Here again is our annual index of published articles.
Organized by topics, it provides a handy reference for finding information
you may remember having seen during the year. Entries with no month or page
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IT Solutions a continuing source of value in dealing with the challenges
of being an open systems professional.
Application Development
The
Enterprise Shops for Packaged Applications Jan p. 18
Book Reviews
Open Books:
Active
Java: Object-Oriented Programming for the World Wide Web Jul p. 50
Building
a Network: How to Specify, Design, Procure, and Install a Corporate LAN
May p. 48
Computer-Related
Risks Jun p. 48
Data
Warehousing: Strategies, Technologies and Techniques Sep p. 48
The
Digital MBA Feb p. 65
The
Future Does Not Compute Feb p. 64
Information
Systems Management: The M*A*C*R*O Approach Apr p. 56
In
Search of Clusters: The Coming Battle in Lowly Parallel Computing Mar
p. 54
Internet
Security for Business Nov p. 48
The
Lean Communications Provider Oct p. 46
Managing
Client/Server Environments: Tools and Strategies for Building Solutions
Mar p. 55
The
Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering Jan p. 58
Network
Management: A Practical Perspective Dec p. 44
Network
Management System Essentials May p. 49
Network
Reengineering: The New Technical Imperative Dec p. 44
Web
Site Programming with Java Jul p. 50
Career Strategies
Concerning Your Career:
"Achieving
a Healthy Workplace Computing Environment" Jun p. 42
"Betting
the Farm on Java" Aug p. 40
"Intranet
Boom Impacts the Talent Pool" Dec p. 38
"MIS
and the Virtual Office" Feb p. 60
"There's
No Workplace Like Home" Oct p. 48
"The
Workplace Hazards of Software Patents" Apr p. 52
Case Studies
Beyond
Paper [Salon; Sunworld Online; U.S. Social Security Administration]
Nov p. 28
Calculating
Client/Server Value [AirTouch Communications; Millipore Corp.] Sep p. 28
Information
Throughout the Hospital [Kaiser Permanente] Jan p. 32
More
Than Money Can Buy [Bantam Doubleday Dell; Hewitt Associates; United Grain
Growers] Apr p. 26
New
Server Strategies Create Partners [Commonwealth of Massachusetts; TransAlta
Utilities; Westin Hotels and Resorts] Oct p. 34
Open
TP Monitors Extend Their Range [First Chicago Mercantile Bank; FundServ,
Inc.; Sears Roebuck & Co.] Nov p. 22
The
Race for Data Access [Pyxis Corp.; Schubert Ticketing Services] Mar p. 26
Sea-Land
Sets New Course with IT Mar p. 38
CDE (Common Desktop Environment)
CDE
Finds a Comfortable Niche Apr p. 38
Inside the Open Group:
"Killer
Windows: CDE 2.1" Dec p. 34
Member Views:
"Effects
of the Single Unix Specification and CDE" Apr p. 20
Client/Server Computing
The Analyst's Couch:
"The
Rise of Application-Specific Servers" Oct p. 60
Behind the News:
"New
Meaning for Fat and Thin" Oct p. 12
Calculating
Client/Server Value Sep p. 28
Dealing with Client/Server:
"The
Help Desk: Key to Customer Service" Sep p. 40
"Linking
Private Networks to the Internet" May p. 40
"Lotus
Notes in the Year of the Web" Jan p. 50
"The
Next-Generation Web Site" Nov p. 40
"Shootout
for the Enterprise Internet" Jul p. 42
"When
More CPUs Are Better" Mar p. 46
Electronic
Software Distribution: A Long Shot Mar p. 32
New
Server Strategies Create Partners Oct p. 34
