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 number are the names of recurring columns. We hope you find UniForum Monthly a continuing source of value in dealing with the challenges of being an open systems professional.

Application Development
ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode)

Book Reviews

CAD/CAM
Career Strategies
Case Studies
CDE (Common Desktop Environment)
Client/Server Computing
Computer Crime
Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT)
Computer/Telephone Integration (CTI)
Cost Issues

Data Archiving and Warehousing
Database
DCE (Distributed Computing Environment)
Disaster Planning
Distributed Systems
Downsizing-See Rightsizing

E-mail
Education
Electronic Commerce
EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
Encryption

Federal Government
Free Software

Government-See Federal Government
Groupware

Help Desk

Interactive Television
Internet
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)

Legacy Systems
Legal Issues

Marketing
Mainframe
Microsoft Windows
Middleware
MIS Issues
Mobile Computing
MOSES (Massive Open Systems Environment Standard)
Multimedia

Network Management
Networking

Object Technology
Open Software Foundation (OSF)-See DCE
Open Systems Issues
Organizational Issues
Outsourcing

Posix

Reengineering
Rightsizing

Security
Software Engineering
Spec 1170 (now Single Unix Specification)
Standards
System Administration
System Management
Systems Integration

TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)
Three-Tier Architectures

U.S. Government-See Federal Government
UniForum Association
UniForum Technical Steering Committee
Unix Data Centers
Upsizing-See Rightsizing
User Implementations-See Case Studies

VAR (Value-Added Reseller)

Windows
Windows NT
Workflow
World-Wide Web
X/Open

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Application Development
The Expanding Universe of Multimedia Applications: Apr p. 16
Strange Bedfellows No Longer: Sep p. 34

ATM
(Asynchronous Transfer Mode)
Technical Committee Report
"ATM: An Expert's Take on the Future": Feb p. 50

Book Reviews
Open Books
Analyzing Outsourcing: Reengineering Information and Communication Systems Apr p. 58
Being Digital Aug p. 40
Building a Successful Software Business Apr p. 58
Business Reengineering with Information Technology: Janp. 46
Computer Outsourcing: Managing the Transition ofnformation Systems Dec p. 50
The Computer Privacy Handbook: Dec p. 50
Constantine on Peopleware Nov p. 56
Downsized But Not Out: Mar p. 78
From EDI to Electronic Commerce: A Business Initiative: Sep p. 56
HTML for Fun and Profit Oct p. 52
Linux Installation & Getting Started Manual May p. 52
Linux Sampler: A Linux Resource Guide May p. 52
PowerPC: Concepts, Architecture, and Design Mar p. 78
Protect Your Privacy: The PGP User's Guide Feb p. 60
Reengineering Management: Jul y p. 52
Silicon Snake Oil: Second Thoughts on the Information Highway Aug p. 40
Spinning the Web: How to Provide Information on the Internet Oct p. 52
The Technical Career Navigator Mar p. 78
The Underground Guide to Unix: Slightly Askew Advice from a Unix Guru Sep p. 56
Unix Unbounded: A Beginning Approach Jun p. 52

CAD/CAM
The Boeing 777: From Virtual to Airborne: Dec p. 20

Career Strategies
Behind the News
"Sysadmin is a Hot Hire": Apr p. 12
Concerning Your Career
"Boosting Your Career Potential with Free Software": Aug p. 34
"High-Performance Networking: A Niche to Watch": Apr p. 52
"Hot Opportunities in Open Systems": Jun p. 46
"A Little HTML Goes a Long Way": Oct p. 44
"Logging in to Groupware": Feb p. 54
"On-Line Recruitment Steps Forward": Dec p. 44

