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ARTICLES
Paying Lip Service To Speech Rec
Carol Drzewianowski, Assistant Editor
What does the future hold for speech recognition technology? Peek inside the minds of some of the leaders in this market to find out.

Look Ma, No Hands! (sidebar)
By Mia Carley, Assistant Editor, TMCnet.com

Getting Started With Speech Rec (sidebar)

24x7: Time Is Of The Essence: Platforms That Are Ready For You
Chris Donner, Associate Editor
Time-to-market is becoming as critical to service providers as NEBS-compliance and mission-critical performance. Chris takes a look at some initiatives in that address this issue.

ICS Advent Brings It All Together (sidebar)

Communications Solutions™ EXPO Fall 1999 Best Of Show Awards

DEPARTMENTS
EDITORS' NOTEBOOK: Pursuing A Thing To Its Source
Chris Donner, Associate Editor

Analytical Views: Unified Messaging + DSL = Killer App
Brian Strachman, Cahners In-Stat Group
Unified messaging and DSL — separated at birth? You be the judge as Brian Strachman presents the evidence in favor of a (re)union.

Compass: In Search Of The Killer App
Jeff Lawrence, Trillium Digital Systems
Everyone wants to build the next killer app, but no one knows what it is. Jeff Lawrence takes a look at the killer apps of the past to predict what will be coming in the future.

Inside Networking: Propagating IP Multicast
Tony Rybczynski, Nortel Networks’
Enterprise Solutions
Tune in, turn on, and consider the benefits of the IP multicast model.

EDITOR'S OUTLOOK
Between Campaigns
By Kevin Mayer, Executive Editor
If at first you don't succeed... How many times has unified messaging heard that one? But unified messaging remains undaunted, as it patiently adds more planks to its platform, broadening its appeal

INSIGHTS
Marc’s Millennial Musings
By Marc Robins, Associate Publisher What’s the wave of the future: wireless, optical, broadband, three different colors of toothpaste in the same tube? Marc gives you his two cents.

TOM KEATING'S CC:
Stocking Stuffers From Our Show
By Tom Keating, Executive Technology Editor
Tom uses Communications SolutionsTM EXPO to do some Christmas shopping. Find out how S.100, Linux, and call monitoring make Tom eligible for a whole new batch of friends.

REVIEWS
Active Voice Corporation Unity 2.3

Lucent Technologies WaveLAN Turbo 11 MB System

MediaSoft Telecom IVS Studio

SprintPCS Touchpoint

NEWS AND VIEWS
Breaking News

Enabling Technologies
Chris Donner, Associate Editor
Linux it’s not just a hot operating system that’s being seen a lot in the news lately. It’s a party, a social lubricant, and… okay, well at least it is a hot operating system that’s being seen a lot in the news lately.

Customer Contact
Grace Pisano, Assistant Editor
Heard about CRM but not sure what it looks like, or what it can do for you? Grace points out a new industry consortium that intends to provide training, demos, and supporting information on creating a CRM solution.

Corporate Solutions
Carol Drzewianowski, Assistant Editor
Streamline those channels of communication by implementing the best fax server for your needs. Then, consider the latest developments in speech rec technology. Carol looks at fax servers, and writes a special feature on speech recognition in our Features section.

Next-Gen Services
Kevin Mayer, Executive Editor
In the services environment, as networking becomes more and more decoupled, we're seeing a concomitant increase in the complexity of the network management function. One way to deal with this complexity, and enable the implementation of new services, is OSS (operations support systems) integration.