Open Books:
Managing
Client/Server Environments: Tools and Strategies for Building Solutions
Mar p. 55
Computer/Telephone Integration
Sink
or Swim with CTI Jun p. 26
Computing Architectures
Behind the News:
"New
Meaning for Fat and Thin" Oct p. 12
"NUMA
Boosts High-End Unix" Sep p. 10
"Run
or Walk to 64-Bit Computing" Mar p. 12
Clusters:
Affordable and Available Aug p. 18
Dance
of Giants Starts Slowly Aug p. 19
Information Technology Demystified:
"The
Trend Toward 64 Bits" Jul p. 38
Consultants
The Analyst's Couch:
"The
World's Second Oldest Profession" Aug p. 52
Cost Issues
More
than Money Can Buy Apr p. 26
Data Communications
SysAdmin Solutions:
"Cable
Modems" Oct p. 50
"Managing
Cyberspace Communications" Aug p. 42
Data Management
Dance
of Giants Starts Slowly Aug p. 19
Information Technology Demystified:
"Metadata
Tracks a Moving Target" May p. 36
"Web
Access to Corporate Data" Oct p. 40
Leveraging
Databases Through the Web Oct. p. 30
Meeting
the Demand for Mobile Computing Dec p. 24
The
Object/Relational Database Takes Shape Nov p. 18
Open Books:
Data
Warehousing: Strategies, Technologies and Techniques Sep p. 48
The
Race for Data Access Mar p. 26
Selecting
Tools for Data Mining Sep p. 32
Standards & Technology:
"Creating
and Implementing Database Standards" May p. 46
Staying
Ahead of the Deluge Jul p. 30
VAR Viewpoint:
"Helping
MIS Manage Data Growth" May p. 44
DCE (Distributed Computing
Environment)
Information
Throughout the Hospital Jan p. 32
Inside the Open Group:
"DCE
Rolls into Production" Jun p. 38
"Sharing
the Costs and Benefits of R&D" Nov p. 38
Distributed Systems
Breaking
the Curse of Distributed Environments May p. 30
Information Technology Demystified:
"Management
by Objects" Dec p. 32
Juggling
Multiple Operating Systems Dec p. 14
Downsizing (See Reengineering)
E-mail
Behind the News:
"IT
Executives Don't Work Without Net" Feb p. 12
High Technology and the Law:
"E-Mail
Privacy: What Are Your Rights?" Aug p. 44
EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
Business
Does Business on the Internet Sep p. 21
Electronic Commerce
The Analyst's Couch:
"A
False Sense of Online Security" Dec p. 52
"Plenty
Is Great About Electronic Commerce" Apr p. 64
"What's
So Great About Electronic Commerce?" Feb p. 72
Behind the News:
"Cylink
Escalates Encryption Feud" Dec p. 10
Business
Does Business on the Internet Sep p. 21
Information Technology Demystified:
"Electronic
Commerce and the G7 Initiatives" Aug p. 34
Inside The Open Group:
"Security
in Electronic Commerce" Jul p. 40
Encryption
Behind the News:
"Cylink
Escalates Encryption Feud" Dec p 10
High Technology and the Law:
"Strong
Crypto, Weak Liberties" Feb p. 62
Raise
Shields! May p. 20
Enterprise Computing
Dealing with Client/Server:
"Shootout
for the Enterprise Internet" Jul p. 42
The
Enterprise Shops for Packaged Applications Jan p. 18
Inside the Open Group:
"Secure
Web: Safer for the Enterprise" Aug p. 36
Juggling
Multiple Operating Systems Dec p. 14
A
Thousand Points of Entry Feb p. 38
Government
Behind the News:
"Off-the-Shelf
Government" Oct p. 12
In the Public Interest:
"Get
Your Name Out with COSIP" Sep p. 42
"Getting
on the GSA Schedule" Jan p. 54
"The
Promise of Open Documentation" May p. 42
"Pursuing
Procurements from State and Local Governments" Mar p. 48
