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Communications Solutions 2000/2001 Buyer's
Guide
Welcome to our
2000/2001 Buyer's Guide. What makes our directory stand out from the rest
is that all of the listings are cross references, alphabetically by
company name, and also by product/service category.
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PUBLISHERS OUTLOOK
BLECS: I Want My MTU
Rich Tehrani, Publisher
BLECs (building local
exchange carriers) are a hot new service provider model that takes
advantage of broadband access to sign up whole buildings of subscribers at
once. Rich interviews a couple of players in this market to get a feel for
where things are headed.TOM KEATING'S CC:
Staying On Top
Tom Keating, Executive Technology Editor
Tom's efforts to stay
on top of industry changes mean a lot of reading and a lot of vendor
meetings. He goes over some of his most recent visits in this column.
DEPARTMENTS
Letters To The
Editor
Analytical Views: E-Commerce
-- Been There, Done That
Brian Strachman, Cahners In-Stat Group
Drawing on
similarities to the IVR model, Brian takes a look at what e-commerce
really means, and how it might really look.
Inside Networking: Optical MANs --
Making Waves In eBusiness
By Tony Rybczynski, Nortel Networks
As e-business
continues to develop, it places increasing demands on the back office
systems and network. Tony takes a look at what could be the next step for
the back office: optical MANs.
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