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The latest peer-to peer offerings have ben designed with the needs of the serious busines user firmly in mind. We put a selecion to the test it's useful to start […]

We went in search of the ultimate LAN workstation - a fully featured machine that was truly 'network-ready'. For this Best Buy we asked each manufacturer to supply us with […]

Some PCs are better suited than others to the demands of working on a network. We put the best throught their paces. More than ten years after its invention many […]

To run an efficient network you need the right sort of shared printer. We look at the best machines. The part of a local area network guaranteed to cause problems […]

Knowledge Information Systems' Q*BASE Application Development Environment/DBMS Helps You Navigate Your information Topography. In this age of information, relational databases play an unusually important role. They represent the realm we […]

In today's complex networking world, the need to link Pc users to VAX and other host computers over LANs has become very apparent. Now, the Reflection Network Series, Walker Richer […]

The lie of the LAN When is a PC not a PC? When it's a LANstation. This is the latest category of PC which has recently seen its ranks swell […]

PC SQL database servers let groups of users create shared information resources. Those resources, however, are only as good as the tools for manipulating the data in them. To be […]

Timbuktu for Windows 1.0 and Timbuktu for Mac 5.0 Published by: Farallon Computing, Inc., 2470 Mariner Square Loop, Alameda, CA 94501; 510-814-5000. List Price: $199; 2-user pack, $299; 10-user pack, […]

In days gone by, if you wanted a LAN, you would have two choices: hire someone to do your old job while you learned networking, or hire someone to install […]

Since Digital's introduction of Local Area VAXclusters (LAVc) several years ago, many sites have taken advantage of this method to integrate their MicroVAXs into existing Computer Interconnect (CI) clusters or […]

WIRED For Service Equinox Systems' ELS-48 Ethernet LAN Server is a recent entry in the DEC LAT terminal server arena. If you're familiar with Equinox, you know that it's no […]

Poc-It Management Services Inc. MICROMAN II 1.3 MicroMan II is designed to help large information-systems (IS) departments manage their resources effectively, but the package is readily adaptable to any organization […]

Learmonth & Burchett Management Systems Inc. SYSTEMS ENGINEER 2.1S Though not advertised as 'groupware,' Systems Engineer is like other network-oriented products such as Lotus Development Corp.'s Notes: It can best […]

Three-card trick Most of the 100,000 new fax machines that BRitish Telecom reckons have come into use in the UK this year have been stand-alone devices. Pc-based fax cards, fitting […]

PC LANSERVER MAKES NETWORKING VIABLE SALK INTO ANY modern office and ask the resident PC buff who the number one in networking is, and the reply will be 'Novell.' This […]

With IBM and AT&T committed to the X.25 network concept, rapid growth and market expansion should occur IT SEEMS that within the ever-changing world of telecommunications, the evolution of technology, […]

Open communications architectures and departmental computing provide the framework for the latest office-automation strategies of major computer vendors. Open architectures differ from closed or proprietary ones, such as IBM's Systems […]

Smooth operators With the current exposure that connectivity and, in particular, local area networking has been receiving, more and more users have been considering a LAN as a solution to […]

LAN software packages that allow remote access to PCs on a network can make life easier for a network manager. These programs allow one PC on a LAN to view […]

On-the-go network administrators will love the features of Fluke Corp.'s new Model 675 Combo LANMeter, if not its $9,495 price. Shipping since April, the versatile 675 LANMeter tests cables, maps […]

Coactive Connector Coactive Computing Corp. 1301 Shoreway Rd., Suite 221 Belmont, CA 94002 (415) 802-1080 FAX: (415) 593-9304 Sugg. List Price: $149.95 (DOS and Windows versions); $29.95 (Macintosh version) Requires: […]

PEPS Xircom Inc. 26025 Mureau Rd. Calabasas, CA 91302 1-800-438-9472; (818) 878-7600 Sugg. List Price: $499 Requires: Centronics parallel interface. Tired of dedicating a PC to the thankless task of […]

Lodestar 890, 800B, 900B Lodestar Technology USA Inc. 238 E. Caribbean Dr. Sunnyvale, CA 94089 (408) 747-0111 FAX: (408) 747-0540 Sugg. List Price: Single port--$225; dual port--$245 A growing number […]

Let's face it--LANs go wrong. When they do, the poor old network manager is expected to get to the root of the problem in minutes. Novell's LANalyzer could help lighten […]