"When
C2 is on the PO" Jul p. 44
Groupware
Dealing with Client/Server:
"Lotus
Notes in the Year of the Web" Jan p. 50
Hard
Questions About Lotus Notes Jan p. 24
Information Technology Demystified:
"Notes
Versus the Web" Jan p. 48
Help Desks
Dealing with Client/Server:
"The
Help Desk: Key to Customer Service" Sep p. 40
Internet (See also Electronic Commerce,Encryption, Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), Java,
Security, TCP/IP, World
Wide Web)
Behind the News
"The
Dark Side of the Internet" Dec p. 10
"The
Internet Carries the Open Systems Banner" Jul p. 14
"IT
Executives Don't Work Without Net" Feb p. 12
"New
Setting, Old Story" Jan p. 14
"No
Agreement on Internet Statistics" Aug p. 12
"Telcos
Invade ISP Space" Nov p. 14
"Who's
Using the Net and Why" Jan p. 16
Business
Does Business on the Internet Sep p. 21
Charting
the Online Marketing Process Jun p. 34
Dealing with Client/Server:
"Linking
Private Networks to the Internet" May p. 40
"Shootout
for the Enterprise Internet" Jul p. 42
High Technology and the Law:
"E-Mail
Privacy: What Are Your Rights?" Aug p. 44
"The
Law and the Net" Jun p. 46
"Regulating
'Decency' on the Internet" Oct p. 52
Open Books:
Internet
Security for Business Nov p. 48
Standards & Technology:
"The
Internet and Standards Worries" Mar p. 52
VAR Viewpoint:
"Internet
Promotion: Not Just Advertising" Jan p. 52
Will
the Internet Stay Open? Mar p. 18
Internet Engineering Task
Force (IETF)
Handling the Distributed Network:
"Issues
in Managing Today's Networks" Nov p 42
Standards & Technology:
"The
Internet and Standards Worries" Mar p. 52
Will
the Internet Stay Open? Mar p. 18
Internetworking
Information Technology Demystified:
"Open
Systems Help Retail Banks Compete" Feb p. 52
IS Issues
The Analyst's Couch:
"The
Challenge of Content" Sep p. 56
"The
Rise of Application-Specific Servers" Oct p. 60
Dealing with Client/Server:
"When
More CPUs Are Better" Mar p. 46
Electronic
Software Distribution: A Long Shot Mar p. 32
Inside the Open Group:
"Software
Registry Eases Procurement" Sep p. 38
New
Server Strategies Create Partners Oct p. 34
Open Books:
Information
Systems Management: The M*A*C*R*O Approach Apr p. 56
VAR Viewpoint:
"New
Wrinkles in Software Distribution" Mar p. 50
Wallflowers
of the Web Jun p. 30
Who
Needs a CIO? Nov p. 34
Java
The Analyst's Couch:
"Java
and Other Productivity Jolts" Jul p. 56
Behind the News:
"Birth
of a Startup" Sep p. 10
"Java
Beans Pushes Component Standard" Nov p. 14
Concerning Your Career:
"Betting
the Farm on Java" Aug p. 40
Inside The Open Group:
"Sharing
the Costs and Benefits of R&D" Nov p. 38
Open Books:
Active
Java: Object-Oriented Programming for the World Wide Web Jul p. 50
Web
Site Programming with Java Jul p. 50
Legacy Systems
More
than Money Can Buy Apr p. 26
Open
TP Monitors Extend Their Range Nov p. 22
Legal Issues
Concerning Your Career:
"The
Workplace Hazards of Software Patents" Apr p. 52
High Technology and the Law:
"Are
Shrink-Wrapped Licenses Enforceable?" Dec p. 42
"E-Mail
Privacy: What Are Your Rights?" Aug p. 44
"The
Law and the Net" Jun p. 46
"Regulating
'Decency' on the Internet" Oct p. 52
"Software
Patents: Protection We Don't Need" Apr p. 54
"Strong
Crypto, Weak Liberties" Feb p. 62
