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September 21, 1989. A particularly devastating hurricane named Hugo is churning its way toward South Carolina. Coastal towns take the normal precautions. Inland cities are cautious, but have the knowledge […]

With An Aggressive New Program, HP Has Redefined The Buzzword Of The '90s AS THE EXCESSIVE 80S GAVE WAY to the frugal '90s, downsizing quickly earned buzzword status and soon […]

Editor's Note: Earlier this year, HP Professional traded off its networking columnist, Gordon McLachlan, to its sister publication LAN Computing for a first-round draft pick, HP expert Tim 'Ollie' Cahoon. […]

It's in the newspapers. It's in the trade press. It's even on TV. I don't know about you, but all this talk about the Information Superhighway has left many of […]

management products. There is a new release of HP OpenView Operations-Center, an expanded OpenView storage management strategy, software distribution and OpenView-integrated print management. HP's OmniBack II has been completely rebuilt, […]

The X.25 Interface Standard Survived The International Datacom Revolution Of The '80s -- And Could Become A Low-Cost Global Workhorse For the '90s Internetworking technologies and communications standards may be […]

Attention HP 9000 users! HP recently integrated its two Datacommunication and Terminal Controllers (DTC) into one version that serves both HP 9000 and HP 3000 systems. There's so much good […]

PADEMU is a product from Hermes Softlab that meets a real need in the HP environment. PADEMU allows your HP 3000 (Classic or XL) and 9000 (300, 400, 700, and […]

Network Managers in The Know, Know Where To Go For Help In the spirit of education, here's a networking information guidebook. If you study hard, this should give you a […]

Some people believe it's easier to network a collection of kitchen blenders than a collection of Classic HP 3000 systems. Granted, Classic system aren't perfect, but there are some solutions […]

Are you making the transition to UNIX? Many companies are, and are doing quite well. Yet UNIX has one feature th2 seems to drive many on the IS staff crazy […]

Our highways have always been a good analogy when describing computer networks. So let's talk about building a data highway using several new technologies called Full-Duplex Ethernet, Ethernet Switching and […]

Integrating PCs is one of the hottest topics at HP presentations. Everyone wants to understand what it means and how to accomplish it. So, just what are the steps companies […]

With HP Open-view, you can pick the applications best suited for your needs and build an infrastucture whose components work together. And these applications are not just limited to monitoring […]

The following picture is all too common: Because local area networks can now be found in far-flung manufacturing plants and sales offices, your single Ethernet network is now a collection […]

Technology advances can bridge oceans of business demands, however, the moral and legal implications of such advances can leave you in a quagmire that takes years to cross. Take E-mail […]

I have spent the last 18 months learning HP-UX and it's been a challeneging and rewarding experience to say the least. Now, a student of both MPE and Hp-UX, I […]

Documentation Helps To Keep Yor LAN Up And Your Problems Down As networks grow, I see how critical they become to the success of the companies who use them. It's […]

The world of TCP/IP, bridges and routers confuses even the best of networkers at one time or another. But for the beginner there are some things that can help make […]

The technology now exists for us to work at home or remote offices. But what are the real benefits and problems of doing just that? Telecommuniting is a term arising […]

With all the information we get bombarded with everyday, it's hard to keep a focus on how things are really shaking out. Let's look back and ahead at what could […]

Anyone who administers a computer system knows the Theory of Constraints first hand. That being: One part of your system inevitably prevents everything else from functioning at their highest potential. […]

Hundreds of thousands of TCP/IP-based networks spring up every year worldwide. This tremendous growth quickly claims available network addresses, and while people are aware of the problem, no one has […]

HP and AT&T Microelectronics recently announced a new high-speed networking standard called 100Base.VG. This new standard, which was presented at the December IEEE 802.3 meeting, was the result of work […]

Believe it or not, new high-speed network technology, a practical networking solution, and a recent FCC ruling all have something in common. That may sound like an unlikely combination, but […]

A few years ago, HP introduced Portable NetWare for the HP 3000, and third-party vendor Innovus introduced a similar product for the HP 9000 and HP-UX. When Portable NetWare for […]

Does it seem like it will take a small miracle to get your PCs to access systems across a network? Relax. There are a few terminal emulation products out there […]

Although there are client-server products available to run HP 3000 applications from the desktop, many companies still are struggling just to use their PCs as dumb terminals. It is possible, […]

Fax is probably the fastest growing, most pervasive technology to come along in the hst 10 years. If you're interested in purchasing a fax machine, what type should you look […]

It's hard to deny the impact made by fax technology in the short time since its introduction. Try to find a business card that doesn't list a fax number. Even […]

It's no secret that networking technology has garnered more attention in the past two years than ever before, and it may behoove, us to recap some of the more recent […]

Network addressing can be a confusing topic. While some addressing schemes are used only for a particular protocol, others relate to a specific media. Some even may require the use, […]

In October's column, we reviewed HP's integration of its two Datacommunication and Terminal Controllers (DTCS) into one version for both the HP 9000 and HP 3000 lines. This month, we'll […]

A college professor taught me an important lesson once. Son,' he said, 'I don't expect you to remember anything I teach you, but I do expect you to know where […]

I have always marveled at the great explorers of the Victorian age. For them, every journey was worth beginning, and attaining their destination often mattered less than the process of […]