May 1997 / Features

A Blueprint for Managing Documents Inside an EDMS Three Distribution Models Using Metadata Standards Will Shape the EDMS Future	A good Electronic Document Management System can bring together document storage, work flow, and indexing. - by James Boyle
Cheaper Computing, Part 2: PCs Strike Back PCs vs. NCs Real PC Costs Start After.... NetPC Cost vs. Customization Who Needs a NetPC? Three-Year Ownership Costs More Flexible Than Java? Central Administration a Plus System Requirements for NetPC	Microsoft and Intel are defending their turf against NCs with Zero Administration and NetPC. - by Mike Hurwicz
Parallel Goes Populist Pushing Parallel to Wider Markets Interconnected I/O Sorting Out SMP and MPP What Wolfpack Means for Parallel Computing	Parallel computing finally sheds its supercomputing shackles and helps ordinary PCs find the processing power they crave. - by Dick Pountain
Avoiding Hostile Applets Four Classes of Attacks Doubly Forging E-Mail with an Applet	How to minimize the risks of executable content.
The Component Enterprise The Shape of Things to Come Servers Enable More Powerful Clients Beating the Bloat Who Pays? And How?	The thoroughly Webbed, fully componentized applications of the near future will create a newer, more flexible client/server architecture. - by Dick Pountain

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