Mainframes (See Legacy Systems)
Management and Organizational Issues
Behind the News:
"IT
Executives Don't Work Without Net" Feb p. 12
Concerning Your Career:
"Achieving
a Healthy Workplace Computing Environment" Jun p 42
"MIS
and the Virtual Office" Feb p. 60
"There's
No Workplace Like Home" Oct p. 48
Information Technology Demystified:
"The
Technology of Telecommuting" Apr p. 46
Member Views:
"Does
Telecommuting Work?" Feb p. 18
Meeting
the Demand for Mobile Computing Dec p. 24
MIS
and Telecommuting: Friends or Foes? Feb p. 30
SysAdmin Solutions:
"Keeping
Up with Nomads: An Update" Dec p. 40
Who
Needs a CIO? Nov p. 34
Marketing
The Analyst's Couch:
"Can
Open Systems Sell Products?" Jun p 56
Behind the News:
"Top
European Vendors Face Uncertainty" Aug p. 12
"The
Underground Unix Market" Jun p. 16
"Unix
Sales Forces Adopt Two Tiers" Jun p. 16
Charting
the Online Marketing Process Jun p. 34
In the Public Interest:
"Get
Your Name Out with COSIP" Sep p. 42
Microprocessors
The Analyst's Couch:
"RISC
Vendors Will Have to Change" May p. 56
Middleware (See also DCE)
Information Technology Demystified:
"The
Muddle of Middleware" Mar p. 44
Object
Middleware Starts to Take Shape Jul p. 20
Open
TP Monitors Extend Their Range Nov p. 22
Midrange Computers
The
Changing Face of Midrange Platforms Apr p. 32
MIS (See IS Issues)
Network Management (See
also Networking)
Handling the Distributed Network:
"Issues
in Managing Today's Networks" Nov p. 42
Juggling
Multiple Operating Systems Dec p. 14
Meeting
the Demand for Mobile Computing Dec p. 24
Open Books:
Building
a Network: How to Specify, Design, Procure, and Install a Corporate LAN
May p 48
Network Management System Essentials May p. 49
Pipe
Dreams Dec p. 20
SysAdmin Solutions:
"Managing
Cyberspace Communications" Aug p. 42
"Keeping
Up with Nomads: An Update" Dec p. 40
Networking (See also
Internetworking, Network Management)
Behind
the Intranet Boom Sep p 20
Inside the Open Group:
"Enriching
the Intranet" Oct p. 42
Member Views:
"Intranets
Are Happening" Sep p. 16
"Intranets,
Part II" Oct p. 16
VAR Viewpoint:
"Finding
Intranet Opportunities" Sep p. 44
Object Technology
Information Technology Demystified:
"Challenges
and Choices in Implementing Object Persistence" Sep p. 36
"Management
by Objects" Dec p. 32
Object
Middleware Starts to Take Shape Jul p. 20
The
Object/Relational Database Takes Shape Nov p. 18
Objects
Put Life into Web Sites Aug p. 30
The Open Group
Behind the News:
"X/Open,
OSF Form The Open Group" Apr p. 14
From the Director:
"Introducing
The Open Group" Mar p. 8
"The
Pace of Change" Dec p. 6
From the President:
"UniForum
and The Open Group: Combined Strengths" Nov p. 6
Inside the Open Group:
"DCE
Rolls into Production" Jun p. 38
"Enriching
the Intranet" Oct p. 42
"Introducing
The Open Group" Apr p. 48
"Killer
Windows: CDE 2.1" Dec p. 34
"The
Open Group Customer Council Takes Form" May p. 38
"Secure
Web: Safer for the Enterprise" Aug p. 36
"Security
in Electronic Commerce" Jul p. 40
"Sharing
the Costs and Benefits of R&D" Nov p. 38
"Software
Registry Eases Procurement" Sep p. 38
In the Public Interest:
"The
Promise of Open Documentation" May p. 42
Open Software Foundation (OSF) (See DCE, The Open Group)
Open Systems Issues
The Analyst's Couch:
"Can