Case Studies
Behind the News
"DCE Users Step Forward" [MEMC Electronics Materials, US West] May p. 10
"A Response to Computing Chaos" [Price Waterhouse]: May p. 12
A Blueprint for Open Systems [British Telecom]: Apr p. 32
The Boeing 777: From Virtual to Airborne: Dec p. 20
Business Needs a Custom Fit [McCaw Information Services, Nicholas/Applegate Management Co., TV-Com International]: Nov p. 40
Calls for Help [United Parcel Service]: Aug p. 16
Can TCP/IP Carry the Enterprise? [Ryder System, Inc.]: Oct p. 26
Client/Server Pumps Life into Legacy Systems [3M Corp., Saks Fifth Avenue, Wyoming Family Services]: May p. 16
Client/Server Remodels [Bank of America, DHL Worldwide Express, Trafalgar House Construction]: Oct p. 32
DCE Status Report [Ice Services]: Mar p. 54
Decision Support Boosts Customer Service [J.C. Penney Business Services, Rogers Video, Sprint Corp., Versa Management Systems]: Apr p. 26
Doing Business on the Net [Alain Pinel Realtors, Chrysler, Federal Express, Virtual Vineyards]: Dec p. 26
The Expanding Universe of Multimedia Applications [Los Alamos National Laboratory] Apr p. 16
Information Uncanned [Star-Kist Foods]: Oct p. 38
In-House on the Internet [Harris, Lockheed-Martin Marietta, Schlumberger, US West]: Sep p. 30
IS Changes Produce Smoother Ride [Dunlop Tire Corp.]: Janp. 20
The Next Evolution of the Message [NorthWestern Mutual Insurance, U.S. Postal Service]: Dec p. 32
Shifts in the Power Grid [Pacific Gas & Electric]: Jun p. 36
Strange Bedfellows No Longer [Intelligent Electronics, United Artists Theatres] Sep p. 34
When Information is Everything [Nielsen Media Research]: Aug p. 27
Windows and Unix Find Happiness Together [Chelsey Corp., MEDecisions, NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine]: Nov p. 23
Wired for a Change [Wells Fargo Bank]: Feb p. 26
Workflow Stands and Delivers [St. Joseph's Health Center, US West, Western Bank]: Jul y p. 20

CDE (Common Desktop Environment)
The Curtain Rises on CDE: Mar p. 26
Information Technology Demystified
"CDE and Spec 1170: Where Are They Now?": Oct p. 42

Client/Server Computing
Behind the News
"It's Client/Server Today--What About Tomorrow?": Nov p. 14
Client/Server Pumps Life into Legacy Systems: May p. 16
Client/Server Remodels: Oct p. 32
Information Uncanned: Oct p. 38
Keeping Client/Server Projects on Track: Nov p. 22
Shifts in the Power Grid: Jun p. 36
Windows and Unix Find Happiness Together: Nov p. 23

Computer Crime
Federal Watch
"Crimes, Computers, and Communications": May p. 48
Who's Watching the Internet?: Jul y p. 32

Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT)
Who's Watching the Internet?: Jul y p. 32

Computer/Telephone Integration (CTI)
Your Computer is Ringing: Sep p. 24

Cost Issues
Behind the News
"New Methods for MIS Charge-Backs": Feb p. 14

Data Archiving and Warehousing
Decision Support Boosts Customer Service: Apr p. 26
MIS Builds a Warehouse: Feb p. 16
Recipes for Successful Archiving: Nov p. 34
Streamlining Data Access: Jul y p. 38

Database
See also Data Archiving and Warehousing
Information Technology Demystified
"Evolving ODBMS Standards": May p. 42

DCE (Distributed Computing Environment)
Behind the News
"DCE Users Step Forward": May p. 10
DCE Status Report: Mar p. 54
The Next Evolution of the Message: Dec p. 32
Technical Committee Report
"DCE Lifts Off": Apr p. 50

Disaster Planning
What If All Hell Breaks Loose?: Jul y p. 26

Distributed Systems
Behind the News
"A Response to Computing Chaos": May p. 12
The Next Evolution of the Message: Dec p. 32
What If All Hell Breaks Loose?: Jul y p. 26
What Managers Need to Know about Middleware: May p. 32

Downsizing
See Rightsizing

E-mail
Inside PGP: May p. 28
The Next Evolution of the Message: Dec p. 32

Education
Behind the News
"Global Schoolhouse Shows Promise": Jul y p. 12

Electronic Commerce
Behind the News
"Global Commerce Link Highlights Mosaic": Mar p. 22
Doing Business on the Net: Dec p. 26
Electronic Commerce Lifts Off: Mar p. 46
Here Comes the Virtual Corporation: Jun p. 18
Information Technology Demystified
"The Challenge of Electronic Commerce": Aug p. 32
Roadblocks for On-Line Entrepreneurs: Mar p. 47

EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
Here Comes the Virtual Corporation: Jun p. 18

