WAP) technology in the United States. Information on the WAP; Public opinion on WAP; Potential reasons which prompted companies to shift away from WAP.

Focuses on the efforts of three telecommunication companies in the United States to offer ways for corporations to ease into Internet Protocol (IP) applications. Features of the integrated business service unveiled by AT&T; Benefits of the Business Class IP Service being offered by WorldCom; Information on the Enterprise Network Services of Sprint.

Comments on the role of next-generation Internet Protocol (IP) in reducing network costs while increasing performance and revenue. Version 4 IP concluded by the Internet Engineering Task Force; Difference between the IP version and IPv6.

Presents questions and answers on swapping Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DCHP) servers.

Presents news briefs from the computer industry on February 28, 2000. Introduction of the Avenue Internet Protocol access concentrator from Nokia; Partnership of Fuji Photo Film and Nokia to develop wireless technology based on Bluetooth specification.

Reports on the expansion of the team up between Cisco and iBasis by offering the Open Network Exchange (uOne) application of Cisco over iBasis' Internet protocol network. Views on the uOne unified communications solution; Features of the product; How the application works.

Reveals that the load-balancing market space may be in a disadvantage if local area network switches would bridge and manage the Internet Protocol gap between the computer router and the switch. Significance of electronic commerce Web site to customer services; Issues on the evolution of load-balancing market.

Expects a reduced occurrence of network problems in 2000 with the integration of Internet protocol hardware. Information on the application specific integrated circuits from Broadcom; Speculation on the Internetwork Operating System from Cisco Systems Inc.; Forecast on the policy-based management trend.

Announces the partnership between the billing company Spectrum Telecorp and switch-maker Top Layer designed to yield Internet Protocol billing solutions. Information about the agreement; Comments concerning the agreement.

Evaluates the ipMux TP/5, a five-port Simple Network Management Protocol-manageable Ethernet Internet Protocol multiplexer, from IMC Networks. Features of the product; Pros and cons; Platforms; Cost.

Reports on the migration of Northwest Airlines from legacy-networking system to Internet Protocol (IP)-based network. Application of frame relay in the computer network; Advantages of the IP-based system.

Reports on the merging of Clarify Incorporated's electronic-business front-office applications with Nortel's communications, networking and Internet Protocol knowledge. Expected benefit from the combination; Software that Nortel will offer as the result of the deal; Web site of each company; Reason for the mergers and alliances.

Reports that the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and Microsoft Corp. have proposed different interface standards for finding network resources in a corporate environment. Information Service Location Protocol, a discovery protocol for Internet Protocol networks proposed by IETF; Information on the Simple Service Discovery Protocol proposed by Microsoft.

Focuses on the security of personal computers and the nature of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. Reminder with regards to the use of a screen saver with the password enabled; Suggestions on how to gather evidence and protect an IP address.

Reports on the agreement between Cisco Systems Inc. and Sun Microsystems Inc. to develop and market an Internet Protocol-based communications solution called Unified Communications solution. Capabilities of the solutions; Components that are included in the solutions; Company that will be the first to use the solutions in the United States.

Unveils the Nortel Networks' plan to provide a directory interface, to be based on the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), helping administrators unify log-ins and user accounts for converged voice/data networks. How integrated voice and data transmission over Internet protocol (IP) networks viewed; Remarks from Nortel's Albert J. DeLorenzi on the issue; Information on the interface; Schedule of Nortel's announcement on shipments of integrated voice/data systems for businesses. INSET: Hybrid of ATM and IP Merger Predicted.

Offers observation on enterprise directory services based on Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), fail-over clustering and Lotus Notes. Rumors regarding LDAP-based Linux directory service; Project of IBM Corp. for fail-over clustering; Release of the OpenMail for Linux by Hewlett-Packard Co.

Presents information on the Internet Protocol (IP) Detail Record group, an industry group planning to codify a standard means of metering and billing IP services. Key parameters of IP transaction to be tackled by the group; Beneficiaries of the plan.

Provides information on the data encryption enhancement in Intellisync synchronization software for handheld computers from Puma Technology Inc. Licensing of Certicom Corporation's Secure Sockets Layer technology by Puma; Problem of companies in monitoring data coming out of handheld computers.