Open Systems Sell Products?" Jun p. 56
Behind the News:
"The
Internet Carries the Open Systems Banner" Jul p. 14
Operating Systems
The Analyst's Couch:
"Unix
and Windows NT: A Pragmatic View" Nov p. 56
Behind the News:
"Once
Again, Unix Unification Announced" Apr p. 14
"Plan
9 Draws a Crowd" May p. 12
"SCO
Pushes Unix on Intel" Jul p. 14
Juggling
Multiple Operating Systems Dec p. 14
OS
Coexistence: The New World Order Feb p. 24
Perils
of Porting Applications from Unix to NT Aug p. 26
Parallel Processing
Dance
of Giants Starts Slowly Aug p. 19
Dealing with Client/Server:
"When
More CPUs Are Better" Mar p. 46
Open Books:
In
Search of Clusters: The Coming Battle in Lowly Parallel Computing Mar
p. 54
The
Race for Data Access Mar p. 26
PC Networks (See Networking, Network Management)
Publications
Behind the News:
"As
Technology Matures, Publications Wither" Feb p. 12
Beyond
Paper Nov p. 28
Reengineering
The
BPR Strike Force Jun p. 22
Member Views:
"Reengineering:
Who Really Benefits?" Jul p. 18
Open Books:
The
Lean Communications Provider Oct p. 46
VAR Viewpoint:
"Turning
Downsizing into a Win" Nov p. 44
Security
The Analyst's Couch
"A
False Sense of Online Security" Dec p. 52
Behind the News:
"The
Dark Side of the Internet" Dec p. 10
Dealing with Client/Server:
"Linking
Private Networks to the Internet" May p. 40
High Technology and the Law:
"Strong
Crypto, Weak Liberties" Feb p. 62
Inside The Open Group:
"Secure
Web: Safer for the Enterprise" Aug p. 36
"Security
in Electronic Commerce" Jul p. 40
In the Public Interest:
"When
C2 in on the PO" Jul p. 44
Keeping
Data Almost Private Oct. p. 23
Keeping
IT Pure Oct p. 22
Open Books:
Computer-Related
Risks Jun p. 48
Internet
Security for Business Nov p. 48
Raise
Shields! May p. 20
Six
Steps Toward a More Secure Computing Environment Jul p. 24
SysAdmin Solutions:
"In
Security, Ignorance Is Not Bliss" Jun p. 44
A
Thousand Points of Entry Feb p. 38
Single Unix Specification
The Analyst's Couch:
"When
Everything Is Called Unix" Mar p. 64
CDE
Finds a Comfortable Niche Apr p. 38
Member Views:
"Effects
of the Single Unix Specification and CDE" Apr p. 20
Software Engineering
Concerning Your Career:
"The
Workplace Hazards of Software Patents" Apr p. 52
High Technology and the Law:
"Software
Patents: Protection We Don't Need" Apr p. 54
Open Books:
The
Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering Jan p. 58
Spec 1170 (See Single Unix Specification)
Standards
Behind the News:
"Java
Beans Pushes Component Standard" Nov p. 14
"New
Setting, Old Story" Jan p. 14
Standards & Technology:
"Creating
and Implementing Database Standards" May p. 46
"How
to Validate Information" Sep p. 46
"The
Internet and Standards Worries" Mar p. 52
"The
Rise and Fall of Standardization" Jul p. 48
"Standards
for Services: The Coming Thing?" Jan p. 56
"Users
Drive IT Standards" Nov p 46
Will
the Internet Stay Open? Mar p. 18
System Administration
SysAdmin Solutions:
"Cable
Modems" Oct p. 50
"HTML
Forms for Business on the Web" Feb p. 56
"In
Security, Ignorance Is Not Bliss" Jun p. 44
"Managing
Cyberspace Communications" Aug p. 42
"Keeping
Up with Nomads: An Update" Dec p. 40
System Management
Behind the News:
"Tivoli
Turns Blue" May p. 12
Breaking
the Curse of Distributed Environments May p. 30