Encryption
Inside PGP: May p. 28

Federal Government
Behind the News
"The White House Takes on the Web": Feb p. 10
Federal Watch
"Crimes, Computers, and Communications": May p. 48
"Spec 1170, Posix, and the Federal Standards Market": Janp. 42
"Unix Vendors Adapt to Changing Government": Mar p. 74
In the Public Interest
"Cutting Successful Sales Channels": Nov p. 52
"Making an Impact in the Federal Market": Jul y p. 48
"Taking the Gamble Out of Federal Procurement": Sep p. 52

Free Software
Concerning Your Career
"Boosting Your Career Potential with Free Software": Aug p. 34
Free Software: A Natural Resource for Business: May p. 22
Inside PGP: May p. 28
Member Views
"Does Your Organization Use Free Software?": May p. 38
VAR Viewpoint
"Freeware and the IS Manager": May p. 46

Government
See Federal Government

Groupware
Concerning Your Career
"Logging in to Groupware": Feb p. 54
Workflow Stands and Delivers: Jul y p. 20

Help Desk
Calls for Help: Aug p. 16
SysAdmin Solutions
"Making Your Help Desk Hum": Aug p. 36

Interactive Television
Behind the News
"Driving the Set-Top": Oct p. 17
"Interactive Television Marketplace in Flux": Oct p. 14

Internet
See also TCP/IP
See also World-Wide Web
Behind the News
"Is There Free Speech in Cyberspace?": Jul y p. 10
"Of Firewalls, Routers, and the Internet": Janp 10
"SATAN Stirs Up More Caution Than Crime": Dec p. 14
Concerning Your Career
"On-Line Recruitment Steps Forward": Dec p. 44
Doing Business on the Net: Dec p. 26
Electronic Commerce Lifts Off: Mar p. 46
Federal Watch
"Crimes, Computers, and Communications": May p. 48
Free Software: A Natural Resource for Business: May p. 22
Here Comes the Virtual Corporation: Jun p. 18
High Technology and the Law
"Threats to the Net": Aug p. 38
Information Technology Demystified
"Find the Right Directory to Find the Right Address": Sep p. 46
In-House on the Internet: Sep p. 30
Inside PGP: May p. 28
MIS Meets the Internet: Janp. 26
Roadblocks for On-Line Entrepreneurs: Mar p. 47
VAR Viewpoint
"Helping MIS Face the Internet": Janp. 40
"Lessons of Internet Life": Mar p. 72
Who's Watching the Internet?: Jul y p. 32

Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
Can TCP/IP Carry the Enterprise?: Oct p. 26
The Next Evolution of the Message: Dec p. 32
Who's Watching the Internet?: Jul y p. 32

Legacy Systems
Client/Server Pumps Life into Legacy Systems: May p. 16

Legal Issues
Behind the News
"Is There Free Speech in Cyberspace?": Jul y p. 10
High Technology and the Law
"Settling the Debate on User Interface Copyright": Dec p. 48
Software copyright issues: Feb p. 58
"Sorting Out Ownership Issues": Apr p. 56
"Threats to the Net": Aug p. 38
"Unix Industry Standards: A Force for Good or Evil?": Oct p. 50
"You, Me, and the UCC": Jun p. 50

Marketing
Doing Business on the Net: Dec p. 26
In the Public Interest
"Making an Impact in the Federal Market": Jul y p. 48

Mainframe
See also Legacy Systems
The Boeing 777: From Virtual to Airborne: Dec p. 20

Microsoft Windows
See Windows; Windows NT

Middleware
See also DCE
The Next Evolution of the Message: Dec p. 32
What Managers Need to Know about Middleware: May p. 32

MIS Issues
Behind the News
"New Methods for MIS Charge-Backs": Feb p. 14
MIS Meets the Internet: Janp. 26
The System Administrator's Changing Identity: Sep p. 40
VAR Viewpoint
"Freeware and the IS Manager": May p. 46
"Helping MIS Face the Internet": Janp. 40
What CIOs Really Want: Mar p. 34

Mobile Computing
Mobile Computing Stretches the Office: Jun p. 32
SysAdmin Solutions
"Keeping Up with Nomads": Jun p. 48

MOSES (Massive Open Systems Environment Standard)
Behind the News
"MOSES Seeks Broader Role": Apr p. 10
Recipes for Successful Archiving: Nov p. 34

