Issue: 4 - Network Infrastructure and the World of Wireless

This issue of the TrendSetter centers around the theme of Network Infrastructure, Structured Cabling, and Connectivity. Our feature articles address developments within the wireless world, clearly displaying the benefits and the reasoning behind the trend. Our Industry Trends section presents a case study of a major hospitality corporation which successfully completed an enterprise-wide, multiple location transition involving the network infrastructure supporting a key business application. In addition, the Software Corner examines software considerations for Network Management and Security. Other articles include The President's Desk, highlighting the many meanings of "value add," and the timely Tech Tip on Lightning Protection.

• From the President's Desk
  "Definition of 'Value Add' Varies Widely" Mark Waldrep explains the various meanings of "value add" including IBM's Value Added Enhancements Model, often misunderstood in today's marketplace.
  
  
• Enabling e-commerce in the New E-conomy Symbol
  Technologies describes the trends and developments of wireless communication in the world of e-commerce and e-tailing.
  
  
• Securely Mobilizing the Healthcare Workforce
  Using the Healthcare industry as an example, Ray Bassinger illustrates the reasons for the new technological switch to wireless.
  
  
• Industry Trends
  "A Single Transition, 751 Locations, and One Full-Service Vendor" This case study focuses on the benefits realized by a multinational hospitality corporation when they chose a full-service vendor for a national transition of network infrastructure.
  
  
• Software Corner:
  "Network Management and Security Software: The Heart of a Thriving Network" In the spirit of network infrastructure, Darren Waldrep looks at the software associated within four main areas of network management and security.
  
  
• Tech Tip:
  "Lightning Protection: Old Myths and New Realities" To celebrate summer, John Henderson takes a moment to remind us of the precautions to take in order to protect our person and IT property from the dangers of electrical storms.
  
  

Did you Know...

• Time magazine named the computer its "Man of the Year" in 1982
• A 1999 survey of 25,500 standard English-language dictionary words found that 93 percent of them have been registered as .coms.
• A chip of silicon a quarter-inch square has the capacity of the original 1949 ENIAC computer, which occupied a full city block.
• A NUKE InterNETWORK poll found that 52 percent of Internet users have cut back on watching TV in order to spend more time online; 12 percent have cut back on seeing friends.
• From the smallest microprocessor to the biggest mainframe, the average American depends on more than 264 computers per day
• The profile of the average computer virus writer is age 14-24, talented, bright, and driven by a rebellious, adolescent need to call attention to himself.
• The highest selling Internet domain name to date, business.com, went for $7.5 million in 1999, The buyer was eCompanies
• Jeff Bezos, in Oct 1994, attempted to start-up a new Web Venture "Cadabra," from the term abracadabra. His attorney influenced him away from this name as it sounded too much like "cadaver." He instead went with his next option "Amazon.com."
• The "save" icon on MS Word shows a floppy disk, with the shutters on backward.