Systems Integration
OS
Coexistence: The New World Order Feb p. 24
TCP/IP (Transmission control
protocol/Internet protocol)
Raise
Shields! May p. 20
Three-Tier Architectures
OS
Coexistence: The New World Order Feb p. 24
UniForum Association
Association News:
"IT
Solutions Debuts Next Month" Jan p. 12
"Tenth
Anniversary for SCO Forum" Aug p 10
"UniForum
and The Open Group Work Together" Mar p. 12
"UniForum
Board Elections--The Choice Is Yours" Jun p. 14
From the Director:
"The
Pace of Change" Dec p. 6
"Usenix
and UniForum: An Educational Partnership that Works" Oct p. 6
"Well
Done, UniForum Trinidad and Tobago!" Aug p. 6
From the President:
"UniForum
and The Open Group: Combined Strengths" Nov p. 6
UniForum '96 Conference
Association News:
"Industry
Trends and Associations Flow Together at UniForum '96" Feb p. 10
From the Director:
"UniForum
'96--The Catalyst for Change" Feb p. 6
UniForum Technical Steering Committee
Information Technology Demystified:
"Challenges
and Choices in Implementing Object Persistence" Sep p. 36
"Electronic
Commerce and the G7 Initiatives" Aug p. 34
"Management
by Objects" Dec p. 32
"Metadata
Tracks a Moving Target" May p. 36
"The
Muddle of Middleware" Mar p. 44
"Notes
Versus the Web" Jan p. 48
"Open
Systems Help Retail Banks Compete" Feb p. 52
"The
Technology of Telecommuting" Apr p. 46
"The
Trend Toward 64 Bits" Jul p. 38
"Web
Access to Corporate Data" Oct p. 40
Unix Unification (See also Single Unix Specification)
Behind the News:
"Once
Again, Unix Unification Announced" Apr p. 14
Member Views:
"Effects
of the Single Unix Specification and CDE" Apr p. 20
User Implementations (See Case Studies)
VARs (Value-Added Resellers)
VAR Viewpoint:
"Finding
Intranet Opportunities" Sep p. 44
"Helping
MIS Manage Data Growth" May p. 44
"Internet
Promotion: Not Just Advertising" Jan p. 52
"Keep
an Eye on Major Trends" Jul p. 46
"New
Wrinkles in Software Distribution" Mar p. 50
"Turning
Downsizing into a Win" Nov p. 44
Windows NT
The Analyst's Couch:
"Unix
and Windows NT: A Pragmatic View" Nov p. 56
OS
Coexistence: The New World Order Feb p. 24
Perils
of Porting Applications from Unix to NT Aug p. 26
World Wide Web (See
also Internet)
The Analyst's Couch:
"A
False Sense of Online Security" Dec p. 52
Behind the News:
"Chasing
the Online Vote" Mar p. 12
Beyond
Paper Nov p. 28
Dealing with Client/Server:
"The
Next-Generation Web Site" Nov p. 40
Home Page:
"Assessing
Web Site Performance" Oct p. 44
"The
Killer App that Almost Killed Us" Jun p. 40
"Staying
Out of the Cyberspace Graveyard" Aug p. 38
"Two
Long Years on the Web" Dec p. 36
"Watch
Out for Bandwidth Hogs" Apr p. 50
"Web
Growing Pains: The Price of Success" Feb p. 54
Information Technology Demystified:
"Notes
Versus the Web" Jan p. 48
"Web
Access to Corporate Data" Oct p. 40
Leveraging
Databases Through the Web Oct p. 30
Objects
Put Life into Web Sites Aug p. 30
Open Books:
Active
Java: Object-Oriented Programming for the World Wide Web Jul p. 50
Web Site Programming with Java Jul p. 50
Selections
for Web Publishing Feb p. 46
SysAdmin Solutions:
"HTML
Forms for Business on the Web" Feb p. 56
Teamwork
Behind the Scenes Apr p. 42
Wallflowers
of the Web Jun p. 30
World
Wide Web Development Sticker Shock Jul p. 34
X/Open Co. (See The Open Group)