Want to swap spreadsheets and share a printer or two? A 'lite' network may be the answer. Novell's NetWare and competing operating systems may have changed the face of network […]

As users have become more aware of and dependent upon the advantages of distributed processing, micros have become increasingly entrenched in the information management scene. Users have found more things […]

The ability to connect to a variety of servers and services is becoming increasingly important to users on today's LANs. The Performance 4000 from Emulex Corporation is a terminal server […]

Brightwork Development Inc. NETREMOTE+ 4.11 NETremote+ is a solid, jack-of-all-trades network-support program. Beginning with the program's TSR implementation, Brightworks developers focused on creating a highly integrated product. While the program's […]

Motorola Inc. ALTAIR Given Motorola's dominance of the two-way radio market, wireless data communications is a natural for the company. The architecture of the Altair system fits into the company's […]

IsiCAD Inc. CADVANCE 4.0 IsiCAD has concentrated on networking more than any other CAD vendor. The result is that CADvance is the most network-aware package of those reviewed. Although CADvance […]

Autodesk Inc. AUTOCAD/386 11 Although thousands of AutoCAD users have been using the program on networks for years, release 11 is the first version of AutoCAD to explicitly support networking. […]

Cadkey Inc. CADKEY 4.0 There is no network-specific version of Cadkey, but the stand-alone version possesses all the tools to operate it on virtually any network. The file-locking mechanisms, derived […]

Crosstalk Communications/DCA CROSSTALK MK.4 2.0 Crosstalk has long been regarded as one of the top communication software products. It should, therefore, be no surprise that Crosstalk Mk.4 stands out among […]

Microcom Inc. RELAY GOLD 4.0 Relay Gold, priced at $825 for a five-user license, is the second most expensive among these products, based on price-per-license (Crosstalk Mk.4 is the most […]

Dynamic Microprocessor Associates Inc. ASCOM IV NETWORK 1.42 In its day, Ascom IV Network was probably one of the better asynchronous communications programs. Its documentation is technically thorough and its […]

Microtest Inc. PAIR SCANNER This is Microtest's top-of-the-line cable scanner. Not only does it do everything the Cable Scanner and Quick Scanner can do, but it also determines db loss […]

Bytex Corp. RINGOUT The RingOut is a Token-Ring cable and MAU testing device. It is not a TDR and cannot determine cable lengths. Its specific capabilities for testing a Token-Ring […]

Accton Technology Corp. ETHERPOCKET-CX Although the EtherPocket-CX is slightly smaller than the Xircom unit, its AC power supply is slightly larger than its counterpart's, so the units' total bulk is […]

Primavera Systems Inc. PRIMAVERA PROJECT PLANNER 4.1 Primavera Project Planner, unlike the other products, maintains all activities in memory, limiting the number of tasks to 5,000 in conventional DOS memory. […]

By Paul Merenbloom Frye Computer Systems Inc.'s NetWare Early Warning System does more than simply react to Novell Inc. NetWare LAN problems -- it can identify and correct those problems […]

Apple Computer Inc. INTERPOLL 1.02 Apple's InterPoll is the best system status monitor of the group, but it could be much better. Its basic features are much like those of […]

Advanced Electronic Support Products Inc. NETMAP 1.0 AESP's NetMap is a desk accessory that displays a basic list of the systems on an AppleTalk network. Those systems can be linked […]

Connect Computer Co. LANSCOPE RESOURCE MANAGER (RM) Lanscope RM is much more than audit-trail software. As its name suggests, it is a full-fledged network resource management system. As such, it […]

By Garry Frenkel Many small and medium-sized businesses need LANs only to share file and print services. A number of so-called entry-level network operating systems offer these basic LAN services. […]

Networks Without Wires What's the best way to judge if a new PC product will boost productivity? Ask what you can make it do, not what it's supposed to do. […]

ProServe Makes LAN Backup Easy and Fast Tecmar Inc.'s feature-rich ProServe backup software gives LAN administrators the ability to run unattended backups either from the server as background processes or […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. 33480A LAN CONNECTION HP's 33480A LAN Connection is a pizza-box-shaped device designed to sit under an HP LaserJet II or III. The 33480A is a well-designed and well-engineered […]

XTree Co. Along with a full complement of directory-management features, XtreeNet 2.0 offers more complete and well-integrated NetWare functionality than do the other products in this review. All extended NetWare […]

Athena Software Inc. LAN Director stands out both for its ease of use and for the plethora of valuable features it offers. Through the use of mouse-driven or cursor-driven pull-down […]