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    Servers: Compaq, IBM, HP and the UNIX Alternative

    ByRay Richards April 27, 1998June 4, 2026

    Over the past couple of years I been guilty of neglecting coverage of the fundamental components of what LAN ConXions is all about… the hardware behind the scenes. With the recent, massive takeover of Digital Equipment Corporation by Compaq in mind, I thought that this would be a timely opportunity to remedy the situation with…

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  • Society & Technology

    Teleworking

    ByRay Richards March 20, 1998June 4, 2026

    This month I thought that as the theme is the home office, I would discuss the rapidly emerging trend “teleworking” (or “telecommuting”) and it’s effects on the office environment as well as productivity and employee vocational satisfaction. As I sit here writing this (in my robe, listening to Verdi) I am struck by the vast…

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  • Data & Analytics

    Data to Diamonds Part II

    ByRay Richards February 22, 1998June 4, 2026

    Last month we scratched the surface of a very deep topic with an overview of data warehousing and data mining. We will continue this time around with an in depth look at this subject matter which has been the focus of a great deal of interest of late. Structure As we try to shed some…

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  • Hardware & Platforms

    Clone vs Brand Name: Building Your Own PC

    ByRay Richards January 27, 1998June 4, 2026

    Clone vs. Brand Name on the Desktop CEP requires a business case in order to make a educated decision when purchasing new hardware for the desktop. A case may be made for either option, but when taking life cycle costing into account, the choice becomes more apparent. Benefits of Clones • Lower Price. • Ease…

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  • Data & Analytics

    Data to Diamonds: Data Mining and Warehousing

    ByRay Richards January 22, 1998June 4, 2026

    Data to Diamonds Last month I took a little holiday from Monitor and am returning this time around with an article addressing the burgeoning interest in the areas of data mining and warehousing. Disorganized Data Deluge If you are in the same boat that most companies are finding themselves in, your organization is the proud…

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  • Networking & Infrastructure

    Disaster Recovery Planning

    ByRay Richards August 25, 1997June 4, 2026

    Last month we celebrated our anniversary issue with a retrospective column; temporarily abandoning our discussion on Network Resource Management. This month we will delve into an often unperceived, key aspect of this discipline: Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP). What is DRP? Disaster Recovery Planning is essentially formulating a strategy by which the desired business objective of…

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  • Society & Technology

    A Year in Review: LAN ConXions Retrospective

    ByRay Richards July 22, 1997June 4, 2026

    Well, it seems that the year has come and gone more quickly than I imagined possible! As the June issue marked this column’s anniversary and July is the magazine’s, I thought I’d do a retrospective on the year in Information Technology with some thoughts on the future thrown in for good measure. I would also…

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  • Enterprise Software

    Unicenter: CA Enterprise IT Management

    ByRay Richards May 25, 1997June 4, 2026

    Over the past few months we have been discussing the timely subject of network resource management (NRM). This month we will continue our analysis of available tools that address this concern with an overview of the preeminent software product in it’s class: Computer Associates’ Unicenter TNG. As we have seen, the primary focus of NRM…

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  • Networking & Infrastructure

    IT Disaster Recovery Planning

    ByRay Richards December 15, 1996June 4, 2026

    This month I decided that in light of the fact that I was scheduled to attend a conference at IBM’s headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina, where I was to observe the latest technology offering IBM had engineered, I would focus on this company’s new position and contributions to the networked computer world. Before I went…

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  • Internet & the Web

    Java Development and Deployment

    ByRay Richards November 21, 1996June 4, 2026

    Last month we compared groupware with intranets and touched on the development of Sun Microsystem’s Java. This time around I’d like to delve a little deeper into the subject with a discussion on Java development and deployment and it’s effect on the enterprise. Those who believe Java to be a method of spicing up your…

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