Multimedia
The Expanding Universe of Multimedia Applications: Apr p. 16

Network Management
Behind the News
"SATAN Stirs Up More Caution Than Crime": Dec p. 14
Looking for the Big Picture: Feb p. 32
SysAdmin Solutions
"Managing a Distributed Network": Feb p. 56

Networking
Concerning Your Career
"High-Performance Networking: A Niche to Watch": Apr p. 52
SysAdmin Solutions
"Managing a Distributed Network": Feb p. 56
Technical Committee Report
"ATM: An Expert's Take on the Future": Feb p. 50

Object Technology
Behind the News
"Will Microsoft Inhibit Object Standards?": Mar p. 20
Business Needs a Custom Fit: Nov p. 40
The Hard Work of Reusing Objects: Janp. 30
Information Technology Demystified
"Evolving ODBMS Standards": May p. 42
"Object Design Patterns and Frameworks": Nov p. 46
Standards & Technology
"Understanding the Rules of OT": Janp. 44
Technical Committee Report
"Distributed Object Technology: The Long View": Janp. 34

Open Software Foundation (OSF)
See DCE

Open Systems Issues
Free Software: A Natural Resource for Business: May p. 22
Technical Committee Report
"Retailers Compete Better through Open Systems": Mar p. 68
What CIOs Really Want: Mar p. 34

Organizational Issues
Here Comes the Virtual Corporation: Jun p. 18
Strange Bedfellows No Longer: Sep p. 34
Talking at the Boundaries: Jun p. 24

Outsourcing
Strategic Outsourcing: Another Arrow in the Quiver: Apr p. 36
SysAdmin Solutions
"Outsourcing for a Healthier Outlook": Apr p. 54

Posix
Behind the News
"Does Posix Compliance Make NT Open?": Nov p. 12
Federal Watch
"Spec 1170, Posix, and the Federal Standards Market": Janp. 42
Standards & Technology
"Does the Coast Guard Know What It's Getting?": Nov p. 54

Reengineering
Behind the News
"Should it be Business People Reengineering?": Janp. 8
IS Changes Produce Smoother Ride: Janp. 20
The Siren Call of Business Process Reengineering: Janp. 14

Rightsizing
Looking for the Big Picture: Feb p. 32
The Siren Call of Business Process Reengineering: Janp. 14

Security
Behind the News
"SATAN Stirs Up More Caution Than Crime": Dec p. 14
"Of Firewalls, Routers, and the Internet": Janp. 10
Home Page
"The Web's on a Roll, with a Few Hitches": Janp. 38
"Security on the Net": Sep p. 48
Inside PGP: May p. 28
Member Views: Dec p. 16
Roadblocks for On-Line Entrepreneurs: Mar p. 47

Software Engineering
Information Technology Demystified
"ICSE Generates Spirited Discussion": Jul y p. 42

Spec 1170 (now Single Unix Specification)
Federal Watch
"Spec 1170, Posix, and the Federal Standards Market": Janp. 42
Information Technology Demystified
"CDE and Spec 1170: Where Are They Now?": Oct p. 42
Member Views: Mar p. 16

Standards
Behind the News
"Does Posix Compliance Make NT Open?": Nov p. 12
Federal Watch
"Spec 1170, Posix, and the Federal Standards Market": Janp. 42
High Technology and the Law
"Unix Industry Standards: A Force for Good or Evil?": Oct p. 50
Standards & Technology
"Does the Coast Guard Know What It's Getting?": Nov p. 54
"Rethinking the Role of Consortia": Sep p. 54
"Standards Committees and the User": Mar p. 76
"Standards Deliver Key Data": May p. 50
"Staying Relevant Counts": Jul y p. 50
"Understanding the Rules of OT": Janp. 44

System Administration
Behind the News
"SATAN Stirs Up More Caution Than Crime": Dec p. 14
"SysAdmins Bear the Brunt of Rapid Change": Sep p. 14
"SysAdmin is a Hot Hire": Apr p. 12
Calls for Help: Aug p. 16
SysAdmin Solutions
"Keeping Up with Nomads": Jun p. 48
"Making Your Help Desk Hum": Aug p. 36
"Managing a Distributed Network": Feb p. 56
"Outsourcing for a Healthier Outlook": Apr p. 54
"A Quick-and-Dirty Guide to Building a Home Page": Oct p. 46
"Wondering About Win 95": Dec p. 46
The System Administrator's Changing Identity: Sep p. 40

