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Contemporary distribution network are compared and analyzed with traditional channels in terms of activity coordination, resource combining and producer-distributor relationships. It is found that power and conflict are just as important in todayEs distribution networks as they have been in traditional channels, but they are exploited in different ways than previously.

Pricing of transmission services on an ATM network is treated as a welfare optimization problem based on imperfect models of demand behavior. Pricing for the service are not optimal, since the allocation of resources are also not optimal. Pricing is based on demand response for the initial pricing interval, with adjustment in prices based on usage in each of the pricing interval. This system needs periodic adjustment since inaccuracies in the pricing policy will be corrected with succeeding pricing formulations.

Providing free access to computer networking can extend the pleasures and benefits of the Net to people living in poor communities. Timika Mitchell was living in the Salvation Army shelter […]

Middleware is defined as a software containing a set of services which links multiple processes operating in one or two machines to a network. These services include communications, directory, security, transaction, data access and management services. The Distributed Computing Environment, the Common Object Request Broker Architecture and the Object Linking and Embedding are some of the most publicized middlewares. Users should be familiar with one middleware and use it as a basis of application architecture., DCE, CORBA and OLE are dominant, but the market remains wide open. No matter who is picked, users have plenty to do. Middleware has become a catch basin for the [...]

Everybody today is talking about the Internet. Proponents claim that the Internet is as revolutionary a development for business as the steam engine and incandescent electric lighting. Skeptics deride it [...]

The Multi-Localization Enhancement of NCSA Mosaic for X (Mosaic-L10N) is proposed to make the World-Wide Web truly global. Mosiac-L10N offers multilingual facilities that include on-the-fly user selection of character sets, bi-directional language display in Visual and Implicit mode, automatic code detection based on ISO 2022 character set designation sequences and HTTP language-preference feature implementation. Mosiac-L10N solves difficulties in multilingual environments concerning character set,encoding methods, bi-directionality and negotiation algorithms for language preferences.

Computer systems--not switches--will be the dominant delivery vehicle for Advanced Intelligent Network services. To find out what will these computer platforms look like and which suppliers will sell them, Venture […]

All the major online services such as CompuServe and America Online enable users to play a wide range of games with other users in real time. Games such as role-playing, trivia and casino games can be played. In most cases, the service provides all the software that is needed.

America Online, CompuServe, DELPHI, GEnie, the ImagiNation Network and Prodigy are national online information networks that provide an array of services to computer users for a fee. Each service is described, and factors to consider when selecting one are provided.

Services available through computer networks such as CompuServe, GEnie, Prodigy or the Internet offer recreational boaters the opportunity to send and receive messages, reference data libraries and join discussions on boating topics., Every week hundreds of sailors from around the world belly up to the bar of their electronic yacht clubs. Some join to learn more about sailing, while others do it [...]

Introduction to the Internet While at Computers in Libraries Canada, I had the pleasure of meeting readers of this column, and they provided some useful suggestions. In upcoming months I […]

MCI Communications has had to respond quickly to the changing market for data communications services. MCI's Virtual Private Data Service includes the services of usage-based data transmission, Frame Relay and Switched Multimegabit Data Service. Communications carriers are offering switched services to customers as an alternative to dedicated facilities. Carriers that introduce these new services face some problems, such as the recession and the possibility of overlapping services., The computer and communications industry has changed dramatically during the past few years. Five years ago, routers were still 'emerging' and used only in the most advanced networks, downsizing was [...]

Frame Relay Protocols, Standards and Controversies As LAN interconnection and other bursty data communication applications gain popularity, frame relay services and interfaces are getting a tremendous amount of attention, not [...]

Foreign Exchange Agents and vendors weigh the costs and benefits of affiliation with the new international CRSs WITH old boundaries fading away throughout the business world, computer reservations systems are […]

When we think of the general categories of communications network deployments in neighborhoods today, two main terms often come to mind: aerial and buried. Although there are variations of each [...]

Issues are presented concerning the ways in which local governments are taking advantage of more affordable, newer networking technology to improve their communications and services.

As has been true for the past few years, the principal Internet trait has been growth--rapid growth. The Net has penetrated the popular conscience to an ever greater degree. In [...]

SYRACUSE, N.Y.--On the modern folk music scene, it seems that grass-roots ideas are spreading faster via computer than by traditional word-of-mouth. Through the use of the interactive computer bulletin board […]

Many banks are worried that the alliance formed between Visa International and Microsoft Corp. will erode their market share by cutting them out of the picture. The access that companies using computer networks have to bank customers could reduce banks' role in selling their services. Microsoft claims it wants to work with banks, not against them. The alliance will develop a secure way to transmit credit card numbers through computer networks., Microsoft Corp.'s alliance with Visa International, announced last week, has the financial community taking a harder look at whether the software giant is on its side or too close for [...]

Telecommunications carriers should develop products with the goal of satisfying the growing customer demand for interconnected information networks. The state of technology does not yet allow seamless interconnection between telephone services, cable TV and cellular communications, but customers are expected to demand such interconnection in the future to allow unimpeded multimedia information flow in every format. This is already evident in the emergence of private telecommunications networks, which may have to be interconnected with public telephone networks., Open your architectures and re-engineer your business processes to get ready fo the change. Convergence is creating a new need for interoperability between private and public networks. Carriers who plan [...]

The major commercial online computer networks offer a variety of services. Some of the most interesting include include America Online's COMPUTE Online, CompuServe's Entertainment Drive and Prodigy's Genealogy Bulletin Board.

A decade ago, your company had to lease a private phone line to connect its mainframe computer with the terminals and computers at its branch offices. Branch employees probably used […]

Members of the online community have created for themselves a vast, multi-dimensional information and human resource called the Internet. This network of networks links about 1 million hosts, 10,000 networks […]