January 1998 / Cover Story

Standing on a Moving Platform	Dramatic changes in OSes will dominate 1998. - by Mark Schlack
The Next Windows NT 5.0's Distributed File System (Dfs) Microsoft for 1998	The desktops of 100 million people are about to change. What's going to happen? - by John Montgomery
CPU Interface Wars Sockets and Slots Advanced Micro Devices for 1998	The struggle to define the next x86 interface is shaping up as the mother of all motherboard battles. - by Tom R. Halfhill
Java Evolves Java Database Connectivity Architecture Sun Microsystems, Inc. for 1998	With solid standards and tools, Java is becoming important in enterprise and embedded development. - by David S. Linthicum
Centralized Management for Desktops NetPC vs. Network Computer NetPCs and NCs in 1998	Centralized management lowers costs and simplifies maintenance of desktop computers. - by Mike Hurwicz
Stop the Insanity Two Digital ID Scenarios Public-Key Cryptography in 1998	Digital IDs address a multitude of access, authentication, and encryption issues. - by Jon Udell
MultiWin Gets Its Audition ICA Servers Shoulder the Load Citrix in 1998	NetPC was just the overture; Citrix's MultiWin will be the tune Windows administrators want to hum. - by Dick Pountain
Apple Plays a Rhapsody Rhapsody OS Architecture Apple Computer, Inc. in 1998	The initial release offers OpenStep classes, Java support, and multiplatform versions. - by Tom Thompson
Extranets Reach the Spotlight IPSEC Allows Interoperable VPNs RSA Data Security, Inc. in 1998	Standards-based security and virtual private networks open up intranets to electronic commerce. - by Pete Loshin
Serving Up Storage Servers Link Up with Storage Area Networks Adaptec and Computer Network Technology in 1998	Faster SCSI and Fibre Chan nel SANs set the stage for servers that run and run. - by Scott Mace
HTML Groupware Netscape and Microsoft Browsers in 1998 Richer Message Formatting	The latest browsers include clients that can compose and transmit HTML pages. Now there's a universal groupware platform. - by Jon Udell
Memories of Things to Come How Direct Rambus Gets 95% Efficiency Rambus and Ramtron in 1998	Too many RAM technologies on the market at once could confuse system upgraders. - by Nebojsa Novakovic
Solving for the Year 2000 Y2K Affects Everything Year 2000 Solutions in 1998	1998 is the watershed year for Y2K readiness. If you don't have a plan, plan on problems. - by Ed DeJesus
The Smartcard Invasion What Is the Biggest Hurdle Facing Smartcards? The Smart Card Forum in 1998	Smartcards, ubiquitous in Europe, are set to hit the United States at last. - by Udo Flohr
DVD Stands for DiVideD DVD's Many Flavors DVD in 1998	Political wrangling over incompatible DVD formats keeps "standards" out of reach. - by Russell Kay
Broadband Goes Guerrilla Strength in Numbers AG Communications and Hayes Microcomputer Products in 1998	Forget slow phone companies and regulators; ADSL is coming anyway. - by Scott Mace
Dynamic HTML and Scriptlets Add Life A Tale of Two DHTMLs W3C in 1998	Differences aside, both Microsoft and Netscape browsers let pages change on the fly. - by Rick Dobson
Extensible Markup Language Web Work Flow, the XML Way W3C Draft and Microsoft Initiatives in 1998	XML describes structured data packages that move around the Web as easily as HTML. - by Jon Udell
Transacting On the Web As the Web Evolves BEA and Kiva in 1998	As the Web grows and we rely on it more, Web TP monitors make it more reliable. - by John Montgomery
The Next Internet Breaking the Internet Router Bottleneck Cisco Systems and UUnet Technologies in 1998	Layer 3 routing, IPv6, and IP Multicast are al l technologies set to take off -- or stay on hold. - by Scott Mace
I Am Virus: Hear Me Roar Antivirus Bag of Tricks National Computer Security Association in 1998	Automation and tight desktop integration are needed to stop macro attacks from the Net. - by Earl Greer
Gigabit Ethernet Gears Up Five Most Likely Scenarios for Gigabit Ethernet Upgrades Gigabit Ethernet Alliance in 1998	Screaming 1000-Mbps Gigabit Ethernet solutions will answer the increasingly loud cry for more bandwidth in late 1998. - by Deborah DeVoe
When Will E-Cash Jingle in Your E-Pocket? Circulation of Digital Cash Digital Cash in 1998	Already successful in Europe, e-cash is hitting the U.S. -- with answers and questions. - by Udo Flohr and Jelena Rupnik
Call Control for the Rest of Us CTI Before the PBX Xantel Corp. and Interactive Intelligence in 1998	New technologies launch an end-run around computer telephony incompatibilities. - by Alan Joch
Getting the Message What the Business Quality Messaging Spec Provides BOM SIG in 1998	Message-based queuing will liberate transactions from real-time considerations. - by Scott Mace
Action on All Fronts What's New in LDAP 3 Novell in 1998	LDAP version 3 and Microsoft's Active Directory will help NDS tie people and networks together. - by Mike Hurwicz

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