System Management
DCE Status Report: Mar p. 54
Looking for the Big Picture: Feb p. 32

Systems Integration
VAR Viewpoint
"Alliances Make VARs More Versatile": Sep p. 50

TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)
Can TCP/IP Carry the Enterprise?: Oct p. 26
Shifts in the Power Grid: Jun p. 36

Three-Tier Architectures
Client/Server Pumps Life into Legacy Systems: May p. 16
Client/Server Remodels: Oct p. 32
Windows and Unix Find Happiness Together: Nov p. 23

U.S. Government
See Federal Government

UniForum Association
From the Director
"To Change or Not to Change": Jul y p. 4
"Tools for Dealing with Change": Jun p. 6
"UniForum: A Good Name to Grow With": Oct p. 6
Member Views
"Rethinking UniForum's Position": Jun p. 14
Various opinions: Jul y p. 17
Various opinions: Aug p. 14

UniForum Technical Steering Committee
Information Technology Demystified
"CDE and Spec 1170: Where Are They Now?": Oct p. 42
"The Challenge of Electronic Commerce": Aug p. 32
"Evolving ODBMS Standards": May p. 42
"Find the Right Directory to Find the Right Address": Sep p. 46
"ICSE Generates Spirited Discussion": Jul y p. 42
"Object Design Patterns and Frameworks": Nov p. 46
"Windows 95 and the Corporate Desktop": Dec p. 42
"X/Open and the Single Unix Specification": Jun p. 44
Technical Committee Report
"ATM: An Expert's Take on the Future": Feb p. 50
"DCE Lifts Off": Apr p. 50
"Distributed Object Technology: The Long View": Janp. 34
"Retailers Compete Better through Open Systems": Mar p. 68

Unix Data Centers
Behind the News
"MOSES Seeks Broader Role": Apr p. 10

Upsizing
See Rightsizing

User Implementations
See Case Studies

VAR (Value-Added Reseller)
VAR Viewpoint
"Alliances Make VARs More Versatile": Sep p. 50
"Freeware and the IS Manager": May p. 46
"Helping MIS Face the Internet": Janp. 40
"Knowledge Makes the Difference": Jul y p. 46
"Lessons of Internet Life": Mar p. 72
"The World-Wide Web: A Medium for VARs": Nov p. 50

Windows
Information Technology Demystified
"Windows 95 and the Corporate Desktop": Dec p. 42
Member Views: Nov p. 16
SysAdmin Solutions
"Wondering About Win 95": Dec p. 46
Windows and Unix Find Happiness Together: Nov p. 23

Windows NT
Behind the News
"Does Posix Compliance Make NT Open?": Nov p. 12
Standards & Technology
"Does the Coast Guard Know What It's Getting?": Nov p. 54

Workflow
Workflow Stands and Delivers: Jul y p. 20

World-Wide Web
Alchemy of the Web: Oct p. 20
Behind the News
"Global Commerce Link Highlights Mosaic": Mar p. 22
"The White House Takes on the Web": Feb p. 10
"Yahoo: From Homegrown to Full-Blown": Sep p. 12
Concerning Your Career
"A Little HTML Goes a Long Way": Oct p. 44
"On-Line Recruitment Steps Forward": Dec p. 44
Doing Business on the Net: Dec p. 26
Home Page
"Big Hits--The Big Lie": Jul y p. 44
"Does On-line Advertising Live Up to Its Potential?": Nov p. 48
"Lots of Web Doings at UniForum '95": Mar p. 70
"Security on the Net": Sep p. 48
"A Technical View of the Web": May p. 44
"The Web's on a Roll, with a Few Hitches": Janp. 38
In-House on the Internet: Sep p. 30
SysAdmin Solutions
"A Quick-and-Dirty Guide to Building a Home Page": Oct p. 46
Tools for Web Navigation: Aug p. 22
VAR Viewpoint
"The World-Wide Web: A Medium for VARs": Nov p. 50

X/Open
See also Spec 1170
Information Technology Demystified
"X/Open and the Single Unix Specification": Jun p. 44