Answers a question on whether Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server is better for Internet Protocol solutions. Advantages of using DHCP.

Provides information on the Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6). Areas of concern for IPv6; Infrastructure issues to consider; Shortcoming of the IPv4.

Reports on the launching of the Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) during the first week of July 1999. Members and aim of IPv6 Forum; Statement from the group's honorary chairman, Vinton Cerf; Benefits of IPv6; Vendors that have begun preparations to support IPv6 in hardware.

Presents questions and answers on computer-related issues. Steps for troubleshooting modem initialization tasks; Background of the Secure Socket Layer.

Focuses on the systems detailed by Hewlett-Packard Co., Sun Microsystems Inc. and Nortel company intended to capitalize on converged telecommunications and Internet Protocol (IP) applications. Aim of the Colonnade computer line of Hewlett-Packard; Features of the ChorusOS 4.0 software of Sun; Estimated shipment of Internet Communications Architecture M10 Communications Systems of Nortel.

Reports on the initiative of the International Softswitch Consortium to create and promote open standard for the interoperability of Internet Protocol and telephone network. Members of the group; Technologies needed to link IP networks.

Provides information on innovations in networking technology that technologists affiliated with Networld+Interop plans to demonstrate. Technologies previewed by InteropNet Labs; Goal of Internet Protocol (IP) telephony; Plans of InteropNet to demonstrate Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS); Details on the virtual private network (VPN).

Answers two questions about enterprise computing. How to find the uptime on an NT server; Assessment of the efficiency of two local area network protocols.

Announces the ratification of the Version 1.0 of the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) by the Printer Working Group. Features of the Internet printer; Security issues on the device.

Interviews Mark Templeton, president and chief executive officer at Citrix Systems about the company's performance in thin-client quest in 1998. Most important developments for the company in 1998; Factors that triggered the acquisitions of technology and people from Insignia Solutions; Importance of Independent Computing Architecture to Citrix; Relationship of Citrix with Microsoft; Other industry trends that Citrix is getting involved with in 1999.

Announces the plan of Cisco Systems and the Motorola company to invest in an Internet Protocol (IP)-based wireless network. Information on the New World framework launched by Cisco and Motorola; Compatibility of the network with wireless standards; Other plans of the companies.

Reports that Allaire and Userland Software have began working together to develop a standardized way of sharing objects between their Web development protocols. What each company is doing with their Web development protocols; Comments from executives of each firm.

Advises on how to troubleshoot a network problem to get static Internet Protocol clients be connected. Settings on the DHCP server; Functions of the tool Traceroute utility; Problems with routers; Information on the firefighter award.

Covers the partnership of Cisco Systems and General Instrument to work with AT&T to build an internet protocol (IP)-based network. What the IP-based network will offer to AT&T customers; Technologies that the network will use; Comments from John Chambers, president and chief executive officer at Cisco; Description of 12000 Gigabit Switch router from Cisco.

Looks at the decision of several computer companies to join an initiative designed to provider interoperability among Internet Protocol-telephony platforms.

Reports on the Internet Engineering Task Force's (IETF) plan to release five protocols designed to standardize enterprise calendaring. Internet Calendaring specification; Internet Transport-Independent Interoperability Protocol; Internet Mail Interoperability Protocol; Internet Real-Time Interoperability Protocol; Client Access Protocol.

Focuses on the need of information technology sites to integrate multiple platforms, application components and locations. Use of Internet protocols, message queuing and Java; Use of scripting languages; Relative Expression-Based Object Language.

Answers queries related to computer problems. Elimination of traffic passing though a router; Proxy Address Resolution Protocol; Utility for monitoring bandwidth utilization on the network.

Focuses on ATM Forum's development of a technology that may make it easier for enterprises and service providers to offer guaranteed quality of service across both Internet Protocol (IP) and asynchronous transfer mode networks. Weighted Unspecified Bit Rate setting; Transport mechanism for IP traffic.

Reports on the plan of Standard Vector Graphics Working Group of the World Wide Web Consortium to merge Precision Graphics Markup Language and Vector Markup Language. Companies that will join the protocol draft; Example of vector graphics on the Web.